test-drb June 1997

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by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

I'm kind of curious how many Altairs we have on this list. I've got 3... I know that Jim has at least 2. Who else? | From: Marvin | Someone that | contacted me recently said that they had sold their Altair for $3000. Whom? | Another story I heard (true?, I don't know) was that someone advertised | their Altair on the net for $4000. This person was flamed for asking so | much, and his only comeback was that it had already sold. If this happened, it had to have been before 3/95, since there is no reference to it in DejaNews. | There was a | reference in TCJ by one of the editors(?) that they wouldn't be | surprised by the price reaching $10,000. I agree, though it's going to take a few years. People tend to acquire items that they wanted when they were in high school or college. Those people are now in their early forties, and that syndrome doesn't really get going full steam until 50-60 (my father, with 7 Corvettes, is a perfect example). I'd put the Altairs at $10K+ in 10 years. They sky's the limit in 20 years, maybe $100K (all in today's money of course). One reason for the expected price skyrocket is the number of people like me (and several others on this list) who acquire them and will never sell them, thus depleting the market. Kai

28 years, 1 month

Collector Article

by FAIAZMC＠hsd.utc.com

Does anyone know where I can find equipment accessories for the PC8500 (NEC) laptop? Thanks! Mike ---------- From: Sam Ismail To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Re: Collector Article Date: Friday, June 20, 1997 3:36AM On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Uncle Roger wrote: > At 03:31 PM 6/19/97 -0500, you wrote: > >prices listed for Apple equipment in "A Collector's Guide to Personal > >Computers and Pocket Calculators" are quite high, possibly since the book > > Apple II+ is quoted as $100-$200, the IIe $125-250. The Disk II is listed > as $75-150. Haddock's book is way high on some things, (seems) way low on > others, and, occassionally, is right on the money. Nonetheless, it *is* > interesting, has some nice pictures, and is probably a good reference to have. Gee, then I have an Apple bonanza worth $2000 in my garage. Whatever. This is what I am dreading of this hobby, that assholes like this Haddock guy start trying to price things out. Sam ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---- Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass

28 years, 1 month

Apple ][e software?

by BROBSTONA＠wartburg.edu

>> I managed to get DOS 3.3 by finding a game or something that ran on >> DOS 3.3, halting it with Control-C to get to the Applesoft BASIC >> prompt, then using the file commands such as INIT to make a new disk. >> I can't remember if DOS 3.3 has a built-in command that will copy a >> disk... There's probably a way to do it. > >It's not built-in, but the DOS 3.3 distributions have the Intbasic >program COPY which will do what you want. If you've got one of >these crippled II+'s or later that only have Applesoft, you can >still use COPYA. I'm wondering if there's a way to hack code to get it to copy without any System Master programs. I don't remember. I know the easy way out would be just to get the System Master, but now I'm just curious. :) -- Andy Brobston brobstona(a)wartburg.edu ***NEW URL BELOW*** http://www.wartburg.edu/people/docs/personalPages/BrobstonA/home.html My opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Wartburg College as a whole.

28 years, 1 month

C64 CP/M carts (was: Re: Yet another weekend haul story)

by steve＠kennard.keme.co.uk

At 18:08 09/06/97 -0400, you wrote: > >On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, George Lin wrote: > >> At 11:24 PM 6/1/97 -0700, you wrote: >> ><...> >> >> accessories including a CP/M cartridge for C64 >> > >> >A CP/M _carthridge_? Awesome. >> >> I just tried it yesterday. Pretty cool. The Z80 is in the cartridge. The >> package comes with a CP/M 2.2 diskette for 1541 and a condensed CP/M manual >> by Commodore (copyright 1983). There is a K-Mart price tag on the original >> box that reads $54. Not bad. > >This reminds me... I also have a Z80 cartridge for the C64. But it's not >the one from Commodore. It's from a company called DATA 20 Corporation. > >I haven't been able to get it to work. It has what looks like a connector >for a power supply on the back, but I didn't get the PS with it. It also >came without any disks, though it did have a cassette in the box with it, >which says "Use side A for Commodore 64/Use side B for VIC 20". > >It's a Z-80 Video Pak, that combines the Z80 processor AND an 80-column >display adapter into one (big fat) cartridge. > >To quote from the box: > > The Z-80 Video Pak brings the convenience of an 80 column screen and > the power of a CP/M compatible operating system to the Commodore 64. > > Designed to be used with a monitor, the Z-80 Video Pak lets the > Commodore 64 owner switch to a 40 or 80 column screen in black and > white, or back to the standard color screen. All switching is done > through software and no cables need to be moved. > > The Z-80 Video Pak has its own Z-80 microprocessor and operating > system which allows the 64 to run CP/M software formatted for the > Commodore 1541 disk drive. A Terminal mode which brings communication > with central data bases is included at no extra cost. The Z-80 Video > Pak also supports the advanced screen handling features of all Video > Pak models such as erase to the end of line, erase to end of screen, > and dump screen to printer. > > >If anyone out there knows this thing's power requirements (AAAGH! Another >wall-wart!) and where to get CP/M disks in 1541 format, please tell. :) > > >Doug Spence >ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca > >CPM DISKS Easy Download em from the net, make a 1541 lead to connect the 1541 to PC its in the DOX on C64s Emulator, Use a util on the PC called Star Commander and copy stright to a real 1541. Easy!!! If you need more info Mail ME.. Steve Emulator BBS 01284 760851 Keeping 8-Bit ALIVE

28 years, 1 month

AIM65

by dastar＠crl.com

Ok, here's the deal. Marvin & I are both in contact with a guy who says he has 14 AIM65 units. Hopefully you all have been paying attention and have read the messages describing what this is. Marvin & I are of course both interested in buying one, and we dicussed the possibility that others in the discussion would be interested as well. We feel that if enough of us get together and offer this guy a bulk buy-out, we can get a good price from him. Marvin & I are talking about $20 a piece as of now. If this is of interest to anyone, I can give you his e-mail address and you can ask specific questions, but make sure you mention you are a part of this one-shot buyout so that we get a good deal. I think first we should get a count of who is all interested and then approach the guy. He's in New Jersey, and I don't think shipping should be more than $5 per unit. His e-mail address is Mikeooo1(a)aol.com and he left his phone number for me: (201) 331-1313. Please reply if you are interested in going in together on this. Sam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass

28 years, 1 month

Altairs (was RE: Collector Article)

by jolminkh＠c2.telstra-mm.net.au

Huw Davies wrote: ---------- > From: Huw Davies <H.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> > Subject: Re: Altairs (was RE: Collector Article) > Date: Friday, June 20, 1997 1:19 PM snip > > Are there any other Australians on the list, and if so, any pointers to > getting an Altair down under? In addition, I'm looking for an Epson PX-8 > (aka Geneva). > I'm in Australia (Sydney), been collecting for about 3 years and have never seen or indeed even heard of an Altair existing in Australia. To get one?, obviously offer $10,000 on this list and import it from the USA. Hans

28 years, 1 month

Apple /// booting and Franklin question

by thedm＠sunflower.com

You need a disk to boot, called "Catalyst" so you still boot from floppy, but the disk initialized the Profile and that's what comes up. I have a working profile, and its missing some of the directories on the menu, anyone know how to edit the menu and stuff? For merely a pre-paid envelop and a disk mailed to me, i'd be wiling to copie the catalyst disk for you. ---------- > From: Kai Kaltenbach <kaikal(a)MICROSOFT.com> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> > Subject: Apple /// booting and Franklin question > Date: Tuesday, June 17, 1997 6:35 PM > > I think I saw this go by once before on the group, but - > > - How do you get an Apple /// to boot from the ProFile? > > Also: > > - Does anyone consider the Franklin Ace 1000 Apple II clone very > collectible? > > thanks > > Kai

28 years, 1 month

Apple /// stuff (was: Re: This weekend's haul)

by thedm＠sunflower.com

Yes they made and External Disk ///, a joystick /// as well, I have both :) ---------- > From: Sam Ismail <dastar(a)crl.com> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> > Subject: Re: Apple /// stuff (was: Re: This weekend's haul) > Date: Thursday, June 19, 1997 9:31 PM > > On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Doug Spence wrote: > > > > My internal floppy seems to be hosed. I can't boot any disks off of it. > > > Some bgin to boot but then go to error, others invoke this horrendous > > > recalibration that never ends. I assume the drive head is dirty and the > > > speed needs calibrating. I wonder if I can calibrate this drive like one > > > can the Disk ][? > > > > Bummer. Is it not possible to use a Disk ]['s drive mechanism with the > > ///? Internally or externally? Obviously trying to do so internally > > would bring form factor problems, but I'm wondering if it could be done > > anyway. > > I would guess that the controller is compatible with Disk ][ drives, > although it would not surprised me if Apple purposely changed the pinouts > or used a different connector to thwart anyone attempting to use a ][ > drive with the ///. > > > Thankfully my internal drive works, but I wouldn't mind hooking up a > > second drive to it... and the chances of finding a Disk /// lying around > > are practically nil. > > I don't think they made such a beast...did they? > > > > Doug, if you want I can e-mail NuFX (ShrinkIt) images to you. This would > > > be the quickest way for you to get them. You'd need an Apple // running > > > shrinkit of course. The disk format between the // and /// is identical. > > > > That would be great, thanks! I've never used ShrinkIt, but I can at least > > get stuff to and from my //e, and I've got two Disk ][s and a 512K RAM > > card in it. I'll get ShrinkIt via FTP. > > ShrinkIt is easy to use. You'll do fine. I'll try to e-mail the images > to you in uuencoded format sometime within the next few days (I am busy). > > > I don't suppose the /// disks are available at some anonymous FTP site > > already? It'd be especially cool in .dsk format, as that's how I transfer > > all of my ][ software. (I never had a decent terminal program for my > > Micromodem IIe, so I wrote a whole disk transfer program and extract > > individual files when I have to once the disk image is on my Amiga.) > > I doubt it. It would be a good thing to do though. > > > Sam > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass

28 years, 1 month

Victor 9000

by sinasohn＠crl.com

At 11:50 PM 6/15/97 -0400, you wrote: >So what exactly is a Victor 9000??? >Just another PC clone? Not a clone, but similar. Max RAM was 768K, came with a Floppy Drive as standard (IIRC). Was the first computer to use variable speed disk drives (as the early Mac's did as well.) Ran an early version of MS-DOS, I think. And, IIRC, it pre-dated the IBM PC. --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad sinasohn(a)crl.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

28 years, 1 month

Collector Article

by sinasohn＠crl.com

At 03:31 PM 6/19/97 -0500, you wrote: >prices listed for Apple equipment in "A Collector's Guide to Personal >Computers and Pocket Calculators" are quite high, possibly since the book Apple II+ is quoted as $100-$200, the IIe $125-250. The Disk II is listed as $75-150. Haddock's book is way high on some things, (seems) way low on others, and, occassionally, is right on the money. Nonetheless, it *is* interesting, has some nice pictures, and is probably a good reference to have. --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad sinasohn(a)crl.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

28 years, 1 month

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