test-drb October 2001

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Need info/manuals/software - Microtest 14 CD Dicport Tower

by rhblakeman＠kih.net

Anyone have one of these in use and could possibly be a source for a copy of the manual, disks, etc? Just bought one on auction but of course no docs or software and this is NOT SCSI to the server, it works on the LAN and has SCSI drives in it. Even if someone can send me the manual so I can scan or copy it and send it back that would be great too and maybe I might have something excess here (besdies actual cash to pay the shipping and materials back) to express my thanks. Russ Blakeman Clarkson, KY USA

24 years, 1 month

Cromemco Pick-up on 10-13-01

by mhstein＠usa.net

John, Gee, just dumpstered 3 System 3's and 2 CS100's; since we're now shipping all our Toronto garbage to Michigan, ya coulda stopped at the dump on your way back & picked them up as well :-) However, although the rest of the chassis (2xCS420, 2xCS300, 1xCS2H, 3xCS1H, 1xSystem3, 1xZ2, BRZII, C5 etc., and nice and clean at that), will probably have to go as well 'cause nobody wants to come up here to the frozen north, the cards, manuals & software may be around a little longer, so let me know if ya need anything. mike ---------------------- Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 18:54:05 -0500 From: "John R. Keys Jr." <jrkeys(a)concentric.net> Subject: Cromemco Pick-up on 10-13-01 This pass Saturday was a long drive MN to IL (12 hours total drive time) to pick up 2- Cromemco System Three's, a Systemv CS-300, one new in the box KB for these systems, lots of manuals and software for them, a Cipher 1600BPI tape unit, a model BRZ-III fan for the units, and some parts. All will have to be cleaned up as they are pretty dirty and need some loving care. The guy had over 1600sq feet of computer stuff he is selling most on eBay.:-( At a local thrift I got some Sega master stuff, like the 3D glasses that have been selling on eBay for $50, I got mine for a couple dollars. Got a Virtual Boy system for $11.99. Got some Atari 2600 stuff also they were selling cartridges for 80 cents and they had two big boxes full. Now I will start the clean-up and entering all the info into the database (my paper notebooks). Keep computing John

24 years, 1 month

TO8 soundchip

by optimus＠canit.se

What was the sound chip in the Thomson TO8? -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.

24 years, 1 month

Burroughs E6000

by mhstein＠usa.net

Ah, yes, remember them well, and the mechanical B series they replaced; might even still have some parts and ledger cards... Those were the days, programming with metal punches and tweaking and debugging with a file... made great desks when they were scrapped... But while on this topic, anybody out there doing anything with Burroughs L series or B80/90 systems? Have tossed most of it out, but still have some cards, manuals and a cassette drive with controller if anyone's at all interested. And of course some paper and mylar tape stuff... And some Burroughs calculator manuals, mechanical and electronic.. mike ---------------------------- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 17:29:07 -0500 From: "Patrick L. Boland" <plboland(a)home.com> Subject: Re: Burroughs E6000 As late as 1977 ! was using two Burroughs E6000 computers to perform the function of loan payment application. The loans were for health club membership in the Chicago area and a great deal of the rest of the upper midwest area. We had over 50,000 loans outstanding at any time and processed from 1,000 to 3,000 loan payments a day. The machines we had were magnetic stripe ledger card readers and they would punch an output card with the results of the processing of the transaction. The latest information about the loan kept on a master deck of cards was replaced with the card that was punched as a result of the transaction on the E6000. The update was performed on a daily basis using the 085 sorter and a reproducer/collater. During the last 8 to 12 months of the use of the E6000, while a conversion was being worked on, we used only one E6000 and kept the other one for spare parts. Burroughs had run out of spare parts.

24 years, 1 month

SCSI Info requested by David Woyciesjes

by jismay＠agamemnon.unixboxen.net

I have mirrored the three scsi documents to my own site. I will keep them up and available for the forseeable future. http://agamemnon.unixboxen.net/scsi

24 years, 1 month

Unknown IC

by jdonogh1＠prodigy.net

Anybody know what a 74F582 is? 24-pin DIP, it's on a processor board along with several 74LS181's and various others. Thanks.

24 years, 1 month

Dark Tower - any internals info out there?

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>> I think I still have mine, and in working condition. Although I would not >> be willing to part with it (thus why I think I still have it), I CAN open >> it and send some digital pics of the chips. Maybe even draw out some >> schematics. > >That would be helpful. Ok, I will stop by my parents house tonight and pick mine up. Then tomorrow when I am supposed to be working (who wants to work when you can goof off), I will take it apart and take some pics. I will do what I can for schematics (I'm not an EE, just a hobbiest, so they might not be pretty, but I will try to make them correct). Although I am sure they will laugh hysterically, have you thought of contacting the game manufacturer? (Don't recall who it was, but I will know tonight when I pick mine up) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

24 years, 1 month

CP/M-8000

by cpg＠aladdin.de

Hi, I've got a Olivetti M20 Z8001 PC, and it appears that once there was a CP/M-8000 version available for it. Has anyone got such thing? I'd be interested in this, I could swap with some PCOS programs. (Assuming the copyright holder (Olivetti) doesn't mind.) regards, chris

24 years, 1 month

IIgs using hard disk 20

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>Are you SURE? I have an HD20 which works just fine on a Plus, but which I >have NEVER been able to make work on a 128k. My 512k has video problems >and I haven't had a chance to sort those out so I can test the HD20 on it. Not to double reply... but now I am going to start beating my head into a wall. Apple's technote article # 8169 (in the archives section), claims that the only way to add a hard drive to the 128 and 512 is by using the HD20 non-scsi drive (the one in question here). This seems to contridict a previous technote that lists the first supporting mac as the 512ke. So now I am REALLY going to have to pull out my 128 and see what happens... it seems Apple doesn't even know which way it goes. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

24 years, 1 month

IIgs using hard disk 20

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>Won't work, simply because the floppy port on the GS doesn't have the >firmware to support the HD20, while >the early Macs did. But there are many better hard drive options for a >GS, anyway. I guess I will have to keep an eye out for a SCSI board for the IIgs. Maybe I can also track down an original Apple HD SC... just to keep everything matching. So much for using parts on hand <sigh> -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

24 years, 1 month

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test-drb October 2001