On April 29, Vance Dereksen wrote:
> Since when is a Jetta a sports car? 8-)
>
> Peace... Sridhar, proud owner of a BMW 530i, modified.
Hey Sridhar...next time you come down this way, you've gotta bring
that car of yours!
-Dave McGuire
It was for David.
I picked up the the stuff 9-10 years ago at
a Texas A&M auction. the VIP's also.
Hi Eric Chomko, you wrote on 4/29/01 6:04:54 PM:
>And this was a recent aquisition?
>
>Eric
>
>David Williams wrote:
>
> > Please elaborate on the SWTPC systems. Just curious.
>
> I should have pics up soon. So far I've been looking things over.
> As far as SWTPC stuff goes, I have three systems. Two are the
> SWTPC 6800 boxen with reset and power buttons on the front.
> The third is the same but the front panel doesn't have the same
> SWTPC 6800 logo on it. It's just blank. There are several boards,
> many I haven't IDed yet. So far I see 6800 CPU cards, some 8K
> memory boards, some I/O cards, what looks like it might be a
> prom burner, a disk controller (no drives though), a 16k memory
> board and some more I haven't figured out yet. He has a bunch of
> the manuals but has to locate them in his storage space first. I
> plan on scanning them when I get them. That's the extent of what I
> know so far about the SWTPC stuff. I'll post pics of the systems
> and boards on my site soon. Have to dig up my digital camera first.
>
> -----
> David Williams - Computer Packrat
> "When the mind is free of any thought or judgement,
> then and only then can we know things as they are."
> dlw(a)trailingedge.com
> http://www.trailingedge.com
>
>
On April 29, Billy D'Augustine wrote:
> It occurs to me that there are several PDP-8'ers here. Quite some time ago,
> at least 1992, I got involved with a group of people, and one of them was
> Charley Lasner. As far as reptutation went, he was the guru of -8s. He lived
> in NYC at the time, and I visited him for the weekend. Actually, it was the
> very same weekend that ST:TNG premired, because I was little disappointed
> that I missed it, but I figured hacking was more important!
>
> So, does anyone remember him or know how to reach him?
This hit the pdp8-lovers mailing list last year:
>From: Robert Harper <rwh@c...>
>Date: Tue Nov 7, 2000 10:35 pm
>Subject: RE: [PDP8-Lovers] What Happened to Charles Lasner?
>
>I'm a long-time, close personal friend of Charlie's --- we've known each
>other and worked together for nearly 30 years now, dating back to the early
>days of the -8. I got concerned about him about a year ago, and tracked him
>down through his brother. He's doing fine, spending much of his time on
>Long Island with a new (at that time) female friend. His e-mail address
>hasn't changed ( lasner@s...). I don't know why he's dropped out
>of the PDP8-Lovers discussion. As far as I know he's alive and well and
>happy, but probably preoccupied with a variety of projects and interests.
-Dave McGuire
> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 12:59:10 -0400
> To: jpero(a)sympatico.ca
> From: Christian Fandt <cfandt(a)netsync.net>
> Subject: Re: Nabu Computers Available...
> Upon the date 10:15 PM 4/24/01 +0000, jpero(a)sympatico.ca said something like:
> -- snip --
> >Overpriced! Found my 230MB MO 3.5" based on Olypmus mech in a APS
> >case for 20 US in C.R. south of Rochester next to Jefferson rd. :-)
>
> Hi Wiz,
Hi Fandt,
Talked to my friend in USA and found that full name. it's horrible
name to remember. :-)
Computer Renaissance
Computer Renaissance
376 Jefferson Rd - Across from Southtown Plaza
Rochester, NY 14623
Phone: 716-424-2050
www.compren.com has address locator, jam your zip code there and it
will cheerfully give you nearest C.R. stores.
Many of the ASIS markers on used loose parts in bins and lot of used
computers are functional, I find MCA cards and Mac parts as well as
generic stuff. Prices is sorta ok but worth checking out.
Cheers,
Wizard
Does anyone know were I can find Manuals (preferably in text or html format) for an Apple //c online? I'm not looking to buy them, just to use them as a reference.
Thanks,
~Gen~
ATTENTION UK Classiccmpers: I found this lurking in a ham radio
newsgroup. The last line of the message is what got my attention. Also,
the 575 is a pretty nice piece of gear, especially if it can be rescued
>from being sent (working) to the landfill.
Subject: (fwd) FS: Tektronix 575 Transistor Curve Tracer (Surrey, UK)
-- forwarded message --
From: john(a)nospam.demon.co.uk (John Washington)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm,sci.electronics.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: FS: Tektronix 575 Transistor Curve Tracer (Surrey, UK)
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 16:02:53 +0100 (BST)
Lines: 24
For sale: Tektronix 575 Transistor Curve Tracer.
Wonderful machine, displays loads of curves for pretty much any
transistor you care to test on it. Can even test two transistors
at once, ideal for selecting matched pairs.
Buyer collects or arranges shipping. Surrey, UK
Email me at john at wash dot demon dot co dot uk.
Would also be ideal as a boat anchor. Money? Yes, I'd like some,
so get your accountant to figure out the new price (thousands),
add inflation, and then take off a lot for depreciation, add even
more for rare collectable status, and take off another few zillion
'cos I'm such a warm-hearted generous idiot. Or just make an offer.
Any suggestions where else I might find a good home for this useful
piece of gear? I'd be heart-broken to take it down the tip, but
it occupies space I can ill afford.
P.S. The spare CP/M computers are still available.
-- John Washington --
-- end of forwarded message --
I'm looking for 4-7 DEC Storageworks 2g or 4G drives in cannisters
to put in an old BA350 (single ended fast scsi) shelf. Any suggestions?
Bill
--
Bill Bradford
mrbill(a)mrbill.net
Austin, TX
Hi,
This may be slightly OT, but it concerns a classic comp so i'll post it
anyways. I was wondering if anyone here had seen the Java Altair 8800
emulator at http://members.aol.com/~altair88b. About a year ago, when I only
had net access at school, i was searching for Altair stuff and came up with
it. Although I could not try it due to lack of time, it seemed like a huge
improvment over Claus Giloi's Altair emu, with a terminal emulator and paper
tape support (i think). I tried to access it the other day, but the page has
been removed. Does anyone out there know what i'm talking about?? If anyone
has, did it work? I was very suspicious at the time due to a lack of contact
address, plus it just seemed too good to be true. If anyone has tried it,
did the thing work??? And whatever happened to it???
-Lanny
This is not as big an achievement as it sounds since the machine in question
has a SuperCPU accelerator in it, so it's not a *stock* system, but it's still
quite impressive. It serves everything itself using a simple multithreaded
webserver.
http://c64.nvg.org/ (it's in Norway)
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