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by ronaldm＠mars.ark.com

> >I was talking to a friend this weekend who brought >up this idea that before long EPROMs in our old >computers are going to start to go bad. According to the experts in our Coleco ADAM group, there is truth to this. Apparently computer chips generally have a tendency to fail after about 10 years. I have 4 Coleco ADAMs all roughly the same age (12 years) and I've yet to experience this problem with any of them. Unfortunately in our case 1 of the chips, the MIOC or Memory Input/Output Controller is a rarity and apparently cannot be duplicated. Most of us have been stockpiling old ADAMs in the hopes of keeping ourselves going as long as we can. (We're like Edsul owners... we refuse to give up). At any rate, I don't know of anyone in our community who has experienced the problem.... yet, but we've been warned. -Ron Mitchell

29 years

Classic computers & home video game systems for sale/trade/wanted

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

> For Sale/Trade: > > - Kaypro II CP/M portable > - TRS-80 Model 4 > - Commodore VIC-20 in original box, power supply, some docs > - Commodore 64 in original box, power supply, manuals (plus various > accessories available) > - Commodore 128 in original box, power supply > - Atari 1200XL computer (no power supply, untested) > - Colecovision, 2 controllers, power supply, a few games > - Atari 5200, base system unit only > > Computers Wanted: > > - S-100 bus systems (specifically Altair, Imsai, North Star, Processor > Tech, Cromemco) > - TI 99/4A in original box only > - IBM 5100 portable > - Exidy Sorcerer > - Compucolor II or 8051 > - Atari 400 or 800 (not XL) > - RCA COSMAC VIP - KIM-1 > Software/Accessories Wanted: > > - Microsoft Adventure for Apple II or TRS-80 > - CP/M & any manuals/diagrams for Altair, Imsai, North Star, Processor > Tech, Cromemco, Kaypro, Osborne > - Atari 5200 controllers > - Lear Siegler ADM-3a dumb terminal > - S-100 bus cards > > Game Systems Wanted: > - Tandy VIS > - Bally Professional Arcade > - Fairchild Channel F > - Magnavox Odyssey (not Odyssey2) > - Sears Telegames Pong (not Super Pong, not Atari-branded) > - Intellivision, Sega Master System or any Atari model in original > boxes only (I already have them loose) >

29 years

The list

by bill＠booster.bothell.washington.edu

I've been scraping this together for a few months. I though some of you might have use for it. Bill Whitson ClassicCmp "owner" bcw(a)u.washington.edu bill(a)booster.u.washington.edu --- Computers Through 1988 Part 1/3 (Manufacturers A-D) This list is compiled from various sources: fliers, magazines, ads, manuals, and price books. The information is as acurate as the original sources. The dates are probably particularly unreliable as many of them are just guesses. I have excluded most PC clones from this list. A few of the more important, or interesting PC's are listed. If you have anything to add or revise, contact Bill Whitson (e-mail bill(a)booster.u.washington.edu). MANUFACTURER MODEL CA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Acorn Model B 82 Automated Computer Systems 4040 MC 78 8080 MC 79 Z80 MCS 81 ACE Discovery 500 83 Discovery 1600 83 Actrix Computers Actrix 83 Adra Systems Model 1000 86 Model 3000 86 Advanced Digital Corp. SuperStar 84 Alcyon Alcyon 84 Alpha Info Systems Model 100 77 Alpha MicroSystems Model 680 84 Model 1000 82 ALSPA Computer ACI-1 81 ACI-2 82 Altos Computer Systems Model 580 83 Model 680 85 Model 3068 88 Model 8000 78 Advanced Micro Devices Model 96 80 Ampere, Inc. WS1A 85 WS1B 85 APF Electronics IM1 80 Apollo Computer Model 400 82 Apple Computer, Inc. II 78 II+ 81 IIe 82 IIc 85 IIc+ 86 IIgs 86 III 83 III+ 84 Lisa 1 83 Lisa 2 84 Macintosh 128 84 Macintosh XL 84 Applied Electronics Model 10 81 Model 15 81 AT&T 3B2/300 86 3B2/400 86 Atari 400 80 600 82 800 83 800XL 84 1200XL 83 130XE 84 520ST 85 1040ST 85 Mega 2 87 Mega 4 87 Auragen Systems System 4000 84 Barreto Associates MicroMaster 83 Barrington International Elite 82 Barrister Info Systems Law Office Manager 75 Basis Model 108 80 BBN Computer Corp. C60 80 C70 81 Beehive Corp. The Topper 83 Bell Computer Systems Model 4 84 Bell and Howell Model 78400 83 Model 3016 83 Berkel Systems Model 4410 74 Billings Computer Corp. System 500 82 System 6000 82 BC12 79 BlackHawk Computers BlackHawk 3 79 BlackHawk 4 79 BMC, Inc. Model 20C 81 Model 20G 81 Bondwell Computers BW2 85 BW8 86 BW12 85 BW14 85 BW16 85 BOS Systems BOS-M 81 Cyte 86 82 BTI Computer Systems BTI 4800 84 BTI 5000 83 BTI 6000 84 BTI 8000 85 Burroughs Corp. B1800 83 B1910 83 OW400 82 CADO Systems CAT III 82 System 20 78 CCG Ultra PDP 11/23 83 Ultra PDP 11/44 83 Ultra PDP 11/73 83 Ultra 11/730 83 California Computer Systems Model 1000 82 Model 3000 83 System 200 81 System 300 81 System 400 81 Callan Data Systems CD 100 81 CD 100M 82 UniStar 100 84 UniStar 200 84 UniStar 300 84 Canaan Computer Corp. 5410 85 5412 84 Canon, Inc. TX-10/15 80 Casio, Inc. FX-9000 83 Computer Consoles, Inc. Power 5 84 Control Data Corp. Cyber 18 76 Model 110 83 Computer Enhancement Corp. CE Micro 1 83 Centurion Computer Corp. Model 100 79 Model 200 79 Model 5200 82 Model 5300 82 Model 6100 83 Model 6200 83 Model 7100 84 Model 9200 84 Micro Plus 82 Century Computer Corp. System 300 75 System 400 75 System 700 75 System 900 75 Vanguard 8000 82 Vanguard 8500 82 X1000 75 X2000 75 Challenge Systems, Inc. CS1000 82 Charles River Data Systems Universe 32/115T 85 Universe 32/137T 85 Universe 32/35 85 Universe 65/115T 85 Universe 68/05 82 Universe 68/137T 84 Universe 68/35 84 Universe 2402 85 Charter Information Corp. System 4 83 CIE Systems, Inc. 680/20 83 680/30 83 680/40 83 680/50 87 680/100 84 680/150 87 680/200 84 CMC Systems SuperSystem 1 81 SuperSystem 2 82 Codex Corporation Model 268/21 83 Model 268/24 82 Model 268/44 82 Colby Computer MacColby 128 84 MacColby 512 84 Coleco Industries, Inc. ADAM 83 Colonial Data Services SB80 81 Columbia Data Products Commander 500 79 Commander 964 79 Commander FX 79 Comark Corp. Disktor M1 83 Disktor M3 83 Disktor Q 79 Commodore 655 83 128 86 Amiga 500 87 Amiga 1000 86 Amiga 2000 87 8032 79 16 84 64 82 Executive 64 83 PET 79 SuperPET 81 VIC-20 81 Plus 4 84 Compal Computer Systems 8200+ 81 Electric Briefcase 82 EZ Type 83 CompTech EVE II 85 CompuCorp Model 745 83 Model 799 83 Compupro Systems System 816/10 84 System 816/A 82 System 816/E 84 System 816/G 84 System 816/Z 84 The Computerist Focus FLEX 82 Covergent Technologies MiniFrame 86 MiniFrame Plus 86 MightyFrame 86 Cortex Systems Microdent 1 79 Microdent 2 79 Cromemco, Inc. C10 82 CS-1 82 CS100 85 CS110 86 CS115 87 CS120 86 CS200 86 CS220 86 CS300 86 CS400 86 CS420 86 CS-2 82 CS-3 83 System 100 84 System 300 84 System 0 82 CYB Systems MultiBox I 82 MultiBox II 82 Cyberchron CDS-201 79 CDS-231 83 Data General Corp CEO 81 CB/50 83 CS/5 82 CS/10 80 CS/20 83 CS/30 83 CS/40 83 CS/50 80 CS/60 83 CS/70 80 CS/100 82 CS/200 82 Eclipse C/150 79 Eclipse C/350 78 Eclipse MV/4000 82 Eclipse S/120 83 Eclipse S/130 83 Eclipse S/140 80 Eclipse S/250 83 Eclipse S/280 83 Enterprise 1000 81 Enterprise 3000 81 MPT/80 83 MPT/100 83 Nova 3 83 Nova 4 83 Datamac Computer Systems Series 1200 81 Datapoint Corp. Model 1560 82 Model 8600 81 Model 8800 81 Series 1800 83 Series 4000 83 Series 6600 78 Datavue Corp. 80/100 81 80/200 81 80/300 81 80/400 83 3000 79 DEC Correspondent 83 Datasystem 150 83 Datasystem 208 78 Datasystem 300 83 Datasystem 315 83 Datasystem 320 83 Datasystem 336 83 Datasystem 356 83 Datasystem 512 83 Datasystem 500 83 DECMate II 82 Micro/PDP-11 82 MicroVAX I 84 PDP-11/23 82 PDP-11/24 81 PDP-11/34 76 PDP-11/44 80 PDP-11/70 75 Professional 300 82 Professional 325 83 Professional 350 83 Rainbow 100 82 Rainbow 100+ 83 VAX-11/730 82 VAX-11/750 80 Deltadata Systems Corp. D8000 83 Micro Manager 83 Delta Products Inc. Delta One 83 Delta Two 83 Delta Four 83 DP/Net 83 DP/125 83 Digicomp Research System 100 81 Digidyne 5832 77 5864 80 Series 200 82 Digital Microsystems DMS-3 83 DMS-4 80 DMS-15 83 DMS-86 82 DMS-1280 83 DMS-5080 82 Digital Technology Model 580 79 Digitex Model 7100 83 Model 7200 83 Model 7300 83 Model 7500 83 Model 8100 83 Model 8200 83 Model 8300 83 Model 8500 83 Dimension Computer Corp. 1010 82 1020 82 2010 82 3020 83 Direct, Inc. Model 1000 81 Model 1025 81 Model 1031 83 Display Data Corp. Insight 74 DMC Systems Commfile 78 Docutel BCS 2025 80 BCS 2030 79 DC-M18 84 M10 84 M20 83 P6060 77 S6000 81 DTC 710 83 A22 83 B23 82 Micro 210 81 Data Technology Industries Associate 79 Dual Systems Control Corp. 83/20 84 83/80 84 83/500 84 Durango Systems Inc. 800 79 800XR 83 900 83 910 83 Dynabyte Business Computers 6600 82 6900 82 Monarch 6000 82 ---end-

29 years

How long will they last?

by ronaldm＠mars.ark.com

> >How long do cassette tapes last? > I'm still getting data reliably off of Coleco Datapacks that I recorded circa 1986. But I've heard there are limitations. Don't use the tapes much any more. One person talking about this a while back claimed it was better to store casettes vertically rather than horizontally. Never paid much heed to that, so I don't know if it's true or not. -Ron Mitchell

29 years

Dayton Hamvention

by wbrco＠valuenet.net

How many of the crazies that get this list will be attending? If there's enough of us, maybe we can do lunch and complain about the bland sloppy joe that's served! I know a lot of the "informal" nets meet in the lunch room, so I'm sure we could chisel out some chairs! -- | Allen Underdown - wbrco(a)valuenet.net | | Amateur Radio Operator - N0GOM, computer geek, | | homebrewer and outdoor enthusiast! | | Try My BBS at 314.939.9445! |

29 years

Weekend Scavenging

by bill＠booster.bothell.washington.edu

Yep, it was another profitable weekend scavenging mission! The stats: New Machines: 5 New Periphs: 3 New Manuals: 2 New Disks/Software: 60+ Money Spent: $32 So... help me with this stuff! These are all machines I've never had before. 1. Franklin Ace 500. Seems to be a really nice Apple II clone. Problem is I don't have a power supply. Any chance the ratings are the same as a IIc supply? 2. Tandy Color Computer. Boasts a whopping 4k! Fixed a broken keyboard - now all I have to do is find some software. 3. Atari 800xl! Oops, I lied earlier. I used to have one and now have one again. It was new, still-shrinkwrapped! 4. Televideo 950 terminal. Seems to be a nice terminal for one of my cp/m boxes. 5. HP Series 100. This one doesn't currently work. It will probably be a project for some upcoming weekend. Anyone know what it is? Very strange little machine... Also picked up a commodore printer and 1571 disk drive. It was a good weekend ;) Bill Whitson ClassicCmp "owner" bcw(a)u.washington.edu bill(a)booster.u.washington.edu

29 years

mitsubishi MP386 help please

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

i recently acquired a mitsubishi MP386 machine; a proprietary late 1980s 386dx-16. i need to configure the hdd and monitor since it will not boot properly, but it doesnt have a standard cmos, and has dip switches in the front which i cant figure out even after trial and error. does anyone have information on this machine before i round file it? david (suprdave(a)aol.com) <!>

29 years

In case you don't read EVERYTHING 8-)

by danjo＠xnet.com

I found these diggin' around other News Groups and thought of you guys - instantly 8-) >From: "Tom Jacobson" <trjacobs(a)wolf.co.net> >Subject: Morrow computer >Date: 31 Mar 1997 19:20:26 GMT > >This is my thir day on the "net"...really..! >I have a Morrow MD2 (2 floppy disk system) with a lot of Morrow >newsletters, original software etc. >Yes (at last check) it did work fine. >Is anyone interested in this thing. I hate to get rid of it..was my >first system. But no use in having it around. - And - >From: ninja(a)asu.edu (Jay Noh) >Subject: TRS-80 Model-100 FS >Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 01:57:24 -0700 > >TRS-80 Model 100 portable forsale. >Asking $100. >Please reply via e-mail. >-- >Jay Noh (ninja(a)asu.edu) >ASU Dept. of CSE, 5406 >Tempe, AZ 85287-5406 BC

29 years

How long will they last?

by bill＠booster.bothell.washington.edu

I was talking to a friend this weekend who brought up this idea that before long EPROMs in our old computers are going to start to go bad. This is something I've heard before but, to be honest, I don't know enough to make a judgement on it. If this is the case, I suppose I should be burning backups. While I'm at it... What are some other concerns along these lines. What should we be planning for as these machines grow 5, 10, 15 years older? Bill Whitson ClassicCmp "owner" bcw(a)u.washington.edu bill(a)booster.u.washington.edu

29 years

Enterprise Computers

by jeffh＠eleventh.com

This is for all of our European members. I'm interested in the Enterprise line of computers, either the 64 or the 128. How common are these machines in Europe? Would it be hard to find one? Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- // Amiga: The computer for the creative mind...since 1985! // ------------------------------------------------------- \// True 32bit pre-emptive multitasking GUI, plug&play hardware, \/ stereo sound, and 4096 color video modes since day #1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Atari 800, Atari 800XL, Atari Mega-ST/2, Commodore C-128 & C128D, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore VIC-20, Kaypro 2X, Mattel Aquarius, Osbourne Executive, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3, and a TRS-80 Model 4. Plus Atari SuperPong and Atari 2600VCS game consoles.

29 years

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