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From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
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Subject: Free IBM system 36
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Found this in a news-group.
Joe
My company needs the space and wants to give away an IBM System/36,
immediately! We need it out of here ASAP. Runs great! You haul.
Call Rick
at 505-982-5573 or email: rogick(a)roadrunner.com
The equipment is as follows:
IBM System/36 Model 5360
IBM 4234 Dot Band Printer
6 IBM 3197 Color Workstations
Motorola Codex 2205 Modem
Dual Tape Backup by Fathom Technologies
About 6 5250 Emulation Cards (Short Length)
Everything works great!
OK, here's my question: would I, as a "power
user" have any non-
romantic/nostalgic/etc. use for such a machine?
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9 Jan
9 Jan
12:32 p.m.
OK, here's my question: would I, as a "power
user" have any non-
romantic/nostalgic/etc. use for such a machine?
Unless you are collecting Cray's I don't think anything on this list is of
use to a "Power User". It's a piece of history that should be preserved,
and would be fun to tinker with. What more do you need?
Zane
| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator |
| healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast |
| healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
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| see http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ |
| For the collecting of Classic Computers with info on them. |
| see http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/museum.html |
3:29 p.m.
OK, here's
my question: would I, as a "power user" have any non-
romantic/nostalgic/etc. use for such a machine?
Unless you are collecting Cray's I don't think anything on this list is of
use to a "Power User". It's a piece of history that should be preserved,
and would be fun to tinker with. What more do you need? 
3:59 p.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
There's some TRS-80 and maybe Apple users around here that might
consider theirselves power users when they can do in under 64k what
a PC type can't consider until he's bloated his system to at least
640K (or lately, 32Mb). And I suspect that anytime Allison has even
4K at hand, she kicks some butt.
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
OK, here's my question: would I, as a
"power user" have any non-
romantic/nostalgic/etc. use for such a machine?
Unless you are collecting Cray's I don't think anything on this list is of
use to a "Power User". It's a piece of history that should be preserved,
and would be fun to tinker with. What more do you need?
4:41 p.m.
Ward Griffiths wrote:
Zane H. Healy wrote:
There's some TRS-80 and maybe Apple users around here that might
consider theirselves power users when they can do in under 64k what
a PC type can't consider until he's bloated his system to at least
640K (or lately, 32Mb). And I suspect that anytime Allison has even
4K at hand, she kicks some butt.
I stand corrected :^) What can I say, I am operating under the assumption
that from the way he wrote it the original poster is using "power user" to
mean someone with the latest in IBM PC clone hardware running the travisty
known as Windows95.
Oh, and of late it seems to be more like 64Mb is the minimum to do anything
with a PC suffering the Winbloat. I totally agree that these can't handle
stuff that any decently configured computer with less than 64k could do.
Look at how fast a CP/M system can be up and running Wordstar, compared to
a Win95 system running Word97.
Zane
| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator |
| healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast |
| healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| For Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| see http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ |
| For the collecting of Classic Computers with info on them. |
| see http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/museum.html |
OK, here's my question: would I, as a
"power user" have any non-
romantic/nostalgic/etc. use for such a machine?
Unless you are collecting Cray's I don't think anything on this list is of
use to a "Power User". It's a piece of history that should be preserved,
and would be fun to tinker with. What more do you need? 
10 Jan
10 Jan
2:03 a.m.
New subject: Paperclip (Was: Re: Free IBM system 36)
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Look at how fast a CP/M system can be up and running
Wordstar, compared to
a Win95 system running Word97.
Sure, but did wordstar have a cute paperclip to tell you where you wanted
to go today?
Speaking of paperclip... I may have found the ROMs for both Paperclip and
Visicalc on the PET computers. Does anyone know what EPROM would fit the
ROM sockets in a PET? I've tried crossing the numbers on the ROMs and
can't learn anything. Does anyone have a schematic of a PET mainboard?
Zane
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