I guess it's Friday night brag time, so here is what I've picked up the
past couple weeks:
- Alpha-Micro AM1000E (x2 - one has a 16 port terminal i/f hanging off
it's rear)
- CompuPro System 8/16 (x3 - monster systems: 8085/8088 cpu cards, lots
of RAM, lots of i/o, lots of disk space)
- Mac XL (dang, hard drive spins but seems not to be working, but boots
from floppy and runs fine)
- Heathkit H-11 (pretty beat up and no docs or media, but I figure
there's a bit of help out there)
- Hewlett Packard 85 (cassette drive may be bad, or maybe it's the _one_
tape I have, otherwise it's nice)
- Apple III (clean and mint)
- Commodore PET 2001 (with original manuals plus about 50 other books)
- Intel uScope 820 (8080 and 8085 "probe" modules and all docs - drool)
- Nicolet Z80 experimenter bus w/lots of cards (Mostek modules and docs)
- TRS-80 Model 4P (jittery monitor)
- TRS-80 Model 12 (boots up, but I need a k/b)
- PDP-11/23 (M8186) in a Plessey box w/lots of extra cards (hard drive
supposedly loaded with RSX-11/M+, but I haven't managed to get it going
yet)
- HP Integral PC (heh, showroom beauty)
- AT&T Unix PC (got the system a couple weeks ago sans k/b, but found
that today)
- Laser 128
- Vector Graphic MZ (Tons of boards and docs with this one)
- VaxStation 3200 (has the VR290 but I need that funky cable. oh, and a
drive loaded with VMS would be nice)
Plus a couple hundred pounds of peripherals, books, and software for the
above and other classic systems. Among the more interesting:
- a Xetec Lt. Kernel "Host Adapter for C64/C128" Hmm. DB25 out. That
sounds like fun. I guess I'll be needing some software to mess with
this.
- Zenix for Color Computer?
- Cromix? AFAIR from old Byte mags this is a Unix variant for which
processor?
- A pair of S-100 books: "The S-100 BUS Handbook" by Bursky, and "The
S-100 & Other Micro Buses" by Poe and Goodwin.
- Some other cool books: "Computers Self-Taught Through Experiments" by
Brayton, 1st edition, 1st printing - August 1966; "An Introduction to
Microcomputers, Volume 1, Basic Concpets" by Osborne, 1976; "The 8080A
BUGBOOK" by Rony, Larson and Titus; "A Hobbyist's Guide to Computer
Experimentation" by Lenk. Many others along these lines.
- TRS-80 Model II drive expansion box. Big box with 3 x 8" drive bays
but only one drive installed.
- A whole bunch of game carts I didn't already have for 2600 and
TI-99/4A ;)
With the backlog of stuff I already had, I've not been able to spend
much time on this stuff. Obviously getting rid of the major appliances
and furniture I'd been storing in my garage has made this sort of
scrounging binge a bit easier on the lifestyle (extra space AND extra
cash to play with)...
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Received on Fri May 08 1998 - 23:55:59 BST