Wyse PCs (was Re: auction grabs)

From: Lawrence Walker <lwalker_at_mail.interlog.com>
Date: Tue Oct 13 15:33:38 1998

On 13 Oct 98 at 10:07, jpero_at_pop.cgocable.net wrote:

> > > Non standard monitors to go with those! :( Boo hiss
> >
> > No, those went with standard VGA displays.
>
> I sincerely meant it. At that time around 4 years ago, I happen to
> have the oddball 16" mono wyse monitor and the that thing but between
> 2 no video card to drive that thing. That monitor can be driven up
> to incrediable high resolution better than 1024x768.
> Did call Wyse tech support, yuk! Took me a while to find out the
> cost to get that card cost too much for that value I think 100US.
>
> Not long afterwards, machine was gone to a user who needs one with
> standard monitor + card and 3 years later, that cursed monitor thrown
> out because I couldn't find the card for it.
>
> Oh, that wyse 286 is pretty stock clone and phoenix bios setup.exe on
> a disk for setting up CMOS contents does works.
>
> Funny, I did saw exact type of wyse 286 around that time after I sold
> that dumb 286 thingy with dreadful monitor that had that oddball
> card when it was in repairs.
>
> I know because those 286 circuit boards are not that great quality as
> expected of for that expense compared to IBM 50Z box. Even 55SX is
> good deal!
>
> Oh, Those wyse terminals needs upgrade kits to keep them working
> reliablibly. Reminds me of those compact mac analog board upgrade
> kit. Both you can still can get them around 30 or so from CCS.
> I clearly recall seeing at least 10 wyse terminals in repairs at any
> given time. Horrific! Gee, they shouldn't have used wyse terminal
> features and stuck with standardized DEC VT programming routines
> because that is more common than wyse terminals usually. I mean
> number of standard and clones for VT terminal series compared to
> wyse.
>
> Jason D.
> email: jpero_at_cgocable.net
> Pero, Jason D.
>
 I just picked up a bunch of old cards. Most were MCA ethernet or TR but among
the few ISA cards was a 16-bit double card with a 9 pin external plug labelled
Wyse monitor. There's 2 badly mounted Wyse E-Proms. Printed on the bottom of
the top board was WY-700 Controller Daughterboard. Wyse Technology (c) 1986.
The bottom one has WY-700 PC HI RES MOTHER BOARD. Sounds like your beast.
 If I should find one of these monitors would it work on a clone with just
this card ?
  There was also a 16-bitter labelled Wangtek with a 50-pin connector, and in
the bunch of stuff a Syquest 44 drive with 50 pin connector. I take it that
this is likely a SCCI card for the Syquest. Did Syquest make their own
controllers, or did Wangtek supply a card dedicated to the 44, or was this a
generic SCSI card , in other words one that I could use with any SCSI
peripheral ? It has a 10 sw. config. block and an E-prom with a pasted-on label
which appears to say Colorado Memory System xxxxx (c)1985

Don't know if this fits the 10 year OT but in another find at a thrift was a
small box called a Surecom EtherPerfect 500 T. for $1.00. It has one BNC
and 8 RJ- ( ? 6wire telephone type) connectors with a switch for normal or
cascade. I know virtually zip about LAN but I imagine this is some sort of
ethernet controller ?

Any pointers ?

ciao lary
lwalker_at_interlog.com
Received on Tue Oct 13 1998 - 15:33:38 BST