New subscriber found TI Explorer, Rainbow 100, and Pro380

From: Mcfadden, Mike <mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu>
Date: Fri Feb 26 12:10:11 1999

I'm a new guy on this list from Kansas City. My biggest problem is my house
doesn't have a basement or a garage, I keep my computer toys in the rec room
under the Ping-Pong table. When the garage is built I'll have a computer
spot for more stuff. I've been lurking in this group for awhile.
I'm from the cardpunching/papertape reading generation of PDP8 and PDP11
types. Pre RSX-11M and RT-11.
I wander into a not-for-profit computer surplus place every week. Recently
I investigated the salvage room in the basement, they have lots of non PC
and non Mac stuff there.
Here is what I found I'm looking for more information about them.

TI Explorer VME tower style machine
external case dual full height 5 1/4 hard drives
external case tape backup unit
Might be a LISP machine
TI doesn't seem to have and information about this machine on their web
site. I found Usenet group ti.explorer with not much traffic.

Rainbow 100 special DEC floppy
DEC Pro 380 special DEC floppy and ST251 hard drive
DEC PDP micro 11/23 in tower case

Maybe I'll crosspost to alt.computers.pdp11.

Glad to be aboard!
mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu
Real computer can run for months without crashing, all other kinds are only
wannabe's.
Received on Fri Feb 26 1999 - 12:10:11 GMT