Update: Computer Rescue needed in Portland, OR

From: Rob Kapteyn <kapteynr_at_cboe.com>
Date: Wed Nov 29 13:51:31 2000

Zane:

I'd be interested in your IMSAI 8080, particularly if it had any S100 "extras" in it.
But I am in Chicago. Would if be able to convince you ship it somehow ?$?


Everyone:

I just found this mailing list and "subscribed" yesterday.
I am stunned by all of the activity on it.

I have been thinking about firing up my old Altair 8800 (early model).
I talked my Dad into getting it for me when I was 13 years old and my brother and I
learned a lot with it.

So does anyone have any tips on firing up this old monster ?
It it rather precious to me and I don't want to blow it up.
I guess I should just take out all of the cards and check out the power supply first.
I have heard that old capacitors can dry up and fail catastrophically -- but I think that this applies
to the 1950's capacitors, not the 1970's ones.

I still have the original "Altair Basic" on a paper tape with a manual made on a mimeograph-type
machine by the "Microsoft Corporation" of Redmond Washington.

Anyone out there have some other interesting 8080 software ?

Rob Kapteyn
kapteynr_at_cboe.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Zane H. Healy [SMTP:healyzh_at_aracnet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 12:54 AM
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Update: Computer Rescue needed in Portland, OR

I figured I'd update people on the status of the systems I'm getting rid
of. Thanks to a local collector I was able to get everything but the
actual junk out of the unit I was trying to get rid of. I even managed to
get rid of the junk a little latter, and the unit itself. All this without
loosing any classic computers, even common ones. So now the crunch is off,
but I'm still looking to find local takers for the following stuff. As I
still need to get a bunch of stuff out of the remaining two units (for one
thing I'd like to eventually get down to one unit).

A note on the items with the '$' by them. As I'd said before I'm looking
for some money for or some Sun or DEC stuff that I can use (fairly
modern in other words). These are items that I've spent real money on,
and/or rather like so if I can't recover what I've spent on them, I'll be
keeping them. On some items this means I don't want to much, on others,
quite a bit.

                        Zane


RULE1: These systems are for *local pickup* only. I quite simply do not
       have time to ship stuff.

RULE1A: If you're going to be paying for something I can mark items as
        being for a certain person and will hold onto them for a reasonable
        amount of time until they can pick them up if they're going to be
        in this area.

RULE2: Systems sold as is.


Various
    Laser 128
  $ Kaypro II
    Mattel Aquarius (Unknown)
  $ Epson PX-8 (think that's the right name)

Apple
    Apple ][ plus
    Apple ][e (x2)
    Apple ][e enhanced 3 broken keys
    Apple ][c (x2)
    Apple ][gs (x2 1 is a Woz)
  $ Lisa 2/5

Apple Macintosh's
    Macintosh 512k, third party upgrade to Plus
    Macintosh SE
    Macintosh SE/HDFD
    Macintosh II
    Macintosh LC

Atari
  $ Atari TT030

Commodore Bussiness Machines
    Commodore 64c
  $ Amiga 2000 (x3 only 1 keyboard, 2 Magni Genlocks, 1084 monitor, misc.
                other stuff)
  $ Amiga 3000 (1 fully updated, 1 spare. The updated one includes a
                Catweasel, Picasso IV, a total of 18MB RAM, and latest rev
                chips. I will keep this system before I part it out so
                don't bother asking.)

digital
  $ PDP-11/03
  $ PDT-11/150 (Unknown Condition, this is not a Q-Bus or Unibus system)
  $ DEC Professional 380 (has VAX console board)
    DECmate III (3 or 4 of them, Need Software, but that's easily available
                 on the net)
    DEC Rainbow (Unknown)
    DECstation 5000/133 (no drives, 32MB RAM, works)

IBM PC clones
    Kapro PC

IMSAI
  $ IMSAI 8080 (Rack Mount style, but have top/sides for desktop style, do
                not have the front for desktop style)

Tandy
    Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer
    Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 2

Texas Instruments
    Silent 700 Data Terminal (two different models, only sure where one is
                              at the moment)
--
| Zane H. Healy                    | UNIX Systems Administrator |
| healyzh_at_aracnet.com (primary)    | OpenVMS Enthusiast         |
| healyzh_at_holonet.net (alternate)  | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
|     Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing,    |
|                   and Zane's Computer Museum.                 |
|                 http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/              |
Received on Wed Nov 29 2000 - 13:51:31 GMT

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