Say it ain't so, Joe!

From: Mike <dogas_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed Nov 21 23:29:25 2001

Hi Joe and all,

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
> >
> > > I've had to dispose of all my classic computer stuff
> >
> if you want to come get it. Here's a list of what I can remember off the
> top of my head:
>
> snip...
>
> All of the following are gone:
> ALL of the HP handheld calcs; all the extra HP SW paks and manuals;
all
> the HP catalogs; all of the HP Journals; the HP 9100 and accessories; all
> the HP 97s, 9815s and small desktop calcs; the HP 125 CPM machine; all the
> AIM 65s; the Apple Lisas; the DEC 11/23 system; all the S-100 stuff except
> for a few Cromemco cases with backplanes; both Altairs; the Rubicon; the
> SB-180; all the HP 9000 series 300 machines; all six Osbornes; both
Z-100s
> and all the manuals and extra parts; all the Intel and Motorola SBCs; the
> Tektronix 31 calc; the Tektronix 8051 computer and all accessories and
> manuals; the Tektronix CPM computer; the Intel 235 MDS; the Sony/Tektronix
> Logic Analyzers; the Dolch MPM computer/logic analyzer; ALL the general
> computer manuals and books; all the test equipment except for one OLD HP
> logic analyzer and all the machine tools and tooling except for the 12 x
> 48" lathe (it's spoken for but we have to tear down the building to get it
> out!)
>

Seems like there was more that that!

I was close and free enough to be able to respond pretty quickly to this
rescue situation. T + 4 hrs. I always like seeing Joe anyway when down
there and wished to be introduced to his collection under different
circumstances. I always figured Joe and I would get our collections
together (...with some dec dude...) eventually for a pretty cool regional
resource-depot/library/commercial/museum/thingy someday. I

I had a (10x30) storage unit that I was finally down to two or three
carloads away from emptying in Jacksonville (a Basic Four minicomputer) that
I was able to temporarily store the three new loads from Joe's before
finally being shuffled here. It was an adventure over miles with a car on
the verge of catrastrophe, filled to the brim. Anyway, here's my recent
'new finds' list...

2 MITS Altair 8800 computers and MITS Altair Floppy (case) and manuals,
cards,disk software
DG Nova 1200 & (?) Eclipse
Terak 8510
Apple Lisa w/widget&software & Macintosh Portable
Digital DecStation 5000/240, lsi-11 cardcage & cards, tk50z, and some pdp11
cards
Intel MDS 235 (+big accessories) and a few other sbc's, and bubble memory
stuff
Tektronix 4051 (+big accessories) and 4041 and (?) 31 calc and (2) 9100 DAS
units and 338 Sony/Tek Logic Analyzer and good manual set
few each of HP Apollo, 5036a, 86 (and cp/m aux processor), 87, 9820&9835
systems, and several drives,probes, sig analyzer, gpib event trigger
AT&T UnixPC and hd drive and software
E&L MMD and OP-2
OSI C2D 8" floppy case
Zilog Development System and Drives
National Semi computer
Osborne 1 (brown) portable
Zorba portable
several AIM-65s & parts & EI
Heathkit 3400, 3100, calculator, catalogs
few Motorola 6800/68000 sbcs and EXORBus cards
Canon sx-320
Intext XK-300 6802 sbc
Atari ? system diagnostic
Tandy PC-2, PC-6, 100, xenix software for 6000
Sharp Wizard, 1546, PC-2500, and Casio pocket computer
Epson HX-40
S100 breakout panel and S100 cards
IBM P70 and external disk/cable and (!!) Field Tek's Case
Compaq Portable II 286 w/ISA backpack & eprom programmer
several TI calculators
about a 100 BOOKS! and early runs Byte and Kilobaud magazines
buncha 1702a eproms
Data I/O Programmer 29a and (?) calibrator
2 Weller sodering stations
Pantronics 100a logic analyzer
LSI ADM 3a terminal
core memory boards
several X-10 modules
Dysan disk alignment disk set and unit

whew! Woo Hoo! Thanks Joe! So... I've been pretty busy lately digging
out from that avalanch and reading much. A few of the things I picked up
were for other people and I'll be in touch

;)
- Mike: dogas_at_bellsouth.net
Received on Wed Nov 21 2001 - 23:29:25 GMT