ok looked at the page you mentioned... there is a 3500 a portable... ours is
a 3500 in a rack and has many extra things.... need the clocks to plug in
with capacitors et. al. though!
Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
Please check our web site at
http://www.smecc.org
to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
buy, and by all means when in Arizona drop in and see us.
address:
coury house / smecc
5802 w palmaire ave
glendale az 85301
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dwight K. Elvey" <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Cc: <esharpe_at_uswest.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: donner analog computer
> Hi Ed
> Although, I have no specific manuals, these systems
> are quite easy to work on. I hope that no one has stripped
> it for tubes or parts. There are many application books
> published for analog computers. Programming these are
> almost always similar.
> I would love to work on bringing yours back to life
> but am afraid that the distance is a little to great
> ( I live in Santa Cruz, CA ). Maybe something can
> be worked out with the Computer History Museum,
> here in Mountain View ( http://www.computerhistory.org/ ).
> Some kind of loan or something.
> I could work on it there, assuming that you could locate
> a sponsor to cover cost of repair, patches, program resistor and
> program capacitors.
> You might also check with Doug Coward:
> http://www.best.com/~dcoward/analog
> He may have some information specific to Donner Systems machines.
> Like I said, I'd love to play with it.
> Dwight Elvey
>
> >From: "ed sharpe" <esharpe_at_uswest.net>
> >
> >Please see the Donner analog computer at:
> >http://www.smecc.org/analog_computers.htm
> >
> >we would like to get enough stuff and some docs to get it operational.
> >
> >Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
> >
> >Please check our web site at
> > http://www.smecc.org
> >to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
> >buy, and by all means when in Arizona drop in and see us.
> >
> >address:
> >
> > coury house / smecc
> >5802 w palmaire ave
> >glendale az 85301
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "ed sharpe" <esharpe_at_uswest.net>
> >To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>; <cctech_at_classiccmp.org>
> >Cc: <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
> >Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 7:02 PM
> >Subject: Re: HP2000 pictures
> >
> >
> >> that is curious... but I see why the spread the weight of the three
> >> drives...
> >>
> >> we used 2883 disc drives on the main system, and a 7900 on the test
> >> system.
> >> we also had a rack with a spare processor and reader with a hot
spare...
> >> but nice to have the reader on that processor too if we wanted to
listen
> >to
> >> music on an am radio next to the processor!
> >>
> >> If you go to the www.smecc.org near the bottom of the home page
there
> >is
> >> a b/w picture... you can click on it and see what I am describing.
> >>
> >> by the way can use a 2883 disc drive or two....
> >>
> >> ed sharpe archivist for smecc
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jay West" <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
> >> To: <cctech_at_classiccmp.org>
> >> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 5:59 PM
> >> Subject: HP2000 pictures
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hey folks... just happened to come across some pictures of HP2000
> >systems
> >> > that I have never come across before. Shows some really nice
> >> configurations.
> >> >
> >> > http://www.entrix.co.uk/nostalgia.html
> >> >
> >> > Jay West
Received on Sun Aug 17 2003 - 00:24:00 BST