Anyone want a Dandetiger or two?

From: Mike <dogas_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Sat Nov 22 20:18:24 2003

Hi Bob,

Has anyone asked for these yet? I would love a cool primitive lisp
environment. How big are they? Would you consider splitting the two. The
second unit would be great as a spare but I'm sure someone else would
appriciate one too.

Thanks
- Mike Haas
Brunswick, Georiga, USA


> I have two Xerox 1108 machines with the souped-up processor, colloquially
known
> as a "Dandetiger". Both were working until a few months back when I
finally
> moved everything I really needed onto a somewhat more modern machine. The
hard
> disk drives are starting to make dry bearing kind of noises and may be a
little
> hard to boot, but otherwise seem to work OK. I was having some problems
with
> the floppy drives, but maybe that's just because all my 8-inch floppies
are
> antiques. The monitors work well, except that I think there must be a
sloppy
> connector somewhere: sometimes they sit silent for several minutes after
> power-on before suddenly making the flyback noises and coming to life.
>
> In addition to the basic machines I have a couple of "busmaster" cards,
which
> allow the Mesa bus to be plumbed into a PC extension or multibus chassis.
>
> I have the source code releases (on floppy) for Intermezzo, Koto, and
Lyric, and
> Koto Beta NoteCards. I also have copies of the LispUsers and Library
files, the
> Koto source files, and floppy images taken before I started having
problems with
> the floppy drives. In theory it is therefore possible to ftp this stuff
back to
> one of the machines and remake the floppies as good as new. Assuming the
RIAA
> doesn't sue me for copyright infringements I will be happy to supply CDs
of this
> stuff to anyone who needs it.
>
> There is also a shelf full of manuals (1 set only) and assorted notes I
have
> acquired along the way.
>
> Anyone interested in giving them a good home? I will give them away for
the
> cost of shipping. Truly I am going to miss these machines, but I can't
really
> afford the space to keep them, or the time to tinker with them.
>
> I don't always keep up with this list, so if you are really interested
please
> e-mail me directly.
>
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