Ok. If you do end up grabbing the whole lot, I'd definitely help you pay for it for some of that mass storage. It might be worth mentioning that you do in fact have an interest in the calibration/verification software that they were running on this. Their management may not understand that (for example) the HP 8566 spectrum analyzer, introduced in the 1970s and discontinued around 2000, is still the cornerstone of laboratory microwave spectrum analysis and high-end EMC work because nothing else can touch its capabilities. They just know "IT'S OLD!!", hence the discontinuance of their calibration services for that instrument. -Dave On 11/27/2017 01:55 PM, J. Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Dave,
Will do. I'm trying to work out a reasonable price for the lot, but assuming I do, I'll try to get all the software possible.
- Alex
On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
If you move on this, please do me a favor. Simco is (primarily) an instrument calibration company, and they had these because many high-end HP instruments use HP9000-300 series systems to run their calibration/verification software. These instruments are still dominant in the industry, but some of the companies like Simco who calibrate them are starting to discontinue their services because they're afraid to wrangle these non-Windows machines that are needed to run that software.
Most of the software I'm talking about is pretty readily available, but some is not. If you should happen to get ahold of any floppies with this pile of stuff, and if they look test-equipment-related, would you please let me know?
Also, I could really use one or more of those floppy disk subsystems if any are going spare.
Thanks, -Dave
On 11/25/2017 09:03 AM, J. Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I contacted Adam, and he’s looking for an offer on a ton of gear. If folks are interested, I’d be happy to pick this stuff up, and bring it to Festivus. I’ll attach the picture, here, but there are at least 4 system units, along with a bunch of external drives.
Does the museum have a complete 9000/300 system?
Thanks! - Alex
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 09:58 Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
This was forwarded from a Vintage HP list. If anyone wants a
mid-'80s
HP/UX system, please contact the original poster (adam.raub@simco.com). The systems appears to be in Allentown, PA.
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/ Oldtech/
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I received his email today. If anyone is interested please contact Adam directly.
David Collins
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Hello,
We currently have a HP 9000/300 series computer that we are going to scrap. Would you be interested or know someone who may want it? We have a monitor, a few keyboards, cables & a few boxes of disks for it along with extra hard drives.
Adam Raub
Technician
Simco Electronics
Allentown, PA 18103 ( x-apple-data-detectors://1/0 )
Phone: (610)798-0100 Ext. 4248 adam.raub@simco.com ( tel:(610)798-0100;4248 )
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA