On Mon, 3/7/16, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I think it's time, if you're a collector of such things to grab up a UNIX PC before the clean working and complete units fetch prices routinely above $750, (but not yet). They're still "new vintage" but I predict these are going to become highly sought-after "tweener" type machines. This is the PC a lot of the famous hackers used in the late 80s
Those are great little machines. Back in the '90s, I used to host a collection of the old archives and related material for these machines. Peter da Silva now maintains that archive: http://unixpc.taronga.com/ One challenge in keeping those machines running are the disk drives. For a machine like the one on eBay now, you need a HH ST-506/412 interface drive. Working ones are starting to get pretty thin. My 7300/3b1s are the biggest reason I'm interested in the recent MFM drive emulators. BLS
On 03/07/2016 12:46 PM, Brian L. Stuart via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On Mon, 3/7/16, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I think it's time, if you're a collector of such things to grab up a UNIX PC before the clean working and complete units fetch prices routinely above $750, (but not yet). They're still "new vintage" but I predict these are going to become highly sought-after "tweener" type machines. This is the PC a lot of the famous hackers used in the late 80s
Those are great little machines. Back in the '90s, I used to host a collection of the old archives and related material for these machines. Peter da Silva now maintains that archive:
Seconded. I sold and serviced them when they were new, and ran one at home for years when I was able to score a used one at a decent price. I have a few here now and love 'em. Really nice machines, and quite a technological achievement...A full-blown SVr2 system in a compact desktop with a GUI on a 10MB drive with 512KB of RAM! (base config) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
On 03/07/2016 12:56 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On 03/07/2016 12:46 PM, Brian L. Stuart via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On Mon, 3/7/16, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I think it's time, if you're a collector of such things to grab up a UNIX PC before the clean working and complete units fetch prices routinely above $750, (but not yet). They're still "new vintage" but I predict these are going to become highly sought-after "tweener" type machines. This is the PC a lot of the famous hackers used in the late 80s
Those are great little machines. Back in the '90s, I used to host a collection of the old archives and related material for these machines. Peter da Silva now maintains that archive:
Seconded. I sold and serviced them when they were new, and ran one at home for years when I was able to score a used one at a decent price. I have a few here now and love 'em. Really nice machines, and quite a technological achievement...A full-blown SVr2 system in a compact desktop with a GUI on a 10MB drive with 512KB of RAM! (base config)
They ran 3.2 at the end and the hotline (Hadley Rd. Plainfield NJ) had a proto 4.0 but it wasn't stable. 3.2 liked a bit more than 20M (at least 30M) but it did run on 20M. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies
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