[vcf-midatlantic] stuff to donate

[William Dudley]

Kyle,

So noted.  I'll be at VCF E, and if Evan turns those items down, they're
yours.

Bill Dudley


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On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Kyle Owen <kylevowen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Bill,
>
> I imagine Evan/the museum will want it, but I am very interested in the
> U.S. Robotics modem if they turn it down. What a neat piece! Alas, I won't
> be at the workshop...but I'll be there for VCF E. Also the AT&T 6300
> manuals.
>
> Thanks, and hope you're doing well!
>
> Kyle
>
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 10:40 AM, William Dudley via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>
>> I found some more stuff that may be of interest to the
>> museum or to the members of this list.
>>
>> I would like Evan to weigh in on the museum's interest.
>> Should Evan pass on something, the rest of you can
>> figure out who ends up with an item.
>>
>> 1. US Robotics USR330 modem.  This is a very early
>> 300 baud consumer/hobbyist modem.  It's in a vacuum-formed
>> case, along with a comically large "data access arrangement" (DAA)
>> as required by telecom rules back in the day.
>>
>> 2. An AT&T Dataphone II 2224B modem, with power supply.  This was
>> hot-shit in it's day.  It would do 2400 bits/second.
>>
>> 3. A Digital Equipment Corp h312a null modem.  It is also
>> comically large, considering what it is.
>>
>> 4. New, in the shrink-wrap, manuals for AT&T 6386 computer:
>> "Service Manual" and "Hardware Reference Manual"
>>
>> 5. IBM "APL/1130 Primer - Student Text" copyright 1968.  This was
>> one of my texts in high school.  I have TWO pristine copies of this.
>>
>> 6. SPITBOL Version 2.0 manual, Feb 12 1971.  This is stapled together, not
>> a bound book, but is never the less early documentation for the language.
>>
>> 7. A full, four volume set of manuals AND 5 1/4" disks for STSC APL
>> PLUS/PC,
>> copyright 1987.  Hardcover binders in slip cases.
>>
>> 8. AT&T 6300 Plus Service Manual and Hardware Reference Manual.
>> Two hard cover binders in slip cases, including several different
>> diagnostic
>> diskettes (5 1/4").
>>
>> I plan on bringing this stuff to the VCF workshop this weekend, unless
>> we're snowed/cancelled due to weather.
>>
>> Pictures of items 1,2, 3, and 4 are here:
>> http://www.dudley.nu/vcf-donations/
>>
>> Bill Dudley
>> whose house looks like an episode of "Hoarders".
>>
>> This email is free of malware because I run Linux.
>>
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