[vcf-midatlantic] Update on the Xerox 8010 (Star)

Adam Michlin amichlin at swerlin.com
Tue Jan 28 05:30:52 EST 2020


Yep.

So we have two Stars CPUs, one Star keyboard, one Star Monitor, one 
Daybreak CPU, no Daybreak keyboards, and no Daybreak monitors. And a as 
yet to be identified Xerox keyboard for some other machine.

So close, yet so far.

And it appears both the Daybreak mouse and Star Mouse require a special 
mouse pad (which, thankfully, can be printed... not 3D printed... 
literally Xeroxed).

http://www.digibarn.com/collections/devices/xerox-mousepad/index.html

Anyone want to donate a Star mouse? And as long and we're shooting for 
the moon, why not the Stars (sorry), a Star mouse pad?

And, what is the deal with that strange mouse connector on the Daybreak 
mouse?


On 1/27/2020 10:56 PM, Andrew Diller wrote:
> It's a daybreak mouse- look at:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Daybreak#/media/File:XeroxWorkstation.jpg
>
> And you can see the daybreak keyboard, which we don't have.
>
>
> -andy
>
>
>> On Jan 27, 2020, at 10:29 PM, Adam Michlin via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>>
>> I'm going based on this:
>>
>> https://www.oldmouse.com/mouse/xerox/star8010.shtml
>>
>> And a photo posted by someone Facebook (that I don't think is on the above link - I think it might be a personal collection item).
>>
>> Quite possible the keyboard for the 6085 is mixed up with some of the other Xerox items. Can't wait to find out!
>>
>> On 1/27/2020 10:17 PM, David Gesswein via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>>> It looks like a 6085 mouse. The keyboard we think is for the 6085 may not
>>> be. I don't think it looked like these.
>>>
>>> https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=14478
>>> https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=1052
>>>
>>> CHM has one of the mouse but they didn't identify its use.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 10:08:14PM -0500, Adam Michlin via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>>>> David Geisswein was so kind to take a look at one of our Xerox 8010
>>>> (Star) machines at the recent workshop. It turns on... counts to 10
>>>> on the LEDs, and then does nothing else.
>>>>
>>>> But, as you know, that's a huge first step. The Star is now in the
>>>> musuem and is slated for further repair as soon as possible. Hands
>>>> on use will happen!
>>>>
>>>> But we have a mystery:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.instagram.com/p/B72OuuBn4D2/
>>>>
>>>> Our donor provided two Xerox 8010s (Stars, if you prefer) and one
>>>> Xerox 6085 (aka Daybreak) and only one mouse. Neither machine seems
>>>> to have a port that matches the connector the pictured mouse. Maybe
>>>> we're missing a piece, though?
>>>>
>>>> You shouldn't need an Instagram account to view the pictures, but
>>>> let me know if that is causing problems and I can upload them
>>>> elsewhere.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>
>>>>             -Adam
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <https://www.instagram.com/p/B72OuuBn4D2/>
>>
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