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Hello, I was given an AT&T Globalyst Pentium 90 mHz PC. The original HD was dead and I replaced it with a DOM, also put in a 1.2 MB 5.25" drive. I have PC-DOS 7 and Windows 3.11 running well on this machine. I would like to get a CDROM drive added to it, I have a Sony 8x IDE CDROM drive. It...

Hi all, I just wanted to share a little bit of news on a project i have been working on with my friend Dave. It is his HP-2116B minicomputer. This was HP's second computer with the first being the 2116, a general purpouse computer although it was really aimed and sold as a device to interface...

Hello, I have aquired a Kaypro 2 (what it says with the number not the Roman numeral II) When powering on it comes up to the "Insert Disk" prompt but the drive lite for drive A is not on although i can hear the drive spinning. I insert a CP/M boot disc and it and nothing happens. I did not...

We all know about the popularity of the PDP-11 series for your normal run of the mill general business applications, you know program development, accounting and database use. But there where other specialized uses that you may have seen every day and not even realized it. One of these uses...

Hello, I was reading about the RCA Spectra 70 series of computers. They seem like rather neat boxes with interesting early usage of IC's at a time when Germanium transistors where the norm. Does anyone know of museums or collectors who have any of these systems? Does anyone have war stores...

Hello all, I have just acquired a Kaypro II for a good price, the reason the price was good is that there is no keyboard. Does anyone out there have a spare keyboard? Thanks, Matt

I was finally able to get my AT&T 3b2/310 working reliably. It has 4 mb ram and the 72 mb CDC Wren HD. I am using my Mac IIfx as a terminal (Running ComIt). The reason I am using my IIfx is that it has a Sony PS400 19" display and an ADB extended II keyboard, so I get a nice sharp terminal...

I have an apple SCSI card that I want to use with my IIgs so I can run GS/OS 6. I hear they can be a bit temperamental to get running, whee there any specific requirements for drives to be used with the card? Thanks, Matt

Hello all, I am looking to Purchase/trade for a set of 4 4MB SIMMS for the Macintosh IIfx. Thanks, Matt

Hello All, I have a DEC AlphaServer that has been being used as a table/printer stand for about a year now... i would like to put it to useful work, there is no OS on the the hard drives. I know it should be able to run True64 UNIX or VMS. I would be open to running either OS on this system...

Hello all, I am looking to Purchase/trade for a set of 4 4MB SIMMS for the Macintosh IIfx. Thanks, Matt

Hi all, I am refurbishing an AT&T 55C terminal for a friend and i ahve a couple of questions. How does one open the case for the "logic" section of the terminal, the Power supply/display section was easy to get open but the bottom part of this 2 part terminal I can not figure out how to get...

Hi all, Does anyone have an Apha version of Windows NT? I have several Alphaserver 2100's and ann AlphaStation 225 and would like to try it on one of them. Also I would like to try Linux/UNIX/VMS does anyone have any pointers as to where to get Disc Images. Lastly, what type of Video card is...

Hi all, I am in the process of getting my AT&T PC-6300 going, The original Olivetti 10 MB drive is dead. I was looking to replace it with a Seagate ST-225. I had bought an ST-225 off of eBay about a year ago, but never tested it because i did not have a controller card, well it is dead from a...

Hi all, I am trying to get my AT&T PC-6300 up and running, the original DTC HDD card is bad so i am trying to use a Seagate card and ST-225. I currently have ROM 1.21 in the box and would like to upgrade it to 1.43 so i can rum everything the box can. I do not have an EPROM programmer but do...