Machine Pictures

[Erik]

For those who are interested in sharing their collections with others, pictures of your favorite machines can be posted to the boards using the Img button in the message editing area.

Some examples from my collection:

http://www.vintage-computer.com/images/8800bt1.jpg

This is my Altair 8800BT (http://www.vintage-computer.com/altair8800bt.shtml). It is a fairly standard configuration with 48K of RAM (really 49K, but who's counting) and 2 8" Altair disk drives. The unit works very well, although it is very noisy!


http://www.vintage-computer.com/images/compaqside.jpg

Here is my Compaq Portable (http://www.vintage-computer.com/compaq_portable.shtml). It is a nearly pristine example of Compaq's first machine, complete with all of the original manuals and boot disks.

http://www.vintage-computer.com/images/magazinecollection.jpg

Here is about half of my Magazine (http://www.vintage-computer.com/magazines.shtml) closet before everything went into storage. I can't wait to retrieve these for some research and archiving projects I've got planned.

Erik

[tradde]

Ah, an Alltair 8800. I have fond memories of mine. Wish I still had it.
It was a fun computer.

[CP/M User]

"Erik" wrote in message:

> For those who are interested in sharing their collections
> with others, pictures of your favorite machines can be
> posted to the boards using the Img button in the message
> editing area.

<snip!>

http://www.gloub.com/musee/images/Ace_face.jpg

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This is what I wished I could have!

Cheers.

[ggs]

Here's a picture of *most* of the working and semi-working machines in my collection
http://www.shiresoft.com/pdp-11/machine-room.jpg
and
http://www.shiresoft.com/pdp-11/machine-room2.jpg

[CP/M User]

"ggs" wrote in message:

> Here's a picture of *most* of the working and
> semi-working machines in my collection

http://www.shiresoft.com/pdp-11/machine-room2.jpg

I've actually seen a machine like this. The school I used
to study at had a machine like this. It was a bit smaller
I think, but they eventually put it into their network
centre. All they'd call it was a minicomputer. But it was
a dec based minicomputer.

Cheers.

[CP/M User]

"CP/M User wrote in message:

>> For those who are interested in sharing their collections
>> with others, pictures of your favorite machines can be
>> posted to the boards using the Img button in the message
>> editing area.

<snip!>

http://www.gloub.com/musee/images/Ace_face.jpg

<snip!>

> This is what I wished I could have!

Sorry about the off-topicness Erik. I could post a picture
of an Amstrad, but it wouldn't be quite like mine. Lack of a
decent digital camera & scanner force me from sending
pictures (I'd like to just tie in with the ol' concepts).

Cheers.

Updated, there was a typo in it! :-(

[Erik]

That is one amazing collection of PDPs! I don't think I could afford to power, more or less house, that much iron!

Where do you keep it all? It looks like a warehouse of some sort.

What kind of special power requirements did you have to arrange for?

Now I know why the lights in San Jose dim from time to time. Obviously someone's collection is getting played with! :lol:

Erik

[Erik]

Here I go answering my own questions!

I browsed over to your website and found what I was asking. I can't believe that you've got those machines in your garage! I figured you'd need a lot more space.

It was good to add some dedicated circuits for them, though, since you'd probably be blowing fuses on the one line if you powered up too many boxes at once.

Erik

[ggs]

Yea, before the dedicated circuits I could only plug one in at a time. Trying to adapt a 110v 30amp twist lock to a "normal" outlet is just no fun at all!

As far as dimming the lights in San Jose, wait 'til I start to fire up the KL-10. ~26KW! But first I have to figure out how to get 220v 3-phase to power it. :-(

[Thomas Hillebrandt]

Jus'thought I'd let y'all glance at this tiny little machine...:

http://computer.thomashillebrandt.com/images/regnecentralen/full_rc702(1-2).jpg

:P

[Postal Patron]

COOL!

I love all of those pics. Keep them coming.

Where did you get all of those PDP-11s? Company got rid of them?

Problem now is knowing how to run them all and tie them all in together. Would make a GREAT museum in itself.

We had a PDP-11 in high school which loaded programs in paper tape or punched cards. Or you could type BASIC in via a teletype. A few years later, we had PDP-11s at college and all used workstations using UNIX I believe.

Those were the days. Incredible we can all simulate that using emulators.

[CP/M User]

"Postal Patron" wrote in message:

> COOL!

> I love all of those pics. Keep them coming.

> Problem now is knowing how to run them
> all and tie them all in together. Would make
> a GREAT museum in itself.

> We had a PDP-11 in high school which
> loaded programs in paper tape or punched
> cards. Or you could type BASIC in via a
> teletype. A few years later, we had PDP-11s
> at college and all used workstations using
> UNIX I believe.

> Those were the days. Incredible we can
> all simulate that using emulators.

How I envy you!

[carlsson]

Jus'thought I'd let y'all glance at this tiny little machine... (RC Piccolo)
Ah, the bartender's computer! 8)

In Persondatorn 8/1984 (Swedish computer magazine), the CP/M based (?) software called "À la Carte" by Anders Westman (ITT/Scanips) is described. It is a dedicated restaurant application where one can plan the menu, keep recipes, estimate raw material requirements, nutrition facts etc.

The article describes how Maxim, a restaurant in Stockholm, is using À la Carte for their needs, and how a drink is ordered directly into the computer by entering its order number. As long as the customer sticks to drinks in the register, almost everything except for the actual mixing is automated.

À la Carte was originally meant for military food support, but redesigned for restaurants' needs. It can be used to keep inventory, check profits and maintain correct pricing. ITT/Scanips distributed a complete solution based on a Danish RC Piccolo or later RC Partner, software and support. The software was menu driven and written in CB80.

[CP/M User]

"carlsson"wrote:

>> Jus'thought I'd let y'all glance at 'this' tiny
>> little machine... (RC Piccolo)

> Ah, the bartender's computer! 8)

One things for sure, if you compare the screen
to the one he's using in his Icon, they don't
match! ;-)

Heh!,
CP/M User.

P.S. Which BASIC is that on your Icon, Thomas?
CBASIC?

[Thomas Hillebrandt]

P.S. Which BASIC is that on your Icon, Thomas?
CBASIC?

C82-BASIC...The BASIC delivered with the Casio FP-1000, which incidently is also a CP/M machine of some sort, if I'm not much mistaken. My only reason for choosing it as an avatar was that it wasn't a too common machine.

Speaking of the RC machines, I'm still missing the RC Partner...I do have a Piccoline system too, though...And of other Danish machines, I have both the James and the James PC-800 from Logic Design, which was situated in my birth-town...Both CP/M's too... :wink:

[CP/M User]

"Thomas Hillebrandt" wrote:

>> P.S. Which BASIC is that on your Icon, Thomas?
>> CBASIC?

> C82-BASIC...The BASIC delivered with the Casio
> FP-1000, which incidently is also a CP/M machine
> of some sort, if I'm not much mistaken. My only
> reason for choosing it as an avatar was that it
> wasn't a too common machine.

> Speaking of the RC machines, I'm still missing
> the RC Partner...I do have a Piccoline system
> too, though...And of other Danish machines, I
> have both the James and the James PC-800 from
> Logic Design, which was situated in my
> birth-town...Both CP/M's too... ;-)

Yes, CP/M caters for a large family of computers,
mostly 8080 or Z80 based, but exists for other
processors as well! :-)

Cheers.

[vic user]

http://f5.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/oOACQEoPqHuwSmNhLzKxSEQzIZk6dBNUogBdgDsO7mbldKbVBr kV6Rthu4czM_y25pZ_2LKlGx4ZLOtQJzUZ5w/Computer%20pics/comp-1.jpg

[vic user]

http://f6.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/oOACQOkKe2ywSmNh-H-Po2-AJ2ew2iPM3UUFpjPLN3gFmbLHZY7M6IEaV02-8jNNb-vzczAhcqxaJs7gkTvlOw/Computer%20pics/comp-2.jpg

http://f3.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/oOACQECSd2mwSmNhyaAk324i8AvjnGhoI5K2JfGojQ7oCxZvZT lfjJP0qWiZQLKp4JVWCruF0jHX5cpjUcwMvA/Computer%20pics/comp-3.jpg

http://f4.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/oOACQK5nrk6wSmNhXUpRiW19dNZj2EMzxrEjg3pvyMRIo5cIqn Wo7Vn-4E5ijLJjCG_TeLBrxprPTVdsRUJnkQ/Computer%20pics/comp-4.jpg

http://f5.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/oOACQDvbhO6wSmNhN5gxLXpkkTEvByb7yj-2QqwthKGbsTyl1lK-R3h66qWKIlYHpG26xAHj8bePcsyi7P28CQ/Computer%20pics/comp-5.jpg

http://f6.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/oOACQI8df2uwSmNhDxFFGNXehA1_jNDGXYQh0HYpLfPGr_Nm9v--ulKrH-y7ID0aDuA_lEgOXlZvQ1muj8IN5w/Computer%20pics/comp-6.jpg

http://f3.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/oOACQKPVNkqwSmNhVMX5ns6o81fg4iqBt__t388veSbkmUEd3b iiEp6wA_bYeB1sLIzyMQc30yPLnoo-9giHjQ/Computer%20pics/comp-7.jpg

[CP/M User]

Look's like you're pictures aren't getting through Vic! ;-)

Cheers,
CP/M User.

[vic user]

Nah; I just forgot to take the lense cap off :)

No seriously, and thanks for noticing CP.

I think it is because the URL's I used point to files that are on my yahoogroups site, and that membership thing may be getting in the way.

I guess I will have to transfer the files over to a personal web space or geocities or something.

Chris

[vic user]

I copied the files over to a geocities site.
Hope it works.

Chris
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-2.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-3.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-4.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-5.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-6.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-7.jpg

[dongfeng]

Geocities does not allow the remote host :cry:

Copy and paste links work fine though

[vic user]

Thanks for letting me know.

Hopefully Erik won't be too upset with my large empty message boxes :)

Chris

[vic user]

Here are the links then.

http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-2.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-3.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-4.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-5.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-6.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-7.jpg

Geez, and after all this, they ar not very good pics :)

Chris

[Erik]

Geocities does not allow the remote host

I hate Geocities for just that reason.

I'm not sure why, but the Yahoo Groups pictures come up fine for me.

Erik

[Thomas Hillebrandt]

For the good of the gallery :wink: here's another Danish built CP/M computer: The James. And it works too :shock: ...

http://computer.thomashillebrandt.com/images/various/logicdesign_james.jpg

For the record I should mention that this beauty (though dirty) was built in my birth-town... :P

(Oh, and don't mind the christmas wrapping project evident in the background)

[vic user]

I have never seen a diagonal arrow key before. Cool!

Chris

[CP/M User]

"Erik" wrote:

>> Geocities does not allow the remote host

> I hate Geocities for just that reason.

> I'm not sure why, but the Yahoo Groups
> pictures come up fine for me.

Isn't Yahoo one of those sorts of sites where
it depends on the browser you're using. Hence
works best in ...

CP/M User.

[Terry Yager]

The James is just bootiful...

--T

[ravuya]

Here are the links then.

http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-2.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-3.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-4.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-5.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-6.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/smile_soccer/comp-7.jpg

Geez, and after all this, they ar not very good pics :)

Chris

So you're the guy snapping up all those VICs. No wonder I can't find one. Got any tips?

[vic user]

I have been lucky a couple of times on ebay, getting two vic 20's through it, when noone else had bid on them, so I got them for a good price.

There are a fair amount of vic 20's that come up on ebay.

One recently was described (and sure looked like it), as being in mint condition and looked like it had little or no use.

Good luck!

Chris

[vic user]

I think another good thing to do, is post on a local for sale newsgroup.

I belong to a local freenet, and I have posted on the ottawa computer for sale newsgroup, about wanting to buy commodore stuff, with excellent results. Lots of people have things like vic 20's hanging around in attics, or in basements, and have no idea that people would actually want to buy these things. And you get to check out the hardware before buying, and no shipping costs!

Chris

[Thomas Hillebrandt]

The James is just bootiful...

--T

Thnx!!

But mentioning the footwear means I almost feel obliged to supply a screenshot of it's welcome-screen:

http://computer.thomashillebrandt.com/images/various/logicdesign_james_screenshot.jpg

For the non-Danish speaking, the line underneath the James-logo reads:

"Insert disk in drive A, where the red light is flashing . . ." :lol:

[Argon]

Rare MSX game consoles from Korea:
http://users.pandora.be/BluePrint/MSX/ZemmixFlash/PICS/LR_CPC51W/CPC51Wtop1.jpg
http://users.pandora.be/BluePrint/MSX/ZemmixFlash/PICS/LR_CPC61W/CPC61top.jpg
http://users.pandora.be/BluePrint/MSX/ZemmixFlash/PICS/LR_CPG120/CPG120complete.jpg
From top to bottom: Daewoo CPC-51W, CPC-61W, CPG-120.
These are basicly MSX computers, but designed as gaming consoles. You can attach a keyboard if you want :)

[CP/M User]

"Argon" wrote:

> Rare MSX game consoles from Korea:

[Pictures Snipped]

> From top to bottom: Daewoo CPC-51W,
> CPC-61W, CPG-120.
> These are basicly MSX computers, but
> designed as gaming consoles. You can
> attach a keyboard if you want :)

Crikey! :-)

Cheers,
CP/M User.