Wayne - IBM Guy

[Boswell]

Hi all:

I mostly collect pre-PC IBM stuff that isn't too big. I have a 5100, 5110 (+5114 FDD), two 5120s, a System 23 and two Displaywriters. My only APL model is one of the 5120s - I have been looking for a sub-$2,000 APL 5100 for years! I am also interested in IMSAI VDP-4x, TI Portable Professional Pros, Bandai Pippins and PMC Micromates. I have a bunch of other stuff that is more accumulation than collection - perhaps 70-80 machines total, including a bunch of HP, Apple and Kaypro. I am also a regular attendee and exhibitor at VCF and even managed to make the East Coast version last year.

Wayne

[Rolf]

Gotta admit I don't know shit about your stuff, other than the 5100. But hey that don't mean it aint impressive. So welcome 2 geriatric computers !

[joe sixpack]

perhaps 70-80 machines total
Wayne

Your what we call "Hard-Core", :shock: Where the hell do you keep it all?
most i've ever had was 30 and it was far to much.
Welcome to the board.

[Erik]

Hello Wayne and welcome to the VC Forums!

I've seen you at the VCFs these last few years!

Enjoy!

Erik

[Terry Yager]

WOW! Impressive collection. The only thing you mention that I'm familliar with is the PMC MicroMate. It was always one of my favorites until one day it just died, for no apparent reason. It's in Computer Heaven now. You don't have an extra one you'd part with, do you, or even just a mainboard?

--T

[Boswell]

Wow, it's been a while since I've visited here. To answer some questions, I have a storage room in my house with about 25 linerar feet of 74" high, 24" deep, Excel wire shevling - holds a lot of stuff. That said, I'm basically out of space and can not even easily access much of what I have since it is so buried. In the last year the only item I've required is an HP 2648A terminal.

I have three boxes of PMC Micromate stuff that I haven't looked through in several years. I may well have some extra boards. Let me know if you're still interested.

-W

[Terry Yager]

Wow, it's been a while since I've visited here. To answer some questions, I have a storage room in my house with about 25 linerar feet of 74" high, 24" deep, Excel wire shevling - holds a lot of stuff. That said, I'm basically out of space and can not even easily access much of what I have since it is so buried. In the last year the only item I've required is an HP 2648A terminal.

I have three boxes of PMC Micromate stuff that I haven't looked through in several years. I may well have some extra boards. Let me know if you're still interested.

-W

YES, please! I have found enough parts to get my MicroMate (presumably) working again, but I'm still lacking software. If you can supply me with bootdisks or images, you'll be my hero. PM sent. TNX!

--T

[80sFreak]

Hi all:

I am also a regular attendee and exhibitor at VCF and even managed to make the East Coast version last year.

Wayne

Wayne,

Too bad you couldn't make it to this year VCF east... It blew away the last one! :) Here are the pictures (http://home.comcast.net/~bryan.pope/index.html) I took.

Cheers,

80sFreak

P.S. BTW, the show was May 13, 2006.

[Boswell]

Great shots - love that BIG IBM iron and the pdp 8a 400. Nice judging photo too. Thanks.

[Boswell]

I will have a look through my PMC boxes and post a list of what I have.

[Terry Yager]

Ok, kewl.

--T

[Boswell]

Ok, kewl.

--T

Well, I regret to say that I haven't gotten to it yet. Tomorrow is another day, however.

[alexkerhead]

Hi all:

I mostly collect pre-PC IBM stuff that isn't too big. I have a 5100, 5110 (+5114 FDD), two 5120s, a System 23 and two Displaywriters. My only APL model is one of the 5120s - I have been looking for a sub-$2,000 APL 5100 for years! I am also interested in IMSAI VDP-4x, TI Portable Professional Pros, Bandai Pippins and PMC Micromates. I have a bunch of other stuff that is more accumulation than collection - perhaps 70-80 machines total, including a bunch of HP, Apple and Kaypro. I am also a regular attendee and exhibitor at VCF and even managed to make the East Coast version last year.

Wayne
Welcome Wayne!

[Boswell]

Well, I regret to say that I haven't gotten to it yet. Tomorrow is another day, however.

I finally pulled down the three Micromate boxes and went through them. I received all of this stuff in early 2003 but had never opened them up.

Box 1 was all manuals. Digital research and Micromate stuff, including the Micromate users guide (Yay!).

Box 2 was all hardware. One Micromate, two standalone FDDs in the same form factor, and 3 external power supplies. (I think the external power supplies are to run the Shugart drives in box #3.)

Box 3 was a combo of hardware and software. On the hardware side, another Micromate, a bare Shugart FDD, a bare Shugart HDD, a FDD controller and a HDD controller. Two small green boxes (both labeled "Microsette") full of 5 1/4 discs and a large plastic disc caddy with another 20 or so discs. Below is the inventory of the discs. I copied the labels down verbatim. About 1/4 of the discs are from the manufacturer, the others are self labeled. It's pretty obvious what a lot of them are, others it's harder to tell. A lot of BBS stuff, as you'll see.

1. Kermit/Micromate – to a mainframe running Unix
2. Kermit 80 & CMS for CP/M + UCB Ver. 3b.1b
3. RFORMAT, TRACKRD, XLATE3A, IOTEST, DAMS2, EMPTY, WIPE, NULU & SD-95
4. REMOTE BULLETIN BOARD – SYSTEM FILES TO SETUP SAME
5. NEWDIRZ, LBRDISK, ZCPR-CCP+, FORSALE, NULU11.COM
6. FOT, The total FORDIR, Best-of-FOG, SYNOPSIS & CRCs
7. UTILITIES: DU89, DIRBAN2, LABEL, DESKMASTER, TIME, Z80ASM, CERTIFY
8. ZILOG DISASSEMBLER, Z80 DEBUGGER, Z80 LISP INTERPRETER
9. GRAPHICS: ABOUT80, GOTHIC BANNER, TYPE-FONT, +MSG.BAS
10. UTILITIES: NEW UPDATES ON OLDIES, NEW TRKR.D, 2-GAMES, NEW MASTFILE
11. C ISAM BOOK.C
12. C 1.06 MASTER 1/3
13. C 1.06 MASTER 2/3
14. C 1.06 MASTER 3/3
15. XINU SOURCE #1
16. XINU SOURCE #2
17. AZTEC ‘C’ 1.5 CP/M MM
18. Digital Research Concurrent CP/M Generation Source 3.1 1 of 6
19. Digital Research Concurrent CP/M Generation Source 3.1 2 of 6
20. Digital Research Concurrent CP/M Generation Source 3.1 3 of 6
21. Digital Research Concurrent CP/M Generation Source 3.1 4 of 6
22. Digital Research Concurrent CP/M Generation Source 3.1 5 of 6
23. Digital Research Concurrent CP/M Generation Source 3.1 6 of 6
24. Wordstar
25. MASTER M80 L80 LIB80 CREF80
26. IIS BU v6 C
27. IIS BU V11 C Library
28. IIS BU V10 C archive files
29. Micromate CP/M 3.0 System Master (Serial Number: Consultant Copy)
30. Micromate CP/M 3.0 Source Master (Serial Number: Consultant Copy)
31. Micromate Electric Webster ©1982 Cornucopia
32. Micromate CBASIC Master
33. Micromate T/Maker Master ©1982 Peter Roizen
34. CBASIC MASTER (backup)
35. SYSTEM (backup)
36. HOSTBIOS SOURCE (BBS)
37. BBS SOURCE MASTER: DATABOARD
38. MODEM: DOWNLOAD
39. ICL
40. BULLETIN SOURCE (BBS)
41. CBASIC BBS SOURCE
42. Wordstar Master
43. SYSTEM MASTER
44. TERMINAL PROGRAMS
45. TMAKER III

[Terry Yager]

All I really need are the system master disks. Tnx.

--T