[Coco] OT: ummmm... OS-9 computer system pictures for your viewing pleasu...

[Ryan Pritchard]

Wow those are simple systems compared to the ones I have.  I am still  
staying silent for a few days to let the pictures stir up  
conversation.  But I will let out that they were used for teaching  
Basic (ala Basic 09) and Pascal at my high school when I was in  
computer science.  So from the pictures you can tell they had 10+  
terminal and/or serial printers on each machine, one machine even had  
a parallel printer port.

Regards,

Ryan Pritchard
Fun Extends All Basic Life Expectancies



On 15-Sep-08, at 9:07 AM, mike delyea wrote:

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250291963539
>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Ryan Pritchard  
> <coconut at pritchard.ca> wrote:
>> I would love to see the link for the auction details.  See what was  
>> being
>> sold.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ryan Pritchard
>> Fun Extends All Basic Life Expectancies
>>
>>
>>
>> On 15-Sep-08, at 5:36 AM, mike delyea wrote:
>>
>>> Hey, an ebay auction for 2 of those just ended yesterday.  Went for
>>> $1825.00
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:52 AM,  <RJRTTY at aol.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 9/15/2008 2:14:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>> keeper63 at cox.net writes:
>>>>
>>>> Wow! A  Gimix system - I think the only time I saw one of those  
>>>> was in an
>>>> advertisement somewhere. Maybe at a computer museum. Treat that  
>>>> machine
>>>> like you would anything else of that vintage, especially in  
>>>> regards to
>>>> the power supply (caps can easily explode without warning!). Are  
>>>> you
>>>> planning on restoring it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If he plans on running them he should update the power
>>>> supplies preferably by replacing the caps or else by
>>>> replacing the whole supply if he has to.   Man oh man
>>>> I would love to poke around in one of those babies.  :)
>>>>
>>>> Put a scope on the power supplies and look for any
>>>> AC component on the DC voltage.  If you find anything
>>>> but a steady DC voltage then replace the caps or supply.
>>>>
>>>> I put together a functioning Mark 8 from a kit and playing
>>>> with these machines would just be that kind of cool.....
>>>>
>>>> excuse me, I have to go lay down now. I feel a little
>>>> faint from all this excitement..:)
>>>>
>>>> Roy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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