[cctalk] Re: FW: 80 Micro Aug 1980 page scan

[Jon Auringer via cctalk]

Does this help?

https://flic.kr/p/2omGxh8

-Jon

Re: eBay: 1982 Prime Computer

[Jon Auringer via cctalk]

Jay,

- Original Message -
> From: "Jay West" 
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 2:30:11 PM
> Subject: RE: eBay: 1982 Prime Computer
> 
> So I took a chance.

I ran across this thread from 2016 about the Prime 2250 you tried to buy, but 
can't find any mention of the outcome. Did you have any luck with the flaky 
seller?

-Jon

Re: Picked up a couple 386 machines

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- Original Message -
> From: "devin davison" 
> To: "Jon Auringer" 
> Cc: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" 
> Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2018 12:51:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Picked up a couple 386 machines
> 
> It is the 2500 SX. The drive is a quantum prodrive LPs 105 AT.
> The drive spins up but is not recognized.

So, have you made any progress with the Tandy?

-Jon

Re: Picked up a couple 386 machines

[Jon Auringer via cctalk]

- Original Message -
> From: "devin davison" 
> To: "Jon Auringer" 
> Cc: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" 
> Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2018 12:51:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Picked up a couple 386 machines
> 
> It is the 2500 SX. The drive is a quantum prodrive LPs 105 AT.
> The drive spins up but is not recognized.

That is a very standard IDE drive that you can replace with just about any IDE 
drive you can find, at least to get things up and running. The controller won't 
support the faster transfer speeds of later drives, and may not support the 
full capacity of the larger drives, but the newer drives should be backward 
compatible. Something in the 500MB range would probably be a good choice. Also, 
looking at the information I have on the motherboard the drive controller can't 
be disabled. You may be able to add a secondary drive controller, but booting 
from the hard disk on that controller _may_ not be possible.

> >> The tandy 2500 is pretty nice as well, it has a cdrom and a hard drive
> >> installed, although the hard drive is dead and seems to only accept AT
> >> hard drives.
> >
> > Which model of the 2500 did you find? the 2500 SX/20, SX/33 & RSX
> > motherboards all seem to have built-in IDE drive controllers. What model
> > is the hard disk?

-Jon

Re: Picked up a couple 386 machines

[Jon Auringer via cctalk]

Hi Devin,

- Original Message -
> From: "devin davison via cctalk" 
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 5:05:03 PM
> Subject: Picked up a couple 386 machines

> 
> The tandy 2500 is pretty nice as well, it has a cdrom and a hard drive
> installed, although the hard drive is dead and seems to only accept AT
> hard drives.

Which model of the 2500 did you find? the 2500 SX/20, SX/33 & RSX motherboards 
all seem to have built-in IDE drive controllers. What model is the hard disk?

-Jon