RE: Wang 2243 drive enclosure
On Tue, 8 Nov 2016, Rick Bensene wrote: Jason Howe wrote: Are there any Wang people on this list? I came across a Wang 2243, which is an enclosure w/ 3 8-inch floppy drives in it for $75 in the local surplus shop. Jim Battle might be interested: http://wang2200.org. He's got a keen interest in Wang Labs 2200 (among some other stuff from Wang Laboratories). Rick Bensene The Old Calculator Museum http://oldcalculatormuseum.com I actually reached out to Jim this morning. Seems he's donated all his 2200 to a museum, but has put me in touch with someone else... We'll see. Kinda wish I had a snowballs chance in hell of finding a 2200 -- I'd just assume pick these up, but that's a lot of cubic footage for a someday project. --Jason
RE: Wang 2243 drive enclosure
Jason Howe wrote: > Are there any Wang people on this list? >I came across a Wang 2243, which is an enclosure w/ 3 8-inch floppy drives in >it for $75 in the local surplus shop. Jim Battle might be interested: http://wang2200.org. He's got a keen interest in Wang Labs 2200 (among some other stuff from Wang Laboratories). Rick Bensene The Old Calculator Museum http://oldcalculatormuseum.com
Re: Wang 2243 drive enclosure
On Tue, 8 Nov 2016, Brent Hilpert wrote: On 2016-Nov-07, at 10:06 PM, Jason Howe wrote: Are there any Wang people on this list? I came across a Wang 2243, which is an enclosure w/ 3 8-inch floppy drives in it for $75 in the local surplus shop. Is there a demand for something like this whole or is the value in the drives? I've been wanting to mess around with some 8-inch drives, but it seems a crime to break this unit apart. There's also a smaller Wang enclosure with dual 5-inch floppies in it, but I wasn't able to get a model number off it. Also $75 There big to store, and cut into my retro computing budget a bit -- but I'm tempted to grab them.. Is there any potential interest here in these units before I go back for them? I'd be interested, if I had the Wang 2200 to go with it. Yeah that's kind of where I am -- there don't seem to be too many of them around. I'm trying to reach out to some Wang 2200 people I've found. A few years ago I figured a nice collection set / museum display would be an HP 9830, Wang 2200 and IBM 5100 - three 'personal computers' from the early/mid-70s that predate the 'personal computer era'. I have an HP 9830, but Wang 2200s seem to be rare and IBM 5100s are now in the multi-K$ range. Would be good if it found a home with someone who has a 2200. --Jason
Re: Wang 2243 drive enclosure
On 2016-Nov-07, at 10:06 PM, Jason Howe wrote: > Are there any Wang people on this list? > > I came across a Wang 2243, which is an enclosure w/ 3 8-inch floppy drives in > it for $75 in the local surplus shop. > > Is there a demand for something like this whole or is the value in the drives? > > I've been wanting to mess around with some 8-inch drives, but it seems a > crime to break this unit apart. > > There's also a smaller Wang enclosure with dual 5-inch floppies in it, but I > wasn't able to get a model number off it. Also $75 > > There big to store, and cut into my retro computing budget a bit -- but I'm > tempted to grab them.. Is there any potential interest here in these units > before I go back for them? I'd be interested, if I had the Wang 2200 to go with it. A few years ago I figured a nice collection set / museum display would be an HP 9830, Wang 2200 and IBM 5100 - three 'personal computers' from the early/mid-70s that predate the 'personal computer era'. I have an HP 9830, but Wang 2200s seem to be rare and IBM 5100s are now in the multi-K$ range. Would be good if it found a home with someone who has a 2200.
Wang 2243 drive enclosure
Are there any Wang people on this list? I came across a Wang 2243, which is an enclosure w/ 3 8-inch floppy drives in it for $75 in the local surplus shop. Is there a demand for something like this whole or is the value in the drives? I've been wanting to mess around with some 8-inch drives, but it seems a crime to break this unit apart. There's also a smaller Wang enclosure with dual 5-inch floppies in it, but I wasn't able to get a model number off it. Also $75 There big to store, and cut into my retro computing budget a bit -- but I'm tempted to grab them.. Is there any potential interest here in these units before I go back for them? --Jason
