Re: Bob Davis and old computer stuff
I am some interested in the test gear. There are three boxes that look like HP instruments that I'd like to see and to the right are a number of test instruments that I can't actually make out what they are. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Mark Linimon via cctalk Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2020 6:07 PM To: Noel Chiappa ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Bob Davis and old computer stuff On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 07:23:48AM -0400, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > I'm recovering from a moderate case of Covid19 Please get well. mcl
Re: Bob Davis and old computer stuff
On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 07:23:48AM -0400, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > I'm recovering from a moderate case of Covid19 Please get well. mcl
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> > prolly rent a locker for a year or 2 just from selling the roland in the > photos
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On 4/26/20 6:45 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: You're making me feel very greedy, as I have 4 of them. All different, and none for sale... :-) I've been looking for one ever since I moved to the US 12 years ago, but they seem to have all vanished - I remember I'd see them surface every once in a while back in the UK, but could never quite justify the space over there that one would have taken up. A PERQ is definitely something in my "top five" list of things I'd like to find, though. cheers Jules
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> On Apr 25, 2020, at 5:13 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk > wrote: > > Picture 4: Fail, not enough light. His old AV gear, probably trash at this > point. Absolutely not trash, help his Mom find a place in the area that specializes in Vintage audio gear. The primary problem is that this isn’t a good time to deal with such stuff. Obviously neither this or the old photo are good enough to recognize stuff. However, I do see a reel-to-reel recorder. Some old AV gear is highly sought after by both audiophiles and hipsters. Zane
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*nod* Anything that comes out of there will go into an outdoor shed until it's cleaned... On 4/26/2020 5:15 AM, ED SHARPE wrote: I have not read all messages about the condition if the environment but.if there is mold it is BAD NEWS many times gear that exists in an environment like that picks up the spores thus infecting things later in a new location wise you are in a respirator ... you really do not want to loose lung function... In a message dated 4/25/2020 10:53:32 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: lini...@lonesome.com; cctalk@classiccmp.org On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 08:13:24PM -0400, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > Well, it's dark, dirty, and a mess. Also stressful as hell to be > down there in a respirator, bandana, and long sleeve clothes. And a bit heartbreaking :-( I'm a long ways away so can't help. Good luck. mcl
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On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 11:29 PM Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > > Always wanted a Perq since using one in the 80s when I worked briefly at ICL. > Guess this is all in the USA though. You're making me feel very greedy, as I have 4 of them. All different, and none for sale... > > Regards > > Rob > > > There appear to be at least two Perqs, several boxes of floppies, junk all > > over > > the place, a couple of Sun VMEs, what might be part of a Sun 3/50, big weird > > boards, at least 3 pdp11 q bus boxes, and the like. I tagged the Perqs, > > brought > > home some boxes of floppies and said I would see if anyone would help. The 'big weird boards' may be part of the prototype PERQ 3 system (I know Bob had some of that) which is essentially unique and therefore worth saving. Not to be confused with the UK PERQ AGW3300 (aka PERQ 3a) which is a 68020 Unix box made by ICL, rare but not unique. -tony
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> From: Chris Zach > We have to move fast though, this needs to be cleaned out. How can > people help me on this? I'm sure there must be institutions that would love to have the PERQs; they were very important machines, historically, and are quite rare. Alas, although I'd normally be up for helping in such a recovery operation (I'm in Virginia), I'm recovering from a moderate case of Covid19 (didn't have to go to hospital, luckily, but I had a bad fever), and am still pretty weak, so it's probably beyond me at this point. Noel
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I have not read all messages about the condition if the environment but.if there is mold it is BAD NEWS many times gear that exists in an environment like that picks up the spores thus infecting things later in a new location wise you are in a respirator ... you really do not want to loose lung function... In a message dated 4/25/2020 10:53:32 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:lini...@lonesome.com; cctalk@classiccmp.org On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 08:13:24PM -0400, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > Well, it's dark, dirty, and a mess. Also stressful as hell to be > down there in a respirator, bandana, and long sleeve clothes. And a bit heartbreaking :-( I'm a long ways away so can't help. Good luck. mcl
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On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 08:13:24PM -0400, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > Well, it's dark, dirty, and a mess. Also stressful as hell to be > down there in a respirator, bandana, and long sleeve clothes. And a bit heartbreaking :-( I'm a long ways away so can't help. Good luck. mcl
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I live nearby, I have a trailer. let me know and I will help. I have done many rescues in Baltimore/Washington. I don't want this stuff permanently, so someone will have to arrange to grab it from me or I will donate to VCFed. Whomever is in charge, let me know via https://www.vintagecomputer.net/contact.cfm I resqued a Perq and donated it to what was then MARCH, now vcfed. It would be useful to at least try to get one working Perq system there. Bill Degnan kennettclassic.com vintagecomputer.net On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 10:03 PM Richard Pope via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Chris, > I am willing to come and help you. I would need a place to stay. I > am healthy and I do not have Kung Flu. > GOD Bless and Thanks, > rich! > > On 4/25/2020 7:13 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > > Well, it's dark, dirty, and a mess. Also stressful as hell to be down > > there in a respirator, bandana, and long sleeve clothes. > > > > So let's do a guided imagery. > > > > Picture 1: This is down the first "aisle" On the left is a TRS80 Model > > 3, On top of it is a crappy word processor. Those boxes in the > > distance are sun disk boxes. That shelf on the right is full of old > > 5.25 drives. I could see RD53's and the like, probably MFM and SCSI > > > > Picture 2: A bit more to the right and more clear. You can see RX50's > > and a really weird computer in three boxes. Also can see the first > > pdp11 and if you look in the center you can see the back of the perq, > > a pdp11 in a really little bx with a 4 slot single width backplane, > > and the Sun VME system that looks like a very large PC. > > > > Picture 3: You can see the hard disks and that weird 3 computer > > system. One box is on top, other two boxes are on shelf beneath. > > > > Picture 4: Fail, not enough light. His old AV gear, probably trash at > > this point. > > > > Picture 5: LK201 keyboards, what I think is a Sun2 keyboard, weight > > IBM thing with a wire and a switch on top. Old Macintoshes in the > > background. > > > > Picture 6: Side picture of another bookcase, lot of weird books. > > > > Picture 7. Close up of some odd stuff. The thing in the middle is a > > GST something. Blurred, very little light. > > > > Picture 8: That's the Perq under that pile of wires. > > > > Picture 9: Closer picture of that GST thingie. No idea what it is. > > > > Picture 10: AT manuals. There are also others, what are they? Perq? > > > > Picture 11-13: Pile of VME? boards. Are they old Sun boards? Some look > > to be memory on DIP chips. > > > > Sorry the pictures suck. As I said, you have no idea how stressful it > > is to try and take pictures with a flashlight, gloves, and a fair > > amount of stress overall by looking at this pile. It's all dry which > > is good, there are also at least 2 Kaypro 4 units there. > > > > C > > > >
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Chris, I am willing to come and help you. I would need a place to stay. I am healthy and I do not have Kung Flu. GOD Bless and Thanks, rich! On 4/25/2020 7:13 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Well, it's dark, dirty, and a mess. Also stressful as hell to be down there in a respirator, bandana, and long sleeve clothes. So let's do a guided imagery. Picture 1: This is down the first "aisle" On the left is a TRS80 Model 3, On top of it is a crappy word processor. Those boxes in the distance are sun disk boxes. That shelf on the right is full of old 5.25 drives. I could see RD53's and the like, probably MFM and SCSI Picture 2: A bit more to the right and more clear. You can see RX50's and a really weird computer in three boxes. Also can see the first pdp11 and if you look in the center you can see the back of the perq, a pdp11 in a really little bx with a 4 slot single width backplane, and the Sun VME system that looks like a very large PC. Picture 3: You can see the hard disks and that weird 3 computer system. One box is on top, other two boxes are on shelf beneath. Picture 4: Fail, not enough light. His old AV gear, probably trash at this point. Picture 5: LK201 keyboards, what I think is a Sun2 keyboard, weight IBM thing with a wire and a switch on top. Old Macintoshes in the background. Picture 6: Side picture of another bookcase, lot of weird books. Picture 7. Close up of some odd stuff. The thing in the middle is a GST something. Blurred, very little light. Picture 8: That's the Perq under that pile of wires. Picture 9: Closer picture of that GST thingie. No idea what it is. Picture 10: AT manuals. There are also others, what are they? Perq? Picture 11-13: Pile of VME? boards. Are they old Sun boards? Some look to be memory on DIP chips. Sorry the pictures suck. As I said, you have no idea how stressful it is to try and take pictures with a flashlight, gloves, and a fair amount of stress overall by looking at this pile. It's all dry which is good, there are also at least 2 Kaypro 4 units there. C
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On 4/25/2020 3:27 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Ok, I've uploaded pictures to https://www.crystel.com/bob/ There are a bunch of 8 inch floppies and old hard disks down there. We have to move fast though, this needs to be cleaned out. How can people help me on this? You could contact the System Source Computer Museum. They are in MD, a bit north of Baltimore. Bob -- Vintage computers and electronics www.dvq.com www.tekmuseum.com www.decmuseum.org
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Thank you. Sadly, I never met him. I am not going to be able to be in the Baltimore Washington corridor any time soon. Give his mother our condolences, and assure her that you care about getting his stuff to people who will truly appreciate it. I hope that you can get a chance soon to do a more relaxed and thorough cataloging of some of what is there. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred On Sat, 25 Apr 2020, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Well, it's dark, dirty, and a mess. Also stressful as hell to be down there in a respirator, bandana, and long sleeve clothes. So let's do a guided imagery. Picture 1: This is down the first "aisle" On the left is a TRS80 Model 3, On top of it is a crappy word processor. Those boxes in the distance are sun disk boxes. That shelf on the right is full of old 5.25 drives. I could see RD53's and the like, probably MFM and SCSI Picture 2: A bit more to the right and more clear. You can see RX50's and a really weird computer in three boxes. Also can see the first pdp11 and if you look in the center you can see the back of the perq, a pdp11 in a really little bx with a 4 slot single width backplane, and the Sun VME system that looks like a very large PC. Picture 3: You can see the hard disks and that weird 3 computer system. One box is on top, other two boxes are on shelf beneath. Picture 4: Fail, not enough light. His old AV gear, probably trash at this point. Picture 5: LK201 keyboards, what I think is a Sun2 keyboard, weight IBM thing with a wire and a switch on top. Old Macintoshes in the background. Picture 6: Side picture of another bookcase, lot of weird books. Picture 7. Close up of some odd stuff. The thing in the middle is a GST something. Blurred, very little light. Picture 8: That's the Perq under that pile of wires. Picture 9: Closer picture of that GST thingie. No idea what it is. Picture 10: AT manuals. There are also others, what are they? Perq? Picture 11-13: Pile of VME? boards. Are they old Sun boards? Some look to be memory on DIP chips. Sorry the pictures suck. As I said, you have no idea how stressful it is to try and take pictures with a flashlight, gloves, and a fair amount of stress overall by looking at this pile. It's all dry which is good, there are also at least 2 Kaypro 4 units there. C
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On 2020-04-25 18:03, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > I took some pictures, but what of his stuff is important and what is > not? Who is willing to help me get this stuff somewhere where people can > care about it? When does she like to get rid of the stuff? Im close to Philly mid of May, probably I could drive by
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Well, it's dark, dirty, and a mess. Also stressful as hell to be down there in a respirator, bandana, and long sleeve clothes. So let's do a guided imagery. Picture 1: This is down the first "aisle" On the left is a TRS80 Model 3, On top of it is a crappy word processor. Those boxes in the distance are sun disk boxes. That shelf on the right is full of old 5.25 drives. I could see RD53's and the like, probably MFM and SCSI Picture 2: A bit more to the right and more clear. You can see RX50's and a really weird computer in three boxes. Also can see the first pdp11 and if you look in the center you can see the back of the perq, a pdp11 in a really little bx with a 4 slot single width backplane, and the Sun VME system that looks like a very large PC. Picture 3: You can see the hard disks and that weird 3 computer system. One box is on top, other two boxes are on shelf beneath. Picture 4: Fail, not enough light. His old AV gear, probably trash at this point. Picture 5: LK201 keyboards, what I think is a Sun2 keyboard, weight IBM thing with a wire and a switch on top. Old Macintoshes in the background. Picture 6: Side picture of another bookcase, lot of weird books. Picture 7. Close up of some odd stuff. The thing in the middle is a GST something. Blurred, very little light. Picture 8: That's the Perq under that pile of wires. Picture 9: Closer picture of that GST thingie. No idea what it is. Picture 10: AT manuals. There are also others, what are they? Perq? Picture 11-13: Pile of VME? boards. Are they old Sun boards? Some look to be memory on DIP chips. Sorry the pictures suck. As I said, you have no idea how stressful it is to try and take pictures with a flashlight, gloves, and a fair amount of stress overall by looking at this pile. It's all dry which is good, there are also at least 2 Kaypro 4 units there. C
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Maryland, south of Baltimore a bit. C On 4/25/2020 6:56 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: WHERE is it? You might have said, previously, but it's not included here. Help that might be available is generally going to be geographically dependent. On Sat, 25 Apr 2020, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Well I'm the one who was his friend for many years and when he died I kept in touch with his mom. She's clearing out the house and I went over today to tag and review some stuff. There appear to be at least two Perqs, several boxes of floppies, junk all over the place, a couple of Sun VMEs, what might be part of a Sun 3/50, big weird boards, at least 3 pdp11 q bus boxes, and the like. I tagged the Perqs, brought home some boxes of floppies and said I would see if anyone would help. She really misses him and would like his stuff to go somewhere that people will care about it and remember him. He was a good egg, and his death was a very tragic accident. I took some pictures, but what of his stuff is important and what is not? Who is willing to help me get this stuff somewhere where people can care about it? C
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On 4/25/2020 3:07 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > On 4/25/20 8:28 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Does anyone here remember Bob Davis? >> >> C > > There is also a sad story that his mother wouldn't let any of his > collection be released > though several people attempted to preserve his PERQ collection since > his passing. > > I gave up trying a long time ago. > > > That is sad. Similar issue with Leor Zolman's passing back in the day and the MARC operating system.
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Hi Chris, I'm sorry, I didn't know Bob and it sounds very tragic. Where is this located? Thanks, Todd On 4/25/2020 6:27 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Ok, I've uploaded pictures to https://www.crystel.com/bob/ There are a bunch of 8 inch floppies and old hard disks down there. We have to move fast though, this needs to be cleaned out. How can people help me on this? C On 4/25/2020 6:12 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: I've recently been working on archiving a huge pile of PERQ floppies. I'd be more than happy to help archive any media, including the scanning of documentation. I know that Bob had an extensive collection, and some of this is likely to be the only copies of such media left in existence. Also, it would be great to get images of the hard drives in those PERQs. I can assist with that as well. - Josh On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 3:04 PM Chris Zach via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: Well I'm the one who was his friend for many years and when he died I kept in touch with his mom. She's clearing out the house and I went over today to tag and review some stuff. There appear to be at least two Perqs, several boxes of floppies, junk all over the place, a couple of Sun VMEs, what might be part of a Sun 3/50, big weird boards, at least 3 pdp11 q bus boxes, and the like. I tagged the Perqs, brought home some boxes of floppies and said I would see if anyone would help. She really misses him and would like his stuff to go somewhere that people will care about it and remember him. He was a good egg, and his death was a very tragic accident. I took some pictures, but what of his stuff is important and what is not? Who is willing to help me get this stuff somewhere where people can care about it? C
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WHERE is it? You might have said, previously, but it's not included here. Help that might be available is generally going to be geographically dependent. On Sat, 25 Apr 2020, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Well I'm the one who was his friend for many years and when he died I kept in touch with his mom. She's clearing out the house and I went over today to tag and review some stuff. There appear to be at least two Perqs, several boxes of floppies, junk all over the place, a couple of Sun VMEs, what might be part of a Sun 3/50, big weird boards, at least 3 pdp11 q bus boxes, and the like. I tagged the Perqs, brought home some boxes of floppies and said I would see if anyone would help. She really misses him and would like his stuff to go somewhere that people will care about it and remember him. He was a good egg, and his death was a very tragic accident. I took some pictures, but what of his stuff is important and what is not? Who is willing to help me get this stuff somewhere where people can care about it? C
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On 2020-04-25 18:27, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > Ok, I've uploaded pictures to https://www.crystel.com/bob/ Don't get me wrong, I/we really appreciate the pictures, but you should reyyy cut down the coffee ... ;-)
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Unfortunately, those blurry cell phone pictures are almost useless. I did spot what appears to be an M-class HP 21MX system in DSC_0249.JPG. Someone should rescue that one. On Sat, 25 Apr 2020, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Ok, I've uploaded pictures to https://www.crystel.com/bob/ There are a bunch of 8 inch floppies and old hard disks down there. We have to move fast though, this needs to be cleaned out. How can people help me on this? C On 4/25/2020 6:12 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: I've recently been working on archiving a huge pile of PERQ floppies. I'd be more than happy to help archive any media, including the scanning of documentation. I know that Bob had an extensive collection, and some of this is likely to be the only copies of such media left in existence. Also, it would be great to get images of the hard drives in those PERQs. I can assist with that as well. - Josh On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 3:04 PM Chris Zach via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: Well I'm the one who was his friend for many years and when he died I kept in touch with his mom. She's clearing out the house and I went over today to tag and review some stuff. There appear to be at least two Perqs, several boxes of floppies, junk all over the place, a couple of Sun VMEs, what might be part of a Sun 3/50, big weird boards, at least 3 pdp11 q bus boxes, and the like. I tagged the Perqs, brought home some boxes of floppies and said I would see if anyone would help. She really misses him and would like his stuff to go somewhere that people will care about it and remember him. He was a good egg, and his death was a very tragic accident. I took some pictures, but what of his stuff is important and what is not? Who is willing to help me get this stuff somewhere where people can care about it? C Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
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Always wanted a Perq since using one in the 80s when I worked briefly at ICL. Guess this is all in the USA though. Regards Rob > -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Chris Zach via > cctalk > Sent: 25 April 2020 23:04 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Bob Davis and old computer stuff > > Well I'm the one who was his friend for many years and when he died I kept in > touch with his mom. She's clearing out the house and I went over today to tag > and review some stuff. > > There appear to be at least two Perqs, several boxes of floppies, junk all > over > the place, a couple of Sun VMEs, what might be part of a Sun 3/50, big weird > boards, at least 3 pdp11 q bus boxes, and the like. I tagged the Perqs, > brought > home some boxes of floppies and said I would see if anyone would help. > > She really misses him and would like his stuff to go somewhere that people > will > care about it and remember him. He was a good egg, and his death was a very > tragic accident. > > I took some pictures, but what of his stuff is important and what is not? Who > is > willing to help me get this stuff somewhere where people can care about it? > > C
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Ok, I've uploaded pictures to https://www.crystel.com/bob/ There are a bunch of 8 inch floppies and old hard disks down there. We have to move fast though, this needs to be cleaned out. How can people help me on this? C On 4/25/2020 6:12 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: I've recently been working on archiving a huge pile of PERQ floppies. I'd be more than happy to help archive any media, including the scanning of documentation. I know that Bob had an extensive collection, and some of this is likely to be the only copies of such media left in existence. Also, it would be great to get images of the hard drives in those PERQs. I can assist with that as well. - Josh On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 3:04 PM Chris Zach via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: Well I'm the one who was his friend for many years and when he died I kept in touch with his mom. She's clearing out the house and I went over today to tag and review some stuff. There appear to be at least two Perqs, several boxes of floppies, junk all over the place, a couple of Sun VMEs, what might be part of a Sun 3/50, big weird boards, at least 3 pdp11 q bus boxes, and the like. I tagged the Perqs, brought home some boxes of floppies and said I would see if anyone would help. She really misses him and would like his stuff to go somewhere that people will care about it and remember him. He was a good egg, and his death was a very tragic accident. I took some pictures, but what of his stuff is important and what is not? Who is willing to help me get this stuff somewhere where people can care about it? C
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Also, I'd love to see the pictures to help narrow down what's important, etc. - Josh On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 3:12 PM Josh Dersch wrote: > I've recently been working on archiving a huge pile of PERQ floppies. I'd > be more than happy to help archive any media, including the scanning of > documentation. I know that Bob had an extensive collection, and some of > this is likely to be the only copies of such media left in existence. > > Also, it would be great to get images of the hard drives in those PERQs. > I can assist with that as well. > > - Josh > > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 3:04 PM Chris Zach via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Well I'm the one who was his friend for many years and when he died I >> kept in touch with his mom. She's clearing out the house and I went over >> today to tag and review some stuff. >> >> There appear to be at least two Perqs, several boxes of floppies, junk >> all over the place, a couple of Sun VMEs, what might be part of a Sun >> 3/50, big weird boards, at least 3 pdp11 q bus boxes, and the like. I >> tagged the Perqs, brought home some boxes of floppies and said I would >> see if anyone would help. >> >> She really misses him and would like his stuff to go somewhere that >> people will care about it and remember him. He was a good egg, and his >> death was a very tragic accident. >> >> I took some pictures, but what of his stuff is important and what is >> not? Who is willing to help me get this stuff somewhere where people can >> care about it? >> >> C >> >
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I've recently been working on archiving a huge pile of PERQ floppies. I'd be more than happy to help archive any media, including the scanning of documentation. I know that Bob had an extensive collection, and some of this is likely to be the only copies of such media left in existence. Also, it would be great to get images of the hard drives in those PERQs. I can assist with that as well. - Josh On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 3:04 PM Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > Well I'm the one who was his friend for many years and when he died I > kept in touch with his mom. She's clearing out the house and I went over > today to tag and review some stuff. > > There appear to be at least two Perqs, several boxes of floppies, junk > all over the place, a couple of Sun VMEs, what might be part of a Sun > 3/50, big weird boards, at least 3 pdp11 q bus boxes, and the like. I > tagged the Perqs, brought home some boxes of floppies and said I would > see if anyone would help. > > She really misses him and would like his stuff to go somewhere that > people will care about it and remember him. He was a good egg, and his > death was a very tragic accident. > > I took some pictures, but what of his stuff is important and what is > not? Who is willing to help me get this stuff somewhere where people can > care about it? > > C >
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Well I'm the one who was his friend for many years and when he died I kept in touch with his mom. She's clearing out the house and I went over today to tag and review some stuff. There appear to be at least two Perqs, several boxes of floppies, junk all over the place, a couple of Sun VMEs, what might be part of a Sun 3/50, big weird boards, at least 3 pdp11 q bus boxes, and the like. I tagged the Perqs, brought home some boxes of floppies and said I would see if anyone would help. She really misses him and would like his stuff to go somewhere that people will care about it and remember him. He was a good egg, and his death was a very tragic accident. I took some pictures, but what of his stuff is important and what is not? Who is willing to help me get this stuff somewhere where people can care about it? C
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On 4/25/20 8:28 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Hi! Does anyone here remember Bob Davis? C There is also a sad story that his mother wouldn't let any of his collection be released though several people attempted to preserve his PERQ collection since his passing. I gave up trying a long time ago.
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On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 4:28 PM Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > > Hi! > > Does anyone here remember Bob Davis? The PERQ-fanatic? I never met him, but I had many enjoyable e-mail conversations with him -tony
Bob Davis and old computer stuff
Hi! Does anyone here remember Bob Davis? C
