Re: IBM Series/1

2019-08-04 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
> From the HP 3000 viewpoint, we weren't worried about the Series/1. Nobody was worried. -- Will

Re: IBM Series/1

2019-08-04 Thread Stan Sieler via cctalk
> > > The hardware is excellent. They have fairly fast processors, and the > > I/O capacity is great. Reliability is typical IBM. > > > > The OS sucks balls. All the balls. > > > > Commercially, they were not a success, despite being IBM's first > > "open" system, in that they invited third party d

Selling my Data I/O 29B programmer

2019-08-04 Thread Aaron Woolfson via cctalk
Just a heads’ up to the group that I am not using this any more; ever since I restored the PLATO terminals for LCM and CHM, I have not touched the 29B. I don’t think that I am going to be having much use for it since I have not been dabbling in vintage hardware. If anyone is interested, it is

Re: IBM Series/1 (Kevin Bowling)

2019-08-04 Thread Michael Thompson via cctalk
> > Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 12:40:58 -0700 > From: Kevin Bowling > Subject: IBM Series/1 > > Anyone have one of these? I'd like to find a system, but images of > the OS media would be interesting. > > Regards, > Kevin > The RICM has lots of Series/1 systems. They haven't been powered on for decade