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| Anthony Stramaglia... |
 Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:04 am |
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Wondering if anyone has old General Automation Zebra or IBM RT
machines collecting dust anywhere they'd like to unload?
I used a MD Reality and CIE Systems 680 and helped write some apps
while I was in high school for a local law office. Once saw an RT and
GA Zebra and wished I could have had either one back then to learn on
in my spare time.
I collect vintage hardware nowadays, so naturally I would love to have
one or both of the Zebra or RT.
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| hbkeultjes... |
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:33 pm |
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We have several RT's but, unless you have the original RT OS these
machines are worthless for your purposes.
Why not download a free copy of Open QM and work with that.
Henry Keultjes
Mansfield Ohio USA
On Oct 27, 2:04 am, Anthony Stramaglia <astramag... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: Wondering if anyone has old General Automation Zebra or IBM RT
machines collecting dust anywhere they'd like to unload?
I used a MD Reality and CIE Systems 680 and helped write some apps
while I was in high school for a local law office. Once saw an RT and
GA Zebra and wished I could have had either one back then to learn on
in my spare time.
I collect vintage hardware nowadays, so naturally I would love to have
one or both of the Zebra or RT.
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| eppick77... |
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:35 pm |
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On Oct 27, 3:30 pm, "frosty" <fros... at (no spam) bogus.tld> wrote:
Quote: hbkeultjes wrote:
We have several RT's but, unless you have the original RT OS these
machines are worthless for your purposes.
I'd go so far as to say that even if you _did_ have the O/S, those
machines are worthless for your purposes.
Why not download a free copy of Open QM and work with that.
Seriously: what Henry said. Any modern PC will outperform those
old RT boxes, and you'll save a bundle on electricity. Not to
mention the connectivity you'll get with Open QM that you wouldn't
get with the ancient O/S on the RT.
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frosty
If what he is wanting is a machine to code on and do work the by all
means Henry's suggestion is the way to go.
However, I got out of the posting that he wanted a machine because he
collects vintage hardware.
Eugene |
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| frosty... |
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:30 pm |
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hbkeultjes wrote:
Quote: We have several RT's but, unless you have the original RT OS these
machines are worthless for your purposes.
I'd go so far as to say that even if you _did_ have the O/S, those
machines are worthless for your purposes.
Quote: Why not download a free copy of Open QM and work with that.
Seriously: what Henry said. Any modern PC will outperform those
old RT boxes, and you'll save a bundle on electricity. Not to
mention the connectivity you'll get with Open QM that you wouldn't
get with the ancient O/S on the RT.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:16 pm |
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On Oct 27, 4:35 pm, eppick77 <eppic... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
Quote: On Oct 27, 3:30 pm, "frosty" <fros... at (no spam) bogus.tld> wrote:
hbkeultjes wrote:
We have several RT's but, unless you have the original RT OS these
machines are worthless for your purposes.
I'd go so far as to say that even if you _did_ have the O/S, those
machines are worthless for your purposes.
Why not download a free copy of Open QM and work with that.
Seriously: what Henry said. Any modern PC will outperform those
old RT boxes, and you'll save a bundle on electricity. Not to
mention the connectivity you'll get with Open QM that you wouldn't
get with the ancient O/S on the RT.
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frosty
If what he is wanting is a machine to code on and do work the by all
means Henry's suggestion is the way to go.
However, I got out of the posting that he wanted a machine because he
collects vintage hardware.
Eugene
Come to think of it, I might also have a GA Zebra machine.
BTW, Eugene, please send me the link on the Ohio Pick users.
Henry |
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| eppick77... |
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:25 pm |
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On Oct 28, 11:16 am, hbkeult... at (no spam) earthlink.net wrote:
Quote: On Oct 27, 4:35 pm, eppick77 <eppic... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
On Oct 27, 3:30 pm, "frosty" <fros... at (no spam) bogus.tld> wrote:
hbkeultjes wrote:
We have several RT's but, unless you have the original RT OS these
machines are worthless for your purposes.
I'd go so far as to say that even if you _did_ have the O/S, those
machines are worthless for your purposes.
Why not download a free copy of Open QM and work with that.
Seriously: what Henry said. Any modern PC will outperform those
old RT boxes, and you'll save a bundle on electricity. Not to
mention the connectivity you'll get with Open QM that you wouldn't
get with the ancient O/S on the RT.
--
frosty
If what he is wanting is a machine to code on and do work the by all
means Henry's suggestion is the way to go.
However, I got out of the posting that he wanted a machine because he
collects vintage hardware.
Eugene
Come to think of it, I might also have a GA Zebra machine.
BTW, Eugene, please send me the link on the Ohio Pick users.
Henry
Henry,
Here is the link to the Ohio Pick Users Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/opugmail?hl=en
I look forward to seeing you there.
Eugene |
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| eppick77... |
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:27 pm |
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On Oct 28, 12:25 pm, eppick77 <eppic... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
Quote: On Oct 28, 11:16 am, hbkeult... at (no spam) earthlink.net wrote:
On Oct 27, 4:35 pm, eppick77 <eppic... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
On Oct 27, 3:30 pm, "frosty" <fros... at (no spam) bogus.tld> wrote:
hbkeultjes wrote:
We have several RT's but, unless you have the original RT OS these
machines are worthless for your purposes.
I'd go so far as to say that even if you _did_ have the O/S, those
machines are worthless for your purposes.
Why not download a free copy of Open QM and work with that.
Seriously: what Henry said. Any modern PC will outperform those
old RT boxes, and you'll save a bundle on electricity. Not to
mention the connectivity you'll get with Open QM that you wouldn't
get with the ancient O/S on the RT.
--
frosty
If what he is wanting is a machine to code on and do work the by all
means Henry's suggestion is the way to go.
However, I got out of the posting that he wanted a machine because he
collects vintage hardware.
Eugene
Come to think of it, I might also have a GA Zebra machine.
BTW, Eugene, please send me the link on the Ohio Pick users.
Henry
Henry,
Here is the link to the Ohio Pick Users Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/opugmail?hl=en
I look forward to seeing you there.
Eugene
Henry,
Please pass the link along to others in Ohio. I do not have Bob's
email address, so please send it to him.
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| Anthony Stramaglia... |
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:14 pm |
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On Oct 27, 4:35 pm, eppick77 <eppic... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
Quote: On Oct 27, 3:30 pm, "frosty" <fros... at (no spam) bogus.tld> wrote:
hbkeultjes wrote:
We have several RT's but, unless you have the original RT OS these
machines are worthless for your purposes.
I'd go so far as to say that even if you _did_ have the O/S, those
machines are worthless for your purposes.
Why not download a free copy of Open QM and work with that.
Seriously: what Henry said. Any modern PC will outperform those
old RT boxes, and you'll save a bundle on electricity. Not to
mention the connectivity you'll get with Open QM that you wouldn't
get with the ancient O/S on the RT.
--
frosty
If what he is wanting is a machine to code on and do work the by all
means Henry's suggestion is the way to go.
However, I got out of the posting that he wanted a machine because he
collects vintage hardware.
Eugene
Hi all,
Yes, that is correct. I collect vintage computer systems.
I don't plan to use them for production or development. They're just
for my personal enjoyment and to preserve the history of a vintage
system that might otherwise end up in a recycler's scrapyard.
I've done some Pick development in my years as well, so I'm even
moreso motivated to try to find one or both.
A few years ago, I managed to save a working Sanyo/ICON that came from
a manufacturing plant in Philly.
My first exposure to a GA Zebra was in the studios of WFMU back in
like 1986-87. One of the DJ's there was a Pick guy, but I didn't know
that until I was at the studio one day and saw that he was working
with Pick. In one of those "small world" moments, I found out he knew
the consultant working on the Pick system at my lawfirm...which at
that point shouldn't have been surprising.
Regards,
Anthony |
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| wjhonson... |
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:58 pm |
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Yes but it will cost somebody at least fifty bucks to ship you such a
heavy piece of equipment. I have an ADDS 1800 (I think that's what it
is) that's been sitting in the corner of my bedroom for the past ten
years. One of my clients couldn't pay me five hundred bucks one time,
so I said I'd take that instead and we were both happy. I haven't
turned it on in at least eight years.
Will Johnson |
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| sdavmor... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:16 am |
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wjhonson wrote:
Quote: Yes but it will cost somebody at least fifty bucks to ship you such
a heavy piece of equipment. I have an ADDS 1800 (I think that's
what it is) that's been sitting in the corner of my bedroom for the
past ten years. One of my clients couldn't pay me five hundred
bucks one time, so I said I'd take that instead and we were both
happy. I haven't turned it on in at least eight years.
Will Johnson
I took a pair of Microdata 1600s from Jack Dement at Aztec Shops in
lieu of several thousand dollars from contract programming back in
1983/84. 2 years later, having never fired them up, I gave them to
Thom McTeer if we would please just come and remove them from my house!
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| DaveG... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:47 pm |
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Looking for Xmas lights in the basement yesterday, I came across
several sets of original RT software disks. No hardware though...
Dave G |
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