On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 6:44 PM, Jerry Kemp <ot...@oryx.us> wrote: > Wow, that must have taken a lot of will power to give that up. If I had it, > I'm not sure I could have done that.
It was a bit of a challenge :) It's probably the best example of such a system still in existence, though I don't really know that for sure. It had enough spares to keep it running forever, and they were built like tanks to run forever anyway. I had a spare PS and spare RAM boards. I had it running on standard SCSI2 drives so you didn't have to use the original AT&T drives, though I had several of those too. I'd forgotten that I also gave away a 3B2 400 in working condition with lots of spares as well. Over the years I had collected a ton of original AT&T software and docs to go with it, most of which I'd gotten running. This was the development platform for SVR4 and I had (still have, actually) a copy of the SVR4 sources to go with. I never did try to get that working. Sp anyway, I was going to sell it all, but kept feeling guilty for it. I didn't want it to end up in a museum, but wanted someone who was a fanatic about the technology to enjoy using it on a daily basis, and those kind of folk don't generally have that kind of cash lying around. I worried about it for a couple of years before I found someone who really wanted it and I thought would take good care of it, and USE it. I've never been happier with a decision. Unfortunately, I did not know about Seth, and it did not go to him :( I kept lots of digital docs for the system and wonder if that would help him. I bet I have the assembler docs squirreled away and the hardware references. Tom > > It's none of my business, but......fingers crossed.....that your 3b2 stuff > made it to Seth Morabito, the gentleman who is working on the 3b2 emulator > project and is in need of hardware and documentation to continue. > > Jerry > > > On 01/10/17 04:31 PM, Tom Manos wrote: >> >> I just gave away my pride and joy: an AT&T 3B2 1000 in perfect >> condition with just about every accessory you could want and fully >> configured. It was a dual processor system, and fully maxed out with >> RAM and ports. It had an ethernet card and SCSI, >> >> I collected boards and documentation for many years and had a complete >> set of original docs, and many, many spares. >> >> I was downsizing and ended up giving it away to another denizen of the >> list along with a couple Sparc 20's and a bunch of other stuff. It >> completely filled up a rental SUV and traveled from Virginia to a >> state way out west. Many hundreds of pounds of stuff. >> >> It's happily running now. >> >> I miss it, but hopefully it's getting more use than I was giving it. >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Andy Cloud <r3tro...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Everyone! >>> >>> I thought this would be an interesting question to ask around - What's >>> the >>> rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? >>> >>> For me, personally, I have a Altair 8800! >>> >>> Looking forward to hearing your answers >>> >>>> _Andy
