On 8/15/2015 3:18 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
Mike - this would be a good complete system for you Mike and good
it has tapes.
that may have the little cartridge drive in it too but beware the
cartridge drives they seem to all have gummy capstans... I ruined a
fos ta
Hi Mike,
Sorry I no longer have any HP3000 gear, but have did make several videos
about my 3000s when I did. You can see them here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/CLCourtney/videos
Good luck - the 3000 was a great minicomputer in its day!
Lee C.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 7:01 PM, Mike Loewen
wrote
Mike - this would be a good complete system for you Mike and good
it has tapes.
that may have the little cartridge drive in it too but beware the
cartridge drives they seem to all have gummy capstans... I ruined a
fos tape put it in... got error... pulled it out
On 8/15/15 5:35 AM, Steve Robertson wrote:
Mike,
I have the original 9-track system
tapes (FOS), some spare NOS tapes
have you imaged all of these tapes?
On 8/15/15 5:56 AM, Steve Robertson wrote:
Al,
I shared the images with J. David Bryan. One of the tapes
had a bad spot on it so, there was one file that was
unrecoverable.
Ah, good. I was hoping he got copies of them.
Al,
I shared the images with J. David Bryan. One of the tapes
had a bad spot on it so, there was one file that was
unrecoverable. I think he was able to recreate a complete
FOS tape. My images are on a system that is currently in
storage so, it is not too easy for me to get my hands on
them. I al
Mike,
I have a complete micro/37 that I'd be willing to part with. It
was last booted about 2 years ago when another list member was
trying to his a system running.
Is is mounted in one of the short / narrow HP racks with 3x670H
HPIB drives. I think the total disk size is about 1 Gb. That
seems
and I am looking for west coast hp -3000's! Mike!
Due to freight az or cal... for a 3000/37 or micro gear
but would pay the big freight if it was a old series II or II or cx
or precx or series 1
I spent most of my time on series 2 and 3 machines and although I do not
have
I worked on HP 3000 systems in the late '80s, and would like to find
one for my collection. A series 42 would be nice, but a series 37 or
micro XE would do. Any leads? I'm already aware of the one on Epay in
Florida that's been sitting at $1,725 for the past year.
I'm in central PA.
