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2 total messages Started by miller Wed, 28 Nov 1990 23:15
Re: Do people still use Explorers?
#284
Author: miller
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 1990 23:15
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Well, yes, I do have an Explorer at home, though it wasn't because I bought
it. We unplugged 6 of them (3 IIs and 3 Is) and couldn't find any buyers, so 
they let me take a II home and scavenge. Right now it's 8meg, 2 bricks &
tape, and I'm quite happy with it, thank you :-). Alas, I'm only running 4.1 
as we dropped software maintainance while 5.something was the most recent
(only for the microexploders). 

Noise is a slight problem, tempertaure not at all, but then I have
electric heat anyway :-). The only thing I really need to do with it
"soon" is run a serial line between it and my mac - that way I can xfer
files a bit easier than dump to tape, walk to work, download on my
modem, and I'd love to use Zmacs instead of any of the much less good
Mac editors available, esp. for Lisp. (I'm developing stuff under MACL).

As for spares, well, I can just strip boards out of our other "surplus" 
machines as much as necessary. It's how we're keeping our 36xxs running too
(though perhaps not much longer :-).

If it matters, I use a UX400s at work which I'll only give up for a UX1200s.

BTW: if anyone is interested in purchasing an Explorer I or II, make offers
to bukys@cs.rochester.edu, I'm sure he'd love to turn them into cash.

CDRNEXT? How about CDDADR :-)

-- 
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Brad MillerU. Rochester Comp Sci Dept.
miller@cs.rochester.edu {...allegra!rochester!miller}
Re: Do people still use Explorers?
#285
Author: Bjorn Victor
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 1990 09:02
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  >If it matters, I use a UX400s at work which I'll only give up for a UX1200s.

Could you tell me more about these Symbolics cards?  I haven't read
anything about them, all I think I know is that they are based on the
Ivory chip, which I read about when they were developing it.

  >BTW: if anyone is interested in purchasing an Explorer I or II, make offers
  >to bukys@cs.rochester.edu, I'm sure he'd love to turn them into cash.

Hmmm...  thanks for the info!

-- Bjorn
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