CUCPS Equipment List

Contact soc-cucps-committee@lists.cam.ac.uk if interested in any of this equipment. This equipment is in the William Gates Building, and equipment must usually be collected from there.

Computers

• 9 BBC micros (some of these are 64K B+ models) + 2 halves of the same side
• Modified case for Acorn BBC micro IEE-488 adaptor. Has been used internally at Acorn for prototyping purposes. Prototype PCB still inside case.
• Atari 1040STF, some books and other stuff to go with, one NEC multisync monitor (capable of Atari hires monochrome display as well as colour)
• Opus IBM PC-compatible (8088 standard) with CGA monitor
• Opus PC III Turbo (heavy desktop PC, with 5.25" floppy drive (with an unlabelled disk in) and hard drives). 8088-based.
• AT keyboard.
• 2 x 3-button serial mouse.
• 11 HP9000/340s + 11 HP HIL keyboards
• Digital DecStation 3100
• PDP-11 backplane.

Input devices

• Pair of Apple II paddles (each with two rotating controls; joined to a single 16 pin connector).

Monitors

• 6 Monochrome 15kHz monitors (work with BBC micros)
• 1 Opus CGA (for Opus PC)
• 1 VGA
• Monitor supports for Acorn Archimedes computers (possibly one is in fact an Acorn Master Compact case)
• Macintosh Portrait Display

IBM PC expansion cards

• 8 bit ISA serial (8250 UART)
• IBM PC Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter (in original box)
• PC-Mate (by Tecmar) Graphics (boxed) with Tecmar PC paintbrush manual
• Unknown 8272-based 8 bit ISA (large D-connector and internal floppy)
• 3Com Etherlink II box and manuals (card may be in Opus PC)

Other cards

• Amiga Zorro prototyping card for A2000
• ABAQ Daughter board card (???)
• Cromemco S100 bus cards including Z80 processor card (lots of manuals for this also available)
• S100 bus prototyping cards
• Unknown 6800 processor-based board

Floppy drives

• 1 Viglen BBC micro 5 1/4"
• NEC half height 5 1/4"

Hard drives

• Micronics with ST506 interface
• Bare PCB with ST506 interface (no mech)
• 2 x Shugart Associates with ST506 interface

External drive accessories

• 1 Sun 511 SCSI box (proprietary connectors)
• 1 no-name SCSI box (standard connectors)
• Above items may contain (small) SCSI drives

Printers

• Commodore MPS1000 printer (Centronics and CBM serial bus compatible), white
• Commodore MCS801 printer (Centronics and CBM serial bus compatible), 264 series charcoal grey / brown
• Brother M-1409
• Epson LX-80
• 2x Epson GX-80 (manual also available)
• Epson RX-80 (manual also available)
• Star NL-10
• Commodore MPS-801
• Hewlett-Packard 7220S plotter with manual and OHP transparencies
• Brother HR-20
• Star LC-10
• 2x Star Ribbon Cassette N-10 (each in sealed plastic bag inside cardboard box)
• 2x Memorex Epson MX80 Printer Ribbon (each in sealed plastic bag inside cardboard box)
• Broken bits from a printer carriage mechanism

Networking

• 3Com Thick Ethernet (10Base-5) Medium Attachment Unit (MAU)
• HP Ethertwist box and manuals (no device)
• HP ThinLAN box and manuals (no device)

Transceivers etc.

• Apple Ethernet Twisted-Pair Transceiver (in original packaging, also including a length of twisted pair Ethernet cable).
• User's Guide and Registration Card for D-Link DE-853 twisted pair transceiver (transceiver itself gone though).
• 1x manual for CentreCOM 210TS twisted pair transceiver (all transceivers gone though)
• 1x 10BaseT Apple transceiver

Modems

• Box, manuals and disks (but not the modem itself) for USR Courier "V.Everything with V.34" 33.6Kbps (send) / 56kbps ("x2"; receive only) modem.
• Modular Technology Interdial M5132 (speed unknown) ("line" cable attached)
• Modular Technology Interdial M5132 (speed unknown) ("DTE interface" cable attached)

Documentation and Software

• Lots of Apple Macintosh documentation (some still shrinkwrapped) including
  • HyperCard Basics
  • Macintosh Reference
  • Portrait Display Owners' Guide
  • 3rd party documentation
• Intel Development Tools handbook
• Lots of Micro$oft documentation
• Windrush PL/9 documentation for 6809-based machines
• Commodore "Dear Developer" 2.04 Native Developer Update letter (no media!)
• WordStar documentation
• Cromemco documention for S100 Z80 system (lots of)
• North Star manuals for above
• Acorn Cambridge Computer Store Mini-ROM board Fitting Guidelines
• Acorn Archimedes A3000 Welcome Guide
• A C reference manual (Harbison / Steele)
• TI 9900 Family Systems Design data book
• ASM/65 Editor Assembler manual (for Apple II)
• Tecmar PC Paintbrush manual (Tecmar expansion card also available)
• 3Com Etherlink II manuals and box
• 3Com Ethertwist manuals and box
• 3Com ThinLAN manuals and box
• Phoenix Pre-C C Syntax Analyser for MS-DOS versions 2 and 3 (with 5.25" disk)
• Microrim Unlock the Mystery ("A hands-on approach to information management and artifical intelligence for microcomputers") (manual and 5.25" disks)
• IBM BASIC manual (3rd edition, May 1984)
• PC II-AD User's Guide
• Opus PC III and PC V User's Guides (3 binders)
• AT&T WE DSP32 and DSP32C C Language Compiler Library Reference Manual (with 5.25" disks)
• AT&T WE DSP32 and DSP32C Application Software Library Reference Manual (with 5.25" disks still in sealed package marked "By opening, you indicate that you have read and accept the LIMITED USE SOFTWARE LICENSE.")
• AT&T WE DSP32 and DSP32C C Language Compiler User Manual (with 5.25" disks)
• AT&T WE DSP32 and DSP32C Support Software Library User Manual (with 5.25" disks)
• IBM Quietwriter III Printer 5205 Guide to Operations
• Box labelled "Z-100 masters", containing:
  • C86 C Compiler V1.33D (October 15, 1982 - three 5.25" disks)
  • Optimizing C86 C Compiler V2.10E (April 20, 1984 - three 5.25" disks)
    (are the above two actually related to Heath/Zenith?)
  • The following 5.25" disks bearing the Heath/Zenith names:
    • MS"TM" DOS VERSION 2 (2 disks)
    • Z-DOS "TM" (2 disks)
    • Z-DOS "TM" UPDATE (2 disks)
    • CP/M "R"-85 (2 disks)
    • CP/M "R"-85 UPDATE (1 disk)
    • MICROSOFT Z-BASIC (Z-DOS "TM") (1 disk)
    • Z-100 CUSTOMER DEMONSTRATION DISK (1 disk)
• 3x Epson MX-80 Operation Manual (all different editions)
• Epson GX-80 Printer Interface Cartridge #8620 for Generic Parallel Interface Operating Manual
• Asante FriendlyNet Hub User's Manual
• MicroPro WordStar version 3.0 for CP/M 80 (manual plus two 5.25" disks).
• Miscellaneous manuals (or photocopies of manuals) in a loose-leaf binder:
  • SmartPrint 4.1
  • SuperSpool/SuperPak/SuperDisk
  • PC Accelerator 2.00
  • PC/InterComm V1.21
  • MS-DOS Kermit
  • IBM FileCommand
  • A Simple Listing Program for the Epson Printer (Robert W. Sjoberg)
  • List of DOS Interrupts (MS-DOS 2.xx only) (printout of email from "Ross M. Greenberg" <greenber%timeinc.uucp@brl> dated 29 Jul 85 23:03:59 GMT to INFO-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA).
• Zenith/Heath BASIC-80 for CP/M-85. Manual, plus 5.25" disk or disks in sealed package with notice "ANY USE OF THIS SOFTWARE WITHOUT SIGNING, DATING AND RETURNING THE END-USER NON-DISCLOSURE AND SUBLICENSE AGREEMENT ACCOMPANYING THIS PACKAGE IN UNLAWFUL.". Return envelope and two copies of the agreement (one to return to Zenith Data Systems, one for your files) included (postage not included).
• Xenocopy Plus manual. (Some pages slightly adhering to each other by toner; removing from the PVC binder may be recommended for long-term preservation.)
• DOS 3.30 packaging with "READ THIS FIRST" but without discs.
• Using Microsoft Windows/386
• Quarterdeck Manifest manual
• Hewlett-Packard LaserJet series II User's Manual
• Hewlett-Packard Getting Started with LaserJet series II
• Lattice C Compiler for MS-Dos Version 3.00E Technical Bulletin (differences between versions 2 and 3)
• IBM Dual Drawer Sheetfeed with Envelope Option Guide to Operations
• Bitstream Express Yourself (advertising brochure for typefaces)
• PacificPage PostScript Language Emulation Cartridge - box with some manuals and a 5.25" disk. (Cartridge itself not included.)
• Optimizing C86 compiler user's manual
• Procomm Version 2.4.1 Reference Manual
• "Z80MU" Z80 and CP/M 2/2 Emulator User's Guide, or, The Care and Feeding of Your Imaginary Z80, or, Fakeware For The Techie Masses! A Guide to the complete Z80 Emulator.
• 2x slip-cased manual sets for PCII-AD, each containing manuals for GW-BASIC 3.2 (one manual) and MS-DOC 3.2 (User's Reference; Programmer's Reference; User's Guide).
• IBM Dos 3.30 package with Quick Reference Card, Read This First, User's Guide and two 5.25" disks
• WY-60 Reference Guide
• WY-60 User's Guide
• IBM binder with miscellaneous non-IBM manuals and disks:
  • VEGA Video Seven VGA adapter User's Manual
  • Taxan MultiVision 770 Plus monitor Owner's Guide
  • NEC 3.5" floppy drive and 5146H hard disk jumper settings (handwritten sheet)
  • Installing the Inboard(TM) 386/PC Personal Computer Enhancement manual (with sheet "Recent news about the Inboard(TM) 386/PC")
  • Everex Magic I/O(TM) Input/Output Adapter for the IBM PC/XT/AT Owner's Manual and Reference Guide EV-170 and EV-170A (Version 5.0)
  • Installing the Inboard(TM) 386/PC 2 M-Byte Piggyback Memory Board manual
  • Associated disks (5.25" floppies) for Everex, Inboard 386/PC and Video Seven (two disks, drivers and utilities)

Media

• 3 1/2" floppies
• Some data cartridge
• 8" Scotch floppies
• Lots of 5 1/4" media
• Storage box containing 10 double sided double density 8" disks (26 sectors, 256 bytes/sec) - brand "Datalife by Verbatim", all unlabelled so probably unused. Includes unopened plastic bag with disk labels and labels for covering write protect notches.
• One unopened shrinkwrapped boxes of 10 single sided single density 32 sector 8" disks, Verbatim Datalife brand. Says "With Hub Ring" and "Wang Compatible".
• Opus "No Bad Memories" branded box of 10 8" disks. Opened, contents are an opened partly used pack of disk labels, two DataLife Verbatim disks (single sided single density 32 sector) and eight Opus disks (SS/SD 32 HARD SECT). All ten disks have labels over write protect notches and "I" written on them but no other indications of use.
• Partly used sheets of disk labels.
• Some unused reels of paper tape.

Memory

• Box containing many antistatic bags with chips in. Many marked as 256K Mac SIMMs, but may include other chips. (A total of getting on for 16Mbyte.)

Cables

• Lots of assorted cables (no descriptions available)
• Ribbon cable (25-pin connectors)
• Many kettle leads with plugs

(very) Misc

• Collins Gem German dictionary
• Harrap's Mini Spanish dictionary
• Hymns Ancient & Modern (New Standard)
• Atlanta 1996 lapel badge
• General Electric 3-5376 Microcassette recorder manual
• Still shrink-wrapped CNN/MCI 10 minute phonecard
• Modern Organic Chemisty book
• Teach yourself Serbo-Croat book
• Steven Levenkron -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

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