Retrotechnology Artifacts Sought

7 June 2011

We're looking for the following materials to expand or repair some of our exhibits.

Acorn

• Acorn A4000/A7000: any hardware, software, marketing materials, etc.
• Acorn RiscPC: 120V/240V Autoranging PSU (2-slice)
• Acorn RiscPC: chassis "slice"
• Acorn RiscPC: chassis pins & backplane for 2-slice unit
• Acorn RiscPC: any hardware, software, marketing materials, etc.

Amiga

• Amiga A1011 floppy disk drive
• Amiga A2000/500: Amiga 2-button mouse
• Amiga A3000: ZIP RAM modules
• Amiga A3000/UX: any hardware, software, marketing materials, etc.
• Amiga CD32: Amiga SX32 option
• Amiga CDTV/CD32: software, marketing materials

Apollo

• Any marketing materials
• Pre-SR10 AEGIS software releases, especially on 8" floppy disk media
• Apollo DN100/400/600: any hardware, software, etc.
• Apollo DN300/550: any hardware, software, etc.
• Apollo DN460/660: any hardware, software, etc.
• Apollo DN10000: any hardware, software, etc.

Apple

• Apple ][: keyboard cap for Power lamp, especially "tall" style from original ][ (not ][+)
• Apple ][: 19-pin data cable for DuoDisk
• Apple ][: ProFile controller
• Apple //gs: Apple 1 MB Memory Expansion card
• Apple // SCSI controller, "high speed" or otherwise
• Apple // Workstation Card
• Apple ProFile
• Lisa: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• Macintosh: NuBus memory boards (NatSemi 8/16, Daystar RAM Powercard, etc.)

Atari

• Atari 2600: game cartridges
• Atari Falcon: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• Atari ST: DMA cable for MegaFile
• Atari TT030: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.

AT&T

• Pixel Machine: any hardware, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• TARGA: any hardware, documentation, marketing materials, etc.

Be

• BeBox: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• BeOS: Developer Release 1.1d5 media
• BeOS: any software, marketing materials, etc.

Cogent

• Cogent XTM: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.

Commodore

• C=16: any hardware, software, marketing materials, etc.
• C=1531 datasette
• C=1551 diskette drive
• Plus/4: joysticks, software, marketing materials, etc.

Data General

• AViiON: any Motorola 88000-series hardware, software, marketing materials, etc.
• AViiON: NVRAM dumps from working sytems, especially 310CD. (dump procedure)

Digital Equipment Corporation

• ITS: any software, documentation, memorabilia, etc.
• VT-100 "Setup" keytop from keyboard
• PDP-10: any hardware, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• PDP-11: drive mounting plate for BA23 chassis
• TOPS-10: any software, documentation, memorabilia, etc.
• TOPS-20: any software, documentation, memorabilia, etc.
• XKL TD-1 (TOAD): any hardware, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• VAXstation 2000: chassis drive bay cover ("door")
• VAXstation 2000: chassis expansion adapter (adds SCSI connector for TK50, etc.)
• VAXstation 2000: disk expansion chassis
• VAXstation 4000: memory modules
• VAXstation 4000: hard disk mounting plate; secures disk to mounting bracket
• DELQA or DEQNA QBus Ethernet controller with bulkhead for BA23 chassis

Ergo

• Brick: small form-factor i486 system

Everex

• Step 386: i386 base system unit
• Step 486: i486 base system unit

Hewlett-Packard

• HP3000/900: MPE/iX software release tapes, any version
• HP9000/300: memory modules to fit 345, 360, 380
• HP9000/500: any hardware, software, marketing materials, etc.
• HP9000/700: 72-pin memory modules to fit 712, 715, 725
• HP9000/700: hard disk drive mounting plates to fit storage drawer of 720/730/735
• HP9000/700: Model 725 workstation, complete or not
• HP9000/800: model 840, 825, 834, 835, 850 system unit, complete or not

Honeywell

• Multics: any hardware, software, documentation, memorabilia, marketing materials, etc.

IBM

• AS/400: OS/400 V3R7 installation media
• AS/400: OS/400 V4 installation media (can supply proof of license)
• AS/400: information on generating correct System Passwords
• PC RT: any hardware, software, marketing materials, etc.
• PS/2: microchannel host adapter for 3363 Optical Disk Drive
• PS/2: Ungermann-Bass NICps/2 microchannel ethernet adapter
• PS/2: 8550 internal fixed disk attachment backplane
• PS/2: 8580 internal fixed disk mounting hardware
• PS/2: 8550, 8560, 8570, 8580 3.5" floppy disk drives
• PS/2: 9595 system unit, complete or not
• PS/2: 9595 internal wide-SCSI cables for RAID card & hot-swap drive bays
• PS/2: 9595 front bezel for CD-ROM drive (5.25" half-height bay)
• RS/6000: 7012-365 system unit, complete or not
• RS/6000: internal fixed disk mounting hardware for 7013-500 series
• RS/6000: internal fixed disk mounting hardware for 7013-J40 series
• S/390 Multiprise 3000: removable media drives / mounting canisters (floppy, CD-ROM, 4mm DAT)
• S/390 Multiprise 3000: DC Power Controller cards
• S/390 Multiprise 3000: SSA midplane extender cards, for attaching SSA cables to array backplane
• S/390 Multiprise 3000: 18.2 GB SSA disks / disk mounting canisters
• S/390 Multiprise 3000: model H70 PMI LIC floppy disk
• S/390 Multiprise 3000: model H70 OS/2 CE restore software
• 6152 Academic Workstation: any hardware, software, marketing materials, etc.
• 7437 Technical Workstation: early control software for OS/2 1.x
• 5086 host attachment hardware, software for PC, PC RT, or RS/6000
• 5271 monitor
• 6154 monitor
• 8515 monitor
• P/390, P/390e hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• XT/370, AT/370, P/370 hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.

Intergraph

• InterPro 2020: 30-pin memory modules

Leading Edge

• Model D2: 10 MHz i80286 base system unit

Linn

• Rekursiv: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, memorabilia, etc.

NeXT

• NeXTcube: NeXTdimension
• decrease brightness keytop from non-ADB keyboard
• NeXT Nitro Workstation
• NEXTSTEP 2.x software
• NEXTTIME software

Packard Bell

• Force 316sx: 16 MHz i386sx base system unit

Pixar

• Image Computer: PII-9 9-slot chassis ("Hurricane")
• Image Computer: high-speed host interface for Sun4
• Image Computer: host interface for any system - SBus, VME, Multibus, QBUS, etc.
• Image Computer: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.

Quantel

• Paintbox: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.

Silicon Graphics

• IRIS 1000-series: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• IRIS 2000-series: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• IRIS 3000-series: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• IRIS: 4D/60 base system unit, complete or not
• Indigo R3000: memory modules
• Indigo R4000/Indigo2/Indy: 72-pin memory modules
• Indigo: VM2 modules for XS/XZ/Elan, P/N 030-8059-xxx
• Indigo/Onyx: mouse
• Indigo/Onyx: "Granite" keyboard cable
• Indy: EV1 Indy Video board
• Onyx: SAMZ ("ASO") Audio/Serial Option bulkhead kit
• Onyx: Multi-Channel Option (MCO) bulkhead kit and breakout box
• Onyx: IP21 boards
• Onyx: IO4 board, P/N 030-0815-xxx
• Onyx: 303 power boards
• IRISVISION: Geometry Engine card for ISA bus ("AGE") and connecting cables
• IRISVISION: any software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.

Sun

• Sun-1: UniSoft V7 UNIX software
• Sun-1: EPROM dumps from 68000 CPU board, P/N 270-0001
• Sun-1: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• Sun-2: keyboard
• Sun-2: 2/120 deskside SMD disk chassis
• Sun-2: Archive 9045L tape drive and/or Standalone Controller PCB (QIC-02)
• Sun-2: Sun-2 Shoebox (type 511, with Sysgen tape controller and/or Adaptec ST412 controller)
• Sun-2: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• Sun-2: SunOS 1.x, 2.x software
• Sun-3: SunOS 2.x, 3.x software
• Sun-4m: SM512X dual 50 MHz CPU module for 6x0MP, P/N 501-2444
• Sun FDDI/DX driver software for SunOS 4.x
• Symbolics 1200/UX host software for Sun

Symbolics

• Any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.

Taligent

• Any software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.

Tandy

• TRS-80 Model 16: hard disk controller board & bulkhead cable kit
• TRS-80 external hard disk, any capacity

Texas Instruments

• TI-99/4: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• TI-99/8: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• TI 990-series: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.
• TI Explorer: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing matierals, etc.

Xerox

• Alto/Alto II: any hardware, software, documentation, marketing materials, etc.

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