Yeah. I notice even Wikipedia has been really begging lately. I'm amazed they've all lasted as long as they have.That would really suck if archive went away. So useful.Sent from my Galaxy
-------- Original message --------From: Sellam Abraham via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Date: 2024-07-16 7:50 p.m. (GMT-08:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Cc: Sellam Abraham <sellam.ismail(a)gmail.com> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Old vintage computing magazine/newsletters BTW, I wouldn't be depending on Internet Archive. Not that it's going awayanytime soon, but it may some day not be there.Like LCM.Sellam
This seems to be a Belgian computer that draws a total blank on Google.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/vintagecomputerclub/posts/8562290167137607/
Anyone ever heard of it?
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From: Sellam Abraham<sellam.ismail(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [cctalk] Re: Ebay past pricing
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I think we are talking apples and oranges. I use Worthpoint to find pricing for uncommon (I hate the misuse of the word "rare) items that don't show up in Ebay searches. So far, the only limitation I've found with Wortphoint is their lack of shipping costs which anyone who sells on Ebay knows is part of the Ebay price. That is not a serious enough reason for me not to use Worthpoint.
A recent example of Ebay failures would be the pricing on Intel MDS system parts. Another example is Lobo Drives/System computers. Or the Lobo HD/floppy disk box. Do I need to go on?
Marvin
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2024, 11:49 PM Marvin Johnston via cctalk <
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> My opinion, it is the best I've seen for looking up past ebay sales.
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> Marvin
I subscribed to Worthpoint for a couple months and found it kind of
worthless (see what I did there).
Yes, it let's you go back further than eBay's Terapeak search (which is
available free to all eBay sellers and goes back through two years worth of
listings) but I found the data to be unreliable, incomplete, and it does
not store enough details from the original listing for my purposes. I don't
believe it differentiates between listings and actual sold items. In one
instance I found one of my own listings, and I forgot what was wrong about
it, but it had entirely wrong information.
I don't believe it's at all worth $30/month. I'd maybe pay that for a years
worth of access. Maybe.
Sellam
I would guess most people here are aware of how to use ebay to suggest
(mostly inflated) pricing. In the past, I have used Hammertap and
Terapeak, but they both seem to have gone away. That said, I finally bit
the bullet and joined Worthpoint. So far it is the best I have used and
at this point highly recommend it . The format is similar to Ebay BUT...
it goes back in time much farther than anything else I've used. The
farthest back I've seen so far is 2016. It even shows the one Intel MDS
system Scott (?) posted about that sold for $500 about 1 year ago in
July 2023.
The pricing is comparable with the other services I've used at about
$30/month for the basic searching ability (all I am interested in.).
IMNSHO, it is well worth it as in addition to past pricing, it also goes
back farther than anything I've used previously.
My opinion, it is the best I've seen for looking up past ebay sales.
Marvin
Might be of interest to some on this list. A 30 minute video detailing the start of Cray computing from the Rand days all the way to its final resting place in HP.https://youtu.be/SOQ6F7HMfSc?si=YTGTcexPZOoNhxHZ
In keeping with a previous discussion about reducing a collection size,
I have an intel MDS system I am kind of looking to sell. This system
consists of the processor box, dual floppy drives, two keyboards (one
missing a keycap), and monitor. Unfortunately, no manuals or software
came with it when I got it some 30 or so years ago. Also I have never
powered it up and won't since it has been sitting for a long time and
will need a careful checkout to make sure it is safe to power up.
I do plan on attending VCFMW in early September, and can bring it with
me (and Sellam) for pickup at the show. My route will be I5 to I80 from
California so it might be possible for the buyer to make arrangements
with us to transfer the unit to the buyer along the way. Generally
speaking, there won't be much time along the way since I generally drive
24/7 except for short stops for gas and rest as needed
Long winded way of asking here has anyone a clear idea of what to
charge. It has been sitting in my garage since I acquired it.
Marvin
I was lucky enough to pick up three MicroNOVA cards and one was a mN602 CPU card. I would love to rebuild the system it came from which was a MP/100 or MP/200 from my research since the mN602 is a nova 4 instruction set chip so is pretty powerful. Unfortunately I only have the CPU card a line printer controller and a mystery card I haven’t yet identified.
I’m looking for these parts to help with this project.
MicroNOVA MP/100 or MP/200 chassis and backplane
4220 paper tape controller
4337 video keyboard interface or 4207-S Async card.
Disk controller
MicroNOVA memory
Would anyone know of someone who would have some of these parts as I think this would make an interesting system configuration.
