On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 8:58 PM CAREY SCHUG via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
What else does this apply to? I believe I have a near
complete set of the
CLOAD-80 cassette magazine for the TRS-80, and a few issues of at least one
wanna-be imitation. Were there floppy disk "magazines" for first gen
IBM-PC?
I have years of saved logs from connecting to ward and randy's CBBS as
well as several TRS-80 BBSes. Printed and on 5.25" floppies. I was trying
to recover the floppies, but got distracted, and stopped working on that.
(aside: I should think 100% accurate OCR should be possible for dot matrix
printouts, but have never seen such a program)
the IEEE had a (short lived?) professional journal on personal computers,
I think, and these would have been available on paper or microfiche as they
were printed.
Hardware: so I should not be sending my 8086, 80286 and 80386 computers
to be recycled?
Other things I've never noticed on ebay might be super valuable rather
than worthless? like a big board (Z-80 CP/M system)
an early Canon inkjet printer where you could swap out the print head for
a scanner head? (I bought the scanner head after I had stopped using the
printer, and bought a real scanner before getting around to installing the
replaceable one)
I've never seen networking stuff being sold (as retro), only cisco 2500
and newer for people going for certifications, am I just looking in the
wrong places? I have four AGS-1 routers (before variable submitting)
though IIRC I figured out 3 were plus and one not, and various software
levels, I bought them hoping to mix and match for a super system, but some
boards did not get recognized in other systems). And a few IBM and other
routers from that vintage. such as 10 megabit fiber, FDDI, CDDI, token
ring.
aside: I've seen references to ONE megabit unshield twisted pair (I assume
the old 4 prong phone cords), does ANY museum have that, working or not?
--Carey
Everything you mention here has value to some one or some institution.
However, depending on the item, the effort to reward ratio may not be worth
it for you.
Sellam