At 04:53 PM 15/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I picked up a copy of this book, as it seems quite handy. It has lots
>of info on older, long since discontinued drives.
>
>The local MicroCenter here in Dallas has a giant pile of them for
>something like $5 each; it says list $49.99 so this may be a bargain.
>If there is any interest, I could pick up a few to send elsewhere.
>
Hell yes I would be interested, If you could pick one up for me, I'll pay
shipping + cost. Reply if you can can still get them... Thanks in advance.
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At 04:04 PM 10/16/97 -0800, you wrote:
>If people are interested in this class of machines, I've got 4
>VS2000's currently being used as doorstops. They have a mix
And I've got a Dec Rainbow 100 available if anyone's interested.
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I Would Like A Picture Of The Kaypro 10
Email That File To Oklapokes(a)worldnet.att.net>
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> Have a mint condition Kaypro 10, complete with all manuals. Looks like it
> came out of the box. Works great, all original software.
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> If you know of anyone who has a serious interest, please e-mail me.
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> Don Sarno
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Gentlemen,
I have a solid lead on a VAXstation 2000, a VT-220, a VT-240,
and a Rainbow which require rescue in the San Diego area. If anybody
is interested, please let me know at my personal address and I'll
forward the information on.
The machines are available for "the Right Price" and come with
doco.
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> I take it youve already divested yourself of wife, kids ,and cats
> hmmm ? ; ^ ))
Never had any of those! (although I'd quite like a cat!)
Biggest coup I pulled was when I persuaded my parents to pay L10000
towards buying my house, just to get my collection out of theirs.
Philip.
20 is pretty much my limit for anything. Hey got a Black Apple finally!
and picked up a Midi Card for the //e by "Practical Designs" Anyone have
any software or know anything about it?
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> From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn(a)crl.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Atari PC's
> Date: Thursday, October 16, 1997 3:33 PM
>
> At 07:34 PM 10/15/97 -0800, you wrote:
> >>Ran across an Atari PC for sale at:
>
> >You gotta give the guy credit for trying, this is the second time he's
had
> >this thing up there. No one seems to want to place a minimum bid of
$100
>
> Yeah, I didn't byte. I've got a couple of different Atari PC cases
(empty)
> gathering dust in my basement, but I think if it were reasonably priced,
(as
> in < $20) I'd pick it up.
>
> Now, if only I'd had the $ to buy the Atari PC Laptop I saw once...
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> Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
> sinasohn(a)crl.com that none but madmen know."
> Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
> San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/
At 07:34 PM 10/15/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>Ran across an Atari PC for sale at:
>You gotta give the guy credit for trying, this is the second time he's had
>this thing up there. No one seems to want to place a minimum bid of $100
Yeah, I didn't byte. I've got a couple of different Atari PC cases (empty)
gathering dust in my basement, but I think if it were reasonably priced, (as
in < $20) I'd pick it up.
Now, if only I'd had the $ to buy the Atari PC Laptop I saw once...
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San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/
>Here is a really crazy way to get your display that I've used. I've got a
>PowerMac 8500/180 which is one of the AV capable Macs. Just for kicks one
>day I decided to set up one of my computers up using it for the Display.
>Works great, now on my 20" monitor I can have any of the cool computer from
>the 80's in a window. Beat's playing with emulators :^) The only problem
>is the two keyboards (and sometimes mice), and you can't cut and paste
>between the two :^)
Totally cool! Hey Rachel, can I bring some computers over to your place?
Actually, ya know what, I know your place is kinda crowded, so I will
graciously offer to store your PowerMac 8500/180AV at my place... 8^)
[for the classiccmp crowd: Rachel is my girlfriend with the cool mac]
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San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/
At 08:54 10/16/97 BST, Philip wrote:
>Biggest coup I pulled was when I persuaded my parents to pay L10000
>towards buying my house, just to get my collection out of theirs.
Good one. I started a Federal nonprofit educational charity to get my
collection out of mine.... It kinda got more complicated than I thought it
would ;-)
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http://www.chac.org/index.html
Computer History Association of California
> Yeah, my local UPS service desk implemented these rules 4 or 5
> months ago. I understand, to some extent, UPS's position: they've
> been hit by many damage claims over the past couple years by clueless
> morons shipping PC-clone type hardware. I, of course, feel
> that the rules should be different when the object that I'm shipping
> is solid steel and over twenty years old. That doesn't matter to
> the UPS droids; it's a "computer part" and they won't ship it.
Odd that they can't have a waiver of responsibility. Usually the only thing I'm
worried about is losing the package.
> 1. Avoid the UPS desk and ship through a "Mailboxes" type place or
> (if you're lucky) your employer. The "Mailboxes" type places can
> charge substantially more than the actual UPS costs, in many cases.
The person at the UPS counter actually recommended this. They do charge that
shipping fee though.
> 2. Avoid UPS and use USPS or FedEx. USPS or FedEx are far more intelligent
> choices for shipping between the US and Canada - they don't charge
> a minimum of $30-$40 in processing fees for items with values less than
> $5, for starters!
For Canada USPS is great. For domestic, they're more expensive. I just think
they need to rewrite their guidelines to allow for this stuff. If I was
shipping a nice laptop or something extremely valuable, FedEx would definetly
be worth it!
I think another way would be to pay the one time $5 pickup fee for home pickup.
Save all the boxes for one pickup. The counter person said they only do the
inspections for counter dropoffs. Interesting. She said they paid out like
$800k in computer insurance claims. Then a supervisor saw a usenet post about
"getting your computer fixed cheap". Supposedly outlining a way to ship it UPS
then file a claim. I see their point but I wonder how much they're losing in
business? See, it's that evil internet again.
Greg
