FYI...
In ba.market.computers, George Akimov <iga(a)metabyte.com> wrote:
>Our company has a computer which we would like to donate to college or
>school.
>The name is "ARETE" Model 1224/160/16 OS - ARIX, ARIXNET Ethernet
>2 CPU boards, 68040 -25mhz
>64 MB memory
>4-800 MB Disks
>16 serial ports
>240 v.power
>Expansion Cabinet 1200/exp
>474 MB disk drive 1000/D474
>9-track Tape Drive 1000/9T-HP
>9-track Tape/Disk Controller 1000/DT2-9T
>Software, incl INFORMIX.
>Any interest in that, please call (408)376-3801 ext.128
>or e-mail: marina(a)dentistat.com
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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/
Well, I have a TV, VCR, and Cable Descrambler box. Each has a separate
remote. I was unable to operate the TV picture controls for a while, because
each time I do, the Cable Box does something weird. Also, if I operate the
the volume control on the TV remote, the Cable Box sometimes changes the
channel. But, the IR emitter is focused in a small beam, so that unless the
IR keyboard reflects off of something, or the receivers are right next to
each other, there oughtn't be interference.
In a message dated 97-11-30 12:20:54 EST, you write:
<< > >PC jr.
> Would you like to have another IR keyboard?
On the subject of PC Jr's, I've always had a silly question: how do you
use more than one in the same room at the same time? Don't the IR
keyboards interfere with each other? Or is there some obvious solution
to this problem?
I've noticed that some of the Web-TV units also have IR keyboards...
do they have a solution to this problem?
Tim.
>>
I'll e-mail a price list in the next couple of days.
manndey(a)nwohio.com
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> From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
> To: Manney
> Subject: Re: 386 and 486 motherboards
> Date: Sunday, November 30, 1997 10:07 AM
>
> sure tell me how much you want.
>
> dave
> microage97(a)aol.com
Does anyone have a copy of the Apple /// SOS distribution that I can buy?? I
got the recently-adopted /// working, but it has no disks or manuals.
Thanks again!
Rich Cini/WUGNET
<nospam_rcini(a)msn.com> (remove nospam_ to use)
ClubWin! Charter Member (6)
MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
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>I've noticed that some of the Web-TV units also have IR keyboards...
>do they have a solution to this problem?
I think that the IR keyboards are the same thing for jrs and for Web-TVs...
a joke. I mean, they belong with video confencing, (responsive) touch
screens, and gigahertz processors. Right now, the technology is too
expensive to get a good use. (IE make something cheap and with few
functions, like a remote, or expenisve and keyboard functions, but at a high
cost). I've seen the Web-TV IR keyboards (a very slim & beautiful-looking
unit), and they cost hundreds of dollars. When you buy the add-on printer,
keyboard, and stuff like that, the price probably soars to a higher price
than a sub-$1000 PC (I've seen 166MMX boxes for under $500), it was the same
problem with the jr: You promise them cheap, easy to use, and seemingly
child-like to use. You end up with bad IR transmiters/recievers, expensive
replacements, a high initial-cost, (the jr. shipped for like 1,200, not the
promised 700 bucks.), and babies are bad enough with remotes. What do they
do with 110 volts, a IR keyboard and reciever, and a cartrige system, all
wonderful devices used by adults/older kids? The results are hard to even
think of. If they could make a computer with less than 20V.... that would
probably be OK....
(A different) Tim. ;^)
In a message dated 97-11-30 12:56:10 EST, you write:
<< I would guess that the IR keyboards in the PC Jr's pretty much guaranteed
that they would never be adopted by schools. When all you have to do
is point your keyboard at the teacher's PC and type "DEL *.*", any
schools that did buy them must've unloaded them as soon as they could... >>
For the weak-stomached, I will use profanities here, so watch out.
Well then, what about the new IR stuff like IRDA, the new IR Mice in the IBM
A****A S series, the IR keyboards for l*****s, etc?
I would like to get an AD converter board for my s100 bus North Star. It
is still in use on a piece of equipment. I need a backup. I also have
other S100 boards if someone is in need. pwb3(a)columbia.edu
my favorite tv/radio shop again seems to be cleaning out his back room. i
picked up:
Radio Shack Color computer
C64
PC Jr + monitor (w/ IR keyboard)
XT clone
2 IBM 5151 monitors
Apple III monitor
which was all i had room for. had to leave behind a cool looking (although
somewhat beat up) IBM Displaywriter system. also lots of TVs, typewriters,
old dot matrix printers, 3rd party EGA monitors, etc.
the only thing i've played with is the PC jr. I used to have the tech.
manual on this puppy but i think I tossed it out some years ago (dumb).
the machine seems to work (IR keyboard and all) but the monitor has a
vertical hold problem (beautiful colors on the monitor though). i'll try
the NTSC out and see how that works.
- glenn
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| Glenn F. Roberts, Falls Church, VA
| Comments are my own and not the opinion of my employer
| groberts(a)mitre.org
At 11:30 PM 11/29/97 -0500, William Donzelli wrote:
>I spent some time at the Capital for the holiday, and took a few hours off
>to check out some of the vintage machines at the Smithsonion Institution.
speaking of which, i would recommend the Smithsonian's "Information Age"
exhibit to anyone in this group. It's in the National Museum of American
History (14th and Constitution in Washington DC):
http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/nmah/youmus/genlinfo.htm
or see a glimpse of it in the on line version:
http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/nmah/youmus/ex18infa.htm
they have cool stuff like an early Sun, and (as I recall) an Apple I - also
mainframe history, telephone and telgraph, television, etc. worth a trip.
the price is right too (free!) - one of the benefits of living in the DC area.
- glenn
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| Glenn F. Roberts, Falls Church, VA
| Comments are my own and not the opinion of my employer
| groberts(a)mitre.org
