>generate printed copies of the mag from it. PLus HTML is "free" wheras
>printed copies would need a modest fee, means for collecting this, places
>to print, etc.
I agree with Les, start with an electronic form, then maybe move to print.
I am on a limited computer budget to begin with, I would hate to reduce it
any further, I might miss that big find I have been looking for.
I would like to see some program listings for various machines and various
languages included. I learned more from magazine program listings than I
did from anywhere else. I still use program listings to divine tips and
tricks. Besides, it is interesting to see program listings for other
machines, and see if anything applies to a machine I am using. I am sure
all of us have some programs for our machines that we could clean up and
submit for inclusion, and no worries about copyright violations if we wrote
them, not to mention just having some valuable information available for the
taking. Plus as we add to our collections, finding program listings will
give us a place to start with a new unknown machine. I actually tell people
that we used to get programs in magazines, and typed them in sometimes for
days at a time, and they laugh and me and think I am pulling their leg.
Just be sure and include program listings.
Isaac Davis
idavis(a)comland.com
indavis(a)juno.com
Hi,
In mid June I will be travelling to Australia and while I am there it
would be nice to pick up some classic computers. So my question is, are
there any home computers that were mainly found in Australia? I know of
the System-80, which I know as a Video Genie (a TRS-80 clone), and I
think the Microbee also originates from Australia.
All information will be gratefully recieved.
--
Kevan
Old Computer Collector: http://staff.motiv.co.uk/~kevan/
PS. I may be able to squeeze in some small UK items to trade so let me
know if you are interested and are in Brisbane or Sydney.
I went on a little shopping spree this weekend, and actually managed to find
some stuff this weekend. It seems every garage sale in the north Austin
area is nothing but junk, but I finally managed to find a little place with
some of everything. I asked the guy if they had any atari stuff, joysticks
or games, and he told me to follow him to the back. He had a box full of
joysticks, and other assorted junk. I picked up the box and some other
carts for my 2600 for $40. When I got home, I dug every thing out, and this
is what I found.
1) Odessey2 with joysticks attached. But no power supply. Anyone know the
voltage and polarity for this old thing? Of course no cartridges either,
but maybe next time.
2) Mattel Aquarius with box, manual, and cassette cables and software.
3) About 20 atari 2600 carts, most of them were ones I had been looking for
like air/sea battle. I don't really want to collect rare carts, just the
ones I had when I was a kid.
4) Coleco Gemini Video Game System. It plays atari 2600 cartridges, and it
turns on, but the screen stays black. No clue, and I don't really have the
electronic equipment or knowledge to fix it. I might let my dad check it
out. He's a radar technician with a lot of equipment. Maybe I should get
him to teach me.
5) An 8-track tape - Spotlight the greatest hits of Gene Pitney, Del
Shannon, and Tommy Roe. I'm debating whether or not to dig out the 8-track
player.
6) Assorted pile of power supplies. They look like they are for assorted
answering machines.
7) An Atari 1010 cassette recorder.
8) A piece of telephone testing equipment I think. Has a switch (tone, off,
pulse), a telephone plug, and two wires with alligator clips. I think it's
for tracing telephone wires.
9) A pile of Atari joysticks, a coleco joystick, and a couple of various
cartridges for assorted systems, none of which I own. Maybe that's the
incentive I need. "I've got a cartridge honey, I could really use this old
obsolete computer to make sure it works. You don't want to see this
cartridge go to waste do you dear??"
All in all it was a decent haul for me. This place is only open for 6 hours
on the first saturday of the month, so I was lucky to even get in the place.
I saw a ti-99/4a, but already spending $40 was pushing it for me. Maybe
next month I will get to the back again and dig for more treasure.
Isaac Davis
idavis(a)comland.com
indavis(a)juno.com
Well... after a bit of searching, I've found a solution on
www.flippers.com, a pinball homepage. The guy there says to remove all
corrosion and then neutralize the alkali with a 50/50 solution of white
vinegar and distilled water, scrub with toothbrush, rinse in distilled
water, and then dry with a hairbrush.
This sound feasible or is it a bad idea?
thanks!
Last weekend I aquired an Apple Lisa 2/5 (finally!!), however the NiCad
batteries that backed up the system clock have corroded and leaked all
over the IO board and the backplane/motherboard (system uses a nifty
CPU-on-card design like the OLD computers).
Does anyone have any magic solutions to removing the green gunk from the
printed circuit boards and components? I'm wanting to remove the stuff
and preserve the system from further corrosion. (and yes, I am taking
out those damn things)
The green gunk has messed up one of the card slots so the IO card doesn't
go. I plan to clean that out using one of those Nintendo cartridge slot
cleaners (little card/pad thingy that you put stuff on and insert into slot).
That'll get her running again for a while... but I really need all the
gunk off and the corrosion STOPPED.
any ideas that help save my Lisa would be greatly appreciated!
chris starling
I am looking for a 3.5 Disk & the odd DIN-5 modem or printer
(Imagewriter I) cable for my newly aquired IIC. Would be willing to set
up a trade...have an old tandy Portable Disk Drive 2.
If anybody has those, or knows a place on the net' that doesn't charge
+$50 for an old drive, please let me know!
If there is a better place to post this, please let me know!
Josh M. Nutzman
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>I think the DIN-5 cables for your modem and printer are the same ones still
>used for the Mac. As for the floppy drive, I'd try looking at
>comp.sys.apple2.marketplace.
>
>That failing, let me know and I'll dredge up the Altech address (it's not
>www.alltech.com) - they sell refurbished a2 equipment
Well, I have a mac and it uses a ? Mini-DIN 8? Thanks for the suggestion
of Altech. I'll look them up!
Josh M. Nutzman
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