In a message dated 2/15/98 2:15:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, william(a)ans.net
writes:
<< I was just thinking about future collectables like laptops, and I do have
a question:
Does anyone know how well LCDs hold up against time (provided, of course,
that they are not cracked!)? >>
the only thing i know that can happen to them is burned out pixels which is to
be expected, and not really that noticeable unless there are several clumped
together.
david
At 05:11 AM 2/12/98 +0000, you wrote:
>No, it won't. One of my great disappointments. I've had it explained
>to me but I can't recall why. That's an Amiga-Atari 'ST' mouse.
>It wont work on an 8-bit atari neither
Dang. So I'll have to buy an Amiga to use this mouse. (Yet another excuse
to get another computer!)
-John Higginbotham-
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<Which reminds me: why didn't IEEE-488 ever become a big hit in the
Otherwise known as GPIB.
<computer biz? It's been around since the 60's, is standard, has good
<performance, has IC support, can handle a bunch of devices, etc., but it
<became relagated to a niche of scientific instrument control for some
<reason.
The few chips to support it were slow, it used specialized cables and
connectors and it was as costly to impliment as SCSI. As a future bus
it didn't offer the speed potential.
Allison
<>Does anyone know how well LCDs hold up against time (provided, of course
<>that they are not cracked!)?
There is no finite life assuming they havent been abused.
My PX-8 is from around 85ish and still works great. I have a number of
other small test gear that are older.
Allison
> Here's the setup. CMS SCSI card to Miniscribe 20mb hard drive (old Mac
>SE drive). GS/OS 6.0.1 diskettes used to setup the hard drive. All files
>copied to hard drive with no errors; files are visible and runable from
>GS/OS. Turning off the machine and turning it back on produces a "Check
>startup device" error. Booting with the "no harddrive" GS/OS diskette works
>fine. All required files are on the hard drive.
>
Do you turn the HD on first and let it warm up for about 30 seconds, before
you turn on the GS?
-- Kirk
>> >We have a huge Convex C3200 computer (it would have been termed
>> >a supercomputer when it was new). It's basically worthless to us.
>
>So it probably can be had for the right price!
Apparantly so. They have had tow offers for it - $200 from some scrap
metal dealers, and a couple of cartons of beer from me. Apparantly mine
is the best offer.
>Those Convex machines are very nice looking, by the way - black and
>yellow. And even if it is a bit old, it could still beat the hell out of
>PeeCee in the performance department.
That's the bit which sold me - I have a thing for black computers. :)
>In any case, someone please grab it.
It looks like I might be doing so after all. Any idea about what I could
do with such a beast? I know that it would be wasted on me - I would be
unable to push it at all - but I will keep it until someone who can
really use it shows up, and I might as well see if I can put it to some
use in the meantime. I gather it runs unix, so could I use it as an
internet server for some rather high-demand applications? It seems a bit
sad to accept the computer when I can't really use it, but I would much
rather that than to see it scrapped.
Adam.
Yes, that's right. Not more than four hours after I posted the
availability of a slew of RL02 packs, a mini-rack, etc., in pops a message
>from CLASSICCMP's own Kevin McQuiggin (Thanks, Kevin!). He'll be coming
down from Vancouver to get the stuff in the next week or so.
All I can say is... geez, that was fast! ;-)
Caveat emptor.
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Yesterday after several long weeks of lackluster thrifing I came
across a 'complete' Atari XE game system. (though I have been avoiding
that Atari ST at the other thrift store for weeks as I just don't have
the room for it and whatever else it may need.)
Of course, as many thrift stores do, they broke up the system down
into several 'parts' and I dutifully browsed through the store and
re-collected it. (for those unfamiliar with thrift store procedure,
they bag the computer as one item, the disks as another, the drive as
yet another, the power supply seperate, cables separate also, etc.)
Remember if you find a hint of something you are collecting at a thrift,
look around for other components (i.e. if you find a Commodore IEEE-488
cable start looking for PET/B-128 drives, printers, computers, tapes,
disks, manuals, etc.)
Among the items I got:
XE game unit (equiv to Atari 65XE) with keyboard & Power Pack
SIO & TV cables
1030 Modem
1050 Drive & Power Supply
Atari Light Gun
Several Cartridge games (including Bug Hunt which uses the gun)
2 packages of assorted hand-labeled disks for the Atari
Several packages of orignal games, (mostiy SSI combat simulations, but
all with complete instructions and very good condition boxes)
I passed on the Atari Sticks as I have better than the 'Atari standard
joystick' to use with it. Everything seems to be working great (except
for loose video and audio jacks, but that is easily fixed)
Now I am finally able to really play with the Atari disk drive more as
I found a wealth of disk-based software to experiment with (BASIC
programs and ROM dumps). The only thing I didn't get was a power supply
for the modem, if I can't find one around the house I know just where to
get one for a couple bucks. Then I can start transferring some of the
Atari stuff from the internet to Atari disk.
People keep saying how great the Atari 8-bit was/is, but when it comes
to interfacing on a base system it is pretty limited... You can't do
much communication without an 850 or a modem (I know some of you are
going to talk about APE or some other PC to atari converter, but I don't
have a PC...) The Commodore 8-bits are WAY easier to
interface/communicate to anything.
Larry Anderson
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>The monitor is a standard CGA monitor with an adapter cable. I can
>provide wirelists if anyone needs them. The printer port sidecar has a
I thought it had a special monitor, mainly because video display modes 8, 9
and 10 were exclusive to it.
