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 …
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you turn on the GS?
-- Kirk
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>> >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 …
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>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.
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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, …
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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.
