I took a look at this myself; I had to go see for myself.
People, I've gotta tell you, this is way past the merely
crazy-- this is total, unbridled, runaway *insanity* !
What is *our* hobby comming to? Whats next? Celebs
pooling their money for the original source listing
of AppleBASIC? (Complete with annotations by Bill Himself,
sealed in an argon-filled case?!?!)
This is becomming worse than those damned BeanieBabies (tm).
Oy, I think I need a stiff drink now . . .
Jeff
At 04:05 PM 8/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
>When I saw the final bid on that altair, i nearly peed myself.
>
>Jim, if yer listening, I'm sending ya a check!!!!
>(not for $4K tho)
>
>Four IMSAI switch paddles and a SOL Keyboard kit :)
>
>Tony
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kai Kaltenbach [mailto:kaikal@MICROSOFT.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 1998 3:44 PM
>> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
>> Subject: RE: Altair prices
>>
>>
>> Geez, I'll bet our own Jim Willing is pretty disappointed
>> that his only sold
>> for $4213.
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=24405966
>>
>> What the heck is with that? Two Altairs auctioned
>> simultaneously, with a 3x
>> price differential.
>>
>> Guess I'm sitting on a fortune with my 5 Altairs, but I'd
>> never sell them
>> (and I mean that, whereas Jim used to say he'd never sell his either).
>>
>> Kai
--- Joe wrote:
At 06:03 PM 8/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>If they are willing to sell the systems as is I would like to buy several
>of them, Please ask them
If they're not willing to sell them, I know two places here in Florida
that are! They scrap out MACs by the dozens!
Joe
--- end of quote ---
Oooh! Where? Where?
-- Marion
< Dare we attempt to create a Boston area computer users group with our
< raggedy group?
Tony,
That may be a good idea. Basic meetings would be the first step.
Allison
Hi,
This is a message for all of you in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, St Paul
and surroundings)
I've allways wanted to meet some of you guys so I'll try to organize a get
together open to anyone. Here's the scoop:
The place: Tequilaberries in Coon Rapids (all you can eat prime ribs for
around $15)
The date: Friday August 28
The time: 6:00 pm
The people: Me and anyone who cares to join but you must repond to me in
advance since I'll probably have to make reservations.
Please respond to fauradon(a)pclink.com
THanks and see you soon.
Francois
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Sanctuary at: http://www.pclink.com/fauradon
I got another HP toy today. Another HP 9821! I already have one and
this is only the third one in existance that I know of. A collector in New
York has the other one. Does anyone know where I can find some manuals
for a HP 9820 or HP 9821?
Joe
i started a new job last week; one of my duties is going thru a
warehouse load (no joke) of older mac systems. everything from se30's to
older powerPC machines. question is this: since they all are being
scrapped and i cannot save them, anyone want me to pull some roms for
them? or any other useful components? let me know WHAT they are, and
WHERE they are, as I am not a mac tech. more than happy to see what i
can do for you people out there who want these.
-Eric
< At any rate, are the female DB-25 bulkhead connectors true RS-232 or som
< weirdie mutation like the console DB-9 port?
No, the PC DB9 is the mutant. ;) The DB25s are true RS232 with full
handshake.
< Also, I've got a DECMate III in the garage with no monitor or keyboard.
< But it's got an RX50 and some RD series drive. Obviously the RX50 can b
< moved to the MVII since it doesn't have one (but does have an RQDX3) but
< what about the RD series hard disk? I'd like to put it on the MVII for
< extra storage capacity but I seem to recall from playing with the
The RD can be used but you'll need the customer formatter to format it for
the RQDX3 instead of the DMIII controller.
< Also, although it includes Macro (of course) it includes NO other
< language development tools. Apparently it was a turnkey type system for
No basic?
< reading utility meters. Field service last logged-in in '92!!! And it'
< got 13000some blocks free on the disk. I'm tempted to get things like
< the GNU C binaries for it etc etc...and I always give in to that sort of
< temptation! =)
More disk, need more disk.
It's good little box. Add a scsi controller like the CMD units and hang a
real good sides disk... and wheee.
Allison
>Hey, Providence is not too far away.
Maybe I should head down that way some time with Allison...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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Hello - I just joined this list and thought I'd introduce myself. I'm an
avid classic computer collector and a big fan of the TRS-80/Tandy Color
Computers which were sold by Radio Shack. I have a homepage which is
dedicated to them:
http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab594/coco.html
I have approximately 30 computers in my collection (if you include
'doubles'). Of interest are an Apple III and an Apple Lisa (Mac XL), an AT&T
Unix PC, Commodore Plus4, a backlit Apple Mac Portable (not the powerbook -
the very early one) and some odd little early computer called a "Micro
Professor". It has a chicklett keyboard - came from Japan and has a
built-in BASIC language, but not much else. Since money is tight right now
(and what spending money I do have usually goes to my Marklin model railway)
I'm more interested in picking up the cheaper collectibles - things like a
Commodore 16, Mattel Aquarius, Atari 800 (not xl) etc etc. Have you seen the
Altairs on Ebay lately! Wow, $10000 reserve on one of them. Hope to chat
with you all soon!
Markus Blumrich - mailto:ab594@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca
Student: Physiology & Computer Science / University of Saskatchewan
http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab594/Profile.html ICQ:12361373
"Who's the more foolish - the fool, or the fool who follows him?" - Obi-Wan
Kenobi
I have an old Tandy 1000TL that needs a HD. The one that is currently in
it is a Western Digital 20MB IDE (with stepper motor). Although this drive
is still operating, it is VERY slow. Does anyone have a 20, 30, or 40 MB
3.5" XT/XTA IDE drive (without stepper) that they'd like to part with?
ThAnX in advance,
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
