test-drb January 1999

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Commodore 1541 on ebay for $8500.00

by pctech＠davidbowie.com

You gotta go see this i cant believe it $8500.00

25 years, 11 months

micropolis 1355

by emu＠ecubics.com

Hi, ---------- > From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> > Subject: Re: micropolis 1355 > Date: Thursday, January 14, 1999 4:50 PM > > > > > Hi all, > > > > i got here a micropolis 1355 drive with my pdp, but the disc only spins up, > > and after few seconds down again. It happens again and again forever. like > > a jojo :-(( > > the power supply is ok. > > any ideas ? > > Yes... This is the most common failure with the 1300 series. The head > sticks to the rubber bumber inside the HDA and can't move to find the > home track. Thus the drive spins down. > > The other cure is to open up the HDA and free the head manually. If you > do this in reasonably clean conditions (not necessarily a proper clean > room) then you should be OK. I've done that, but now it spins up, and after appr. 1 minute spins down again and spins up, .... Dead ? thanks, emanuel

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Journalism student looking for people with old computer collections

by mbg＠world.std.com

She's looking for people in the Ottowa area -- contact her directly - - - - - I'm a journalism student working on my final project before graduation: a documentary. I'm looking into the world of old computers as a possible subject. I'm specifically interested in meeting anyone who has a collection, or one very special old computer. Anyone interested in showing off their peices of computer history, please reply to this message. Sally Goldberg Journalism IV Carleton University -- Sally Goldberg 4th Year Journalism, Carleton University ch989(a)freenet.carleton.ca sgolber(a)chat.carleton.ca - - - - -

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Commodore 1541 on ebay for $8500.00

by joebar＠microsoft.com

>I went, I saw, I don't beleive it either. When I was looking at it there >were ZERO bids, I wonder why. That's strange... I entered a bid of $12500.00 about half an hour ago. Damn, I hate it when eBay drops my bids like that. - Joe

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Questions on today's acquisitions

by tomowad＠earthlink.net

>::Texas Instruments Compact Computer 40. This is a lot like the TRS-80 >::PC-4 in appearance, but a bit bigger. It has BASIC in ROM and a >::connector for cartridges. Is there anything actually useful for this? >::THe keyboards too small to do any actual word processing. > >Got a picture? You can see a picture of one (not mine) at <http://pw1.netcom.com/~bcostin/cc_ticc40.htm>. Tom Owad -- Sysop of Caesarville Online Client software at: <http://home.earthlink.net/~tomowad/>

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Slight OT| Ebay anti fraud measures

by wpe101＠banet.net

Cnet.com's e-commerce area currently has an article about new anti-fraud measures Ebay plans to implement. Will

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Commodore 1541 on ebay for $8500.00

by joebar＠microsoft.com

> From: PCTech > Sorry about the HTML! I've been messing with the system and forgot to put it back on plain text. You're still sending HTML. And when I reply to an HTML message, my mailer defaults to HTML. Sigh. If you want to debug turning off HTML, you can send mail to me and I'll let you know when you have it turned off. - Joe

25 years, 11 months

Commodore 1541 on ebay for $8500.00

by pctech＠davidbowie.com

Sorry about the HTML! I've been messing with the system and forgot to put it back on plain text. -----Original Message----- From: Joseph S. Barrera III <joebar(a)microsoft.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 5:29 PM Subject: Re: Commodore 1541 on ebay for $8500.00 Granted, but it's a much more *mundane* rip-off. ----- Original Message ----- From: PCTech To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 4:31 PM Subject: Re: Commodore 1541 on ebay for $8500.00 Even at $85.00 thats a rip off. I have one that i would consider in mint condition with all the parts manuals and original box I got it for $12.95.They had that Osborne 1 on there for $5000.00 and i just got one for free.If these people dont want the stuff let the folks who want it to restore it or whatever HAVE IT. -----Original Message----- From: Joseph S. Barrera III <joebar(a)microsoft.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 4:25 PM Subject: Re: Commodore 1541 on ebay for $8500.00 I'm confident that's a typo (probably meant $85). I've sent mail to the seller. ----- Original Message ----- From: PCTech To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 3:18 PM Subject: Commodore 1541 on ebay for $8500.00 You gotta go see this i cant believe it $8500.00

25 years, 11 months

Commodore 1541 on ebay for $8500.00

by joebar＠microsoft.com

I'm confident that's a typo (probably meant $85). I've sent mail to the seller. ----- Original Message ----- From: PCTech To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 3:18 PM Subject: Commodore 1541 on ebay for $8500.00 You gotta go see this i cant believe it $8500.00

25 years, 11 months

Merced - and the ol' Unix story (was Re: OT, but info needed: RAM uprade)

by kurtkilgor＠bigfoot.com

> silly assumptions about the machine (MS-DOS software often assumes that > the floppy drive is A: and the hard disk is C: - and refuses to let you > change this!). Or that misdetect the hardware I have (my enhanced CGA In fact, I've always found the limitations of DOS and PCs curious. Does anyone know why: *They refuse to boot from anything but A: or C: *DOS FDISK refuses to create more than 1 primary partition *DOS can't find an ATAPI cd-rom without a driver, even though it's an IDE device *Why we are limited to 2 floppy drives in DOS

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