> Maybe it was Farnell, then...
> Not being 'in the trade' any more I don't get to see the latest RS or
> Farnell catalogues :-(
RS still sell a lot of Xcelite driver kits, but they only seem to do one
small vinyl roll kit that includes TORX, and it's a tad expensive - ukp48!
Bit much for li'l ol' me.
Yes, but when are they going to drop far enough for me to afford another
Lisa! :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sellam Ismail [mailto:foo@siconic.com]
> Sent: 24 July 2000 16:11
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Vintage prices dropping on eBay?
>
>
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Wayne M. Smith wrote:
>
> > Anyone else noticed that prices on eBay for vintage
> > stuff have been dropping for the last 2-3 months,
> > particularly w/r/t items after 1980?
>
> It makes sense, and is long overdue. I think a couple factors are at
> play:
>
> a) many people have gotten their fill of vintage stuff
> b) the economy has slowed, resulting in fewer instant internet
> gazillionaires
>
> Less demand = lower prices
>
> Sellam International Man of
> Intrigue and Danger
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------
> Looking for a six in a pile of nines...
>
> VCF 4.0 is September 30-October 1
> San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California
> See http://www.vintage.org for details!
>
>
> Cool, this is the one that has Bubble Memory storage so it is quite a
> find, if I didn't have two already I'd be interested :-). Did you get a
> manual with it? That is what I don't have and so only know about have
> the commands for the thing. I have a bubble unit (these could hold up to
> three) that I'd be willing to part with if you find a taker.
It never ceases to amaze me; just when I thought I knew all the Silent 700
models, someone comes up with a variation I haven't seen.
> Further, the TI printheads don't get "dirty" they get "broken" They are
> thermal and thus limited in the number of characters they can print. Out
> of a lot of 36 silent 700s I picked up (for $25!) only 9 had working
> print heads and most of the others had had their print heads scavenged.
> You can get "new" or "refurbished" replacement heads for about $90 on
> the net though.
My latest Silent700 is a Model 735 KSR. The carrier for the print head
was broken, but repairable, as was the mechanism for adjusting the print
head pressure against the paper. After making those repairs, I had print
quality similar to what was shown in the last picture. However, some
judicious adjustments cured that, and it now prints fine.
Additionally, the TI Silent 700 Service Manual I have does describe a
procedure for cleaning the print heads. IIRC, you take a sheet of
plain, regular paper, soaked lightly in alcohol, and run it through
the platen, then type on it. The alcohol may be a figment of my fatigued
imagination; but the procedure isn't.
-dq
>
> --Chuck
>
> Bill Bradford wrote:
> >
> > Anybody have any interest in a TI Silent 700 terminal? I just
> > rescued one from a local shop. Even has about a third of a roll
> > of thermal paper left, and appears to work fine (other than needing
> > the printhead cleaned). Has clamp-on cover with handle, too.
> >
> > >From the back info plate:
> >
> > 765 PORTABLE MEMORY TERMINAL
> > Part No. 099230-0001
> > Serial No. 0476617603
> > Volts 120 VAC
> > Freq 47-63 Hz
> > Amps 2.0A
> > Watts 150W
> >
> > Inside the unit is a sticker that says it came from
> > Data Access Systems, Inc. in Houston, with a warranty
> > sticker, model/serial #, and an "80K. MEM KIT II"
> > notation.
> >
> > I've got pictures of the unit up at http://www.decvax.org/ti/
> >
> > I even found the original 1971 press release about the
> > Model 725:
> >
> > http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/company/history/silent700.shtml
> >
> > If anybody is interested in this terminal, please let me know.
> > I'd like to see it go to a good home, and the SO wont let
> > me have anything else for a while (she's still getting used
> > to the VAX 6000)...
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > --
> > +-------------------\ /-----------------+
> > | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org |
> > | mrbill(a)mrbill.net | www.decvax.org |
> > | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org |
> > +-------------------/ \-----------------+
>
Yep, the AlphaBook 1, made by (I think) Tadpole and a snip at ukp10K!
Personally I wanted a few of those just to cluster 'em together :o) They
must get pretty warm since the whole case of the machine is the heatsink.
a
> -----Original Message-----
> From: allisonp [mailto:allisonp@world.std.com]
> Sent: 23 July 2000 17:07
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Want to trade
>
>
> Mike,
>
> >>>VAX VMS on a laptop maybe with DECwindows
>
> Ah, that would have to be alpha powered as there are no vax systems
> I know of that made it to taptop status.
>
>
> Allison
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike <dogas(a)leading.net>
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
> Date: Sunday, July 23, 2000 11:15 AM
> Subject: Want to trade
>
>
> >I'd like to start trading gear to lighten the load and focus the ole
> >collection. The list of stuff I'm looking for is at:
> >http://users.leading.net/~dogas/wanted.html
> >
> >If ya have anything there and will trade it for something,
> please let me
> >know.
> >
> >Thanks
> >- Mike: dogas(a)leading.net
> >
> >
>
Aren't Tano the company that repackaged the Dragon 64 in around '85? I know
there's a broker somewhere on the west coast that's still selling unopened
Tano 64s for around $35 but I haven't found anyone who has heard of them
cheers
a
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John R. Keys Jr. [mailto:jrkeys@concentric.net]
> Sent: 21 July 2000 23:20
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Some Finds
>
>
> Just a short list of some items added to the collection this week;
> 1. HP 7980XC Tape unit with manual, rolling case with keys,
> cables, and
> mics items
> 2. HP 2563A printer working and complete
> 3. HP6000 SCSI SE minitower
> 4. A rack mounted computer named Tano AVT2 the company is out of New
> Orleans
> 5. Supercharger by ARCADIA for the Atari
> 6. NeXT OS 3.2 new in unopened box
> 7. NeXT CD-rom drive manual ( now to find a Next CD-rom drive)
>
> That's it for now. Keep on computing
> John Keys
>
From: allisonp <allisonp(a)world.std.com>
>Mike,
>
>>>>VAX VMS on a laptop maybe with DECwindows
>
>Ah, that would have to be alpha powered as there are no vax systems
>I know of that made it to taptop status.
>
>
>Allison
>
Oh, well... I guess that would do.
;)
- Mike
(Forwarded to CLASSICCMP, CC to original author).
Can anyone on the list give this fellow some advice about his Osborne? As
you all know, I'm much more of a DEC/Sun/HP/Unix person myself.
Please reply directl to the author. Thanks!
Forward follows.
-=-=- <snip> -=-=-
>Delivered-To: kyrrin(a)mail-sttl.uswest.net
>Delivered-To: alias-bluefeathertech.com-kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
>Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 20:57:18 -0700
>From: "John Fox" <jfoxy(a)internetcds.com>
>To: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
>Reply-To: jfoxy(a)internetcds.com
>X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win98; U)
>X-Accept-Language: en
>Subject: Osborne
>
>I want to determine the value of and perhaps sell my Osborne computer.
>It is a tan case model 1. Do you know of any organizations that can
>help me?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>John Fox
>
>
>
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77
"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our
own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
I'd like to start trading gear to lighten the load and focus the ole
collection. The list of stuff I'm looking for is at:
http://users.leading.net/~dogas/wanted.html
If ya have anything there and will trade it for something, please let me
know.
Thanks
- Mike: dogas(a)leading.net
Hello, all:
My latest project is to add paper tape "input" and "output" to Claus
Guiloi's Altair Emulator. For this project, I had to learn both C and
Windows programming. I don't really know if I learned anything since I don't
have it working yet.
Anyway, what I'm looking for is a kind sole with Windows programming
experience to review what I've done so far and to point out where I've gone
wrong. The code could be considered "ugly" and doesn't compile cleanly, but
looking at the errors and warnings, it's really not too bad considering at
the beginning of the project, I knew nothing.
If anyone has the time to do this, please contact me at my work address
(mailto:rcini@congressfinancial.com) and I'll send a full copy of the source
code and a roadmap of what mods were made and what's open. I peppered the
source code with comments as I modified things, so it should be pretty easy
to follow.
Of course, once it's done, everyone can have a copy :-)
Rich
[ Rich Cini
[ ClubWin!/CW1
[ MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
[ Collector of "classic" computers
[ <http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/>
<================ reply separator =================>
