Palm Beach to Auction Voting Machines
Palm Beach County is selling the voting machines at the center of last
year's chad debate to help pay for more modern voting equipment.
Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore says because the Florida
Legislature has voted to ban punch card ballots, the county will soon
begin selling some or all of its 5,000 Votomatic machines on eBay, the
online auction house.
Proceeds from the sale will help the county buy voting equipment
expected to cost between US$3 million and US$14 million. The state will
give the county US$1.9 million.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
Hello,
I'm looking at the possibility of purchasing an old DEC PDP 11/84 that was
part of a Teradyne board test system.
Does anyone remember seeing/working with these systems? In particular, I'd
like to know:
1) Was it a common DEC PDP 11/84 with DEC markings, in a DEC rack, or was
it redone by Teradyne, with their markings and special enclosure?
2) Were there any special firmware modifications that would make this
difficult to use as a "regular" PDP 11/84?
I'd like to obtain a 11/84 and a 11/34 for use at home for hobby purposes,
running a mix of DEC and "other" operating systems, just for novelty.
Sorry for the lack of experience in those questions, I've had very little
experience with PDP 11's, but I do remember they were nice machines to work
with when I did have the chance. Maybe soon I'll have all the time in the
world to use one.... : )
- Matt
"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
"Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler
Many thanks for this tagline to a fellow RGVAC'er...
This is a reminder that the second DEC collectors lunch of the season will
be held this Saturday, May 12th, at high noon, in the Mountain View Fresh
Choice Restaurant. You can find the full details, including a map, on our
web page at http://www.jfcl.com/Computers/dcl.htm .
The first DCL, held last month, was a great success and we hope to see all
the same old faces plus a few new ones this time. Anyone interested in old
DEC computers is welcome, so please feel free to forward this invitation to
anyone you know who fits that description.
Bob Armstrong
Hi,
If anyone wants a working HP 9000/350 & color monitor, please let
me know. It runs HP-UX 8.0 (IIRC), and X-Windows.
It's in Cupertino, CA, and time is of the essence.
(I'd prefer to keep back the HP-IB disk drive, or swap it for a
somewhat similar HP disk drive, if possible.)
thanks,
--
Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.htmlwww.sieler.com
I have an IBM PC Jr that works but don't have the keyboard with it.
is there a way to take an old IBM pc keyboard and make an adapter to make it work on the jr ?
Hello,
I like the IBM Model M keyboard. They are very durable, have a good
feel, and I can easily find them cheap. Yesterday, I bought one that is
a bit different, However. The feel, isn't quite the same, which really
surprises me. It's not particularly bad, just a little different. I
don't think it is any newer or older than others I have owned. The big
difference is not feel, but color! This one has colored keys! I think
it is set up for use with Wordperfect, but am unsure. The Shift keys
are green, the alts blue, and ctrls are red. Then some of the other
keys are a very light yellow, or creamy color and are labeled for
different functions. Each of those keys has 4 functions depending if
you press the shift, the alt, or ctrl.
Unfortunately, I am missing one blue alt key cap :-(
Is this factory IBM, or is it a fairly standard Model M with an
aftermarket key cap kit? These aren't just stickers like I have seen
before.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
One of my neighbors is tossing a System 36(?) (5632) out in the trash anyone
interested? It's located in Central NJ (Turnpike 8A, Monroe Twp) and I can
store it for a while. I doubt there is much there and I don't know the
condition.
--
Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)home.net
http://members.home.net/ncherry (Text only)
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/lightsey/52 (Graphics)
http://linuxha.sourceforge.net/ (SourceForge)
Trying to follow the suggested format for alerting the list to an
"unusual" item on eBay. Just listed a very nice TI 980B ..Lots of lights
and switches [no blikenlights however .. it does power up but no action
on the panel]. The disk drive is a pull from a 3380E IBM drive cabinet
and is by far and away the largest I've ever seen .. probably 130+
pounds.
For the HTML impaired among us, item numbers are:
TI 980B 1235346938
IBM drive 1235355979
These were not offered here first ... What is the "going" price for
either?????? eBay, for all it's supposed faults still seems to be the
venue of choice for odd and/or unique items.
Craig
On May 6, Neil Cherry wrote:
> One of my neighbors is tossing a System 36(?) (5632) out in the trash anyone
> interested? It's located in Central NJ (Turnpike 8A, Monroe Twp) and I can
> store it for a while. I doubt there is much there and I don't know the
> condition.
About how large is this system? I might be able to give it a home
within the next couple of weeks.
-Dave McGuire
Is there anyone out there that needs 4164 or 41256 (64Kx1 and 256Kx1) DIP
ram? I'm going through some of my old stuff and found some sleeves of 64
and 256K drams.
