>I will be appearing on TechTV this Thursday, November 7, between the hours
>of 4:00p and 5:30p. I don't know the name of the program or the exact
>time (I'll be finding out tomorrow) but this at least gives you advance
>warning if you want to catch it.
well gee... maybe if I had received this BEFORE 9:15 on the 7th I could
have taped it and dumped to MPEG for everyone.
Any idea yet what the name of the show is? TechTV tends to repeat the
daytime stuff during the later hours. Maybe it will be shown again later
tonight.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>You can forward this on to him. He knows how to reach me.
You, and your opinions, are not worth it ...
Rich B.
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I have two Discovery computers (x86 multiprocessor)
for sale REASONABLE or amusing trade, in San Diego.
Amazing machines - wish I had the time to play with
them but I'm trying to get down to 27 machines.
Be quick - or next week they'll go to the Computer
Museum.
Vern Wright
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I do not have any experience with VAX 11/750's,
but I have once heard the following about the PSU.
They are not like the PDP-11 PSU blocks. Those can
operate without any load as they are series regulators.
The PSU's of the VAX 11/750 *must* have a certain minimum
load for correct operation because they are switched-mode.
I do not remember if those SMPSU's can be damaged by
running them without a minimum load, but I know SMPSU's
that will die without a load.
So, to be on the safe side: get some bulbs from your car,
connect them to the outputs of the PSU to shine a some
light on the restoration of the VAX 11/750 ;-)
success,
- Henk.
I'd gladly kick in some bux toward this... both selfishly (I want some
stuff for my 11/44 system) but more to just help preserve this resource
and keep it out of the scrap shredders.
And I'd be willing to also give money to rent a local (to the Stuff)
storage unit for a month or two until logistics could be worked out.
Further, I'd help out with transportation if the load as a whole has to
be shipped somewhere out of the area it's in now.
Cheers
John
>I apologize for failing to adequately trim the message that I appended
>mine to. The juxtaposition made an implication about Dick that should
>instead have been the option of each person to draw their own conclusion.
Whatever...
>It should be a cause for concern that after ubiquitously voicing unpopular
>opinions about every issue (such as that MICROS~1 products did "not have
>security holes"), that he would spam all with a virus and disappear
>without a trace.
Perhaps he left because he felt he was unwanted? After the responses to
your message, I would guess that he didn't exactly feel the love around
here.
Certainly I didn't agree with him on every point, and his battles tended to
escalate pretty quickly, but he has never done anything to me personally,
and I can put politics aside. He and I have made several deals on the side
for parts, and he has provided me with some very good technical help and
suggestions.
I contacted him recently, and all is going quite well with him. He is
extremely busy with several projects, and he said he couldn't devote the
time necessary to be active on the list. Also, he gave a reasonable
explanation for the virus issue, and said that it had finally been cleared
>from his PC. Although *he did not directly say this*, I think the virus
issue and the flamewars made him (like they did me) want to leave the list.
If anyone wishes to contact him to verify any of this, I'll provide his
email address upon request.
Oh, and by the way, flamewars are one thing, but picking on someone who
can't read the message to defend himself is quite another -- whether or not
you agreed with him...
Rich B.
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I'd chip in a chunk.... I mean... I _could_ afford the lot, but there's
no way in hell I can store it, or have it shipped to Holland, where I am
now...
*sigh*
--f
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sellam Ismail [mailto:foo@siconic.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 5:32 PM
> To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: FW: Huge lot of DEC parts on E-pay
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Bruce Lane wrote:
> >
> > > Found on Usenet. The starting bid is a bit high, but
> perhaps listmembers
> > > could pool resources...?
> > >
> > > I leave it to you to decide. If I were still collecting,
> I'd chip in a
> > > bit myself.
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2068638523
> >
> > Wow...is this seller legit?
> >
> > I wonder if this lot would fill even Sellam's warehouse? ;)
>
> It's already full. This would break me.
>
> But we should definitely get a pool going so we can at least make Mail
> List pay way more for it than he wants to.
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage
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Doe anyone have a copy of BACKUP.EXE from MS-DOS 5.0 that they would zip
and email to me?
TIA --
Glen
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If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
And if not now, when?
-- Pirkei Avot