>City of Berkeley v Eldridge Cleaver ~1988?
>Court ruled that it all belonged to the city, once at the curb! (and that
>Eldridge's recycling business constiuted "theft"!)
>
>
>But common sense says that since the intent was to get rid of it, that any
>disposal is OK.
I know at least in the local towns around here, curbside garbage picking
is ok by law. I know this because I have been stopped on a number of
occasions under the guise of a "suspicious vehicle" (which makes sense...
driving around slowly at 1am shining a flashlight at houses). In every
instance, once I explained what I was doing (and pointed out the load of
stuff I had picked up), the officer sent me on my way... and on a few of
those times, I have even had the officer tell me where they saw something
good.
I can however understand a town suing someone that makes a business out
of taking general refuse from the curb, particularly recycling goods. I
know at least one town around here sells their recycling, so if someone
started driving around filling up their truck with it, you would be
cutting into the town's money.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I found a stack (3) of 'Fortran Coding Form' pads with an IBM logo,
GX28-7327-6 U/M 050, Printed in the USA. Legal size (8x17)Nice light
green, one stack is pretty nice, the others show a little yellowing.
Don't know what dates these were available for. The lab I found these at
was created in 1973, so that's a good limit for the 'Wayback machine'.
I assume these are what Fortran coders would arrange their code on before
translating the code into the paperpunches.
Header fields are Program, Programmer, Date, Punching Instructions
(Graphic or Punch), Page Of, Card Electro Number.
The main area is headed up with Comm (comment?), Statement Number, Cont
(continue?), Fortran Statement, Identification Sequence, followed but
miscellaneous squares numbered from 1 to 80.
Asterisked comments at the bottom are "A standard card form, IBM 888157,
is available for punching statements from this form" and "Number of forms
per pad may vary slightly". [snicker- especially if you pulled a few out!]
Anyone want For Free? I imagine it'd be a cool prop material for your
classic cmp. I'll stuff it in an envelope and send it out bookrate.
L
>Chance are they were probably sent off to be scrapped or something, so you
>should have come back later and grabbed them :)
Yeah, I'm thinking they just chuck them in their dumpster... but I didn't
poke around in it because of the other people there at the time. Since
they were early Pentiums... I didn't care that much.
Maybe tomorrow I will take a few old clothes to be "donated" and I'll
poke around a bit more. I wonder if dumpsters are considered like
curbside garbage, once you toss it, it is public domain? (I don't know
the cops in that town as well, so I might get hassled if I am back there
dumpster diving at 3am)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Hello, all:
I'm starting to go through my collection and figure out what things
I don't use enough to justify the space. It's a small list, but if anyone is
interested, contact me off-list.
* IBM ThinkPad 750T (pen-based computer with doc). Comes with power
brick, dock and 185mb PCMCIA hard drive. PenWindows 95
installed.
* IBM PC Convertible. Boots fine; battery shot. Comes with boot
disks and
monitor.
* IBM PC Portable. Nice condition. Never really investigated what's
on the HD.
* Micromint MPX-16. Nice condition. In case; no floppy drives.
Comes with
tech manual and about 60 disks. This one comes directly from
Steve Ciarcia's attic via Bob Stek. There's even a copy of
the
unreleased MS-DOS 1.25 (doesn't seem to boot, however).
Only about 800 of these were made.
* Spare Motorola MECB; untested.
* Compaq SLT/286 with Windows. I may have the docking station
for this, too.
So, there you have it. Here's a list of things I'm looking for:
* MAME-suitable monitor VGA-arcade style 21" or better.
* "real" terminal: Hazeltine or ADM3 style.
* S100 connectors (11, for a plain-jane Vector Electronics active
backplane)
and/or Vector S100 case. Alternatively, diagnostics services
to
get a N* working (actually, mostly VG cards in a N* case).
* working drives for Radio Shack Model I with EI (has Percom
interface)
* Tandy PDD2 (portable disk drive) for Model 100.
* ??? Open for suggestions.
Thanks for the bandwith.
Rich
Rich Cini
Collector of classic computers
Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
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Stopped in just on a lark, and listen to the wonderful deals to be had.
1) WebTV, console & keyboard, $49.99
2) IBM PC3270, apparently complete with docs, $49.99
And the deal of the day:
3) Gateway 4/66, box only, for the stunning price of (I kid you not) $149.99
#include obscene rant
#twice
And of course `We have a guy who prices stuff in the morning. I'll tell him
about it. I can't change it.'
I offered him $10 for the PC3270, but the odds of that price somehow getting
on it are somewhere between a-snowball's-chance-in-h#ll and none.
Maybe I should just move to Texas.
Bob
>Actually, I haven't found much of any computer stuff
>at that particular Goodwill in the last few months.... I wonder if they
>are turning it away or pitching it.
The Salvation Army store near me, told me that they turn away CPU
donations (but take all other computer parts). Beacuse they had too many
people buying them, and then expecting support or wanting to return it
when it didn't work right (I guess the large "everything is AS IS, all
sales final" signs thruout the store weren't enough).
However, on a whim, I drove around the back of their place where you drop
off stuff one sunday (the place is closed on sundays... stupid blue laws
of the town it is in). When I took a look, there were 3 early pentiums
sitting on the ground, complete systems (CPU, monitor, keyboard, mouse,
printer, software, speakers, you name it). So, my guess is, they only
turn away those that they notice, I don't know what they do with the ones
that get dropped off when no one is there (I would have taken them, but
there was someone dropping off clothes at the time... I felt a little
guilty ripping off a goodwill store, at least in front of other people).
Maybe you can ask them at your store what their policy is. One of these
days I plan to go in and mention my "sighting" in hopes that I can
convince them to give me a chance to buy all unwanted CPUs before they do
whatever with them.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>> Maybe we could get someone that is in the area to deal with shipping
>> various items ( for a small overhead ).
>
>YES! Someone *please* do this! I could *really* use an ASR-33!
I'm very local to the town the warehouse is in (2 or so towns over,
depending on what roads you take). And I am even used to the high crime
areas it might be in (my wife is from one of the WORST parts of Jersey
City... makes Paterson crime look peaceful). I would be happy to pick up
and hold onto stuff, or ship it for people.
BUT... I am rather ignorant when it comes to safely shipping heavy items
(that is why I still have 4 IBM System 23 units on my floor... I can't
figure out how to ship them, and I can't bear to throw them out when I
know people that want them).
If someone wants to give me a good breakdown of HOW to ship something
heavy (how it needs to be packed, who to use as a carrier, where to get
the packing materials)... AND if they want to cover the costs of said
pickup (if I have to purchase the items from the warehouse), and shipping
(materials and freight), I would be more than happy to go grab what peope
want, and ship them off. Just remember, I am ignorant on how to do it, so
don't get pissy if it doesn't survive, because any of this stuff will be
a "learning experience" for me.
Or if they will be in the NJ area and want to pick it up, I can store
some stuff in a storage garage as long as it is out before the end of
August (I am getting rid of it then). Anything longer than that has to go
to the barnlike garage thing next to the leanto I live in. It is small
and half full already, so I can't store much there (and it is open to the
temperatures, and any animals that want to stop in since the walls stop
about 4 inches short of the ground in most places)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Hey guys,
I need another set of BOOT ROMS for a HP1000 and cannot find a burner for
those devices. Does anyone have the resources (burner) to duplicate HARRIS
7611's?
Thanks,
SteveRob
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>It does not seem as if the feature is there on the Windows 98 SE version.
>There is no icon that I have discovered that refers to "nudge". There are
>some alignment icons, but I have not, as yet, discovered how to activate
>them.
I've looked and looked, but I can't find my PC version of the Avery
Software (and it appears I uninstalled it at one point, as it isn't on my
PC any more... I told you I don't use it very often, just the Mac
version).
In the Mac version, the Nudge option is in the File Menu, in place of
what would normally be the Page Setup choice on a Mac (instead it says
Printer Nudge). Maybe on the PC version it is also in the File Menu in
place of the Page Setup?
Sorry I can't be of better help (if I find the software soon, I'll
install it and have a look around for the function)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
First thing is a NeXT box. By this I mean an actual cardboard box that once
contained a NeXTstation. It's white and has a big NeXT logo on each side. It
has been taped and shipped several times, so it is only in OK condition. If
you're into classic computer packaging, this might be nice.
I've also got what looks like a HP-UX distribution. I've got the following 6
60m DDS tapes in a padded HP case:
HP-UX INSTALL TAPE P/N 5011-0262
For the HP9000 S700 REV A.09.05
1 OF 1 Install FMT
HP-UX RUNTIME 2-USER P/N B2352-13439
B2352A REV A.09.05
For the HP9000 S700 1 OF 1 Update FMT
HP-UX RUNTIME SUPPORT P/N B2352-13440
B2352A REV A.09.05
For the HP9000 S700 1 OF 1 Support FMT
X.25/9000 LINK P/N J2159-13604
For the Series 700 REV A.B9.00
J2159A OPT UJC 1 OF 1 UPDATE FMT
For the HP9000 S700 DATE CODE 3345
FOCUS for HP-UX
Rel651m 1.228C HP69C
for OS 9.0 series 700/8004
HP9000 Series 700 P/N 24998-10692
CUSTOMIZED SOFTWARE
Release 0901, VUF A.B9.01
I also have two media converters. One is 100Base-FX to 100Base-TX, and the
other is 10Base-T to 10Base-FL. They don't come with wall warts, manuals, or
anything else.
This stuff is free, first come first served. You pay for the shipping. I
will ship only to addresses within the USA. No exceptions.
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