Is there any interest or value in OS/2 manuals? I have a few OS/2 boxes,
and I am pretty sure the software is MIA (never had it, I pulled the
stuff from a dumpster long ago). I have decided I don't want to continue
to take up the shelf space, so I am trying to find out if there is any
interest in these kinds of things or should I just send them back to the
dumpster.
I don't want to go thru the effort of pulling the stuff out and listing
it if there is no interest (the last few items I've offered no one
wanted, guess I really DO just have junk). I don't currently know what
manuals, or to what versions of OS/2 they go (that is the step I am
trying to avoid if there is no interest... I just don't feel like having
yet another pile of crap under my desk until I get takers or get sick of
waiting).
And of course, I would LOVE to find out that OS/2 manuals are worth
money... saving for a house when on an already strained budget is a bitch!
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Anybody have a Compaq SLT/286 or a GRiDCase 3 that they want to get rid
of for cheap?
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Pretty soon I'll be in posession of a GRiDCase 3. I was wondering if it
would be a good idea to try to run GEOS on it. Is this a good idea, or
should I slap myself for saying something stupid?
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Does anyone on this list know whatever became of Craig
Electronics, the Compton, Calif.-based calculator
giant of the 1960s and 1970s? Specifically I'm
looking for names of high-level people who worked
there, or if the company was acquired by someone else,
etc.
- Evan Koblentz
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Happy New Year. Before I put this up on eBay, anyone seriously interested?
I'm willing to sell it more reasonably here to someone, please just e-mail me
an offer.
The system has a black B & H floppy drive. Has 16k upgrade to 64K. Floppy
controller. Boots and tested fine to an Apple /// monitor. Excellent
condition.
I am also about to sell a seemingly rare portable terminal / printer. A 1978
Execuport 4000 attache' size portable data communication terminal. Very nice
with acoustic coupler on back, sleek with detachable plastic shroud to cover
keyboard. Includes small user's manual dated 8/19/78 printing. Value? Offers?
Here's some pictures:
http://members.aol.com/mtpro/exec.html
Thank you, David
David Greelish
Classic Computing
www.classiccomputing.com
"classiccomputing" on eBay
In severe HP mode this week... <G>
Does anyone have at hand the information for configuring HP memory boards
12747H and/or 12749H for use in an HP1000 (2117F) computer???
I (finally) have signs of life from the computer, but it does not see any
of the memory and I'm going bonkers cycling randomly thru permutations on
the DIP switches!!!
Unfortnately, in the online archive of the HP1000/e/f/m Engineering
Reference Set, section II (covering memory) is missing, as well as
sections III, IV, and VIIII. (other relevant parts)
AARGH! <G>
Thanks!;
-jim
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No, but if you locate two of them I will take one if you pay shipping to
Napa, Ca
Rich
>Here's more of a challenge:
>Anybody here have a lead on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress for sale or
rescue ?
>I'd be happy with an RB- or KB- variant as well. A B-50 or TU-4 wouldn't
be
bad, either.
>you can always ask....
4-Jan-04
Plenty of TIL311 ICs on hand (one of my favorites!), but a bit different
>from the 306/307s you seek.
I have the 311 datasheets if you care to investigate the necessary
'tanslation' work.
BR/EC
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 17:00:23
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
From: Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
Subject: Re: substitute for TI TIL306/307 Display?
Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
At 06:01 PM 1/1/03 -0600, you wrote:
>On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, Joe wrote:
>> At 10:51 PM 12/31/02 -0600, you wrote:
>> >On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Joe wrote:
>> >
>> > > Does anyone know of another display that can be substituted for the
>> > > TIL 306/307? Here is a data sheet for the 306/307 in case you have a
>> > > question about it, <www.alltronics.com/download/TIL306.pdf>.
>> >
>> > I don't know of an exact replacement offhand, but I thought these were
>> > still in production?
>>
>> Are they? I think mine are about 25 years old. FWIW I went looking for
>> some at a large local surplus store and found one that I think is
>> prototype. It's built out of clear material instead of red and is marked
>> TIXL306 and is date coded 7204 (almost 31 years old!). I went through
>> several boxs and THOUSANDs of displays and only found one standard 306
>> and the one prototype.
>>
>> > How many of these displays are you looking for? I believe I still have
>> > a few in my parts bin...
>>
>> In addition to the one that I found in the store I need three of them.
>> Mine were in sockets and the dissimilar metal corrosion has eaten off at
>> least one leg off of each of mine.
>
>Oops, I have TIL311s, not the 306. I was thinking that the 311s were still
>in production. I guess the 311 with a built-in BCD controller must still
>be useful in current products.
The 306/307s also have built in BCD decoders. I've been trying to find a
data sheet on the 311 so that I can see what the difference is between it
and the 306/307.
On Jan 4, 10:06, Philip Pemberton wrote:
> Tothwolf wrote:
> > MEK = Methyl Ethyl Ketone (C4H8O)? Is it actually obtainable for most
> > folks? I thought it was regulated since it is so toxic and dangerous?
> > Personally, I think I'd take safety precautions while working with the
> > stuff...
> I've heard of it being used to nuke potting compound. Should work on an
RTC,
> but it'll probably rip up the screenprint on the caphat at the same time.
I
> don't have any MEK, nor do I want any - a bit of hacking (in the literal
> sense) with a craft knife/Dremel should get the caphat off.
MEK is indeed methyl ethyl ketone, aka butanone. It's not particularly
toxic, nor particularly dangerous -- very roughly on a par with iso-propyl
alcohol, and less dangerous than some solvents that have been mentioned on
this list for use on plastics. It's used industrially to "weld" ABS and
PVC, as a cleaner in the printing industry, as a degreasing agent, to clean
equipment used for plastic foam (including cans of the expanding urethane
foam filler used in the building industry), and as a constituent of some
plastic glues. It will dissolve most ink and some paints. Like IPA,
acetone (nail varnish remover), methylated sprit, etc, it's fairly
flammable.
It will attack a lot of plastics, but not most epoxies (once properly
cured) or "waxy" plastics like polythene. The effect on potting compund
will depend on the compound, but it will make some types of RTV (Room
Temperature Vulcanising compound) "silicone" swell and eventually make some
types crumbly. BTW, the acetic acid given off by curing RTV is rated as
10-50 times more toxic than MEK :-)
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Network Manager
University of York
> Here's more of a challenge:
> Anybody here have a lead on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress for sale or rescue ?
I believe there's one in my local air museum, along with a B52. Sneaking them
past the security guards might be a bit tricky though - they don't exactly fit
in back pockets :-)
I have a few leads to chase up on the WWII fire control computer now, from
various sources, so a bit of progress is being made. Thanks to those on the
list who replied!
cheers
Jules
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