test-drb October 2003

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by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I was in a surplus store this morning and some guy walked in with an iMAC and said "Here you can have it." and walked out! I brought it home and hokked it up but I can't even figure out how to turn the darnned thing on! Can anyone help? It's a model M5521 350MHz G3 "Blueberry" iMAC. Joe

20 years, 9 months

73 magazine quits

by CordaAJ＠NSWC.NAVY.MIL

I was there with my brother... we both kinda looked at each other and the people around us when he starting in on the moon landing stuff. The audience was making a huge effort _not_ to appear shocked... unfortunately it wasn't working. I didn't know what to make of it at first... I was hoping it was some sort of lead-in for a joke... but it wasn't. Oh well, we all go down hill eventually... -al- -acorda(a)1bigred.com -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Pope [mailto:bpope@wordstock.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 3:47 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: 73 magazine quits And thusly Vintage Computer Festival spake: > > On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, John Lawson wrote: > > > Not that everyone always agreed with Wayne - but it's sad to see a > > Publication cease after so many years... > > Oh, he's a swell guy. I'm sure he didn't really mean it when at the first > VCF East he came up right after Eldon Hall, the guy who designed the > Apollo Guidance Computer for the Moon Mission, and proceeded to sketch out > his evidence debunking the US moon landing. > He even had a booklet! ;) We should have taken a picture of the audience when he started doing that - I betcha everybody had a shocked look on their faces with their mouths wide open. When he stayed on topic he was interesting, but when he went off... he really went off! Cheers, Bryan

20 years, 9 months

AT&T 6310 PC

by general＠aztecfreenet.org

I have an AT&T 6310 personal computer I'd like to restore. Unfortunately I have no documentation at all. The machine works, but I'm not sure its drives and cards are original. I have no idea what the (unlabeled) motherboard jumpers do. If anyone on the list has information about this machine I would very much like to communicate with them. Initial questions: What were the original hard drives and floppy drives? What, in detail, were the original cards? What are the functions of the motherboard jumpers? Thanks in advance, Jim Carter

20 years, 9 months

Fwd: Your message to cctalk awaits moderator approval

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

FYI to the list... I did NOT attempt to send the message referenced in the attached bounce notice. It appears that some spammer is forging my domain ID again. If the moderator is reading this, please do NOT let the spam spewage post. Thanks much. *********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** On 23-Oct-03 at 22:54 cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org <cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org> wrote: >Your mail to 'cctalk' with the subject > > Decrease your CPU temperature up to 20C! > >Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. > >The reason it is being held: > > Post by non-member to a members-only list > >Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive >notification of the moderator's decision. If you would like to cancel >this posting, please visit the following URL: > > >http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/confirm/cctalk/4670ebe5ab8d23b380aa1bf2b3… > *********** END FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com ARS KC7GR (Formerly WD6EOS) since 12-77 -- kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (Red Green, aka Steve Smith)

20 years, 9 months

Any Scelbi collectors out there?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

The title says it all. Joe

20 years, 9 months

TRS 600 Laptop On eBay

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Some guy is asking $1500 for a rare 600? If anyone is looking for one here it is, with 8 days left. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2760526117

20 years, 9 months

73 magazine quits

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk > >> More like a tube short of a Zenith Trans-Oceanic. > >A 1L6 short of a Trans-Oceanic? > >-tony > Hi Tony You would have a few extra 1L6's lying around. I could always us a spare. I'm also looking for XV199's and UV199's. Dwight

20 years, 9 months

73 saying 73

by stevew＠ka6s.com

Just wanted through my two cents worth concerning Mr. Green. I've been licensed since 1974 (17 at the time) and have seen him twice in person. The first is actually some what related to this list considering it was the very first personal computer convention held in Albuquerque, NM in 1975. Now I had only been licensed for a year but already had a low opinion of Mr. Green. Seeing him walk around with his entourage didn't change that opinion much. The thing I remember most about the convention was the Home-brew section. There was one guy out of maybe 6 displays that had done the following (and appropriately blew me away.) He took a HW101 (heathkit SSB transceiver) and built an RTTY modem. He also built a digital control for the transceiver that allowed computer control of the frequency. He used his Altair to work an RTTY radio contest automatically! It was sitting there working contacts as he described it. He was perhaps 24. That was one hell of an engineering demonstration to my teenage eyes. I recall Mr. Green walking by and putting down that particular display. That didn't impress me either! Now fast forward to perhaps 1995. I sat behind him at an ARRL convention, and was rather frail looking. At that point I actually felt sorry for him - imagine THAT! Through the years I've also known a couple guys that knew him because they were local to his home area. Both friends didn't speak very well of him from that angle either. I've never subscribed to 73 mostly because of his hair-brained ideas. I have looked at it upon occasion. All things considered, I'm still sorry to see the mag pull the plug. Steve Wilson, KA6S

20 years, 9 months

Token Ring JetDirect

by cb＠mythtech.net

I know some of you use Token Ring, so I'm offering this here before it gets tossed. I have an HP JetDirect Token Ring MIO. Its a J2373 card. This is an internal JetDirect card for HP printers. I'm not sure which printers are supported by it, but I'm sure a quick look on HPs site will reveal that to anyone that cares. The card has a single DE-9 Female connector on it. Its untested as I've never had a token ring network, but it came along with a rather large box of token ring cards I aquired, and some of you have gotten those cards, and no one has complained that they didn't work (save for one person, but that was because I did a crappy job in packing them and a few of the crate load were damaged in shipping). Just cover postage and its yours. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

20 years, 9 months

Nice VT420 available...make an offer

by vcf＠siconic.com

I have a nice VT420 to offer anyone who wants to make a reasonable (i.e. make it worth my time to pack) offer. Contact me privately please. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

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test-drb October 2003