test-drb April 2003

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by glennervin＠cableone.net

Hello Jeff, I saw your post on the IBM machine which used an ISA Expansion Box, and I am looking for such a box, or 2 or 3. Would you know where I could get my hands on some? The Blind (myself included) like using our synthetic speech cards along with the software synthetic speech that comes from the sound card. Usually the sound cards produce a more pleasant speech output, but if the soundcard stops working, we are screwed, so we would like to keep using the older speech cards (ISA). I have been doing some web searches without much luck. Thanks for any leads. "Live long and prosper", O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny) N0YJV Northeast Nebraska e-mail: GlennErvin(a)cableONE.net The above address can also be found on MSM. or my work e-mail: gErvin(a)ncbvi.state.ne.us

21 years, 4 months

Fw: [Suns-at-Home] [robc@solarflares.net: SPARCServer 2000, anyone want one?]

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

This might be interesting to someone. Replys to original author, please. Note: an L6-30R is a 250V 30A single-phase twist lock receptacal, ie U.S. dryer... Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "der Mouse" <mouse> To: <port-sparc> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [Suns-at-Home] [robc(a)solarflares.net: SPARCServer 2000, anyone want one?] > This came across suns@home. Anyone here interested? I know nothing > about it that's not in this message. > > > From: Jeff Wasilko <jeffw> > > To: suns-at-home(a)net-kitchen.com > > Message-ID: <20030327214108.GS24878(a)jane.smoe.org> > > Subject: [Suns-at-Home] [robc(a)solarflares.net: SPARCServer 2000, anyone want one?] > > > This is in Cambridge, MA. > > > > ----- Forwarded message from Rob Cambra <robc(a)solarflares.net> ----- > > > > Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:17:22 -0500 > > From: Rob Cambra <robc(a)solarflares.net> > > Subject: SPARCServer 2000, anyone want one? > > > > > > We have one of the machines that ran www.sun.com from about '94-'96, > > they gave it to us when we were redoing their site with our product a > > few years back. > > > > It's big. > > > > It needs 3-phase 220 --L6-30R on it, so you don't *need* to > > hardwire..heh..if that's a factor. > > > > It has (4) 50 or 60mhz SuperSPARC-(I or II?) processors and 640mb RAM. > > > > CD-Rom, DAT, various shoe-box diskpacks inside the case, and a bunch of > > differential disks in a shelf we never used. > > > > I have been tasked with fitting over 1500sq/ft (almost full) of computer > > room into about 600..so this thing has got to go. > > > > No one that works here wants it...and I feel sort of pained to have the > > liquidators literally shred it (that's what they say they do, just > > literally put into some wood-chipper for computers after separating the > > toxic stuff)...any interest? > > > > The only cost is safely removing it from our building. > > > > Feel free to pass this on to someone who might want this. > > > > -rob

21 years, 4 months

eBay being sued over patent infringement

by vcf＠siconic.com

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/5699838.htm -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

21 years, 4 months

eBay sniping

by mail.list＠analog-and-digital-solutions.com

Hi Mike, > What you are trying to do is have a completely new format for an auction. > Specified end time with extended provision. You don't have any such > "NORMAL" auction like this. Yahoo auctions, GSA auctions, and a local one ( that ceased operations ) called Bidzilla had the extending auctions format. > and the winners will be those that place last second bids (i.e. not seen by others) Not necessarily so. An early bidder that enters a high enough proxy bid will still win. Sniping sometimes backfires on the snipers, if they miscalculate what it will take to win ( if it was something they really wanted ) and enter too low a sniping bid. At 12:54 PM 4/24/03 -0700, you wrote: > > At 18:23 24/04/2003, you wrote: > > > > > >>All this garbage about > >>extending auctions an extra minute, blah blah blah, is just a dumb idea. > > > > I dispute that - the "extension" idea is what happens in a "normal" > > auction. The auctioneer will take bids until all competing bidders back > > out, leaving the one winner. This, naturally, maximises the sale price > > (which is good for the seller & the auction house). > >Absolute nonsense! In a normal auction, there is no specified "end time." > These are two completely different formats. In a normal auction, >everyone shows up at the same time and bids. Bidding is only for a few >minutes. > >In an eBay auction (a completely different format) everyone has a very >long time to decide. > >If you had an extended time feature (or pathetic idea) no one would bid on >a 10 day auction until day 10. There would be no need to, unless you just >couldn't be around. > >What you are trying to do is have a completely new format for an auction. >Specified end time with extended provision. You don't have any such >"NORMAL" auction like this. > >The only reason people place early bids on eBay is because they are >thinking like this is a "NORMAL" auction, which it is NOT. This is like a >sealed bid auction because the auction ends at a specified time and the >winners will be those that place last second bids (i.e. not seen by >others).

21 years, 4 months

eBay sniping

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Adrian Vickers" <avickers(a)solutionengineers.com> ---snip--- > >>This is like a >>sealed bid auction because the auction ends at a specified time and the >>winners will be those that place last second bids (i.e. not seen by >>others). > >Absolute bullshit. A sealed bid auction does not allow you to bid more than >once, nor do you know if your bid has been exceeded. Nor is there any >advantage/disadvantage in bidding early or late, as no-one knows what the >bids are until the auction finishes. Hi After all the items I've bid on, I'd bid the same amount on a sealed bid as I'd snipe with. I've learned to look at an item and determine what I'll bid. I've learned to not change that amount, regardless of how the auction goes. Why should one let emotion rule their bid? If the item goes above my amount, I only watch the auction for interest. I've learned to never reassess my bid. I've found that after losing many bids, I'd rather lose to a sniped bid than to someone that pennies me up in open bidding. I realized that that person either doesn't know what he wants to pay or he may even be a shill bidder. It is the wrong place for either. Dwight

21 years, 4 months

Supply and Demand (Was RE: Getting long; Was Re: eBay being sued. ..)

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

While it is true that the ultimate numbers of an item are fixed, in this situation, it can be argued that the supply is not constant, since many the closeted items would likely have gone out in the Spring Cleaning trash. As long as there are only 3 of X for sale, then the demand will be high. The higher demand saves and brings out more items, the supply goes up, and the price (eventually, depending in part on the rate at which new supply appears) will go down. -----Original Message----- From: steve [mailto:gkicomputers@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 11:13 AM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Getting long; Was Re: eBay being sued over patent infringement <snip> People are digging stuff out of their closets that would of never been available for sale before, or available to only a very limited number of people. Many collectible items that were considered very rare before ebay, are now just considered common place, and prices have dropped greatly even though the actual supply has been constant. <snip>

21 years, 4 months

eBay sniping

by mail.list＠analog-and-digital-solutions.com

Hello Mike, > But with sniping, people often bid a little higher just to protect their bid. That might be the case some of the time, but with extensions, a bidder has the opportunity to re-evaluate their decision, and go higher if they want to. With the snipe, you calculate what you think might do it, enter the bid, and then see how it ends ( for the seasoned bidder anyway ). > "I guess I got stuck. I was just trying to protect my bid." That "protecting the bid" strategy can backfire on the bidder just as you saw. > The people that whine the most about sniping, NEVER win auctions I hope you don't interpret my discussion as whining about sniping. I always snipe and usually win whenever I really want to. > The people that whine the most about sniping, NEVER win auctions, ... > they just NEVER bid high enough and would lose anyway. You're generally right. Most buyers that might whine about sniping are just expressing their disappointment that they couldn't buy the item as inexpensively as they had wished to. But from the sellers perspective, the exact ending time and the sniping would sometimes prevent their from being able to reach their best potential selling price. At 08:12 AM 4/24/03 -0700, you wrote: > > > a much preferred model for me. It is where the sale is extended by a > > minute or two > > > when each bid comes in at the end of the auction. > > > >This hurts the seller and should make no difference to the bidder. > >NO ONE should ever bid more than they are willing to pay. But with >sniping, people often bid a little higher just to protect their bid. If >there is an extention bids will still not rise higher than anyone is >willing to bid. > >I have seen auctions go for $400 on items that normally wouldn't sell for >$300. One bidder contacted me because two people bid that $400 and he >said, "I guess I got stuck. I was just trying to protect my bid." He >paid the auction but clearly bid more than he ever expected or wanted to >pay. > >The people that whine the most about sniping, NEVER win auctions, unless >they are the first to see a "low" buy-it-now, on popular items. They just >NEVER bid high enough and would lose anyway.

21 years, 4 months

Two new Apple toys

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

Starting it up is a bit of a problem, as I just have the system box -- no monitor or software, and I shipped the RAM expansion card to TeoZ. -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Kaiser [mailto:spectre@floodgap.com] Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 9:26 AM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Two new Apple toys > Not knowing much about Apples, how can I tell which ROM is on a IIgs > motherboard? I have one that I pulled from the trash, and don't need. I don't know the numbers. It's easiest to fire it up and see what it says on the bootup banner (a ROM 00 says nothing, ROM 01 and 03 both announce themselves). -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu -- Two wrongs don't make a right, but they do make a great TV movie. ----------

21 years, 4 months

Two new Apple toys

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Starting it up is a bit of a problem, as I just have the system box -- no >monitor or software, and I shipped the RAM expansion card to TeoZ. You should still be able to boot it. There is a composite RCA output on the back. That will plug into anything that takes composite video (TV, VCR, game/tv adaptor box, whatever). It also uses a standard PC power cord. Plug those two things in, flip the switch, and you should get to the BIOS boot screen that will tell you the rom version. You won't get much further without software, drives, keyboard and anything else you might want to use... but at least you should get as far as knowing the ROM version. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 4 months

Two new Apple toys

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

Not knowing much about Apples, how can I tell which ROM is on a IIgs motherboard? I have one that I pulled from the trash, and don't need. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Zane H. Healy [mailto:healyzh@aracnet.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 5:18 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Two new Apple toys > > These would also work in a IIgs wouldn't they? > > Probably, but you don't need one for a ROM 03 IIgs -- they have built-in > boot-over-LocalTalk support. I wish I had a ROM 03 IIgs, but then I also wish I had room to have my IIe and IIgs setup. Unfortunatly all my Apple II stuff is in storage. :^( Zane

21 years, 4 months

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test-drb April 2003