>> [If it is a 2114, it will be the second one I've found dead in PET hardware
>> over the past month - other was was video RAM in a 4032]
>
>FWIW, I've had _lots_ of 2114s fail. I had to replace all of them in my
>8050 (IIRC, if you hvave multiple RAM errors, you get the flash code for
>the lowest bank first, then when you've replaced those you get the code
>for the next bank, and so on...). I had to replace the video RAMs in my
>TRS-80 Model 3. And the RAM in my HP82163 video interface. And more...
>
>In my experiece the 2114 is one of the least reliable chips ever...
I've seen a few other ones fail as well - funny, I used a LOT of 2114s in
my early building (at 4 bits each - way less wire-wrapping than 2102s).
Never had any trouble with them at the time, however they do not seem to
age well...
Btw, it is an 8050, and replacing those two chips did fix it. [Naturally,
the one I pulled first was not the defective one]
Regards,
--
dave04a (at) Dave Dunfield
dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com
com Vintage computing equipment collector.
http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html
This is a new variation of a scam. I have gotten two on my posting of my HP
110 outfit on the HP Museum classified ads that I mentioned earlier.
Both wanted me to name a price, they did not care what it was. One wanted to
send me a certified check for over the amount with me rebating them the
overage. This is the letter I mentioned on the list.
The other wanted to buy anything else I had and would pay me with a credit
card. All they were going to provide was the credit card number and the
expriation date. There was a strong implication they would pay an inflated price. It
was an open invitation to Fraud and I reported it to Yahoo where the offer came
from.
It was interesting that they would make arrangements for the equipment to be
picked up.
A news story on the local TV told a story of a T Shirt company that got an
offer similar to purchase the 9000 T shirts and paid with two credit cards. One
went through but the other bounced and the owner of the business found out it
was fraud before he shipped it, overseas.
However. The people that ordered, when they did not get their T-Shirts,
threatened violence against the owner if he did not ship, several times.
I think it best not to respond to such offers, and report them to their
apparent (but usually not real) source.
I think it is important to report all Fraud to the internet providors.
Paxton
Astoria
PS I was concerned that I got two fraud offers directly related to my posting
of the HP110 on the HP Museum Classified ads. It shows that thre are many
people out there trolling collectable computer and calculator sales with the
intent to defraud.
>For some reason I just don't trust Disney any more as the
>company is too $%^! much like M$ now days.
I'm curious if that will change when Eisner leaves (2006, he formally
announced he will be leaving when his contract expires).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I am in Port Charlotte with the American Red Cross and the damage around
here is unbelievable. I went last weekend to visit the In-laws in
Boca Raton on the east coast of Florida and there is quite a bit of damage
there as well. Red Cross is scrambling for volunteers and is trying
to shuffle equipment around. It is beyond comprehension for me on
just how Red Cross can possibly keep up. Yes, Florida is getting slammed
this year.
Joe Heck
>The
>question is not so much is this year anomolus in terms of history, but
>rather the start of a long term trend [think of the impact on the economy
>down there if it is.....]
Humm... you mean Disney might actually have to make Walt's EPCOT dream a
reality and have a fully enclosed theme park?
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
><< Humm... you mean Disney might actually have to make Walt's EPCOT dream
>a reality and have a fully enclosed theme park? >>
>
>In 1967, Walt Disney (after his death) presented on TV his original
>concept of what EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) was
>to be and it in no way resembled what EPCOT is today. It was not to be a
>theme park, or more accurately a permanent World's Fair. Instead, it was
>actually a city with approximately 20,000 citizens. The central
>core/shopping/office district was to be inclosed by a dome, and the rest
>of the "city" extended away from it in a wagon wheel style of monorails
>and streets. I have this presentation on DVD from Disney's Treasures
>collection.
>
>For more, see: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA98/hogan/celebration/epcot.htm
Yeah we learned all about this in Disney Brainwashing... er... um,
"Traditions" (the intro to Disney class they put all the college interns
thru).
>From what I understood (last time I asked friends that still work for
Disney, which was a while back), Celebration is (was?) a borderline
cesspool of high crime and bad neighbors. So I guess that would make it a
successful failure?
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:40:43 -0400
From: chris <cb(a)mythtech.net>
<< Humm... you mean Disney might actually have to make Walt's EPCOT dream a reality and have a fully enclosed theme park? >>
In 1967, Walt Disney (after his death) presented on TV his original concept of what EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) was to be and it in no way resembled what EPCOT is today. It was not to be a theme park, or more accurately a permanent World's Fair. Instead, it was actually a city with approximately 20,000 citizens. The central core/shopping/office district was to be inclosed by a dome, and the rest of the "city" extended away from it in a wagon wheel style of monorails and streets. I have this presentation on DVD from Disney's Treasures collection.
For more, see: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA98/hogan/celebration/epcot.htm
Best, David
The ride home brought us right through
rush-hour traffic on Chicago's loop (I-90/94)
--
For future reference to people heading west from Wisconsin...
DO NOT go through Chicago!
Take I 43 down to I-90 east, then I-39 to I-88 (the old East-West
Tollway) which connects to I-80 at the IL-IA boarder.
--al (who's made the trip TOO many times)
Hi Joe
Yes. It is telling you to leave Florida to the gators and bugs.
Dwight
>From: "Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
>
> Damm! We took a direct hit with hurricane Charlie. Then a NEAR miss
>with hurricane Frances. (It took 4 1/2 > DAYS < to pass through!) Then
>another narrow miss with hurricane Ivan. I just looked at the weather
>forecast and now there's another one headed this way! Hurricane Jeanne is
>expected to hit the east coast of Florida around Monday. Is somebody trying
>to tell us something?
>
> Joe
>
