test-drb January 2010

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240 discussions

by brianlanning＠gmail.com

Hi Everyone. I'm harvesting parts from an old 386 motherboard... a couple pin headers and a few ISA slots for that 2000 upgrade I mentioned earlier. I'm having a bit of trouble though. I'm using one of those bulb-type solder suckers. The problem is that I think I'm getting 95% of the solder out of there. But the bit of solder that remains is preventing me from removing the parts from the holes. Can anyone offer suggestions to make this go more smoothly? brian

15 years

(a bit OT) Tube radios

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

Is there someone here who has built/designed an am/fm radio using currently manufactured vacuum tubes? If so, please point me in the right direction. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

15 years

Selling Vintage Apple Collection

by mjj14＠aol.com

Hello group members, My name is Matt Janeczek and I live in Indianapolis, IN. I'm new to the list but come bearing goodies for all! To give you a little background on myself, I used to collect vintage Apple products from the Apple II all the way to the Power Macintosh G3 and amassed a fairly hefty collection over the years, from the very common to rare prototypes and everything in between. While I had great fun doing this for several years, I've come to the point in my life where I no longer have the time or space to continue the hobby. I'm trying to find a buyer (or small group of buyers) to purchase most, if not all, of my collection. It would save me a lot of time and effort if I can accomplish this versus listing everything individually on eBay or other sites. I would rate the vast majority of my collection in very good to excellent condition, so this isn't just a random junk pile I'm trying to dump on somebody, hah. I'm simply asking for reasonable, decent offers from buyers who will appreciate the collection for what it's worth. I'm not posting any prices but any serious offers will be considered. Shipping will be extra for any non-local purchases by the carrier of your choice. PayPal or money orders are acceptable forms of payment. The following address will take you to the Public folder of my iDisk. Click on the Apple folder to download pictures of everything listed below. http://public.me.com/mjaneczek -Mac Plus with 40 MB hard disk preloaded with an assortment of pre-OS 6 applications -Apple magnetic tape drive -Apple 5.25" external floppy drive -Apple IIGS keyboard with green and yellow keys -Apple Set Top Box -QuickTake 200 cameras (one new in box, one complete in box) and all accessories -Apple Presentation System (two new in box) -Apple TV/Video System (new in box) -Macintosh Portable Battery Recharger (two new in box) -GeoPort Telecom Adapter Kit (new in box) -DOS Compatibility Card for Power Macintosh 6100 (complete in box) -Power Macintosh AV Card (complete in box) -AudioVision Adapter Kit (new in box) -PowerBook Duo AC Adapter (new in box) -Network Server Memory Expansion Kit (two new in box) -Apple Ethernet NB Card (new in box) -Apple Ethernet CS Thin Coax Card (new in box) -Apple Ethernet 10T/5 Workgroup Hub (new in box) -Apple External Video Connector (new in box) -System 7.5 CD and manual -Assortment of Macintosh software titles, all complete in box (see pictures) -Apple Service Source CD 2003 -Apple Extended Keyboard II with Overlay -AppleDesign Powered Speakers -QuickTime Conferencing Kit -ADB Mouse I -Design Center 3D -Quicken 95 (syncs with PocketMoney on the Newton) -LocalTalk Locking Connector Kit DB-9 (new in box) -PrintShop and PrintShop Companion for the IIGS (complete in box) -GeoPort modem, software and manual -Avid VideoShop (the best video editing software to use with the 6100 AV card) -Assortment of early Apple II and Mac hardware, software and programming manuals -Apple II mouse and card -Echo II speaker and card -Music Construction Set for Apple II -20 loose floppy disks containing 150+ Apple II software titles -The Encyclopedia of Multimedia CD and LaserDisc -PowerBook Duo 280c with mini dock, floppy drive, extra battery, two power adapters, charging station, original manuals and documentation, preloaded with an assortment of software including MS Office and Adobe titles and compact carrying case to hold everything -PowerBook Duo 280c extra mini dock -PowerBook Due 280c replacement keyboard (new in box) The following items are not pictured but all are in excellent condition as well. Pictures provided upon request. -Performa 6115CD with OS 7.5, all hardware, accessories and original software bundle (complete in box) -Color StyleWriter 2400 (complete in box) -Color StyleWriter Pro (no box or manuals) -Color OneScanner 1200/30 (complete in box) -Color OneScanner Document Feeder (two complete in box) -Color OneScanner Transparent Media Adapter (complete in box) -PowerMac G3 Minitower and accessories including a scanner, printer, full size Wacom drawing tablet, MIDI interface, CD burner and speakers with OS 9 -Huge collection of MacAddict (with all shareware CDs), MacHome, Macworld and other computing magazines from the 1990s and early 2000s, literally hundreds all in near mint condition Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for looking!

15 years

Looking for a few ISA cards

by brianlanning＠gmail.com

Hi everyone. I'm looking for an isa VGA card, a sound card, and an ne2000 network board. I have 1 16-bit slot and 2 8-bit slots to play with. This is for an amiga with a 286 bridge board. If anyone has any they'd be willing to part with, please let me know. I have a sound blaster and an ne2000 board, but they're both 16-bit. The amiga 2000 motherboard is setup for 16 bit slots in place of the 2 8-bit slots. The sockets just aren't there. (Not sure why commodore thought this was a good idea) I could find a donor board and solder in the extra connectors I guess. A more interesting solution though would be a 16-bit isa extender and an expansion chassis. I could put a passive backplane in another amiga 2000 case and have more 16-bit isa slots than I could fill. Alas, these extender cards are ridiculously expensive. If you know where to get these bus extenders new/used at a reasonable price, please let me know. So I guess the best solution for now would be a 16-bit vga card and an 8-bit ne2000 board. I'm not sure if the bridgeboard can emulate a sound blaster through the amiga's sound system, so maybe that's not needed at all. brian

15 years

Looking for a few ISA cards

by dm561＠torfree.net

---------------Original Message: Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 21:03:32 -0600 From: Brian Lanning <brianlanning at gmail.com> Subject: Looking for a few ISA cards Hi everyone. I'm looking for an isa VGA card, a sound card, and an ne2000 network board. I have 1 16-bit slot and 2 8-bit slots to play with. This is for an amiga with a 286 bridge board. If anyone has any they'd be willing to part with, please let me know. ----------------Reply: You might have better luck on the Computer Vintage Forum for this sort of stuff: http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/ m ******************************************************************************

15 years

Compaq Portable II - Restoration Problem, Help requested

by thomas.gardner＠sbcglobal.net

Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 17:09:49 +0000 (GMT) From: ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) Subject: Re: Compaq Portable II - Restoration Problem, Help requested To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Message-ID: <m1NR7U8-000J3vC at p850ug1> Content-Type: text/plain > Did you put those disks into a windows 2000/xp or newer pc? Possibly as far > back as win 98/95 (I don't remember when they started) the boot sector gets > overwritten if you put a non write protected disk in the drive in windows. Pretty sure some of these disks have never seen Windows of any form. At least one booted a Compaq Portable I owned by a friend Tom

15 years

Osborne books

by charlesmorris800＠centurytel.net

There was some recent interest in Adam Osborne books. I have found one each of the following: "An Introduction to Microcomputers Volume II: Some Real Products, June 1977 Revision" "6800 Programming for Logic Design" Make me an offer. Shipping will be USPS Media Mail from zip 65775. thanks Charles

15 years

RK05 alignment - without alignment pack?

by hachti＠hachti.de

Hi folks, I took a "new" RK05 disk drive from my heap. After defoaming I powered it up. I soon realized that the position sensor's glass had fallen off. Can be glued back in place easily. But after that I'll most probably have a misaligned RK05. The RK05 manual tells me how easy it is to realign the heads: Just load the alignment pack and... -- But I don't have an alignment pack :-( Does anybody (best would be in Europe) have an RK05 alignment pack I could use? Is there a known trick to do it without alignment pack? I have working drives and formatted disks handy. Best wishes, Philipp -- http://www.hachti.de

15 years

Re: ‘Welcome to Macintosh’ on CNBC January 4 at 9:30PM ET

by nigel.d.williams＠gmail.com

Evan Koblentz wrote: > tell us more about the people who made it. I searched on their site and > cannot find any biographical information. http://www.applematters.com/article/the-apple-matters-interview-josh-rizzo/ "What is Welcome to Macintosh? Welcome to Macintosh is a documentary that mixes history, criticism and an unapologetic revelry of all things Apple." There is more in that interview at AppleMatters about their motivations and approach to the films content. Well worth watching just to listen to Jim Reekes' cutting comments about how difficult it can be to engineer great products. cheers, nigel www.retroComputingTasmania.com

15 years

Coleco Adam name?

by evan＠snarc.net

Anyone know the background / meaning of Coleco's "Adam" name?

15 years

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