test-drb June 2012

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I am looking for a few MINDSET items, in particular a BASIC cartridge, s/w

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

I might be forced to agree. They arent very reliable. To say the least. But that doesnt diminish theyre collectibility. Theyre just one of the grooviest units out there. And if anyone wants a non-working one, let me know. ------------------------------ On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 4:35 PM PDT Fred Cisin wrote: >On Sat, 9 Jun 2012, Chris Tofu wrote: >> turns out none of my units work anymore. Short of pulling the roms... I >> may have the service docs. I know I have the marketing guide. > >Mindset was always much more about marketing than about service. > > >

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I am looking for a few MINDSET items, in particular a BASIC cartridge, s/w

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

turns out none of my units work anymore. Short of pulling the roms... I may have the service docs. I know I have the marketing guide.

12 years, 1 month

I am looking for a few MINDSET items, in particular a BASIC cartridge, s/w

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

I have a lot of M* stuff, but not everything. We can trade or I can send you moola-shmoola. Reply offlist or call 804-732-7608 (I intentionally put the area code after the exchange, so swap it).

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defective DEC RZ58-E

by holm＠freibergnet.de

I have here an 1,3Gbyte DEC Drive, 5,35 Inch full heigth. (Seems to have the old CDC WREN Mechanics) It looks, that the drive electronics are toast. It don't spin up the BLDC motor and it blocks the SCSI Bus where the drive is connected. Maybe there is someone out here that has a Drive with an Head Crash and want to sell me the electronics? Regards, Holm -- Technik Service u. Handel Tiffe, www.tsht.de, Holm Tiffe, Freiberger Stra?e 42, 09600 Obersch?na, USt-Id: DE253710583 www.tsht.de, info at tsht.de, Fax +49 3731 74200, Mobil: 0172 8790 741

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Corroded terminal removal?

by fraveydank＠gmail.com

I have two Mac logic boards (an LC and a Quadra 700) which came to me after the PRAM batteries had exploded, leaving a pretty awful mess. The good news is that there doesn't seem to be any permanent trace damage, and none of the surrounding parts were blown away except for a cheap, easily-replaced SMT diode. However, the last bits of the terminals for the battery holders are still in the holes. With careful application of abrasives and solvent, I managed to clean them to shiny metal, but they're resisting desoldering pretty well (they seem to be mostly rust or similar corroded detritus at this point). Anyone have tips on removing corroded battery terminals from a PCB? - Dave

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Grid Compass II Manual?

by derschjo＠mail.msu.edu

Are manuals for the Grid Compass (or Compass II) archived anywhere? I picked up a Compass II this week (alas, no peripherals or media) and having a user's manual would be helpful to get to know my way around its OS. (I suspect there might be one or two things wrong with mine since about 90% of the time I get System Errors and other interesting behaviors while playing around; but having a manual to decipher the errors would at least be a start...) Thanks, Josh

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Death of Ray Bradbury

by c.murray.mccullough＠gmail.com

It was with great sadness I felt on hearing the news of the death of Ray Bradbury. His science fiction literature, that of computer in nature, gave me my earliest knowledge concerning computers and the potential they had. He will truly be missed. Murray---

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what would cause a 5 1/4" drive to choke on a standard disk?

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

I asked this in the past. You attempt to format a disk, and it grinds. Why?

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what would cause a 5 1/4" drive to choke on a standard disk?

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

Not grinding, but that DUHDUHDUHDUHDUHDUH ------------------------------ On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 2:25 PM PDT Fred Cisin wrote: >On Fri, 8 Jun 2012, Chris Tofu wrote: >> I asked this in the past. You attempt to format a disk, and it grinds. Why? > >I've had them squuek, screech, squeal, chatter, seek incessantly, but >never GRIND. 'course, thinking back to auto repair, sometimes people >have a strange idea of what "grind" sounds like. > >excessive seeking is due to read errors, and retries > >Are the heads filthy? > >is the disk able to turn freely? With a couple of fingers through the >center hole, you should be able to turn the disk in its jacket. Go to the >edge of a table, and with the disk perpendicular to the edge, rub it HARD, >so that it is slightly deforming the jacket; that will loosen it up a bit.

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Microsoft cordless telephone

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

No I don't have one, nor ever owned one (though I was given the base and the original box by the same guy who gave me my color Canon AS-100). What is one worth? Since I didn't have the actual phone, I chucked it. Stupid? It has to be a rare item. Curt Vendel can you either call me or send me your phone number 8047327608 (swap first 2 sets of 3s). Purdy please.

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test-drb June 2012