test-drb March 2013

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by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 12:41 PM PST Tony Duell wrote: >> >> On 03/03/2013 01:21 PM, dwight elvey wrote: >> > Never take your Picket slide rule to the beach!Dwight >> >> ...and never lube your Versalog with cornstarch. On a humid day, it can >> slow down calculation considerably. > > Iwould also avoid 'lubricating' it with isocyano acrylic >hydro-copolymerising adhesive... >-tony Oh I have to disagree there. Dip it in that crap then lay it on the desk. I guarantee it'll never get stolen.

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Commodore calculators was RE: Calculators

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 12:43 PM PST Tony Duell wrote: >> > That's what a mailing list is for Josh. To ask questions and get information. >> >> No, you logorrheic moron, it's for asking questions you can't find the >> answer to with a two second Google search. > > >I shall remembr this next time somebody asks a hardware quesiton on >PDP8s, PDP11s, PERQs, HP9800s, etc. The scheamtics are on bitsavers or >wherever, and that's all you need to find the problem... Maybe he meant logarithmic moron. That's an honest mistake (for those who work, though I use the term loosely, at MalGrowthLoft) and much less insulting. I think. Maybe it's a complement even. Shout out to all the other Logarithmic Morons out there! >-tony

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Most favorite calc of all time was Re: Calculators

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 12:24 PM PST Tony Duell wrote: >I bougth the first HP49G I saw. The documentation was non-existant, and >it was ridiculously buggy (to the extent that some advertised features >did nto exist, others werr unusable). After a few firmware upgrades >(and HP made this deliberately difficult if you didn't run a proprietory >OS), it was useable, but never really pleasant. I still use it, simply >because of the vast range of useful fucntions but... The question is though why so many people got duped into buying an "updated" model, with the same chip running at the same speed. Other then that it's appearance bloody rocked. 2.5 megs of memory. Endlessly clearing it's stack though. >> At some point I really want a 48cx. At that point I'll probably >> consider my collection complete. > >Waht is a 48CX? I know what a 41CX is -- I have a couple. I know what a >48SX is (I boguth the first one I saw...) and a 48GX (I was given one). >All of the mre nice machines. I meant 41CX. Everybody loves the 48G series I'm sure. But so slow... But with thw G,G+,GX at least, you don't get duped. I used to have a G and.GX. 49G had lots more memory though. Maybe I'll just buy another 50g and be happy... >-tony

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Commodore calculators was RE: Calculators

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 10:57 AM PST Josh Dersch wrote: >On 3/3/2013 10:26 AM, Chris Tofu wrote: >> Did Commie make only one? > >http://lmgtfy.com/?q=commodore+calculators > >Hope that helps! >- Josh That's what a mailing list is for Josh. To ask questions and get information. Otherwise we'd just log in every morning and greet each other. Doofis butt nugget.

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Note about classic computing

by c.murray.mccullough＠gmail.com

Whether one is a hardware and/or software person is preserving old computers and ways of computing something that should be pursued? Is it a worthwhile exercise, having an intrinsic value or not, that should consume our valuable time? As one who enjoys working with old technology(Coleco ADAM) my answer is a resounding yes. What I get out of it ties me to the past which I cherish and makes today's computing experience much more satisfactory. And as one writer put it: ?I borrowed a friend?s Blackberry after my iPhone died: Basic capabilities are now five million times more difficult.? Maybe Backberry, aka RIM, should make using technology easier. How innovative! Should this not be technology's goal? Preserving old computers is a goal of mine and as Lyndel Prott puts it: A cultural heritage represents their(a people's) history, their community, and their own identity. Preservation is sought, not for the sake of the objects, but for the sake of the people for whom they have a meaningful life.? Is this not what classiccmp.org is all about? I think so.

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Anti-Virus

by rickb＠bensene.com

My apologies for the misdirected email to the list. Rick Bensene -----Original Message----- From: Rick Bensene [rickb at bensene.com] Received: Monday, 04 Mar 2013, 7:57am To: ralph at ppmfg.com [ralph at ppmfg.com]; cctalk at classiccmp.org [cctalk at classiccmp.org]; stan at ppmfg.com [stan at ppmfg.com]; gloria at ppmfg.com [gloria at ppmfg.com]; kathy at ppmfg.com [kathy at ppmfg.com] Subject: Anti-Virus Good morning, Good progress was made yesterday with the Anti-Virus. The Windows 2003 server software was reloaded in "repair" mode on the server. Then the new server-side anti-virus was successfully installed and is running properly. All files on the server are now properly protected. The Email anti-spam and anti-virus was also updated successfully. The only thing that remains is to push the new version of the anti-virus software to the desktop computers. That is something that I'll be working on this evening. Please still remain vigilant about websites and Email until the workstation software can be updated on each of your computers. The risk is greatly reduced with the Email anti-virus running, as well as the anti-virus running on the server, but there still exists some risk of a desktop computer getting infected, so please be careful. I expect that I should have the new version rolled out to the desktop computers this evening. Thank you, -Rick B.

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Slide Rules

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 11:41 AM PST Dave McGuire wrote: > > I graduated from high school in 1987. Nobody had ever heard of a >slide rule by that time. They seem to have faded very quickly. I graduated in 85. I had one. Never said I did anything with it... I may have learned the very mostest basic function at one point. Couldn't tell you what it was though.

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Commodore calculators was RE: Calculators

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 6:16 PM PST COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote: >we have one com. calc like this one in photo >in calc case at museum > >_http://www.burninghorizon.com/gallery2/v/cons/eccc2010/DSCF1042.jpg.html_ >(http://www.burninghorizon.com/gallery2/v/cons/eccc2010/DSCF1042.jpg.html) > >ed - www.smecc.org congratulations Ed. that is unquestionably the funkiest ugliest calculator I personally have ever seen. Egads.

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Anti-Virus

by rickb＠bensene.com

Good morning, Good progress was made yesterday with the Anti-Virus. The Windows 2003 server software was reloaded in "repair" mode on the server. Then the new server-side anti-virus was successfully installed and is running properly. All files on the server are now properly protected. The Email anti-spam and anti-virus was also updated successfully. The only thing that remains is to push the new version of the anti-virus software to the desktop computers. That is something that I'll be working on this evening. Please still remain vigilant about websites and Email until the workstation software can be updated on each of your computers. The risk is greatly reduced with the Email anti-virus running, as well as the anti-virus running on the server, but there still exists some risk of a desktop computer getting infected, so please be careful. I expect that I should have the new version rolled out to the desktop computers this evening. Thank you, -Rick B.

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Memorex/Telex keyboards

by sales＠elecplus.com

We found the following old keyboards this Saturday, buried in the keyboard room. Memorex/Telex 122 key 211292-002 or 952563-001, qty 13 complete Telex, no part number, qty 2, std XT 5-pin DIN, 10 function keys on the left, numeric keypad on the right. 1 is missing the spacebar. No way to test these, sold as-is. Make offers? Cindy Croxton _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2641/6146 - Release Date: 03/03/13

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test-drb March 2013