> From: Jim Stephens
> The fellow responded and as I had suspected had never seen anything
> this old before and had thought that the parts were separable.
> ...
> Also he is going to hopefully share photos of the entire pile and I'll
> try to help him market the parts in the most profitable way for him.
This is good to hear.
If he doesn't know about not trashing backplanes, etc (since most people save
the boards, and trash everything else), please let him know about that too.
I just lucked into a DH11 backplane, w/out boards. The boards are, however,
easy to find on eBay, due to people following the 'save the boards' method...
Noel
I've not hunted for anything much new on text usenet groups in ages.
However I ran across a reference to a mailman mail list from 2006 call
sun at home.
Then stumbled across something call os.solaris.at-home. I presume that
may be comp.os.solaris.at-home ?
Anyone have a pointer to stable archives. And perhaps what happened to
the mailman and archives?
the trail to that list runs like this:
This site with lots of Sun info I can use:
http://www.obsolyte.com/
References this which is "on hiatus":
http://www.net-kitchen.com/mailman/listinfo/suns-at-home
apparently above is by Dwight D. McKay.
From what I recall of Purdue IT and the like he is probably someone who
knows or worked with
George Gobel. (google his liquid oxygen BBQ sometime, for a taste).
This is the link, but the above will hit all sorts of fun madness. Way
before Mythbusters and the like
as far as "don't try this at home" (subscript, tell George and let him
set himself on fire).
https://youtu.be/sab2Ltm1WcM
thanks
Jim
Dan and I did a rescue run yesterday and came back with four Data General
systems; a Nova/3, a Nova/4, an Eclipse S/20, an Eclipse MV/4000, and a
large assortment of test equipment and spares. All of the systems are in
very nice condition. The Eclipse S/20 is mounted in a cabinet with a model
6125 1/2" tape drive and a fixed disk drive.
In the next week or so I will add them to the RICM WWW page.
--
Michael Thompson
Curious about this machine. ?I've seen a few come up on ebay and they've sold for not much money, mistaken as mere Apple II clones. ?I read Lee Felsenstein's account of creating them and they seem like interesting machines. ?Wondering what sort of value is reasonable to pay for one and how hard it would be to find or rig up a power supply, since they are usually missing that in auctions.
Risk indeed,..
Pity the fool that brags he has an APPLE 1...
In a message dated 5/22/2017 2:06:36 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
cctalk at classiccmp.org writes:
I really think you should give people the chance to yay/neh their listing
and a way to edit/delete. Otherwise it's a potential risk. Letting the
world know who has what where coukld invite a thief under the right
circumstances now that I think about it.
Bill Degnan
twitter: billdeg
vintagecomputer.net
On May 22, 2017 4:57 PM, "Jason Scott via cctalk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
> I have no idea if I am on this list or not but I do not want to be on it
at
> all.
>
> On May 22, 2017 16:52, "Mark Linimon via cctalk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I do not want my location information published other than city.
> >
> > mcl
> >
>
Regrading the previous message, the map would just show the city, not your actually home address, which I do not have, but to be honest, anyone could find it using the internet.
Very cool! ?Wish we had one of these up here in Vancouver, BC.
Sent from my Samsung device
-------- Original message --------
From: Jason T via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Date: 2017-05-20 6:05 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: chiclassiccomp at yahoogroups.com, "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>, The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject: Announcing: VCF Midwest 12!
We did this nerd-fest thing at this hotel last year and no one
complained (much), least of all the hotel, so I think we're up for
another go.
The TWELFTH edition of the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest is
happening September 9th and 10th, 2017 in lovely Elk Grove Village,
Illinois, mere minutes from O'Hare International Airport and an array
suburban shopping and dining opportunities.
Those who have joined us in the past will be happy to know that we're
running the same show (and more!) this year: same location, same
hours, still free to attend, show or sell.? If you're new to VCF
Midwest, you can find all the relevant details at http://vcfmw.org.
If you have any questions not answered there, feel free to contact me
directly.
Registration:
No registration is necessary to attend the show. If you would like a
table(s) for exhibition and/or vending, please contact us via the form
on our site at: http://vcfmw.org/signup.html.? We'll do our best to
get you the space you need.
Presentation:
If you would like to volunteer a talk or demo between 30-60 minutes,
please contact us via the form http://vcfmw.org/pres.html.? Our
friendly events coordinator will get back to you soon.
Accommodation:
Hotel registration is now open!? Follow the link here
http://bit.ly/2phDUyI or at vcfmw.org and reserve your room at our
reduced rate of $89/night. The nights of the 8th, 9th and 10th are
available, with either a single King bed or a dual Queen room. If
you're staying additional nights, they will probably have to be booked
separately at the regular rate - however it's worth calling the hotel
directly at (847) 437-6010 and asking them for the "Vintage Computer
Fes" (yes without the "t") or "VIN" rate on the extra nights. No
guarantees they'll extend it but it's worth a try.? If you have any
other booking needs or difficulties, please call that number as well.
Do not call the main toll-free line for Holiday Inn/IHG. They don't
have the rate code and won't be able to help you.
Hesitation:
Why wait?? Book your room and travel and mark your calendars TODAY.
Socialization:
For Facebook users, there's a FB event here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/805945506224113/
For the tweeting kind, you may follow us at: https://twitter.com/vcfmidwest
Does anyone use Google+ any more?? We have a page here:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102061024739945029100/102061024739945029100
Donation:
VCF Midwest is a community-supported event, made possible through the
generous donations of attendees, vendors and the organizing staff.? As
such, we humbly beg for your contribution toward the show's expenses,
payable via the PayPal or GoFundMe links on our main page.? Every
donation helps and we appreciate them all.
See you in September!
-j
> And if you break one you have to call HAZMAT. You did realize that,
> didn't you? They contain mercury and any breakage requires professional
> remediation by law!!
Please quit spreading this urban legend. Some care in handling is
recommended, but no professional help is required, by law! or
otherwise.
https://www.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl
