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by sinasohn＠crl.com

At 03:20 PM 6/11/97 -0700, you wrote: >A printer is a printer, but since nobody really looks upon these as >collectible, they are the most likely to be overlooked or sent to the >scrap heap. A big problem is that they often weigh a lot and are a >burden to store. Nonetheless, I have recently started to collect the old The Computer History Association of California has printers in its collection, and (I think) is as interested in saving printers as anything else. P.S., I'll put in a plug for the CHAC here... Good org, great mag, everyone should join/subscribe. For more info, see <http://www.chac.org/>. (I am, btw, on the board of directors, but mostly I'm just handy for getting the container doors closed. 8^) --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad sinasohn(a)crl.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

28 years, 5 months

REAL plug&play hardware

by jeffh＠unix.aardvarkol.com

I had my Atari 800 up and running again today, testing out my 1050 drive and such, and decided to toy with the Atari 1030 modem I have sitting here for it. I had forgotten how interesting an item it is. For those of you that aren't familiar with it, it's an external 300baud modem that plugs into the same general I/O ports as the Atari disk drives and such. You turn on the modem first, then the Atari 8bit, and the 8bit actually boots into a program called 'Modemlink', which is stored in ROM on the modem. No disks, cartridges or anything...just the computer and the modem! Modemlink is pretty basic, but it does autodial. Might be time to fire it up and try it again on one of the local C-64 BBS's running on the Color64 software still since they support 40 column mode. That certainly beats the heck out of the compatibility issues I had to deal with concerning terminal programs and BBS's on the PC with early 1200 and 2400 baud modems. Not to mention there's no setup. Jeff jeffh(a)unix.aardvarkol.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from an Amiga 3000..the computer for the creative mind! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Collector of classic home computers: Amiga 1000, Apple II+, Atari 800, 800XL, Mega-ST/2 and XE System, Coleco ADAM, Commodore 128D, 16, Plus/4 and VIC-20, IBM 5155, Kaypro 2X, Mattel Aquarius, Osborne Executive, Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81, TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3, Model 4, and Model 4P, plus Odyssey2, Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.

28 years, 5 months

5 1/2" Drives

by BigLouS＠aol.com

In a message dated 97-06-11 02:45:42 EDT, you write: > Do any of you collectors > have a use for them or need them to complete a given machine? I certainly could use three or four. A lot of the older machines including the Kaypro 2's and IBM PC's and XT's came equipped with Tandon drives which were poorly made. As a result I have two or three machines sitting around that need 5 1/4" full height drive transplants. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Lou

28 years, 5 months

Atari 2600 questions

by sinasohn＠crl.com

At 08:48 AM 6/12/97 -0700, you wrote: >Can't help with compatibility although the pinout for the Atari Joystick >is: > >Pin 1 - Forward >Pin 2 - Back >Pin 3 - Left >Pin 4 - Right >Pin 5 - No Connection >Pin 6 - Trigger >Pin 7 - No Connection >Pin 8 - Ground >Pin 9 - No Connection Because the Atari (same as commodore and others) joysticks are digital (on/off for each direction; done with simple switches) instead of analog (varying amount of each direction; done with potentiometers) like most PC joysticks, it is rather easy to build alternative input devices, whether it's something to stand on, or a bunch of buttons, or whatever. I think the other pins (5, 7, 9) were used for the paddles (which were analog devices.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad sinasohn(a)crl.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

28 years, 5 months

AuctionWeb (was: Free (maybe): Tandy 10 MB Drive Case)

by sinasohn＠crl.com

btw, there's also an interesting sounding doohickey up for bid: '84 Portable Personal Computer Sord IS-11C (item #xjw18405) Ends sunday the 15th, and there are 7 available. Anyone know anything about it? You can get to it at <http://www2.ebay.com/aw/itemfast.cgi?item=xjw18405>. Min bid is $25, though. AuctionWeb is a good place to find interesting things sometimes, especially early PC and just-before-pc stuff. (And I hate to tell people because that means more bidders which means higher bids...) --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad sinasohn(a)crl.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

28 years, 5 months

looking for info on tape drive

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

That's a Cipher ST150. It's a old, generic (apart from being early SCSI) 150MB 1/4" SCSI tape drive. It's still supported by most backup software. Kai > ---------- > From: allisonp@world.std.com[SMTP:allisonp@world.std.com] > Reply To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 1997 6:06 PM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: looking for info on tape drive > > slightly off but information needed. > > Cipher model st150s-II 6150? cartridge tape drive scsi interface. > > I need data on this jumpers commands anything. > > Allison >

28 years, 5 months

Classic Computer Collectors Index

by chemif＠mbox.queen.it

At 14:38 11/06/97 -0500, Issac Davis wrote: >I can see that we are going to inundate this list with our home locations. >I will go ahead and volunteer to keep the list, and put it up on my web >site. If you want to be added to this list, email me idavis(a)comland.com >with your name, city/area, and a way to contact you - email or phone. After >the list is compiled, I will put it on the web, and will be able to email it >to anyone involved. >Feel free to give me any contact information you want. I will only include what you tell me to. >Isaac Davis >idavis(a)comland.com >indavis(a)juno.com Hi, Isaac, really a very good idea. So here I am: NAME:Riccardo Romagnoli CITY/AREA:Forli'(FO)/Emilia Romagna/Italy WAY TO CONTACT ME:chemif@mbox.queen.it Fax:+39-(0)543-402190 Telex:551132 CHEMIF I (yes, the old 50 BAUD stuff!) RANGE:Emilia-Romagna region (Ev. North side of the "boot") MAIN AREA OF INTEREST:Mini's from 70's (esp. Texas DS990/x family);Micro;Olivetti;all kind teletypes machines from any age;Printers. I will be glad to exchange any information and documents I have (or search if needed) about classics coming from Italy. CIAO! ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Riccardo Romagnoli,collector of:CLASSIC COMPUTERS,TELETYPE UNITS,PHONE AND PHONECARDS I-47100 Forli'/Emilia-Romagna/Food Valley/ITALY Pager:DTMF PHONES=+39/16888(hear msg.and BEEP then 5130274*YOUR TEL. NUMBER* where*=asterisk key | for help visit http://www.tim.it/tldrin_eg/tlde03.html TELEX:551132 CHEMIF I ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

28 years, 5 months

MSX comments.... (Re:)

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

| WoW! The more I hear about this thing the more I want one. It's amazing | that this system was so unknown in the states. It's like discovering a | whole new species. Yep, I was obviously thrilled when I ran into my Spectravideo 328 in its original box, for $5 at a local thrift... Sorry Sam, didn't mean to gloat there. Did I mention it was accompanied by the cassette drive in its original box too? Kai

28 years, 5 months

classic computer collector's index

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

somebody, i dont remember, put forth: >Mayhaps, as a parallel to the 'Classic Computer Index", we need to develop >> a 'Classic Computer Collectors Index' so that we know where others are >> when things like this pop up so that we could have some local options. >> Even if a person did not want the particular item, they might be able to >> pick it up while arrangements were made to get it to someone who did want >> it. feel free to add me to the list. i'd be glad to go out and discover new finds and give the opportunity for others to get it before the scrapyard does. i've a truck and a 3 bedroom house, so storage is no problem! =D david

28 years, 5 months

Classic Computer Rescue List

by idavis＠comland.com

Ok, I have taken the info I got from today, and put it up on the web. Nothing fancy, and I haven't indexed it yet with any search engines. Take a look at it and let me know what you think, or if you want to change your information. The url is: http://www.comland.com/~idavis/classic/classic.html Any suggestions? Let me know and I will change it before we tell the rest of the world about it. Isaac Davis idavis(a)comland.com indavis(a)juno.com

28 years, 5 months

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