On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 10:00 AM, <cctalk-request at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 12:22:15 -0400
> From: David Riley <fraveydank at gmail.com>
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> On Aug 1, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Sean Caron <scaron at umich.edu> wrote:
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> > Good lord that is a gold mine. I don't think he actually intends to sell
> it
> > for $1 but still... Why doesn't this ever happen in MI?? LOL.
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> I dunno, is it worth a 9h drive? Might be. :-)
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> - Dave
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> If I could afford the gas to drive there from Seattle, I'd be there.
Let's see, 3,400 miles round trip, 10mpg, $4/gal?. <sigh> I have a 4300
and it's a sweet machine. Please, someone make sure these don't go to
scrap! -- Ian
--
Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS
Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School
University of Washington
Madness takes its toll - please have exact change.
My Retrochallenge entry is complete. One month of working on the Ohio
Scientific Challenger 4P and blogging as I went, with some good outcomes.
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2014-06-30-fixing-C4P-ram-expansio…
It's a great way to focus on things that would normally be in the 'round
tuit" corner.
Terry (Tez)
In need of the following parts for a Commodore SX-64 Executive portable:
- Keyboard cable
- Front bezel (with un-broken keyboard latch tabs)
- One keyboard latch (just the sliding piece with the catch on it)
Prefer you contact me off-list, thanks!
I have one P112 kit available. This is the last complete kit I have on
hand until I get some more parts from Mouser. Price is $180, ($200 for
outside the US).
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
I looked at the 785 today, and the expansion cabinet there, but no disk or
tape drives were found.
As I stated earlier the cpu boards are gone, but there are boards in the
BA11-KE. I have a set of 780 boards, but not sure if I have all of the 785
boards.
Now the kicker- last time I saw the drives, which I didn't see this time,
But I found a Ramtek Marquis model III. I believe it is a graphics
processor. It might be able to be sold separately, and is in what seems to
be in a H9642 cab.
I do not own this, and can make offers. He has a fork lift and can load.
I'm not sure if William is willing to transport them and would suggest you
contact him directly and he is already planning.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me. Located in IL.
Thanks, Paul
Been having fun, restoring and using an old hand-cranked Instructograph - apparently I have the original ten tapes, plus an extra 11th one too.
Just like many 5-level and 8-level paper tapes I've dealt with, the Instructograph tapes ("1-level"? 2 levels if you count the flip-over direction) are oiled.
Is the oiling of paper tape, done only to oil the punching machine originally, as the www.westnc.com<http://www.westnc.com> paper tape page implies? Or does it also help prevent brittleness and feed around the small diameter rod in playback path too?
Tim N3QE
