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by bobvines00＠gmail.com

> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:41:45 +1200 > From: Terry Stewart <terry at webweavers.co.nz> > > Hi Mark, > >>You said that the computer was promoted by the "late" Bill Cosby. >>That must be news to him, as he is very much alive. ( > > Yea. LOL. I actually meant "late-70's comedy icon" but it can be > interpreted as "the late 1970s icon...". You can't see the hyphen in > audio. Someone pointed this out when the video first went up. If you run > that part of the video now, you'll see I've got an annotation in the top > right hand pointing out what I meant! I almost made the same mistake in understanding you, but since I knew he was still alive, I thought for a second and realized that you were using the (hidden) hyphen. > >>There was absolutely no way to actually get into the innards of the >>machine as the BASIC had no peek or poke commands. > > Indeed. This is what confused me about the sprites. I confused "no user > generated sprites" (under standard BASIC) with no sprites at all. I > corrected this mistake via annotation in the video too. However I > understand Peeks and Pokes were available via the Extended BASIC cartridge. > > I didn't now about the heating problem. Interesting. > > Terry (Tez) Bill was pretty popular in the mid-to-late '60s too. I remember listening to a friend's parent's Bill Cosby LP with the "chocolate cake for breakfast" routine on it back then. It's still funny today, like pretty much all of his stuff which didn't require crudity or profanity to attract audiences. I'm not against crudity/profanity in general, but some so-called "entertainers" go a bit too far I think, trying to out-cuss each other. To get back on topic, I've got two (or one and a half TI-99/4As, depending on how you count the parts machine). Now I'll have to dig them out and try to program/play with them using the TV set I saved for the C-64 I've got. I've got one other (physically) smaller machine, maybe a Sinclair or similar that requires a TV set as a display. Everything else either required a "real" terminal (PDP-8 "Family", PDP-11 [Q-Bus machines], VAX-4000/200 [I think]) or came with a "CRT/monitor" of one type or another (B/W, Apple III display, CGA, VGA, etc.). <I'll duck now in case I've mistakenly misused any religious terminology in the sentence above.> Bob

12 years, 1 month

9-Track Tape Questions

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

Asking for a friend... Is it possible to still get new BOT markers? If so, does anyone know a source? Can markers from Audio tapes be used? Also, does anyone have a list of common error codes from 9-Track tape drives? Zane

12 years, 1 month

Texas Instruments TI-99/4a

by terry＠webweavers.co.nz

My take on the Texas Instrument TI-99/4a. Remembered most as being on the wrong side of a discounting war with Commodore but a classic computer of the early '80s nonetheless. http://youtu.be/p6VjsVwRXYk Terry (Tez)

12 years, 1 month

Looking for a few HP 7470 plotter pens

by classiccmp＠philpem.me.uk

Hi guys, Does anyone know of a (preferably UK/EU) source of HP type plotter pens, suitable for the 7470A pen plotter? It seems most of my coloured pens have dried out while the plotter was in storage, leaving me with a single pack of Roland XD-4SPA 0.2mm black pens and a couple of of unbranded, considerably thicker black pens. Failing that, it looks like I might be looking for a Linux-based alternative to John Miles' "7470.EXE" plotter emulator... Thanks, -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/

12 years, 1 month

Heath 85-2031, 2) 85-2000-2 Parallel I/O

by useddec＠gmail.com

I'm trying to find the top of me desk and found these. I'm sure I pulled them for someone, but can't remember who. Any interest? Please contact me off list. Shipping from 61853, IL Thanks, Paul

12 years, 1 month

TextEditors.org

by lproven＠gmail.com

Enjoyable Wiki with not only details of lots of editors classic and modern, but some history and stories which I found really interesting. http://texteditors.org/ -- Liam Proven * Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com * Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell: +44 7939-087884

12 years, 1 month

1980s IBM PC Printer Stand Smoked Plexiglass by BettysBuys on Etsy

by mcarpenter4＠triad.rr.com

Hi, Curt, I noticed that you were looking for this a few years ago. I have one for sale on Etsy. https://www.etsy.com/listing/194699669/1980s-ibm-pc-printer-stand-smoked?re… Maribeth

12 years, 1 month

Classic 16-Bit Stack Architecture HP3000

by leec2124＠gmail.com

Any collectors with Classic HP3000s on the list? Please drop me a note off-line - lee_courtney at acm.org Thanks! -- Lee Courtney

12 years, 1 month

MINCE editor (Emacs clone) for CP/M

by spacewar＠gmail.com

Is there any way at this late date to acquire a copy of Mark of the Unicorn's MINCE editor for CP/M? While it originally was supplied with partial source, it's rumored that full source might have been available later. Back in the day I used Wordstar in non-document mode, but in 1984 my fingers were retrained for Emacs and now I have almost as much trouble with Wordstar as with vi. (You can't spell "evil" without "vi".)

12 years, 1 month

Wanted: SPARCstation 5, 10, or 20

by krfkeith＠gmail.com

I'm looking to buy a SPARCstation 5, 10, or 20. I'd also be interested in one of those Sun PS/2 adapters, if anyone has any. I'm located in St. George, UT (about 2 hrs Northeast of Las Vegas) so if you're close by, I'd be doubly interested! Let me know. -- Thanks, Kevin

12 years, 1 month

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