> I'm throwing out this shout to resubscribe to the list. I
> successfully unsubscribed to the list from my USAP account, but have
> only managed to get as far as "the moderator will review your request"
> to get my gmail account back on. It's been two weeks and I've tried
> twice, and still nothing.
Seems you are in...Welcome back, Ethan!
Rumor has it that David Griffith may have mentioned these words:
>Does anyone here have pull with Sun Microsystems or know someone who does?
>I'm trying to get the right person jazzed up about the idea of a Type 7
>keyboard built like a Model M. I've already emailed clickykeyboards.com
>about it and they'll do the engineering and design work for about $27k. A
>Type 7 sells brand new for around $50. I'm sure people would be more than
>willing to pay twice as much for a "Type 7m".
How important are which features you want? If the "control key is in the
right place" feature means a lot to you, you can have that now for only
slightly more than Sun wants:
http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/linux101.html
Not sure if you can get these in USB, but a PS/2->USB adapter should fit
the bill nicely. $70 (and I'll assume plus shipping.)
They do have this layout with an integrated
catstongue/j-stick/eraserhead/whateveryouwannacallit pointing device for $100.
However, these don't have the "extra" keys down the left side of the
keyboard. If that's what's most important to you, then that will indeed be
exceptionally tough to find, IMHO.
HTH,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Roger "Merch" Merchberger | "Profile, don't speculate."
SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers | Daniel J. Bernstein
zmerch at 30below.com |
Any interest in this? It's very old but outside of my normal collecting
habits. The case is in good shape. It powers up but I get a boot error.
The screen is also a bit fuzzy but I think just needs adjustment. If you're
in the Puget Sound area (or don't mind paying for shipping). Going for the
best offer of cash or trade.
> I hope someone preserved the Space Invaders song
"Space Invaders" by Uncle Vic?
"he's hooked he's hooked his brain is cooked"
It's on a Dr. Demento LP.
I'm starting to clean out my "stuff". The below is free for shipping plus a
couple of bucks for packing. If you want to add beer money, please feel
free to do so. I'm in 82930 in USA. Email me off list to the name
"martinm" at the domain "allwest.net". Otherwise, this hits the dumpster in
a week or two.
Thank you,
Martin
2 = Compatible Systems MicroRouter 900i with manuals, software, etc.
1 = Asante 99-00278-01 BNC Hub/6
1 = Box of Sun Microphones & Audio Adapter Cables
7 = Sun 340-1414 Sun Microphone Kit (new in box)
1 = Sun 340-1414 Sun Microphone Kit (new, no box)
1 = Sun 530-1702 Audio Adapter Cable (used - SS2)
1 = Sun 530-1594 Adapter Cable (new - SS2)
1 = Sun 530-1702 Adapter Cable (new - SS2)
1 = Lantronix ETS-16UF Terminal Server with docs, cables, software
1 = Box of external modems:
Modem Blaster 28.8 External
Sportster 14.4 External
Sportster SI 14.4 External
1 = Motorola CSU/DSU DDS/MR64 Assy No. 6456524700020 SN 4583243
1 = Box SCSI stuff:
1 = Iomega 8 bit SCSI card PC2B/50 00696601 FCC ID: DDX7EBPC2
2 = Seagate ST296N SCSI Drive
1 = Teac MT-2ST SCSI Cartridge Tape Drive with 8 bit interface card,
cables & tapes
1 = Seagate ST 01/02 BIOS SCSI interface card
1 = Motorola UDS 96085 Multiplexer w/ 2 manuals Assy 62095079 SN 005947
Model 96085 LCD SA
1 = NEC Multimedia Gallery ( Sound Pro Audio Spectrum ) Multimedia kit -
includes:
1 = NEC CD-ROM Reader Model CDR-74
1 = Special Cable - SCSI/joystick/midi/line-in
1 = MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum Sound/SCSI Card FCC ID:
IXW-MVIPASM
Manuals and downloaded software
Hi All,
some of you may remember that I mirror a load of dec docs at
http://www.carnagevisors.net/dec94mds/
well I have moved my site to a new server that's a lot faster so feel free
to have a good look.
And as my partner and I were bored today we also have:
gopher://gopher.carnagevisors.net/1/dec94mds
for all the text documents. Why? I say why not.
Have fun
--
Ivy Jane Gardiner
VK3LNX
> So do people here know about the classic arcade game market?
yes
I was involved in arcade game collecting, for about ten years.
rec.games.video.arcade.collecting on usenet has been active for a long time.
Philip - that's a little high for the current market. Maybe five years ago that'd be correct, but now Space Invaders is around US$500-700. A game like Battlezone or Asteroids should be more in the price range he's selling it for. Gottlieb was a major pinball manufacturer based out of Chicago, and since you didn't mention the actual name of the game I can't really judge if the price is fair or not.
And yes, there's a longstanding collector and "in home" coin-op market, something we also cater to at the Midwest Gaming Classic event. Plenty of forums, web sites, etc. for the coin-op collecting scene as well. Google is your friend. ;)
My guess is, there's someone in their scene right now asking if some amount is a fair price for a vintage computer system and if anyone collects that stuff. ;)
Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Belben" <philip at axeside.co.uk>
To: cctech at classiccmp.org
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:00:25 PM GMT -06:00 Central America
Subject: Arcade games
Just curious...
There's a shop in Coalville, I'm not sure what it sells (maybe it sells
games consoles; maybe it's an amusement arcade; maybe both).
In the window this weekend were two machines that caught my eye: an
original Space Invaders machine from 1978, priced at 895 pounds; and a
pinball machine from 1979 (branded "Gottlieb") for an
almost-as-unreasonable 495 pounds. (I think at current exchange rates
that's about $1300 and $700 US)
As I was walking home, failing to hum the Space Invaders song, I
wondered what sort of an active market is there for such machines? The
prices looked high enough that they must be aiming at serious
collectors, or possibly innkeepers who want to create a retro-seventies
atmosphere.
So do people here know about the classic arcade game market? Are my
neighbours of a couple of blocks away being overoptimistic with their
prices?
Philip.
PS What I remember from the period was the many, many attempts to write
Invaders-style games in BASIC on the PET and other home computers. And
my friend Matthew, after we'd borrowed a Sinclair ZX81 and experimented
for a week or two, shutting himself away and writing a quite good one
for that machine in machine code - I helped with the BASIC shell that
built the initial screen display. And wiring a phone earpiece to the
PET user port to hear the sound effects on the Commodore invaders
program. And so on...
PPS has anyone preserved the Space Invaders song? I sincerely hope not.