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by shatle＠nfldinet.com

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: WTB: Apple II Workstation Card From: "Mark J. Blair" <nf6x at nf6x.net> Date: Tue, December 20, 2016 2:20 pm To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > On Dec 20, 2016, at 10:56, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote: > > Looks like one just sold a week ago for $99... > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-IIe-Workstation-Card-Model-Part-Numbers-820-0… > > Maybe for that kind of money one will shake loose? > I'd pay $99 for one, but it would have to through a different channel than eBay. -- That's more than I'd _like_ to pay, but I don't have a lot of data to compare it with... Steve

9 years, 1 month

WTB: Apple II Workstation Card

by w9gb＠icloud.com

Mark - I worked for an Apple / IBM / network dealer, during graduate school (1983-1985). The Corvus OmniNet solution was actually more popular for the Apple II -- especially with elementary schools (which was over 50% of store's Apple business). Apple, as you noted, had multiple network solutions (LocalTalk, AppleTalk in 1985) during the 1980s and Macintosh introduction (1984). LocalTalk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LocalTalk AppleTalk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleTalk --- In many ways, Steve Jobs "missed" the significance of networking for Macintosh launch (as did Microsoft with DOS) in this period ... even though he saw Xerox implementation, that eventually became 3Com. greg w9gb === > After playing with my Apple IIe all weekend, my new obsession du jour is to network it > with my vintage Macintoshes. So, does anybody have an Apple II Workstation Card > available for sale or trade? Act now, before I get distracted by another shiny object! :) -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/ Sent from iPad Air

9 years, 1 month

WTB: Apple II Workstation Card

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

Amazing! thanks Mark! Hope they are back in production soon. Great to be able to have the II hooked to the Internet! Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 12/19/2016 12:48:07 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, nf6x at nf6x.net writes: > On Dec 19, 2016, at 11:34 AM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote: > > too bad someone has not made a new modern network card to put old Apple II on a current network...or have they? There are the Uthernet boards: http://a2retrosystems.com Looks like the Uthernet II is not in stock right now. I might get on the waiting list for the text run, so I can play with one. But I'm still interested in playing with the vintage AppleTalk stuff, anyway. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

9 years, 1 month

WTB: Apple II Workstation Card

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

too bad someone has not made a new modern network card to put old Apple II on a current network...or have they? Ed# In a message dated 12/19/2016 12:31:15 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, nf6x at nf6x.net writes: After playing with my Apple IIe all weekend, my new obsession du jour is to network it with my vintage Macintoshes. So, does anybody have an Apple II Workstation Card available for sale or trade? Act now, before I get distracted by another shiny object! :) -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

9 years, 1 month

WTB: Apple II Workstation Card

by nf6x＠nf6x.net

After playing with my Apple IIe all weekend, my new obsession du jour is to network it with my vintage Macintoshes. So, does anybody have an Apple II Workstation Card available for sale or trade? Act now, before I get distracted by another shiny object! :) -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

9 years, 1 month

VCF East keynotes: Enigma, Stroustrup (C++), 40 yrs of appliance computers

by cctalk＠snarc.net

C++ inventor Bjarne Stroustrup, Ph.D., Enigma machine expert Tom Perera, Ph.D., and a panel discussion by computer historian Bill Degnan on the 40th anniversary of appliance computers featuring the Apple II, Commodore PET 2001, and TRS-80 Model 1 will be the keynote sessions for Vintage Computer Festival East XII, March 31-April 2, in Wall, New Jersey. The event is produced by Vintage Computer Federation (www.vcfed.org), a national user group devoted to enabling hobbyists and spreading awareness of computer history. The Federation is a 501(c)3 non-profit. Stroustrup (www.stroustrup.com), who developed the C++ programming language at Bell Labs starting in 1978, will discuss "The Origins and further Evolution of C++" on Saturday morning, April 1. He is currently a visiting professor of computer science at Columbia University and a managing director in the technology division at Morgan Stanley. His talk is sure to be an excellent follow-up to C language author and pioneer Brian Kernighan, who spoke at VCF East X in 2015. Perera's company, EnigmaMuseum.com, is in the business of hunting for, researching, restoring, and selling Enigma machines and related items. His talk, "Inside the Enigma: The history, technology and deciphering of an early laptop computer and the real story of the Imitation Game" will be presented Friday, March 31 after lunch. The World War II German Enigma was arguably an original form of laptop computer. This talk will explain the history and technology of the Enigma and link it to the movie "Imitation Game" which tells the story of the cracking of the German Navy Enigma code and the extraordinary contributions of mathematician Alan Turing to this endeavor. In order to keep the audience interested and involved, the movie has allowed some inaccuracies and omissions in the history and technology and in the masterful portrayal of the eccentric mathematician Alan Turing by Benedict Cumberbatch. This talk will trace the actual story of the Enigma and the cracking of the Enigma Code and attempt to fill in some of the Enigmatic aspects of Alan Turing's personality. Perera will also give a more technical demonstration of how the machines work and a real-time disassembly of an Enigma in a separate session that day. He will give further demonstrations and will offer for sale his Enigmas, Enigma simulators, other historic cipher machines, books, Enigma Library CD-ROM, and related items on Saturday and Sunday. Perera was formerly a professor of neuroscience at Columbia University, Barnard College, and Montclair State University. Degnan (www.vintagecomputer.net) is a co-founder of the Mid-Atlantic chapter of Vintage Computer Federation, a professional programmer and web developer, and formerly taught computer history at the University of Delaware. At his panel, "1977: The year of the appliance computer" you'll learn about the launch of the Apple II, Commodore PET 2001, and Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 1. Bill will guide the discussion to explore how the appliance computer facilitated the expansion of computers as an appliance into small businesses, schools, and the home. Panelists will be separated into three groups each representing the Apple, Commodore, and Tandy/Radio Shack perspective. The panel will respond to questions and share their knowledge and personal experiences. The discussion will continue from 1977 through the milestones of 1980s 8-bit appliance and home computing. All three sessions will be 90 minutes which includes audience Q&A. Further details will be shared as the event nears.

9 years, 1 month

AW: Re: Rack-mounting a TU56 (Jay West)

by gerhard.kreuzer＠liftoff.at

Yes please -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- Von: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] Im Auftrag von cctalk-request at classiccmp.org Gesendet: Sonntag, 18. Dezember 2016 19:00 An: cctalk at classiccmp.org Betreff: cctalk Digest, Vol 30, Issue 18 Send cctalk mailing list submissions to cctalk at classiccmp.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to cctalk-request at classiccmp.org You can reach the person managing the list at cctalk-owner at classiccmp.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of cctalk digest..."

9 years, 1 month

IBM XT 5160 Keyboard issues

by lyokoboy0＠gmail.com

I was happy to find a IBM XT for a good price at the scrapyard today in very nice condition. It is missing the hard drive, but i have plenty of those, the controller was still inside. I had a little issue getting video working at first, i do not have a 9 pin cga monitor laying around, thankfully i found a 16 bit isa card that also works in an 8 bit slot. The machine starts up and runs its memory test, however it gives a 301 error. System halts and says press f1 to continue, but no luck, keyboard is unresponsive. I have tried about 10 different keyboards on the machine, including some model M keyboards with a ps2 adapter with no luck. A quick search does turn up that 301 is a keyboard related error, but i am not sure what exactly the issue is. Am i doing something stupid here or am i looking at the possibility of something being wrong with the machine? --Devin

9 years, 1 month

Base 64 posts to the list

by barythrin＠gmail.com

I'm not sure if it would make a difference but in your membership options to the list you can choose the format of the messages and how you'd like to receive them. I know my settings are plain text but I haven't played with the others to know if they have an option like that. The only time I've seen base 64 coded stuff are spam pop-ups trying to bypass plaintext filters. Interesting to hear there's some legitimate usage happening. -------- Original message --------From: jonas at otter.se Date: 12/2/16 4:45 AM (GMT-06:00) To: cctech at classiccmp.org Subject: Base 64 posts to the list some list posts have begun appearing in Base 64 format. I read the list in daily digest mode, and these posts are not converted to anything sensible

9 years, 1 month

TU56 Run Capacitors (was Rack-mounting a TU56)

by bob＠theadamsons.co.uk

> Jay wrote: > Speaking of which - I'll put out a call again for if anyone wants to > get a group purchase on the motor run caps for a TU55/56.... > I'd be interested in a couple. I could only find some oversized stud-mounted ones when I refurbed my TU56 and although they're perfectly functional they don't look too good.

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