Er.. that was.. 'down one side of the CN tower'.. :)
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From: Brad H <vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net>
Date: 2016-08-01 5:29 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'
???
I would call Win 95 a high point also. ?I lived near Toronto at the time and remember the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one side. ?There were events everywhere. ?MS was really at their zenith. The excitement around that launch was like nothing since. ?I believe I got swept up and installed it immediately but shortly after removed it. ?Couldn't get used to the interface. ?Eventually for one reason or another I had to and did go back to it. ?Wasn't the greatest or most stable OS and was kind of a half breed at that, but man.. what I wouldn't give to feel the anticipation again, the difference between it and DOS. ?Nothing released on either PC or Mac has come close.
Brad
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From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com>
Date: 2016-08-01? 4:25 PM? (GMT-08:00)
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'
> > <https://tech.slashdot.org/story/08/05/28/2214214/bill-gates-windows-95-was-…>
> http://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/introducing.gif
I have a "Windows '95 = Macintosh '89" pin on my iMac G4, as seen here:
http://www.theapplecollection.com/Collection/pin/PinsBadges.html
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Doug we have a next cube, neat next monitor and NEXT laser printer at
SMECC museum but alas no manuals
Please advise
Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
ADDED NOTE need some great NEXT promo stuff to make the back drop
for the display of this setup
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In a message dated 8/1/2016 6:31:36 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
tmfdmike at gmail.com writes:
Just to clarify did you 'rescue' these hoping to find good homes for
them later - or to keep for yourself?
If the former I would definitely be interested in the TI Explorer - and
the RT.
Mike
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Doug Fields <doug-cctalk at dpf.cc> wrote:
> I took these things home with me:
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> TI Explorer II
> AT&T 3b2-1000-70 & BLIT monitor
> Commodore 64 + disk drive
> HP 85 (non-B, I think)
> Bunch of NeXT manuals and PowerPC 601/603/604 manuals
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> Cheers,
>
> Doug
>
>> On Aug 1, 2016, at 6:05 PM, Glen Slick <glen.slick at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Aug 1, 2016 2:57 PM, "Doug Fields" <doug-cctalk at dpf.cc> wrote:
>>>
>>> Apparently the list strips HTML out, which I didn't know.
>>>
>>> https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0ZGWZuqDGXYWQL <
>> https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0ZGWZuqDGXYWQL>
>>>
>>> Try that?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Doug
>>
>> TI Explorer II - someone is probably interested in that one.
>>
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'No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his brother.
Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame.
For one person, in the dark, where no one will ever know or see.'
I posted this on vcfed and thought I'd ask here too.
I have a working H8. ?It has the basics plus a 64k ram card and serial/cassette card. ?I have been looking and looking for info on what program to enter or rom change you have to make to get the machine to operate with a terminal. ?Surprisingly, I can't find any info on this at all. ?The H9 terminal guide describes general assembly and operation but does not say specifically how you use it in conjunction with an H8.
Per others it sounds like you'd need to enter a program on the front panel to get the machine talking to the terminal. ?Or change ROMs. ?Does anyone have any info on how that all works? ?Can you actually redirect the front panel input/output to terminal? ?
B
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At 04:03 AM 8/1/2016, drlegendre wrote:
>Non-polar caps are used in locations where they must pass AC.
Conventional polarized aluminum and tantalum capacitors are also used in locations where they must pass AC, such as interstage coupling capacitors and bypass capacitors, not to mention electrolytics as power supply filter capacitors. Any capacitor that could not pass AC would not be a capacitor.
There are two principal situations where non-polar electrolytics are used:
1) When there is no constant DC offset to the applied voltage - if the voltage applied to an electrolytic capacitor reverses the capacitor can be damaged. When there is no constant DC offset the second reason can come into play:
2) When a large value non-polarized electrolytic can, as previously noted, cost less than a large film, oil-filled, or other non-polar capacitor.
Some of us still deal daily with analog circuitry at work.
Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
http://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html
there is an 8i with similar crazy price but different user id....
hmmm.... beware?
also a Rare Digital DEC H-500 Computer Lab, 1960s, Same Switches as
PDP-8/I, Vintage for 700+
( we have an extra one of these Computer Lab, if anyone here is
interested)
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 7/19/2016 12:07:02 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
jwsmail at jwsss.com writes:
On 7/18/2016 10:23 PM, Sam O'nella wrote:
> There may be some archives here or vcf with enough prices. Iirc i
thought i remember one selling for something pretty high (8000/12000?) X years
ago although i think like this it's a calculated price of doubling the last
sale they saw. Although apple 1s seem to accomplish whatever that law is
called :-)
I think Straight 8's are nearly to the point that other systems which
have published tracking inventories. There are very few, this one looks
complete, or near complete.
That said I'd figure though some of the higher prices such as the
current PDP8/I and GT40 are setting for want of bids, they aren't that
far from what you have to pay to get said systems on demand. This one
may go for around the opportunistic price, and be lower, but $10 to $12k
isn't going to be surprising.
Here's some shots of it. ?I forgot about the guy rappelling down the tower. ?Don't think anyone rappelled for Windows 10!
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/this-guy-rappelled-down-the-cn-tower-for-t…
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From: Brad H <vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net>
Date: 2016-08-01 5:33 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'
???
Er.. that was.. 'down one side of the CN tower'.. :)
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-------- Original message --------
From: Brad H <vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net>
Date: 2016-08-01? 5:29 PM? (GMT-08:00)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'
???
I would call Win 95 a high point also. ?I lived near Toronto at the time and remember the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one side. ?There were events everywhere. ?MS was really at their zenith. The excitement around that launch was like nothing since. ?I believe I got swept up and installed it immediately but shortly after removed it. ?Couldn't get used to the interface. ?Eventually for one reason or another I had to and did go back to it. ?Wasn't the greatest or most stable OS and was kind of a half breed at that, but man.. what I wouldn't give to feel the anticipation again, the difference between it and DOS. ?Nothing released on either PC or Mac has come close.
Brad
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-------- Original message --------
From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com>
Date: 2016-08-01? 4:25 PM? (GMT-08:00)
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'
> > <https://tech.slashdot.org/story/08/05/28/2214214/bill-gates-windows-95-was-…>
> http://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/introducing.gif
I have a "Windows '95 = Macintosh '89" pin on my iMac G4, as seen here:
http://www.theapplecollection.com/Collection/pin/PinsBadges.html
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Has Orange/Purple decorative top in good shape. No sides, door etc.
I don't have it but it will be up for sale, I think they are asking around
$50.
Let me know if anyone is interested and I can pass the info on
-pete
I'm here in Austin picking up that Multiflow and they have a bunch of other computers. The most intact looking is an AT&T 3b2-1000-70. There are also two rude looking IBM RTs plus an Evans and Sutherland Freedom 1000 with Sun Graphics tower, a Sparc Printer, lots of old Apple printers, and other stuff. I'm trying to put it all on Imgur but having problems since I never used it before so if you want pics email me your iMessage account and I can share it somehow that way.
Cheers,
Doug
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Actually found a pretty nice hp machine with a bunch of peripherals.
Thankfully it came with the keyboard. Also a external hard drive and
floppy, as well as a tiny printer.
HP 362 "controller"
Hp thinkjet 2225A printer
Hp 9153B - HD and floppy
Also a IBM wheelwriter 3 with the parallel interface, as well as what im
assuming is a s100 backplane.
Pretty interesting. I have a couple of other Hp devices, a logic analizer,
pattern generator, and volt meter, it will be interesting to see if i can
get them talking with the computer. Computer works. boots into basic.
Pretty complete setup for something at the scrapyard.
https://www.slashflash.info/~devin/images/scrapyard_lot/
--Devin