In a message dated 8/27/98 9:03:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk writes:
>
> The Unimat (it's still being made) is a nice machine, but IMHO a little
> small for the sort of things that I'm likely to need....
>
i really dread continuing this off topic discussion, but american science and
surplus (sciplus.com) sells the unimat 1 for $300. is it any good? i had a
friend who had one in grade school, but i dont think he ever did anything with
it. i can imagine it could come in handy for turning small parts, computer
related and otherwise.
Doug Yowza <yowza(a)yowza.com> wrote (after me):
> >IANAL.
>
> OK, this has got to be the worst acronym yet. Are you describing your
> personality, are you trying to tell us that you're not a lawyer, or
> what?
Well, when I typed it I was thinking "I Am Not A Lawyer", but as long
as you're asking I'll answer "all of the above."
-Frank McConnell
I have an old WANG WLTC that a Cap will explode if is left plugged in for
more than a minute without the battery in it.
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
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> From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Osborne 01 computer smoked..
> Date: Thursday, September 03, 1998 9:15 PM
>
> > Has anyone else had this problem with old computers befor..?
>
> I've seen a Tektronix terminal where all the mains filter capacitors
> exploded but the terminal was otherwise fine. No idea why...
>
> -tony
>
To Sam and any others:
> Also, who owns the rights to the Altair 8800 now? Percom? ICOM? Ed
> Roberts? What happened after all the buyouts and bakruptcies?
I'll do some research on this if someone can give me a complete chain of
ownership (as far as anyone knows), approximate dates, addresses, any notes
on bankruptcies, etc.
My attorneys are alyaws looking for interesting projects :-)
Rich Cini/WUGNET <nospam_rcini(a)msn.com>
- ClubWin/CW7
- MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
- Preserver of "classic" computers
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I do, I think. Lemme check.
>Someone here mentioned a few days ago that he had the drivers
>for a hitachi cd-rom drive. Does anyone remember who it was? I want to
>test this thing before shipping it.
At 01:04 PM 9/2/98 PDT, you wrote:
>These days, but I think 1983 is a little different. And if a book is
>successfull, why wouldn't they think about a second edition. The
>compelling reason to save a floppy version is that they might want
>to go back and edit something.
If you wrote a book in 1983, had the second edition in 85, then they
discontinued the 8-bit ataris. Now it's 1995, you're moving, and you've
got this box with an old atari and a bunch of disks. You look at the
Pentium PC on your desk, reminisce for a few moments, laugh, and toss it on
the trash pile. With your original manuscript disks.
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At 12:04 PM 9/2/98 PDT, you wrote:
>if an author is proud of his book, he won't trash the manuscripts.
Not necessarily. He may have hundreds of the printed copy, and not think
that the original manuscript, on an 8-bit Atari floppy, for example, is
worth keeping around.
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At 06:49 PM 8/31/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Marvin, this came out as an unviewable HTML and PLAIN text document on my
>end that PINE's external viewer couldn't handle. When I replied it came
Eudora assumes it's an attachment and puts it in a file; I end up with
hundreds of stupid little files called "reoldcom" or whatever. PITA.
>this problem of posting their messages in HTML. I think you guys should
>be able to configure your mail program to send only unencoded plain text.
On the other hand, this particular Marvin (not the one we're used to) is a)
probably a CPA and thus perhaps not truly computer literate (why else would
he be dumping perfectly good 486's?) and b) not subscribed to the list, so
unless you BCC'ed him, he didn't get it. (Probably wouldn't get it anyway.)
Keep in mind, folks, that the list is echoed to a web site. If someone
does a search on, say, "Altair", they're going to find several of the pages
with list messages. They'll then send a message to the address listed (the
list) asking how much their Altair is worth, or what have you. Probably
without checking the date, btw, which is why we occasionally see messages
like "I see you are searching for a rare commodore 64 power supply; I can
sell you one for $199 plus shipping" when no one's been looking for a C PS
for months.
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At 06:30 PM 8/31/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Max Eskin wrote:
>>
>> Who _is_ Jerry Pournelle?
>
>Columnist in Byte, "The User's Column", later renamed "Computing
...
>good science fiction writer and half of the best science fiction
Well, I'm not so crazy about him as a sf writer, but I did feel that his
columns in Byte did well in showing, in a way that a techie could
understand, what it was like for a user to be confronted with new
technology.
Nearly ran him down one time, though, on my skateboard, because I was busy
checking out his wife. 8^) Wasn't (isn't) she a expert in special ed or
something like that?
I remember him; he (99.99%) probably doesn't remember me. But love him or
hate him, he was a fascinating character. Not sure if he claimed it
outright or just alluded to it, but I always got the impression he had been
a spy or something in the 50's/60's. Any truth to that?
Speaking of characters, btw, anyone know what ever happened to Chris
Crawford? He wrote some really popular game for the Atari 8-bit computers,
then went on to develop a hit game for the Mac (something about running the
world or something? Sorry, I was never really into games.) He was another
neat person. A physicist turned programmer.
Lastly, anyone know whatever happened to the local San Francisco BBS
Newsbase and its denizens?
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>17400 can't be a disk address... The physical address range for I/O
>BTW - what sort of DEC disk do your disks emulate? That would help
>in being able to tell you what address you could twiddle with, and
>what toggle-in boot code to try...
174400 is the RL02, and it's vaguely possible that this is the CSR
he meant to type. He describes the disk packs as being Diablos, and
RL02 packs do have the same form factor. But if this were the case,
then the device he should be trying to boot from would be DL0:, not
the DK0: he's been trying so far.
177400 is the RK05, and this is possible too.
Of course, we've so little information
that this is all just shooting in the wind!
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