>> I think that $200 is approaching the very-high-end of anything I would
>> go after myself.
> So, if I offered you an Apple 1, one of 200 made, for $1000, you'd turn it
> down?
Depends on the situation -
If I don't have it (the money), I would just pass.
If it's a single talk, I would try to barter for the price.
If its a competition, I think I'll have to pass since USD 1000
wouldn't be the last call.
> Whenever I see a system I want, I go through several rationalization
> exercises. The first is "new systems cost much more and are much less
> interesting."
Yep
> If that doesn't work, there's always "I haven't bought a new car in a
> while, so I'll get this instead."
Thats only the irrational exit if the rational way says no.
> Then there's "if I value my time at $X/hour, and it would take me more
> than Y hours to find this thing on my own, then it's worth at least $X*Y
> to buy it from this guy."
Nice, I have a similar system, used not only for computers.
> For small stuff, I have a simple metric: sheer frivolous entertainment is
> worth about $3/hour to me (e.g., movies: $6, magazine: $3, a good
> book: $12, etc.), so if I can gain at least $X/3 hours of enjoyment from
> the object, that's a buy signal.
Hmm, don't fit my intention - 10 minutes of 'boh ey' it's mine
could be more worth than 0.5 USD :)
One of the nice things in collecting old computes and other
stuff is that one could find things _unbeliable_worthy_ for
zero money (or almost), since the value ist more determinated
by our private idea about this particular thing. Example: I
aquired some weeks ago two sealed ROM cards for the Apple II.
They are just cheap (custom) ROM boards covered with blue resin
(? Giessharz in German - don't know the exact term in english).
Early designs of softwareprotection true hardware. They are
complete worthless in any sense, but I enjoy it a lot to own
them. So, whats the price ? If the owner had asked 20 USD, I
would never had paid it.
Gruss
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
While checking some boxes in the computer room, I found these old spare
DEC Q-Bus parts. They actually belong to the company but if you are
willing to pay shipping plus trade something (cash is ok too) I can let
them go. AFAIK all boards were pulled from working systems several
years ago. Contact me at peacock(a)simconv.com
MicroVAX I board set and cabinet kit (serial console connector)
4MB third party Q-BUS memory card, no RAMs (takes 256K DIPs), works
great w/uVAX I CPU
(you need VMS 5.0 for this, 5.1 and later not supported)
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11/23 CPU board and cabinet kit
(2) DEC memory boards (I think 256KB and 128KB, not sure)
both memory boards were with the 11/23
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MicroVAX 3500 CPU (KA650) board, no cabinet kit (might have it, not
sure)
(2) 8MB memory boards for the KA650
(this CPU has the older boot ROM, no SHOW command)
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KDA50 disk controller 2 board set (was with the 3500)
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RL02 Q-Bus disk controllers (2) I think RLV21s, have to look
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12MB expansion memory for a VAXStation 2000
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(6) DEPCA ethernet boards for ISA bus, old ones w/48KB buffers
(all modified for Pathworks drivers)
If you have stuff to trade, I could use any of the following:
TK50 drive w/SCSI interface (TZ30 or TK50-G) internal preferred
16MB 72pin SIMMs (x32 or x36, EDO or FPM)
IDE or SCSI disk drives 1GB or bigger
4mm or 8mm tape drives
a flatbed scanner that works with Win95
a Q-BUS IDE or SCSI disk controller
useful S-100 boards (tell me what you got)
Atmel 89C2051 ucontrollers
a monitor that works with the GPX board set in a uVAX II
Cyrix 686 or Pentium 166 CPU chip (working on a flaky Motherboard)
33.6 modem ISA card that works with NT4
memory for an Alpha 500au
or if you have something else to trade, let me know, make an offer.
not interested in consumer computer stuff (i.e. apple, IBM PC, amiga
etc.)
Jack Peacock
At 07:49 PM 7/1/98 -0800, Rax wrote:
>Thanks to the noble efforts of John Hickenbotham, my computer/internet
And thanks for the equally noble effort at spelling my last name. It's
Higginbotham. :) Good work on the timeline. Hope to see it develop more in
the future.
-
- john higginbotham ____________________________
- webmaster www.pntprinting.com -
- limbo limbo.netpath.net -
Saved a Compaq Portable(w/5.25" FD and unknown 5.25" FH HD) from a
dumpster... AFTER a 10 foot flight into it! Plugged it in and it still
works... Needs some repairs, I can hear stuff rattling around inside, but
it does work... Booted from the hard drive with Compaq DOS 3.31. Also got a
MasterSport 386SL(386SX-20, 4MB RAM, 63MB HD) and a 486 motherboard(gonna
set it up with Linux or something). Also getting a 1970 VW Bug for my
birthday next week... I suppose this makes it a good day despite the belt
clip on my radio breaking this morning(now I get to make a nice metal one
to replace the broken plastic one).
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allisonp(a)world.std.com (Allison J Parent) wrote:
> I aquired HPscanjet 9190A.
This is the original HP ScanJet.
> I have the flatbed scanner and the cable but, I do not know if there is
> an additional interface needed for PC or? use. the cable looks like
> parallel printer cable. Any info may help.
Yes, it needs an additional interface that looks a lot like a duplex
parallel interface but is not like today's enhanced PC parallel port.
Bob Niland <rjn(a)csn.net> has a canned FAQ that he posts to
comp.sys.hp.hardware whenever this question comes up there. If you
can webulate, you can find it pretty easily in DejaNews. Be advised
that the gist of said FAQ is "forget it, if it breaks it'll need
expensive fixing and is probably not worth your trouble."
-Frank McConnell
ok... this isn't classic, but does anyone have a line on zeos laptop
parts for ~486 and up? have some strange little units that are lacking
unique parts. thanks..
-Eric
Dear friend,
Please i need of your help, in this moment i am using a Epson PX-8 Geneva, i
need use the micro-cassette drive in the CP/M and the BASIC resident, you
can help me, please send me command (CP/M and Basic) for this micro-cassette
drive and more usefull command of CP/P (I only use Windows and DOS), all
information on this great machine what you can send me,
Tank you very Much for you great Help.
Thanks to the noble efforts of John Hickenbotham, my computer/internet
history timeline is now converted to HTML and I've put it up on my web
site. I'd really appreciate your criticisms, corrections and suggestions.
Gotta warn you, though, it's a pretty big file so you prolly shouldn't try
to access it with those 1200 baud modems. It's also big in dimension -
you'll need a 20" monitor to view the whole table without side-scrolling.
http://www.warbaby.com/FG_test/Timeline.html
Before y'all get too harsh with your crits, please bear in mind that it's a
first draft. I've got more info to fill in, formatting to diddle with, and
text to rewrite and edit.
R.
--
Warbaby
The WebSite. The Domain. The Empire.
http://www.warbaby.com
The MonkeyPool
WebSite Content Development
http://www.monkeypool.com
Dreadlocks on white boys give me the willies.
Need drive parameters for an ESDI drive for someone, he says it's a
Magnetic Peripherals model 94205-051.
I've looked most places and can'r seem to locate it, even in my Pocket
PC Ref
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