- test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org - classiccmp.org

by kandres＠epssecurity.com

Hello Peoples, I am reading the the mail starting fairly recently. I have a Commodore Pet vintage 1975, serial # in the 13,000 range, received on Guam while in the U.S. Navy, currently not running has a screen full of random characters, seems to me I remember this as indicative of a 6550 MOSTEK ram failure. An Ohio Scientific Superboard, used as a development tool by a firm just starting in computer control of the real world. A DEC something that hasn't been run since it was shut down. The DEC had the BIG 10m removable drive packs, drives and packs since departed this earth in one lost shipment or other. I don't always get to the mail in a timely manner, but it certainly is interesting reading. I am encouraged that there are other enthusiasts out there who appreciate the electronics for what it is not necessarily what it will do at 4.8Ghz. Faster and bigger is not always better. It seems to me the days when programs had to be chained, led to better and less buggy programming. Kev kandres(a)epssecurity.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.435 / Virus Database: 244 - Release Date: 12/30/2002

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Where To Sell?

by Ed_Chiodo＠compuserve.com

7-Jan-03 All - Have you any good experiences at selling your surplus (mostly DEC) gear? The wife has said 'enough' to a basement full of antiques! Ed Chiodo

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Source for TI Silent 700 thermal paper?

by vaxzilla＠jarai.org

Does anyone know of a good source for rolls of thermal paper which are appropriately sized for use in a TI Silent 700 Data Terminal? -brian.

23 years, 3 months

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cctalk digest, Vol 1 #359 - 58 msgs

by alhartman＠yahoo.com

> From: "Steven N. Hirsch" <shirsch(a)adelphia.net> > Subject: Any Corvus collectors out there? > > Hi, > > I'm new to this list and wondering how many Corvus > collectors are out there. Hi, I'm not exactly a Corvus collector, but I used to work for Lawrence S. Epstein Associates, LTD., and we were the East Coast Distributor for Corvus Equipment for quite awhile... And I have a couple of drives and various odds and ends taking up space in a closet... I have some IBM XT Omninet Adapters, I think a couple of older Apple II adapters, Some Mirror Boards, an "H" series drive, and an old Apple II only OmniDrive. I also have manuals and software, maybe even a constellation adapter too.. Those were the days... When a 70mb HDD sold for $8000.00... :) Al __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

23 years, 3 months

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Epson QX-10 / AT

by wroberts＠wi.rr.com

Valdocs was a office suite, word processing, spreadsheet and database group unique to the Epson QX-10 and QX-16 computers. It also ran CPM. and add in board was available that allowed Dos to also be run on the machine. Machine had two voice coil floppydrives that could be configred to many of the early floppy format modes of other computers. I have several including original instruction manuals and many programs for both CPM and early DOS. The computer did not have a hard drive (although an addon was available) and was limited to 360 5 1/4 disks. Is anyone interested? Bill -- William F. Roberts 35081 West Fairview Road Oconomowoc, WI, 53066 wroberts(a)wi.rr.com

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Classic HP equipment available

by amanise＠mscn.demon.co.uk

Hi, I’m acting on behalf of a friend of mine who is looking to find a good home for some classic HP Workstation equipment. He has two HP 9000 workstations which he bought way back when the world was young. One is a Model 345, the other a 710. They are both pretty much complete and there are also a couple of extras like hard disc drive unit, early optical disc unit, and external DAT drive. They both come with 16” graphics monitors and graphics input tablets, and both have their original HIL keyboards. The kit list goes like this; HP9000 Series 700 (Apollo) Base unit (sn:3147G02128) Monitor (A1497A) (2 off) Tape drive unit Model CP-150SE Floppy Drive Unit (Mitsubishi MF504B-318M) Optical Drive Series 630 Model 650/A (with 4 rewritable optical discs) HP9000 345 Workstation (sn:98578x3004G01849) Hard Disc Unit Series 330S Model C2212A (sn:3017A02452) DAT Drive Model 310 (sn:310-930013) Full set of HPUXv8.0 Manuals All this stuff is open to offers. If anyone is interested, I think the only caveat might be that if you take away one thing – you take away the lot. Serious expressions of interest should be made to this email address in the first instance. In the interests of practicality, you might like to note that we’re in England – but please don’t hold that against us. Many thanks, Adrian Manise

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PET chiclet keyboard

by avickers＠solutionengineers.com

Hi, Does anyone (pref. UK based for postage charges) have a spare chiclet-style keyboard for the PET 2001? I don't mind if it's broken, in millions of pieces, etc., just so long as the keytops are in good (or, ideally, excellent) condition and are all present. I have a k/b which works well, but is worn right down to the point where some keys are completely unreadable. It would be nice to have it looking all pristine again. -- Cheers, Ade. B-Racing, "B" where the action is! http://www.b-racing.com

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Looking for an old AT&T PC. (fwd)

by vcf＠siconic.com

Can anyone help Lance in his quest to complete his AT&T collection? Reply-to: <lbockelman(a)hotmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 00:02:56 -0600 From: Lance Bockelman <lbockelman(a)hotmail.com> To: vcf(a)vintage.org Subject: Looking for an old AT&T PC. Hello, I stumbled across your web page and found it very interesting. I am myself a collector of old computers and accessories. I am looking for a couple specific AT&T PC's and am wondering if you have come across any of them and would happen to know where I could find them. The models I need to complete my collection are: AT&T 6286 WGS and AT&T 6312 WGS. Any help or pointers you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Lance Bockelman -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

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T1000 Laptop Toshiba in Bangkok

by vcf＠siconic.com

Is anyone interested in a Toshiba T1000 laptop from Thailand? There's nothing particularly special about the T1000. It's Toshiba's second laptop (the T1100 was the first) and it's just a DOS machine. However, the term "laptop" was first used by Toshiba, and this line of machines is what was given that name. I just think it's cool that someone in Thailand wanted to donate a computer :) Reply-to: <wucharinton(a)hotmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 08:07:52 +0000 From: wuchrinton meephanlom <wucharinton(a)hotmail.com> Subject: T1000 Laptop Toshiba Dear Sirs, I had old Laptop T1000 Toshiba -FDD Single Density -512 KB Internal RAM -DOS 2.11 now Working well!!! form 1983-today Bey Meephanlom 209 Soi21 Ramkhamhaeng Road. Wantonglang, Bangkapi,Bangkok 10310 Thailand. Tel 669-5097531 -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

23 years, 3 months

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System Industries 9900 controller

by rbenward＠parker.com

Anybody interested in a System Industries 9900 controller?? Email me at rbenward(a)parker.com Bob PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Epson QX-10 available in Norfolk, Virginia

by vcf＠siconic.com

See below. Reply-to: <95tstm(a)cox.net> -----Original Message----- From: Vintage Computer Festival [mailto:vcf@siconic.com] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 9:45 PM To: David N. Griffiths Subject: Re: Computer donation On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, David N. Griffiths wrote: > Would you have any desire for a complete Epson QX-10 with software and > documentation? One of the floppy drives (A) works when it wants but > otherwise it's in good shape. Hi Dave. Where is it located? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:26:37 -0500 From: David N. Griffiths <95tstm(a)cox.net> Subject: RE: Computer donation It is located here in Yorktown, Virginia, near Norfolk, Virginia. I also have the dot matrix printer for the QX-10. I've stored it within its original box in the garage since 1993. Cheers Dave -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

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DEC Rainbow 100B available in Townsend, MA

by vcf＠siconic.com

Ward Clark has a Rainbow 100B available with manuals and software. Please contact him if interested. Reply-to: <ward(a)joyofmacs.com> -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

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Apple Computer 1976

by cb＠mythtech.net

>I have a Apple Computer I purchased in 1976. I also have the printer. It >still works fine. Interested in selling. E-Mail me at gglass21(a)aol.com. I'll give you $25!.... oh, ok $30 since you have the printer... but you pay shipping ;-) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Apple Computer 1976

by GGlass＠alldata.net

I have a Apple Computer I purchased in 1976. I also have the printer. It still works fine. Interested in selling. E-Mail me at gglass21(a)aol.com.

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FSOT: IBM 4869 external 5 1/4" floppy drive

by twin987＠yahoo.com

To whom it concerns, I am looking to find 1 maybe more external 5 1/4" floppy drives. Anyone with info please let me know. Mike twin987(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

23 years, 3 months

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Early "open hw" projects (was Re: 32k boxen)

by lynne＠telemuse.net

Regarding your thread on NS32k designs (aug2002) to update. We showed off the 375 prototype at the VCF at NASA a few months back - it was a wirewrap and ran great. Also showed a production unit that also ran well. It was sold mostly in aerospace and government (which is why you don't see many owned by individuals nowadays). 386BSD was inspired by many SCS software innovations, including support functions. I passed on your kind words about the 375 to William. Regards, Lynne Jolitz.

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PDP8/S then GRI-909 and the perhaps a british machine called the Molecular?

by osmo.palonen＠pp.inet.fi

Hi, if I remember right, GRI-99 was the computer used in Dymo Graphics, called later Itek systems. Those were used for editorial and composing room text processing with "intelligent" VDU's with Z80 processors. There were a user Group for the European users of Itek systems in the 80's. The system was build in the USA, but I had no idea that the computer could have been British. I have used those systems by myself, but now studying history in the University of Tampere in Finland. Regards, Osmo Palonen

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More Ebay Insanity - TRS-80 for $1000!

by bobh＠tds.net

It looks like maybe the one has manuals included? I have a Model 1 buried in my computer "junk". I'll have to see if it still runs. I could use a grand after Christmas! > > From: "Chandra Bajpai" <cbajpai(a)attbi.com> > Date: 2003/01/06 Mon AM 06:32:16 CST > To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> > Subject: More Ebay Insanity - TRS-80 for $1000! > > OK.I'll be the first one to stay I don't understand Ebay. > > Case in question: 2 TRS-80 Model I, Expansion Interface + Disk drive > Very similar machines.but look at the price difference: >$700 (with 5 > hours left) > > VINTAGE TRS-80 MODEL 1 SYS w/ 2 DISK DRIVES > Current Bid - $255 > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4193&item=208491 > 7980&rd=1> &category=4193&item=2084917980&rd=1 > > 1ST TRS-80 MODEL 1 COMPLETE DRIVE EXPANSION + > Current Bid: $1000 > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4193&item=208521 > 7285&rd=1> &category=4193&item=2085217285&rd=1 > > > Why the insanity? Because the auction title says 'First'???? > > Here's one that's almost as good: > > TRS-80 Model I Keyboard/CPU only - closed at $232 > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2084247042> > &item=2084247042 > > > > >

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Heath MAC II

by steven.l.seto＠boeing.com

Joe: ...Did someone provide manual information? I use an MAC II and can probably give you some tips... Steve

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Timex/Sinclar 1000

by clarksd5＠bellsouth.net

I have a Timex/Sinclair 1000. Excellent condition, with manual and boxed memory plug-in. A little before my time....but I've held on to it. Any market for this ? David Clark Mobile AL USA

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TRS-80 fever on ebay?!

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 1/6/2003 7:05:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, jcwren(a)jcwren.com writes: << I have a '74 Barracuda that's being restored. The original 283 was tossed out into the dirt by the previous owner, and a 440 dropped in. During the restoration, I found a cracked piston skirt, so I had the engine rebuilt. We're looking for some adapter plates to put it on the dyno, but the desktop calculation says 475 HP at the crank. >> Actually, the original engine would have been a 318, maybe a 340. There was a 273, but was not in production in 1974. -- Antique Computer Virtual Museum www.nothingtodo.org

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Any Corvus collectors out there?

by shirsch＠adelphia.net

Hi, I'm new to this list and wondering how many Corvus collectors are out there. I have a fairly broad collection of hardware and software, including 3 or 4 (working!) Bank tape drives (complete with the rare-as-hens-teeth continuous loop cartridges). Other interests and collections: - Apple II and Apple /// - IBM RT/PC - AT&T 3B1 - Heath H11 - Intel MDS-800 - Asst. old CP/M boxen Steve

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Fwd: Xerox 8086 Worth?

by jss＠subatomix.com

Contact the original author, please. ---------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: Sonny Helms <sonhel(a)cox.net> To: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org Date: Friday, January 3, 2003, 9:13:23 AM Subject: Zerox 8086 I have an Zerox 8086 with monitor and keyboard and software and books. It worked last time I had it hooked up about a year ago. What would it be worth. ---------- End forwarded message ---------- -- Jeffrey Sharp

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Fwd: Commodore Stuff Available

by jss＠subatomix.com

Contact the original author, please. ---------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: REO1805(a)aol.com <REO1805(a)aol.com> To: cc-admin(a)subatomix.com Date: Sunday, January 5, 2003, 7:54:47 AM Subject: commodore systems I have a commodore 128 (new condition as purchased in box) and a commodore 64c system (used but like new with box) also a commodore vic-20 manual if anyone should be interested ---------- End forwarded message ---------- -- Jeffrey Sharp

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11/03 system on eBay sold

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

>I've been wondering, ever since I got it a few years ago, what my >PDT-11/150 would go for on eBay. Same here... I've got a few with the EIS/FIS chip in them, maybe that qualifies them for 'L@@K, R@RE' :-) Megan

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Old ETCO catalogs

by aw288＠osfn.org

Some people might recognize the name ETCO - an old time surplus house that, like so many, died in the 1980/90s. Anyway, I found a few of their old catalogs, mostly from around 1982. I used to get these things, and had a good time paging thru these relics, looking up some of the crap I used to buy. Wow, if I could only go back and order more of those tubes... I am done with them...anyone want one for a retro-surplus half-hour good time? Available for postage - $2.00 ought to do it. William Donzelli aw288(a)osfn.org

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Apple //gs available in Hurst, Texas

by vcf＠siconic.com

To anyone interested in an Apple //gs, please contact Crew directly. Reply-to: <crew.r(a)charter.net> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 21:24:22 -0600 From: Reynolds <crew.r(a)charter.net> To: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> Subject: RE: Apple II GS It's in Hurst, TX. I've got enough to boot it up, no docs. I might have one or two disks. -----Original Message----- From: Vintage Computer Festival [mailto:vcf@siconic.com] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 8:46 PM To: Crew Reynolds Subject: Re: Apple II GS On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Crew Reynolds wrote: > I've got an old II GS that's going in the dumper unless you want it. Can > you spring for shipping UPS ground? I'm guessing it will be about $18-20 > to ship. Hi Crew. Where is it located? What else do you have with it (i.e. documentation, software, etc.)? -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

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Busted Mac

by aw288＠osfn.org

I do not normally fix old micros, but I thought I would give this a try. It is an original 128K Mac, with lots of extra goodies. On power-up, I get a sick beep, a dead Mac icon, various pixels on the screen flicker after the screen test, and the code "048298". Not quite dead, but pretty close. What does this code mean? Also, can someone repost that trick for making a tool to get the case open? Thanks! William Donzelli aw288(a)osfn.org

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ADMIN: Coming Updates, Question (classiccmp)

by gil＠vauxelectronics.com

Hi Jeffrey: Some misc thoughts on classiccmp: When I joined the list, I chose cctech, to reduce the off-topic stuff a bit. However, When I posted a question to cctech, I missed most of the answers, since the folks were replying to cctalk. That was no good, so I joined cctalk instead, and get the extra stuff anyway. The idea of two lists seems ok, but to me the cctech seems kinda worthless. Perhaps it is fine for lurkers, but who wants to miss a reply when they post? Then the daily volume of emails got high, so I elected digest mode. The digest is nice and compact, but not easy to use. It would be great if the message list had clickable links to the messages below, but then it would need to be html or pdf, I suppose. And nobody really wants html mail (me included). Or, is it possible to make the subject lines of the digest messages bold (in the messages, not the initial digest list)? Perhaps the message number too? This way it would be easier to find the message when scrolling way down in the digest. It's just not simple to read the digest. But I suppose that can't work in plain text mode either. It is also not simple to reply to a digest message (cut other stuff out, change the subject...). How about a diffent kind of digest: is it possible for the email digest to have links to the web versions of the messages? Then the digest could reduce to just a daily list of links (and it is still plain-text email, with http... links). Read the email summary, click on a link, reply from a button in the browser window... IIRC, there is currently no way to reply while viewing a message in the browser. If we could do that, plus a daily digest of links, it would be quite easy to use. FWIW, gil On Mon Jan 6 01:34:10 2003, Jeffrey Sharp cctech(a)classiccmp.org wrote: > By the way, we now have exactly 720 subscribers. > > I would also like to hear (private email please) from subscribers with > comments for or against the current two-list system. Defense of the ... ;----------------------------------------------------------- ; vaux electronics, inc. 480-354-5556 ; http://www.vauxelectronics.com (fax: 480-354-5558) ;-----------------------------------------------------------

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ADMIN: Coming Updates, Question (classiccmp)

by dzubint＠vcn.bc.ca

On Mon Jan 6 01:34:10 2003, Jeffrey Sharp cctech(a)classiccmp.org wrote: > By the way, we now have exactly 720 subscribers. > > I would also like to hear (private email please) from subscribers with > comments for or against the current two-list system. Defense of the ... Please remember that there might also be people like myself... "lurkers" who do not subscribe to the list, but instead use the www.classiccmp.org website archives of the mailing list to actually read the stuff going on. In response to your question, I personally like the two list system. In your re-design of the website, please be aware that possibly *some* people may be using alternative browsers (ie: *NOT* MS-Internet Explorer) to access the site, so keeping the browser-specific features to a minimum would be really nice. (I personally use lynx (text browser) quite a bit from my VT320 terminal!) Thomas Dzubin

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ADMIN: Coming Updates, Question (classiccmp)

by loedman1＠juno.com

As I have sent the evil Gates creation, Internet (Blue Screen of Death) Explorer to the trash bin and purchased a copy of Opera, I must heartily agree with this suggestion Rich >In your re-design of the website, please be aware that possibly >*some* people may be using alternative browsers (ie: *NOT* MS-Internet >Explorer) to access the site, so keeping the browser-specific features >to a minimum would be really nice.

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./ does the Reuters article... :(

by bpope＠wordstock.com

All, Slashdot *finally* ran something about the Reuters article at http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=1991627 but they feel the need to slam the classiccmp site in the same breath :(! Check it out at http://slashdot.org/articles/03/01/06/0040259.shtml?tid=137 Cheers, Bryan

23 years, 3 months

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11/03 system on eBay sold

by jpl15＠panix.com

Are y'all ready for *this*?? Somebody bought that fairly bare-bones 11/03 with no HD, a DSD dual RX02 clone, and some kind of I/O board (maybe ADC/DAC??) and a ratty old VT100 w/no keyboard for... $449.44 whew. Ain't Capitalism grand? Wonder what a pristine 11/23 would go for... down payment on a bobtail with a liftgate, maybe??? Cheerz John

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Epson manual needed

by classiccmp＠crash.com

Richard A Cini writes: . > Over the vacation I dug out my Seiko/Epson 486 computer. It's a POS > (point-of-sale) computer that I bought from Timeline two years ago I picked up the same unit in early '99 for $100 or so, from Timeline. Wanted to use it as the always-on DNS/NIS/X10 host for the house. It's really a nice little single-board PC in a small box with 2.5" IDE HDD, floppy, ISA slot and maybe one other. Haven't used it in a while - looks like the "CMOS battery" is dead/flat and it won't listen to the PS/2 keyboard as a result. Weird... I do have the paper docs, but the question is where... Also, it's one small perfect-bound booklet, not terribly amenable to scanning. Is there something specific you need info on? --S.

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Hi

by kendonchatz＠yahoo.com

New member here, just trying to see what this is all about, I have some dinosaurs in my basement that need new homes! Ken --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

23 years, 3 months

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Loch NeXT Monster

by nashbucket＠iname.com

Battery replacement instructions for NeXTCube and Dimension are provided in the User's Reference. But I own a NeXTstation N1100 equipped with a decade-old battery and whose screen went dark during use. Powering down and rebooting were normal, except for the dark screen. According to the User's Reference, the screen problem suggests a weak battery, whose replacement must be performed by a dealer, in spite of the ease of access. I replaced the battery and hoped for the best, but now the system doesn't boot past the flashing of the keyboard lights. Obviously, the battery-maintained parameter settings in the PRAM have been lost. Since Mac people developed the NeXTstation, I think I need to zap the PRAM by holding down a key combo during bootup. But I may also need to reinstall the system software, which I don't have. If you can assist my recovery with instructions, a service manual, and/or a NeXTSTEP 3.0 CDROM, please contact 'Buck' at nashbucket(a)iname.com. -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Meet Singles http://corp.mail.com/lavalife

23 years, 3 months

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Anyone need old RAM?

by vcf＠siconic.com

If so, contact Hank. Reply-to: <hstaffa(a)ram-it.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 10:50:32 -0700 From: Hank Staffa <hstaffa(a)ram-it.com> To: vcf(a)vintage.org Subject: Question Do you have a need I have boxes of old memory upgrades starting with sipp modules. Does your organization have a use for these? Hank Staffa Rocky Mountain Ram 1-800-543-0932 www.ram-it.com -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

23 years, 3 months

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New to list

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Matthew Sell" <msell(a)ontimesupport.com> > >Jimbo, > > >What type of vintage games? > >Console or (gulp) coin-operated? > >I collect coin operated vintage games - Atari and Bally/Midway. Hi I collect pins. The newer ones are computers. Most of mine are from the late 70's ti early 80's. I guess that makes them vintage compters, as well. Dwight > >Oh - and vintage compters, of course : ) > > > > - Matt > > > >At 05:55 PM 1/3/2003 -0600, you wrote: >>Hi >>I'm also new to the list. I'm actually more of a collector of Vintage >>Video Game Systems but Collector computers has always interested me. >> >>Thanks >>-Jimbo >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org] >>On Behalf Of C. Murray McCullough >>Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 3:58 PM >>To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >>Subject: New to list >> >>Hi >> >> new to list >> >>Murray-- > > > >Matthew Sell >Programmer >On Time Support, Inc. >www.ontimesupport.com >(281) 296-6066 > >Join the Metrology Software discussion group METLIST! >http://www.ontimesupport.com/subscribe_t&c.html. > > >"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad >"Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler > >Many thanks for this tagline to a fellow RGVAC'er...

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DECmate II

by RITA.WISDOM＠tccd.edu

Do you still need the system diskette for the DEC II? I have several system diskettes, but I also have about 15-18 data diskettes that I would like to retrieve the data from. Perhaps we can exchange favors for each other. Let me know if you're interested. Thanks! Rita Wisdom Writing Center 817-515-6936

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DEC 11/03 on eBay

by fm.arnold＠gmx.net

>>John Lawson wrote: > >> An interesting 11/03 system, has twin DSD 8" drives, and some kind of >> DSD data acquisition card (A/D D/A???) dunno can't see enough detail in >> the pics. >> Seller seems to be rather.... well, 'scattered'.... ;} >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2084606280&category=4193 >> Cheers >> John > >Jerome Fine replies: > >Seller also seems to has used an out-of-focus set of shots to blur >any damage. > >At the current price of $ US 9.99, that would seem to be about >the limit as far as value is concerned. I would not have him power >things on - too much risk. > Well, today we learned that the value is US $449,44. Most amazing. I realley wonder, which components make up this value, especialley since this seems to be more or less untested, lacking the CPU-frontbezel and the cables. My guess was this would raise between 100 and 150. How wrong I was... Oh by the way, I'm still looking for a VT132, anyone who likes to get rid of such one? Frank Arnold

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what a bargain!

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Saw a Spectrum +2 at a car boot sale this morning, complete with label as follows: Sinclair Computer (Works with any monitor or TV) All games etc. 75 pounds I spent a while trying to figure out where they'd missed the decimal point . I actually felt like haggling just to see what the lowest price they were prepared to offer! "but it doesn't have a box!" "Oh, OK, have it for 65 pounds then" :-) Jules __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page >from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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Looking 4...

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 4, 12:36, Philip Pemberton wrote: > pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com wrote: > > MEK is indeed methyl ethyl ketone, aka butanone. [...] > Just out of interest, how does it compare with acetone? Acetone: TLV 1000ppm Butanone: TLV 200ppm IPA: TLV 300ppm BUT please note these figures vary from authority to authority because of differing regulations in different countries, and are sometimes revised in the light of research or experience. The figures I've given are from the Chemical Society in the UK, and US values may differ. Also, TLV says nothing about what the effects of excessive exposure might be, nor about other hazards (fire, caustic effects, etc). > > Like IPA, acetone (nail > > varnish remover), methylated sprit, etc, it's fairly flammable. > Er, fairly flammable? From the reports I've read, it's worse than petrol > (unleaded, LRP, take your pick). Actually it's somewhat harder to ignite than petrol, and harder than acetone. Petrol contains a number of fractions some of which are more volatile than MEK. From memory (because I don't have any figures handy) about 5%-10% of petrol is a fraction with BP around 20C-30C, and about 25% with BP in the range 30C-50C. Boiling Point of acetone is 56C, MEK is 80C. Petrol is rated as "extremely flammable", as are diethyl ether and petroleum ether; acetone, MEK, and IPA are all "highly flammable", as are ethanol and methanol. And if you want the TLV, it's 500ppm (that's without the nasty additives). > > BTW, the acetic acid given off > > by curing RTV is rated as 10-50 times more toxic than MEK :-) > Hmm... Acetic acid: TLV 10ppm TLV (threshold limit value) is a time-weighted average concentration to which a worker can be exposed day after day without adverse effect. > I've just found a page that lists some solvents and their uses - > http://www.seahawkpaints.com/solvents.html > It lists Xylene as being usable for epoxy and polyurethane resin removal. > Hmm... Shame the only source of xylene I have is the stuff mixed with > varnish in my Electrolube "CPL" lacquer pen. You can get it from some trade paint suppliers as it's used as a thinner for some epoxy paints. And of course from any industrial or laboratory chemical supplier, of which there are several in Yorkshire. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Looking 4...

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: Tothwolf <tothwolf(a)concentric.net> > ---snip--- > >Those Lithium cells are also *very* toxic/dangerous. I think I'd be more Hi I always thought that lithium batteries main advantage was that they were not particularly toxiic and relatively safe for the environment. Exposing the insides of a lithium battery to air or water can cause a fire. Most of these batteries have used up the un-reacted lithium, that is why they're being replaced. Dwight >worried about accidentally cutting into it with a Dremel than I'd be about >MEK handled safely under proper conditions. > >-Toth >

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Apologies from the flake

by mhstein＠canada.com

My apologies to everyone who's waiting to hear >from me about stuff I've offered on the list (Philip, Ernest, Rich, Don, Jeff, Sellam, Cameron, and any others I haven't thought of yet). I've been going through some difficulties, one aspect of which is losing most of my memory (and let me tell ya, that's WEIRD), but I do have all of it stored in the computer and hope to go through it real soon now. However, if those of you who haven't given up on me completely could send me a quick note reminding me of what we talked about, it would help a lot. Once again, my apologies, and a new year full of exciting finds to you all! mike

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Looking for small NS32000 system

by classiccmp＠crash.com

Heinz Wolter wrote: . > I always wanted one of those systems - when I was > in school - Natsemi was pushing those Genix/unix > kits like crazy to all the undergrads My entanglement also dates from later in college, in my case well after most of the NS32k's general purpose CPU success ('89-90). I was noodling around with the notion of building something capable of running Unix and someone pointed me at the 32k as something VAX-like that could be obtained in DIP packaging (the 32008 or 32016, at least). > but they turned out to be seriously expensive and > the early 32K parts were severely buggy I can see that others have already stepped up to this one, so since I can't speak from direct experience... --S.

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Jay West???

by jimw＠agora.rdrop.com

...what's your current email address??? (sorry for banging the list with this, but...) -jim --- jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw

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Re Intercolors, was pdp 9 control storage

by Innfogra＠aol.com

In a message dated 1/6/03 8:49:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, xds_sigma7(a)hotmail.com writes: > Does this mean I should feel bad/dumb for having thrown like 8 or so of them > > in the dumpster a year or two ago? > You should have at least without pulled the cardcage. Some of those had full Z80 system cards inside the small STD bus like cardcage. I also sold a couple of the keyboards, one through ePay and the other through the list. They are hard to come by. Paxton Astoria, OR

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PDP9 Control Store on eBay

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

>a few 6502 books, and some interesting Intecolor graphics terminals: Does this mean I should feel bad/dumb for having thrown like 8 or so of them in the dumpster a year or two ago? Will J _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM: Try the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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What am I missing here?

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

Just click on the "Bid History" link to the right og the number of bids. You will see (with some interpretation) that the winner put in a bid of $1000 on 01/02, when the current high was $150. There were then six other bids that ran the total up to the $1,000 limit. The last bid was also $1000, but the winner's $1000 took precedence, since it was earlier. -----Original Message----- From: J.C.Wren [mailto:jcwren@jcwren.com] Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 6:54 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: RE: What am I missing here? I don't know how this would work, because when you place a bid on eBay, it will only show the amount necessary to beat a previous bid. Which means if this guy is running in $10 increments, someone had $990 on it. <snip>

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More Ebay Insanity - TRS-80 for $1000!

by cbajpai＠attbi.com

OK.I'll be the first one to stay I don't understand Ebay. Case in question: 2 TRS-80 Model I, Expansion Interface + Disk drive Very similar machines.but look at the price difference: >$700 (with 5 hours left) VINTAGE TRS-80 MODEL 1 SYS w/ 2 DISK DRIVES Current Bid - $255 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4193&item=208491 7980&rd=1> &category=4193&item=2084917980&rd=1 1ST TRS-80 MODEL 1 COMPLETE DRIVE EXPANSION + Current Bid: $1000 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4193&item=208521 7285&rd=1> &category=4193&item=2085217285&rd=1 Why the insanity? Because the auction title says 'First'???? Here's one that's almost as good: TRS-80 Model I Keyboard/CPU only - closed at $232 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2084247042> &item=2084247042

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