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Tarbell Casette Interface 4 Sale (Was: RE: TRON Movie Soundtrack LP)

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Speaking of Tomita....on his "Bermuda Triangle" album (mine is on > blue vinyl......) he included an encoded message that required > > Majorly cool color. > > someone with a Tarbell cassette interface to read. I never had the > necessary equipment, and it's always bugged me as to what the > message was. Has anyone here ever decoded it? I'm not sure who I'm replying to, as someone's quoting mechanism is working even worse than Outlook's.... But what a coincidence that I'm planning to put a Tarbell Casette Interface up on E-Bay today. My reserve price will be $100, and while it does not include documentation, and I have not tested it, I am including a 1983 Tarbell Electronics catalog (ok, big woo). I thought I'd post here in case someone didn't want to fight the traffic; plus it'd save me a few bucks for the posting. -doug q

25 years, 11 months

Do I look Rich ?

by mgregory＠vantageresearch.com

-----Original Message----- From: John R. Keys Jr. <jrkeys(a)concentric.net> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Monday, June 26, 2000 4:01 PM Subject: Do I look Rich ? >Had a guy e-mail me that wanted to sell a Osborne (do not which model) >but he wanted $3,500 and was not sure if it worked. That's what happens >when you get your name in the paper. If anyone else wants it let me >know. >John Keys > Did you tell him that computers are an investment that don't normally appreciate from their original purchase price (with the possible exception of Apple Is and Altairs)? Tell him I'll sell him an equally collectible Amiga 1000 for a very reasonable $2500. Seriously though, if anyone on-list want an original A1000 in its original box, with original keyboard but a replacement mouse (copies of Kickstart and WB 1.2 included, no manuals) I have one available. I'll take Amiga or Atari ST software (or most anything else Amiga-related) in trade. Cheers, Mark.

25 years, 11 months

TRON Movie Soundtrack LP

by allisonp＠world.std.com

>to Clockwork Orange (still as Walter). By the time of >Tron, Walter had become Wendy. Your dates and music are misaligned. the "Walter" was not used during the period and was neither played up or down. It was a itlem of convenience of the record compmanies. However by then it was history. I know as I have all the albums as originals bought when they were originally released and have kept a Yamaha belt drive going for real music. ;) She is one of many talents that took electronics and rather than make Rover howl, did achieve serious music. Allison

25 years, 11 months

Query about Meyers Computer Services of Jersey Shore, PA

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Has anyone done business with Richard Meyers > of Meyers Computer Services (Jersey Shore, PA)? Ok, I called him, he called me back, VERY busy guy, good intentions, is sending me another unit. He tested this one to make sure it at least spins up (it was strange that while the auction ad made no mention of whether the drive had or had not been tested, that they still offered a 2-day DOA warranty). For my part, I'd decided that if a second unit is bad, hey, it was only $15.00, so no real harm done. But getting a working one means a lot, so I'm hoping this one will be good. At any rate, I feel safe saying that this guy runs a good business, and I'll probably buy >from him again, should the opportunity arise, whether the second unit works or not. -doug q

25 years, 11 months

Query about Meyers Computer Services of Jersey Shore, PA

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

Has anyone done business with Richard Meyers of Meyers Computer Services (Jersey Shore, PA)? Here's why I ask... After the many invectives launched here towards E-bay (but prior to my post defending them), I decided to check out haggle.com. Almost right off the bat, I found something I wanted for a great price- a Seagate 11200ND diff SCSI drive. I won the item, and received it on Wednesday. It was Friday before I got around to trying it- and it's DOA. Won't spin up; I can hear what might be the heads trying to unpark, or maybe it's the drive motor trying to start. But negatory. Additionally, three SMD devices appear to have been removed from the drive's interface PCB. Very strange. I sent him e-mail on Friday w/r/t its status as DOA; the description for the item gave it a 2-day DOA warranty. He appears to be very busy; I spoke to a subordinate, who took my info and said he'd contact mr. meyers about it, and I'd be contacted back. All the feedback on haggle for him is glowing; I'm willing to believe he really is a busy guy and that he (or a subordinate) just grabbed a drive off the wrong pile and shipped it to me. An honest mistake. Should I be apprehensive about this? Hey, I'd only be out $15 if I get no resolution, so it's not going to be the end of the world. Just thought I'd ask before I cop an attitude... tia, -doug q

25 years, 11 months

Do I look Rich ?

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Had a guy e-mail me that wanted to sell a Osborne (do not which model) > but he wanted $3,500 and was not sure if it worked. That's what happens > when you get your name in the paper. If anyone else wants it let me > know. John- You just need to polish up your social engineering skills. ;-) I got a Prime 2455 for shipping costs only; the owner wanted... ...drum roll, please... ten thousand american dollars for this wonderful little machine. The process did entail one $25 phone call to Arizona, and a few shorter/cheaper ones, listening to his anxiety over marrying off the first of his daughters (late, at age 29), and such. But it paid off. -doug q

25 years, 11 months

Do I look Rich ?

by fauradon＠mn.mediaone.net

But you also had quite a few freebies after the article. So I guess that it was mostly positive. And you probably had a good laugh when you read that guys e-mail. Let's do pizza or something Francois PS: Yeah you must be rich, You were in the paper:) >Had a guy e-mail me that wanted to sell a Osborne (do not which model) >but he wanted $3,500 and was not sure if it worked. That's what happens >when you get your name in the paper. If anyone else wants it let me >know. >John Keys >

25 years, 11 months

Do I look Rich ?

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Had a guy e-mail me that wanted to sell a Osborne (do not which model) but he wanted $3,500 and was not sure if it worked. That's what happens when you get your name in the paper. If anyone else wants it let me know. John Keys

25 years, 11 months

Query about Meyers Computer Services of Jersey Shore, PA

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> ...three SMD devices appear to have been removed > > Sure they're not just board options that > weren't placed? Pads for unplaced devices have a decidedly different appearance (in my experience) than what I see here. Usually, the pads are shiny with solder, a remnant I assume of wave soldering or some other similar manufacturing technology. For a given device, a few lead pads will be shiny, some *black*, and some kinda look lke they've been pulled up off the board. Sombody had a steady hand, I'll say that for sure. Either that, or these chips blew themselves off the board. I wish I had a photomicroscope so I could take a picture- you'd see what I mean. As I said in my post, I'm assuming he gets lots of these, and he just grabbed this one off the wrong pile. -dq

25 years, 11 months

HP-1000E PSU

by fmc＠reanimators.org

ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote: > I'm working even more blindly than usual, so could you give me a clue and > at least describe the basic topology of the PSU. I wish. I don't actually have one of these power supplies in front of me right now, just a couple of so-so printed copies of photos showing what it should look like with the top cover off. One photo for the configuration that supports battery backup, one photo for the configuration that doesn't. You can see the latter (which shows what I think rdd has) at http://www.reanimators.org/tmp/1000E-ps.jpeg -- it's about 50KB. Maybe this will help you more than it helps me. What I don't see in the photos is the big transformer-like hunk of iron that I'd expect in a linear power suppply, and the dark spaces don't look big enough to hold one. So I'm thinking it's a switcher. -Frank McConnell

25 years, 11 months

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