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by cgregory＠lrbcg.com

At the thrifts they are always priced at $50. or greater. The Adam is three pieces, and two of the pieces are on the large size. Those doing the pricing at the thrifts seem to equate size (and number of pieces) with price, so these systems tend to be priced higher than average. If you want one and can find one locally for $50 or less, then you should probably grab it. You can find them advertised on the net for less, but the shipping costs will kill any savings. BTW, don't make the mistake of leaving the printer behind if the pieces happen to be priced separately. The power supply for the computer is in the printer so you need it to power the system. Also the data tapes are non-standard and are becoming harder to come by. Cliff Gregory cgregory(a)lrbcg.com -----Original Message----- From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> To: Cgregory <Cgregory> Date: Friday, January 30, 1998 3:43 AM Subject: Re: Point Four, Anadex, C-64 questions >At 08:36 PM 1/29/98 -0800, you wrote: >>> Also, what's a fair price for a Coleco Adam system: 2 keyboards, memory >>> box with datacassette drives, external numeric keypad with knob (paddle?), >>> and printer. >> >>$25 - $30 as long as it works. > >I have to disagree here... I'd say $50-75, possibly as high as $100 with >the extra parts, depending on how badly one wants one. (Again, assuming >it's working.) Mind you, that's what I'd feel comfortable selling it, >wihtout feeling like I'd ripped someone off. I don't know if I'd pay that >much right now, but catch me in a good month... >

28 years, 2 months

Portables with printers attached (was Re: Interesting Find)

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

Ya, that was the IBM PC Convertible. There's a picture of one with the printer attached at http://www.geocities.com/~compcloset/IBMPCConvertible.htm. Kai > -----Original Message----- > From: PG Manney [SMTP:manney@nwohio.nwohio.com] > Sent: Friday, January 30, 1998 5:14 PM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: Re: Interesting Find > > > (Sharp PC-7100) > > > Notice how the handle can slide towards the back so it's off-center? > > Notice the little metal inserts along the top edge of the back? There's > a > > printer (I've only got one) that attaches to the back for portability. > > Didn't the IBM Portable (or convertible...whatever) do that?

28 years, 2 months

Commodore Cable

by foxnhare＠goldrush.com

From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> Subject: More stuff [snip!] > Also got a strange Commodore cable. It has what looks like a double > ended HP-IB connector one end and a card edge connector on the other. All > the connectors have 24 contacts. Both ends have a heavy braided ground > strap. It looks like it's about 2 foot long. Any one know what this is >for? That is a PET to IEEE-488 cable, used to interface Commodore IEEE-488 Printers, Modems and Disk Drives to the PET/CBM, B-128 or P-500 series computers. They are getting hard to come by so if you think you may get a Commodore PET/CBM/B/P computer one day I would advise you hang onto it. Larry Anderson -- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Visit our web page at: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/ Call our BBS (Silicon Realms BBS 300-2400 baud) at: (209) 754-1363 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

28 years, 2 months

Development, round II

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

> Nope, xt286 was a way to put a cheap system of slightly higher performance > out there using slower parts. ...as with the 8088 vs 8086 and 386SX vs DX

28 years, 2 months

Win 3.0

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

> I saw a package of Win 2.0 in a surplus store here if anyone really wants > it I'll pick it up. No docs just the set of disks. I'd love it, if it's super cheap. Thanks. manney(a)nwohio.com

28 years, 2 months

Interesting Find

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

(Sharp PC-7100) > Notice how the handle can slide towards the back so it's off-center? > Notice the little metal inserts along the top edge of the back? There's a > printer (I've only got one) that attaches to the back for portability. Didn't the IBM Portable (or convertible...whatever) do that?

28 years, 2 months

Development, round II

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

> Speaking of polygonical manholes, does anyone know where to get a copy of > turtle logo for older macs? Or, perhaps even better, a cartridge version > for one of the 6502 machines (Atari, c64, etc.)? (This is for my niece who > is probably about ready to at least watch logo pgms.) > > At 01:06 PM 1/29/98 GMT, you wrote: > >indeed round because they then won't fall down the hole if you drop > >them. But other shapes share this property - triangular manholes are > > You may have triangular manholes (and, I assume, covers), but I disagree > with the statement that they won't fall in. (Mind you, they may not be > *likely* to, but that doesn't mean they won't.) > > Consider any regular (is that the right term?) polygon (i.e., all sides, > angles are equal). > > For an odd number of sides: imagine a line from an angle to the midpoint of > the opposite side. Imagine a second line, from that same angle to either > end of the opposite side. You've just created a right triangle (imaginary > lines, half the opposite side) wherein the first imaginary line *must* be > shorter than your second line. Put your first line parallel to the ground, > line up the manhole vertically above the corresponding second line on the > manhole, and drop. > > For an even number of sides: Do the same thing, only the reverse (opposite > angle and connected side, etc.) > > Oh, make sure there's no one down below before dropping *please* > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- > > Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad > roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." > Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates > San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/ >

28 years, 2 months

Off-topic again (Waz: Military Computer Books...)

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

<snip> However - we better watch our step as this is > a clip from email I received from the Sam Ismail about information like > this > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Once again, you've perpetuated off-topic non-sense thus <snip> 'Scuse me, but... No matter what the private differences...no matter the language used...perhaps private e-mail should stay private. I am uncomfortable at your sharing Sam's private opinions with everyone. Perhaps I'm defending Sam's feeling needlessly (Not meaning to do that, as Sam can do it himself without my unsolicited help), but defending my interests as well -- I, too send private e-mail to list members. If the discussion on this listserv continues to degenerate to that level -- and with the constant name-calling -- I, for one, will not feel that my interests are well-served by subscribing. manney(a)nwohio.com

28 years, 2 months

Development, round II

by jfoust＠threedee.com

On my web site, I express my hopes to develop software to help rescue old cassette data by digitizing the tapes. I'm still hunting for specifications of the old formats. I just got a box full of Altair-era cassettes on loan. I plan to digitize them now and rescue the data later. - John Jefferson Computer Museum <http://www.threedee.com/jcm>

28 years, 2 months

toner cleaning

by jfoust＠threedee.com

>Anyone here ever study >moon shining? Fasinating subject (except to Sam of course). Shore! And I can even tie these threads together in a relevant fashion. At a regular auction I'd once visit, I could pick up computer and video equipment for a song, and once I got a handmade, Prohibition-era copper still for $50, and met the guy whose grandfather made it. :-) - John

28 years, 2 months

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