30 Jan
2001
30 Jan
'01
4:57 a.m.
From: Alex Holden <alex(a)linuxhacker.org>
Subject: Re: Machines I'm looking for...
(Speccy +2A)
Oh, the first machine I bought was one of those (before that I used my
brother's VIC 20). It had the ROMs from a +3 (which had a
disk drive) but
the hardware of a +2 (which had a tape drive).
That was the +2B wasn't it? I know my +2B does things my +2A doesn't, like
have a RAM drive and the like.
I still have a +3 in a drawer somewhere, but
absolutely no
disks for it...
Would you like a Vic-20 to play with again then? :)
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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 22:02:57 +0000 (GMT)
From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)
Subject: Re: Machines I'm looking for...
I can see the point in having one of each type of machine,
having spares,
having examples of all the major revisions, etc. But there has to be
_some_ difference between them in general.
*grin*. My ZX81 stack wins on this point because they're all in different
packaging, except the 2 kits! Can't say the same for Spectrums though, but
when someone's got a mint boxed one for a fiver I can never say no! Plus
they're good for trades.
But in my case the first disk-based micro I ever used
was an
RML380Z at
school. So when I saw such a machine at a radio rally, I bought it,
partly for nostalgic reasons.
Heh. Me too, which makes you the same age as me. I hope you don't *feel* as
old as me though :o)
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 10:23:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Lincoln Fessenden <linc.fessenden(a)juno.com>
Subject: DecStation Help please!
boot 3/rz6/vmunix
both without luck.. After each command the response is
identical. The
cdrom spins up for a minute and then stops. No further
prompts, action,
etc..
Anyone have any suggestions?
You need to put it in quotes - "3/rz6/vmunix" as it's uppercasing it for
you.
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:37:49 -0500
From: Tony Eros <tony.eros(a)machm.org>
Subject: RE: Collecting and taxes
Interesting question though -- "should the tax people visit
my site they
might think I'm making a living from buying and selling
machines" -- what
if the "site" in question is a web site? Can the revenooers
use what they
see on a web site against the owner? :-)
It was the website I meant actually - they'll see a list of the collection
and also some machines for sale or trade and think 'aha'.....
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