20 Oct
2010
20 Oct
'10
2:43 p.m.
Hi Mike,
Thanks for the welcome. I'm in Palmerston North. I once came across a New
Zealand website supporting the SC3000H, probably yours, yes?
Have you subscribed to the forums at
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/forums/index.php ? It gets a little bit
of activity these days and is a great way to network with others interested
in this old iron who live within affordable shipping distances! (-:
Terry (Tez)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike van Bokhoven" <mike at fenz.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: Introduction - Terry Stewart (tezza)
Hi Terry,
Welcome to the list, from another NZ classic-cmper. Whereabouts in NZ are
you located?
I also enjoy getting dead machines going; my current challenge is finding
RAM for a Sega SC3000H. I was hoping someone might have some spare
MCM4517s
for sale (from memory, hopefully that number's right), not much luck in
tracking them down at a decent cost yet. I'm not that great at
troubleshooting dead machines, but I like the challenge.
Mike
On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:43:53 +1300, "Terry Stewart"
<terry at webweavers.co.nz>
wrote:
Hi,
I joined a few days ago and feel I should introduce myself to others on
this
list. Some here may know me as tezza on Eric Klein's Vintage Computer
Forums, a handle I also use on a few other vintage computer places around
the Net.
My interest in microcomputing history started about 11 years ago, when I
created a website to archive some facts about my first micro.
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/system-80/index.htm
However, in 2007 with the kids off my hands (and more room) I started
collecting other micros. This was trigged by finding a OS Challenger 1P
someone gave me in the late 1980s in the bottom of a wardrobe, turning it
on
and finding (astonishingly!) it went! Along with my old System 80, I now
had the nucleus of a classic computer collection!
There was no looking
back
after that!
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/collection/index.htm
I am not a computer engineer, electronics technician or even associated
with
the computer industry in any way. Before I started collecting I knew
nothing about electronics except you plugged something in at the wall,
flicked a switch and (if you are lucky) it went. I had never been under
the
hood of a computer even my System 80. However, once I started collecting
I
found I HAD to learn something about the mystery of binary hardware in
order
to keep these machines up and running! See
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/index.htm . I've found the
vintage/classic computer community to be very supportive and helpful with
sharing knowledge in this regard. I've still
got huge gaps in knowledge
regarding the hardware side but it's improving all the time.
My main motivation for collecting these old machines is to preserve a
slice
of history (particularly in the New Zealand context), and perhaps even
display (and give talks about) the units when I retire years down the
track.
I like to have every machine working, with original manuals and decked
out
with software of the day. Let's face it,
it's also great to have all
those
machines you used to covert back then! Now that I know more about it,
I've
(unexpectedly) come to enjoy the hardware side as well! Nothing is as
satisfying as seeing a dead computer suddenly surge back to life after a
fix. To me, a dead computer is just a collection of wires, silicon and
plastic. They HAVE to be working, and my wife would claim I go to
obsessive
lengths to make them so.
Anyway, that's all about me. I'm working full-time, have a number of
other
interests and may not get a chance to contribute too often. However, I
hope
to share classic computing thoughts/issues where I'm able.
Terry Stewart (Tez)
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz