10 Feb
2002
10 Feb
'02
10:58 a.m.
Hey.
Along the lines of last week's "specialty" thread, I'm kind of
curious
where the various members (including and especially lurkers) live.
Maybe more to the point, where our various machines and parts dumps
reside....
I've managed so far never to touch a database, but this strikes me as
an interesting-enough and simple-enough first project. I'm interested
in listing and correlating several things:
Skillset resources - who knows what, where. For instance, if I had an
Amiga with catweasel hardware and I knew Grumpy ol' Fred lived 30 miles
away, I might just drive out one Saturday, set it up, and learn
something. Or whatever.
Collections. Who has what, where. I travel nationwide (when there's
work to do, that is), and if I know a list-member lives in the area I'll
be in, I might arrange to see their collection, or even do some very
rare face-to-face trading.
Commercial regional and local parts and components resources. Most of
us seem to have pet electronics suppliers in our areas.
Wish lists. Who _wants_ what, where.
What do we do when we're not playing with very old toys? (Yeah, I
know. Look for older toys)
We could do this as an online db, although I doubt that we'd want a
lot of it public.
Comments?
Doc
10 Feb
10 Feb
11:36 a.m.
New subject: ClassicCmp Demographics/Geographics
Whose garage to sneak into at night, when you need a disk controller for the
VAX...
--John
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Doc Shipley
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 16:58 PM
To: Classic Computers
Subject: RFC: ClassicCmp Demographics/Geographics
Hey.
Along the lines of last week's "specialty" thread, I'm kind of
curious
where the various members (including and especially lurkers) live.
Maybe more to the point, where our various machines and parts dumps
reside....
I've managed so far never to touch a database, but this strikes me as
an interesting-enough and simple-enough first project. I'm interested
in listing and correlating several things:
Skillset resources - who knows what, where. For instance, if I had an
Amiga with catweasel hardware and I knew Grumpy ol' Fred lived 30 miles
away, I might just drive out one Saturday, set it up, and learn
something. Or whatever.
Collections. Who has what, where. I travel nationwide (when there's
work to do, that is), and if I know a list-member lives in the area I'll
be in, I might arrange to see their collection, or even do some very
rare face-to-face trading.
Commercial regional and local parts and components resources. Most of
us seem to have pet electronics suppliers in our areas.
Wish lists. Who _wants_ what, where.
What do we do when we're not playing with very old toys? (Yeah, I
know. Look for older toys)
We could do this as an online db, although I doubt that we'd want a
lot of it public.
Comments?
Doc
12:25 p.m.
New subject: ClassicCmp Demographics/Geographics
John Chris Wren wrote:
Whose garage to sneak into at night, when you need a disk controller for the
VAX...
--John
Well if you can find the disk controller before sunrise I say it is fair
game.:)
--
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
1:28 p.m.
New subject: ClassicCmp Demographics/Geographics
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:
John Chris Wren wrote:
...and escape without a huge pile of boxes/boards/hardware falling over on
ya. ;)
-Toth
Whose garage to sneak into at night, when you
need a disk controller for the
VAX...
Well if you can find the disk controller before sunrise I say it is
fair game.:)
1:54 p.m.
New subject: ClassicCmp Demographics/Geographics
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:
My only problem would be not being able to crawl away with everything
I'd picked up.
"There it is!"
"OH! Look at that!"
"This ain't very big"
"Well, what good is that without the other...."
You get the drift.
Doc
John Chris Wren wrote:
...and escape without a huge pile of boxes/boards/hardware falling over on
ya. ;) Whose garage to sneak into at night, when you
need a disk controller for the
VAX...
Well if you can find the disk controller before sunrise I say it is
fair game.:)
2:07 p.m.
New subject: ClassicCmp Demographics/Geographics
Tothwolf wrote:
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:
Lets not forget the half tamed Wolf , two skunks and a snake living in
the wilds of the garage too. :)
--
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
John Chris Wren wrote:
...and escape without a huge pile of boxes/boards/hardware falling over on
ya. ;)
-Toth Whose garage to sneak into at night, when you
need a disk controller for the
VAX...
Well if you can find the disk controller before sunrise I say it is
fair game.:) 
11 Feb
11 Feb
2:29 p.m.
New subject: ClassicCmp Demographics/Geographics
Hmmm,
Maybe we should include a flag, to warn that the vintage collection is under the
protection of another collection!
John Chris Wren wrote:
Whose garage to sneak into at night, when you need a
disk controller for the
VAX...
--John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Doc Shipley
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 16:58 PM
> To: Classic Computers
> Subject: RFC: ClassicCmp Demographics/Geographics
>
>
> Hey.
> Along the lines of last week's "specialty" thread, I'm kind of
curious
> where the various members (including and especially lurkers) live.
> Maybe more to the point, where our various machines and parts dumps
> reside....
> I've managed so far never to touch a database, but this strikes me as
> an interesting-enough and simple-enough first project. I'm interested
> in listing and correlating several things:
>
> Skillset resources - who knows what, where. For instance, if I had an
> Amiga with catweasel hardware and I knew Grumpy ol' Fred lived 30 miles
> away, I might just drive out one Saturday, set it up, and learn
> something. Or whatever.
> Collections. Who has what, where. I travel nationwide (when there's
> work to do, that is), and if I know a list-member lives in the area I'll
> be in, I might arrange to see their collection, or even do some very
> rare face-to-face trading.
> Commercial regional and local parts and components resources. Most of
> us seem to have pet electronics suppliers in our areas.
> Wish lists. Who _wants_ what, where.
> What do we do when we're not playing with very old toys? (Yeah, I
> know. Look for older toys)
>
> We could do this as an online db, although I doubt that we'd want a
> lot of it public.
>
> Comments?
>
> Doc
>
>
4:32 p.m.
New subject: ClassicCmp Demographics/Geographics
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Bob Shannon wrote:
Hmmm,
Maybe we should include a flag, to warn that the vintage collection is under the
protection of another collection!
There _is_ an unofficial SIG in the local Linux User Group. "Geeks
with Guns"....
Doc
5:08 p.m.
New subject: ClassicCmp Demographics/Geographics
Or "Don't move, sucka, or I'll drop this ASR-33 on you!"
--John
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Doc
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 22:32 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: ClassicCmp Demographics/Geographics
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Bob Shannon wrote:
Hmmm,
Maybe we should include a flag, to warn that the vintage
collection is under the
protection of another collection!
There _is_ an unofficial SIG in the local Linux User Group. "Geeks
with Guns"....
Doc
10 Feb
10 Feb
11:46 a.m.
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
Hey.
Along the lines of last week's "specialty" thread, I'm kind of
curious
where the various members (including and especially lurkers) live.
Maybe more to the point, where our various machines and parts dumps
reside....
Yeah, that sounds like a good/useful idea. I'd be willing to do some work
on setting this up. I could even host the database... right now, using
a server on Purdue's campus.
I've managed so far never to touch a database,
but this strikes me as
an interesting-enough and simple-enough first project. I'm interested
in listing and correlating several things:
The last time I've really played with a database was back in Windows 3.1
days with Microsoft Access. However, I know people that know what they're
doing and could assist me ;). [I'd propose a system set up on a Linux
server, not Windows of course.]
Skillset resources - who knows what, where. For
instance, if I had an
Amiga with catweasel hardware and I knew Grumpy ol' Fred lived 30 miles
away, I might just drive out one Saturday, set it up, and learn
something. Or whatever.
Collections. Who has what, where. I travel nationwide (when there's
work to do, that is), and if I know a list-member lives in the area I'll
be in, I might arrange to see their collection, or even do some very
rare face-to-face trading.
Commercial regional and local parts and components resources. Most of
us seem to have pet electronics suppliers in our areas.
Wish lists. Who _wants_ what, where.
What do we do when we're not playing with very old toys? (Yeah, I
know. Look for older toys)
We could do this as an online db, although I doubt that we'd want a
lot of it public.
That's a rather simple thing to do, although it would still be hard to
prevent 'leechers' if we want it open. My basic idea is to have
'accounts' (email and password perhaps) that you must be a member of
classiccmp to set up (checks that you are a list member... somehow...
still need to hash out details for that), and sends the person a
verification code via email to confirm their account is being registered
by them. After they have an account, simple .htaccess files would do a
good job of limiting access to the data.
-- Pat
12:26 p.m.
Pat Finnegan wrote:
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
What is wrong with a text file?
--
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
Hey.
Along the lines of last week's "specialty" thread, I'm kind of
curious
where the various members (including and especially lurkers) live.
Maybe more to the point, where our various machines and parts dumps
reside....
Yeah, that sounds like a good/useful idea. I'd be willing to do some work
on setting this up. I could even host the database... right now, using
a server on Purdue's campus.
1:42 p.m.
A flat text file can easily be a CSV database ;)
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:
Pat Finnegan wrote:
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
What is wrong with a text file?
--
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
Hey.
Along the lines of last week's "specialty" thread, I'm kind of
curious
where the various members (including and especially lurkers) live.
Maybe more to the point, where our various machines and parts dumps
reside....
Yeah, that sounds like a good/useful idea. I'd be willing to do some work
on setting this up. I could even host the database... right now, using
a server on Purdue's campus. 
12:44 p.m.
You should setup a website with an on-line entry form and a simple flat
database and we could keep a whole listing of who/what/where and it could be
very useful for all.
Curt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Finnegan" <pat(a)purdueriots.com>
To: "Classic Computers" <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: RFC: ClassicCmp Demographics/Geographics
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
Hey.
Along the lines of last week's "specialty" thread, I'm kind of
curious
where the various members (including and especially lurkers) live.
Maybe more to the point, where our various machines and parts dumps
reside....
Yeah, that sounds like a good/useful idea. I'd be willing to do some work
on setting this up. I could even host the database... right now, using
a server on Purdue's campus.
I've managed so far never to touch a
database, but this strikes me as
an interesting-enough and simple-enough first project. I'm interested
in listing and correlating several things:
The last time I've really played with a database was back in Windows 3.1
days with Microsoft Access. However, I know people that know what they're
doing and could assist me ;). [I'd propose a system set up on a Linux
server, not Windows of course.]
Skillset resources - who knows what, where.
For instance, if I had an
Amiga with catweasel hardware and I knew Grumpy ol' Fred lived 30 miles
away, I might just drive out one Saturday, set it up, and learn
something. Or whatever.
Collections. Who has what, where. I travel nationwide (when there's
work to do, that is), and if I know a list-member lives in the area I'll
be in, I might arrange to see their collection, or even do some very
rare face-to-face trading.
Commercial regional and local parts and components resources. Most of
us seem to have pet electronics suppliers in our areas.
Wish lists. Who _wants_ what, where.
What do we do when we're not playing with very old toys? (Yeah, I
know. Look for older toys)
We could do this as an online db, although I doubt that we'd want a
lot of it public.
That's a rather simple thing to do, although it would still be hard to
prevent 'leechers' if we want it open. My basic idea is to have
'accounts' (email and password perhaps) that you must be a member of
classiccmp to set up (checks that you are a list member... somehow...
still need to hash out details for that), and sends the person a
verification code via email to confirm their account is being registered
by them. After they have an account, simple .htaccess files would do a
good job of limiting access to the data.
-- Pat
12:54 p.m.
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote:
Get a good DB2 book, and I'll let you host it distributed on some of my
mainframes and RS/6000's.
Peace... Sridhar
Along the
lines of last week's "specialty" thread, I'm kind of curious
where the various members (including and especially lurkers) live.
Maybe more to the point, where our various machines and parts dumps
reside....
Yeah, that sounds like a good/useful idea. I'd be willing to do some work
on setting this up. I could even host the database... right now, using
a server on Purdue's campus.
I've managed so far never to touch a
database, but this strikes me as
an interesting-enough and simple-enough first project. I'm interested
in listing and correlating several things:
The last time I've really played with a database was back in Windows 3.1
days with Microsoft Access. However, I know people that know what they're
doing and could assist me ;). [I'd propose a system set up on a Linux
server, not Windows of course.] 
12:27 p.m.
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On Sunday 10 Feb 2002 21:58 pm, Doc Shipley wrote:
Hey.
Along the lines of last week's "specialty" thread, I'm kind of
curious
where the various members (including and especially lurkers) live.
During University term-times, Oxford, UK. Outside term times, a town that's
exactly half-way between Oxford and London.
Maybe more to the point, where our various machines
and parts dumps
reside....
At home :-) Most of my computers are in the loft (semi-conversion to a proper
room), with a couple of larger machines in a downstairs room because they
were too heavy to get up the stairs.
I've managed so far never to touch a database,
but this strikes me as
an interesting-enough and simple-enough first project. I'm interested
in listing and correlating several things:
Skillset resources - who knows what, where. For instance, if I had an
Amiga with catweasel hardware and I knew Grumpy ol' Fred lived 30 miles
away, I might just drive out one Saturday, set it up, and learn
something. Or whatever.
I know a little bit about most of the machines I've got. However, I wouldn't
call myself an expert at all, especially when compared to the people who
regularly post to this list :)
Collections. Who has what, where. I travel
nationwide (when there's
work to do, that is), and if I know a list-member lives in the area I'll
be in, I might arrange to see their collection, or even do some very
rare face-to-face trading.
I've got some various common machines (assorted PCs, Apple ][c, a few Macs,
couple of Vaxen, BBC Model B, Sharp MZ-80K, Perkin Elmer 3600 Data Station,
TRS-80 laptop, couple of Sun machines, an Indy and a Data General MV2600).
Commercial regional and local parts and components
resources. Most of
us seem to have pet electronics suppliers in our areas.
Wish lists. Who _wants_ what, where.
I'd have anything that's going free or low-cost that's within pick-up
(generally walking or cycling distance in Oxford). However, I don't really
have enough space at home to put much more equipment.
What do we do when we're not playing with very
old toys? (Yeah, I
know. Look for older toys)
:-) Music - playing in some bands.
We could do this as an online db, although I doubt
that we'd want a
lot of it public.
Comments?
Well, I don't mind the data given above to be made public.
Dan
- --
dankolb(a)ox.compsoc.net
- --I reserve the right to be completely wrong about any comments or
opinions expressed; don't trust everything you read above--
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11 Feb
11 Feb
2:28 p.m.
Great Idea!
Doc Shipley wrote:
Hey.
Along the lines of last week's "specialty" thread, I'm kind of
curious
where the various members (including and especially lurkers) live.
Maybe more to the point, where our various machines and parts dumps
reside....
I've managed so far never to touch a database, but this strikes me as
an interesting-enough and simple-enough first project. I'm interested
in listing and correlating several things:
Skillset resources - who knows what, where. For instance, if I had an
Amiga with catweasel hardware and I knew Grumpy ol' Fred lived 30 miles
away, I might just drive out one Saturday, set it up, and learn
something. Or whatever.
Collections. Who has what, where. I travel nationwide (when there's
work to do, that is), and if I know a list-member lives in the area I'll
be in, I might arrange to see their collection, or even do some very
rare face-to-face trading.
Commercial regional and local parts and components resources. Most of
us seem to have pet electronics suppliers in our areas.
Wish lists. Who _wants_ what, where.
What do we do when we're not playing with very old toys? (Yeah, I
know. Look for older toys)
We could do this as an online db, although I doubt that we'd want a
lot of it public.
Comments?
Doc
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