2 Mar
2002
2 Mar
'02
2:21 p.m.
I've spent some years on the net searching for info on my latest acquisition
and how to get it functioning. In the mutitude of sites available some provided
useful info on the machine or platform while others simply supplied pictures
of a collection. Sources could lead you to a multitude of sites before you
found the one that answered your questions, if you were lucky.
The problem is the common problem on the net of too much information.
Sellams site is a case in point, and IINM my site-list from T3C served as a
source for his some of his list. The multitude of sites is just too overwhelming.
What would be good is the definitive computer site for each computer or the
catagory you're looking for. Jeff Helliges site for the Tandy 2000
http://www.cchaven.com
Tim Manns TRS80 site
http://www.tim-mann.org/trs80new.html
Kees Travers TRS m.II
http://home.iae.nl/users/pb0aia/cm/modelii.html
Merch's site for the m.100 ( Can't find it in my list.Put it in your sig file
Merch)
For the CoCo
http://zeppelin.tzo.cc/coco/coco.jhtml
Tandy 1000 page (can't find it- Red dog page ?)
As examples just for the Tandy boxes.
comprehensive sites like the PCjr one
http://mail.magnaspeed.net/~mbbrutman/PCjr/pcjr.html
or any of the PS/2 Mafia pages and the IBM Can site for most models
It would still comprise a multitude of info but would point you to the best
sources of info on that box you just acquired.
And of course generate a bunch of disagreements on the list as to the
most authoritive site.
Sellams site would likely be the best place to list such a thing as it is well-
known and would likely need only a minimum of re-organisation.
And of course could have various sections for those into micros, minis, and
even mainframes. Rogers site could be a kickoff for Laptops.
The main thing would be that the listing was the authoritive site in the
opinion of the list, and save a collector from tedius Google searches.
Possibly even a rating system could be used.
Lawrence
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Love of the Goddess makes the poet go mad
he goes to his death and in death is made wise.
Robert Graves
2 Mar
2 Mar
12:38 p.m.
On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Lawrence Walker wrote:
The problem is the common problem on the net of too
much information.
Sellams site is a case in point, and IINM my site-list from T3C served
as a source for his some of his list. The multitude of sites is just too
overwhelming.
I've been really want to add some intelligence to the VCF Link Library:
http://www.vintage.org/cgi-bin/links.pl
I want to eventually turn it into a search engine for classic computer
sites, where it will target the sites listed in the library and get some
keywords from them to drive a search engine. So if you wanted to find
info on, say, the C64 disk format, instead of having to check through
every Commodore link, you would ideally be able to plug that into the
search engine and it would point you to the site.
That being pitched, Google seems to do a pretty good job of finding stuff
for you on the first try.
Sellams site would likely be the best place to list
such a thing as it
is well- known and would likely need only a minimum of re-organisation.
I'm game for hosting it.
The main thing would be that the listing was the
authoritive site in the
opinion of the list, and save a collector from tedius Google searches.
Possibly even a rating system could be used.
I'm sure rankings could be automated using a Google-like mechanism, i.e.
sites with the most links TO them will receive top ranking and be
considered the "definitive site".
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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10 Mar
10 Mar
6:30 p.m.
Well since there doesn't seem to be too much interest here, when I winnow
down my bookmarks, I'll upload it to you. No mini-stuff tho.
Lawrence
On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Lawrence Walker wrote:
Reply to: lgwalker(a)mts.net
Love of the Goddess makes the poet go mad
he goes to his death and in death is made wise.
Robert Graves
The problem is the common problem on the net of
too much information.
Sellams site is a case in point, and IINM my site-list from T3C served
as a source for his some of his list. The multitude of sites is just too
overwhelming.
I've been really want to add some intelligence to the VCF Link Library:
http://www.vintage.org/cgi-bin/links.pl
I want to eventually turn it into a search engine for classic computer
sites, where it will target the sites listed in the library and get some
keywords from them to drive a search engine. So if you wanted to find
info on, say, the C64 disk format, instead of having to check through
every Commodore link, you would ideally be able to plug that into the
search engine and it would point you to the site.
That being pitched, Google seems to do a pretty good job of finding stuff
for you on the first try.
Sellams site would likely be the best place to
list such a thing as it
is well- known and would likely need only a minimum of re-organisation.
I'm game for hosting it.
The main thing would be that the listing was the
authoritive site in the
opinion of the list, and save a collector from tedius Google searches.
Possibly even a rating system could be used.
I'm sure rankings could be automated using a Google-like mechanism, i.e.
sites with the most links TO them will receive top ranking and be
considered the "definitive site".
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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