12 Nov
1997
12 Nov
'97
6:29 p.m.
I just noticed in poking around this goverment auction stuff, a lot
of the computer stuff is marked with codes F# or H#, which can mean
it is radioactive. Yikes! Read the fine print before bidding!
But that Encore system is listed as A1 - in good working order,
etc. And another list showed it's original list price as something
like 2.4 megabucks. Pretty picture, too.
Bill.
12 Nov
12 Nov
9:28 p.m.
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15 Nov
15 Nov
8:21 a.m.
Bill Yakowenko wrote:
I just noticed in poking around this goverment auction stuff, a lot
of the computer stuff is marked with codes F# or H#, which can mean
it is radioactive. Yikes! Read the fine print before bidding!
You say like it's a problem. Some of us _like_ to be able to read the
manuals by the gentle glow of the CPU chassis while we're trying to
figure how to rewire the basement for three-phase.
--
Ward Griffiths
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails
of the last priest." [Denis Diderot, "Dithyrambe sur la fete de rois"]
8:17 a.m.
On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Bill Yakowenko wrote:
You say like it's a problem. Some of
us _like_ to be able to read the
manuals by the gentle glow of the CPU chassis while we're trying to
figure how to rewire the basement for three-phase.
But doesn't radioactivity wipe harddisks? You'd be limited to punch cards
and paper tape for storage... (Let's assign the swap: to ptp0:... )
12:41 p.m.
Yeah, or, for that matter, like to have a place to keep our parakeets where we
know that they'll have fun (growing extra eyes and soforth), or having a way
to keep our computer going without power or a UPS.
Ciao,
Tim D. Hotze
Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Bill Yakowenko wrote:
I just noticed in poking around this goverment auction stuff, a lot
of the computer stuff is marked with codes F# or H#, which can mean
it is radioactive. Yikes! Read the fine print before bidding!
You say like it's a problem. Some of us _like_ to be able to read the
manuals by the gentle glow of the CPU chassis while we're trying to
figure how to rewire the basement for three-phase.
--
Ward Griffiths
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails
of the last priest." [Denis Diderot, "Dithyrambe sur la fete de rois"]
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