John R. Keys Jr. wrote: Check out the newsgroup comp.sys.3b1 through Dejanews -- there's a FAQ on the Unix PC that will give you gagloads of useful data. First thing to try if you don't have installation media is to try the login name of "install". 8 times out of 10 it isn't passworded, and that account can change the root password. (Yes, that particular port of Unix has _severe_ security holes by default, most of which are easy to fix, although some of the subtler ones can be tricky -- even if you have the rare [I don't have it, though at one point I had the source code to the operating system] networking software, I strongly discourage using this system as a firewall or even dialup machine). -- Ward Griffiths Two thousand yeare since Bethlehem and still we hear the lie, that after years of hopes and fears the best part's when we die.

Back in October (or was it early November... I cannot remember) our town finally had it's first hamfest. Actually, it was mostly ham stuff, but there was one person who had one table of nuthin' but classics... Got the whole table for $35... Then two days later, I went to this person's house and fixed his internet setup -- he paid me $35 for it, so the computers cost me just less than 1.5 hours of *Easy* work. Anyway, here's what I got: Vic20, datassette -- pretty grungy but he said it worked. (not tested.) 16K Std. Basic CoCo2 with the better keyboard -- but the keyboard was shot. (Keyboard felt like someone dumped sand & Coke in the keys - Yuck!) Rebuilt the keyboard, upgraded to 64K & Ext. Basic -- nice machine now. Also came with the getting started & Std. Basic manuals. A broken TS1000 (bad keyboard cable) and a boxed TS1000 & boxed 16K expansion module, with a couple programs on tape & a couple pgm books. (not tested) And for the crowning glory: A complete (hardware, software, and books) Coleco ADAM computer! I don't recall hearing this machine mentioned on the list as of yet (but I could be wrong), but it's an interesting machine! 80K Ram, 4Mhz Z-80, built-in 10cps daisy-wheel printer, all of the original dox, 2 keyboards, joysticks and a single 256K digital datassette drive. The drive allowed random access to the information on the tape (tho it was slower than floppy, for sure). It also had a copy of ADAMCalc w/dox, and a boxed, unopened extra blank digital tape, and an extra keyboard. I have not tested this yet, but it looks to be in perfect working order. This thing would even handle all of the original ColecoVision cartridges, so it should make a nice game box as well! ------------ After finding the time to test more of the stuff I have, I'll publish an updated want/trade list. (prolly after the holidays.) Well, that's my best finds for a little while... Happy Christmas & A Merry New Year! Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger Merchberger | If at first you don't succeed, Programmer, NorthernWay | nuclear warhead disarmament should *not* zmerch(a)northernway.net | be your first career choice.