Ah Ha! So not just me. Liam too. Why would they keep such an event hidden? Perhaps there is a secret powerful group within the normal computer collecting community. Was it all done by encrypted email, secret signs, or special handshakes? Are the pictures real or were they done in a film studio? Did anybody on the list see any posts to the list or was it by invitation only? Did anybody on the list know but were told to keep quiet. That must be about the worst publicity failure on record. What the heck happened? Rod Smallwood On 29/10/15 14:04, Liam Proven wrote:

Lee Felsenstein did a talk. https://media.ccc.de/v/vcfb2015_-_41_-_en_-_medientheater_-_201510031730_-_… On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Anke St?ber <stueberahoo at yahoo.de> wrote: -- Bill

Hi Anke (I'll use English for the benefit of rest of the list) I would love to hear about any vintage computer shows anywhere in Western Europe. Please add my name to your mailing list. Whilst a lot of us are American Not all of us are (I'm English) and so there are some living this side of the Atlantic. Rod Smallwood On 04/11/15 21:34, Anke St?ber wrote:

On 4 November 2015 at 22:34, Anke St?ber <stueberahoo at yahoo.de> wrote: Echoing whjat -- Liam Proven ? Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) ? +420 702 829 053 (?R)

Me too, please -Rik

Anke wrote.... Anke - please feel free to post any classic computer related events on this list!! J

Hi Mike, I'm not annoyed and I'm not blocking you from viewing anything. Talk to the owner of the VC forum - Erik can help you, it is his forum and his call. On Oct 30, 2015 9:30 AM, "Mike Stein" <mhs.stein at gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, Nov 01, 2015, Mike Stein wrote: Are those the kind of drives that are appropriate for use at a Renaissance Faire? -- Eric Christopherson

[top-posting and no-trimming damage repaired manually] Methinks Eric is playing on an alternative meaning of SCA, specifically, the Society for Creative Anachronism, members of which frequently attend - and sometimes hold - renaissance fair(e)s. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse at rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B

Thanks everyone for your feedback. Since there may be sensitive data on them I have to either securely wipe them or destroy them; I did just find a couple of Proliant servers that somehow escaped my purge though, so wiping them may not be as big a PITA as I feared. Looks like most (~10) are 18.5GB 10KRPM 160 MB/s Ultra3 units, 4 or 5 146GB Ultra320s and a few in between. In case anyone is looking for the 'caddies' it looks like they're mostly HP/Compaq, including several dummies; I scrapped more IBM servers than HP, but to my surprise I only found two IBM units. I've noted the folks who expressed interest and I'll post again if/when I decide to test & wipe them; thanks again! m ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zane Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 10:37 AM Subject: Re: SCA drives - any interest? On Nov 1, 2015, at 12:46 PM, "Mike Stein" <mhs.stein at gmail.com> wrote: I don't need any, but if anyone can get their hands on JBOD boxes that use these, they're fantastic drives. I was lucky enough to get several Andataco 3-Drive JBOD boxes (I passed on the 7-drive units as to big, heavy, noisy, and power hungry). These are great for OpenVMS/Alpha and Sun systems, and provide a cheap way to get decent sized SCSI drives, as most people can't use them. I had a couple of the 3-Drive units and a DEC BA350 shelf running in our dining room for several years (the BA350 was on a VAX). My most recent score was some brand new 300GB SCA drives. :-) They'll allow me to take my Alpha down to two HD's and drastically shrink its power requirements. Zane

----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 1:42 PM Subject: Re: SCA drives - any interest? ----- Reply ----- Yeah, can't find it at the moment of course but I do have an 80<>68 pin adapter; just need a cable, controller, system and time... m

I have a couple of 6-drive hot swap bays that some of these drives came out of; unfortunately I didn't make a note of what systems they came out of but they look like the bay in this Proliant ML370: http://techtradepartners.squarespace.com/blog/2011/1/3/we-practice-what-we-… although this 5500 looks vaguely familiar and there are two of these bays...: http://tempcomgauper.blog.com/2014/04/06/compaq-proliant-5500-server/ In any case, they interface through a 68-pin SCSI connector and a 6-pin power connector; by any chance would anyone know where I could find the pinout for that power connector? Maybe this isn't the best place to ask; is there a forum where server fans hang out? Thanks, mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zane Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 8:21 PM Subject: Re: SCA drives - any interest? On Nov 2, 2015, at 10:42 AM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote: I have one or two of those adapters somewhere. Any SCA drives I've used, have been quite hot, which is why I run them in external enclosures intended for them. It's rare to find ones that run at less than 7200rpm, most are 10k or 15k. Zane

And the last time you decided to litigate this topic here, I also told you to talk to Erik. That was just a few weeks ago. I have no objections to you pursuing and enjoying your hobby. I have moved on. Talk to Erik about undoing the ban at VCF and you can move on to. I have already told Erik that the ban should be lifted and I have no objections. Or, you can continue to keep bringing it up here and then pointing out how it doesn't belong here. On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Mike Stein <mhs.stein at gmail.com> wrote:

Whats all the fuss about.? What did the poor guy do to be banned? Rod On 02/11/15 20:48, Mike Stein wrote:

On Mon, 2 Nov 2015, rod wrote: Some sort of import of flamewar(s) from another list (we can't create enough of our own?) Nothing on this list. The parties involved don't seem to agree. Has probably now devolved into a battle over having The Last Word.

Hello J I certainly don't recall it from before Well if needs private email so be it. Sadly, unless whatever it is, can be settled it will be back. 'What goes around comes around' Oh well back to nicer things. I have a big batch of panels at the silk screen shop. I'm awaiting a call to go and look at the first off's Rod On 03/11/15 00:09, Jay West wrote: