23 Sep
2013
23 Sep
'13
7:51 p.m.
Terrible price, but interesting nonetheless.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-C3-Military-Field-Combat-IBM-PC-Working-Condit…
24 Sep
24 Sep
4:01 a.m.
On 9/23/2013 4:51 PM, Brian Lanning wrote:
Terrible price, but interesting nonetheless.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-C3-Military-Field-Combat-IBM-PC-Working-Condit…
The cheap flat head screws and hardware store hinges on the back cover
make this look like it was never actually a military item. Same with the
screws holding down the top. Maybe a mockup for a trade show or to try
and sell it to the military ? It looks cobbled together out of random
army surplus parts and a old Toshiba 286 laptop.
8:05 a.m.
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 4:01 AM, mc68010 <mc68010 at gmail.com> wrote:
The cheap flat head screws and hardware store hinges on the back cover make
The company that seems to have made it still exists: http://www.c3-systems.com
It may be a prototype that was produced for evaluation, or it may have
been a "real" system which was hastily repaired by someone using those
"fishy" screws. Given that it is labelled with "kit #1" I'm
thinking
it's more of the former.
They have a 'contact' form on their website, so I bugged them. We'll
see what they say.
25 Sep
25 Sep
3:16 p.m.
Why do you think the screws and hinges are cheap?
You can not judge the quality of military hardware just by viewing
some jpgs - much of the cheap looking stuff is actually incredibly
durable.
This certainly looks like a mil-spec machine to me.
--
Will
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 4:01 AM, mc68010 <mc68010 at gmail.com> wrote:
On 9/23/2013 4:51 PM, Brian Lanning wrote:
Terrible price, but interesting nonetheless.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-C3-Military-Field-Combat-IBM-PC-Working-Condit…
The cheap flat head screws and hardware store hinges on the back cover make
this look like it was never actually a military item. Same with the screws
holding down the top. Maybe a mockup for a trade show or to try and sell it
to the military ? It looks cobbled together out of random army surplus parts
and a old Toshiba 286 laptop. 
24 Sep
24 Sep
1:58 p.m.
On Sep 23, 2013, at 16:51 , Brian Lanning <brianlanning at gmail.com> wrote:
Terrible price, but interesting nonetheless.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-C3-Military-Field-Combat-IBM-PC-Working-Condit…
I think this one is both more terrible and more interesting:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/230953556173
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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
25 Sep
25 Sep
1:32 p.m.
On Tuesday (09/24/2013 at 10:58AM -0700), Mark J. Blair wrote:
On Sep 23, 2013, at 16:51 , Brian Lanning <brianlanning at gmail.com> wrote:
Ya. From back when we used to make cool stuff in this town.
http://vipclubmn.org/cp16bit.html
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Chris Elmquist N0JCF
St. Paul, MN
Terrible price, but interesting nonetheless.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-C3-Military-Field-Combat-IBM-PC-Working-Condit…
I think this one is both more terrible and more interesting:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/230953556173
3:02 p.m.
On Sep 25, 2013, at 10:32 , Chris Elmquist <chrise at pobox.com> wrote:
Ya. From back when we used to make cool stuff in this
town.
http://vipclubmn.org/cp16bit.html
I'd love to give that AN/UYK-44 a home, but it's way out of my price range.
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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
3:20 p.m.
Be careful about these machines. I have noticed in the past few years
that the Navy is removing and refurbing the machines still on the
ships in the various reserve fleets (the "ghost fleets" in James
River, Philadelphia, and Suisun Bay) - they are all officially tagged
up saying so. This means that the military still wants them to some
degree - so yes, they could actually take back an AN/UYK-20 or
AN/UYK-44 you have in your collection.
--
Will
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:
On Sep 25, 2013, at 10:32 , Chris Elmquist <chrise at pobox.com> wrote:
Ya. From back when we used to make cool stuff in
this town.
http://vipclubmn.org/cp16bit.html
I'd love to give that AN/UYK-44 a home, but it's way out of my price range.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
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