10 Feb
2015
10 Feb
'15
11:32 a.m.
Is anyone on the list going to go after this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221687223814
10 Feb
10 Feb
12:04 p.m.
Oh, wow, it's the system from Youtube... You can see it power up and run...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBKHT1GodBk
What an incredible opportunity to actually own it! And, interesting
equipment within driving distance of MI to boot, which is something you
don't see everyday... I'm curious to see what the final price will turn out
to be... The system looks real nice. Wish I had the big $$ to take that one
in!! I'm sure someone will see it gets a good home.
Imagine if the buyer of the system were to set it up on the Internet for
public access like Paul Allen did with his TOAD-1!
Best,
Sean
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
Is anyone on the list going to go after this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221687223814
12:45 p.m.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 08:32:16AM -0800, Al Kossow wrote:
Is anyone on the list going to go after this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221687223814
Not me ... but ... DROOOOOOOOL ...
John Wilson
D Bit
1:11 p.m.
Well...I'm localish...
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 10, 2015, at 12:45, John Wilson <wilson at
dbit.com> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 08:32:16AM -0800, Al
Kossow wrote:
Is anyone on the list going to go after this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221687223814
Not me ... but ... DROOOOOOOOL ...
John Wilson
D Bit 
1:49 p.m.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
Is anyone on the list going to go after this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221687223814
Well to whoever gets them, would you *please* image the SCSI drives
and send me a copy? Gerry tried to but had technical problems of some
kind. I tried asking the Living Computer Museum, who received a
duplicate system, but got no response from them. :(
This system was part of CompuServe and I kinda got a thing for
collecting as much information on the old online services as I can.
I'm as interested in retro-online services and retro-networking as I
am retro-computing!
I know I'm weird.
Jim
2:55 p.m.
On 2015-02-10 19:49, Jim Carpenter wrote:
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Al Kossow <aek
at bitsavers.org> wrote:
Are you just looking for copies of CompuServe software, or are there any
SC-specific things you try to recreate?
I know of at least one SC40 which is normally online and running 24/7.
It can be reached at HECnet as SOL::
But that machine have never been at CompuServe as far as I know.
Johnny
Is anyone on the list going to go after this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221687223814
Well to whoever gets them, would you *please* image the SCSI drives
and send me a copy? Gerry tried to but had technical problems of some
kind. I tried asking the Living Computer Museum, who received a
duplicate system, but got no response from them. :(
This system was part of CompuServe and I kinda got a thing for
collecting as much information on the old online services as I can.
I'm as interested in retro-online services and retro-networking as I
am retro-computing!
I know I'm weird.
3:21 p.m.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at update.uu.se> wrote:
Are you just looking for copies of CompuServe
software, or are there any
SC-specific things you try to recreate?
I know of at least one SC40 which is normally online and running 24/7. It
can be reached at HECnet as SOL::
But that machine have never been at CompuServe as far as I know.
My primary interest is in the CompuServe software and data.
Jim
3:22 p.m.
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Jim Carpenter wrote:
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Johnny Billquist
<bqt at update.uu.se> wrote:
I am going to give recovering the disks and microcode a priority. If any
technical assistance is required...we can easily work that out.
I want this as much as you!
Are you just looking for copies of CompuServe
software, or are there any
SC-specific things you try to recreate?
I know of at least one SC40 which is normally online and running 24/7. It
can be reached at HECnet as SOL::
But that machine have never been at CompuServe as far as I know.
My primary interest is in the CompuServe software and data.
Jim
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3:35 p.m.
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Jim Carpenter wrote:
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Johnny Billquist
<bqt at update.uu.se> wrote:
I'm with you there, Jim. I'd LOVE to see some of the message boards and
file areas recovered. Tons and tons of history in the boards alone.
g.
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Are you just looking for copies of CompuServe
software, or are there any
SC-specific things you try to recreate?
I know of at least one SC40 which is normally online and running 24/7. It
can be reached at HECnet as SOL::
But that machine have never been at CompuServe as far as I know.
My primary interest is in the CompuServe software and data.
3:43 p.m.
On 2015-02-10 21:35, geneb wrote:
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Jim Carpenter wrote:
I'm sortof surprised if they let that out. I would assume that would be
considered private information that they would be obliged to destroy,
and definitely not just let anyone else get access to.
It reminds me of the situation with the dumps of disks from AI.MIT.EDU
and others, that had problems just because of this for many years until
someone could vet them.
Johnny
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Johnny Billquist
<bqt at update.uu.se>
wrote:
I'm with you there, Jim. I'd LOVE to see some of the message boards and
file areas recovered. Tons and tons of history in the boards alone. Are you just looking for copies of CompuServe
software, or are there any
SC-specific things you try to recreate?
I know of at least one SC40 which is normally online and running
24/7. It
can be reached at HECnet as SOL::
But that machine have never been at CompuServe as far as I know.
My primary interest is in the CompuServe software and data.
4:37 p.m.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at update.uu.se> wrote:
On 2015-02-10 21:35, geneb wrote:
Ya, I doubt we'd be lucky enough to get the public message boards and
file areas but I'm keeping my fingers crossed anyway. It's probably
just the OS and maybe the CompuServe programs subscribers interacted
with. Probably no public or private messages/files.
Jim
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Jim Carpenter wrote:
I'm sortof surprised if they let that out. I would assume that would be
considered private information that they would be obliged to destroy, and
definitely not just let anyone else get access to. My primary interest is in the CompuServe software
and data.
I'm with you there, Jim. I'd LOVE to see some of the message boards and
file areas recovered. Tons and tons of history in the boards alone. 
4:03 p.m.
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 02/10/2015 12:35 PM, geneb wrote:
I just want the monitor. ;)
I'm with you there, Jim. I'd LOVE to see
some of the message boards and
file areas recovered. Tons and tons of history in the boards alone.
Wouldn't some of that stuff still be sensitive? I'd be surprised if it were
still there.
--Chuck
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
11 Feb
11 Feb
2:14 p.m.
I have 2 SC-40s in the truck bed.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 10, 2015, at 16:03, Cory Smelosky <b4 at
gewt.net> wrote:
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I just want the monitor. ;)
On 02/10/2015 12:35 PM, geneb wrote:
I'm with you there, Jim. I'd LOVE to see some of the message boards and
file areas recovered. Tons and tons of history in the boards alone.
Wouldn't some of that stuff still be sensitive? I'd be surprised if it were
still there. --Chuck
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects 
2:16 p.m.
PICTURES! COME ON!
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
I have 2 SC-40s in the truck bed.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 10, 2015, at 16:03, Cory Smelosky <b4
at gewt.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>
>> On 02/10/2015 12:35 PM, geneb wrote:
>>
>> I'm with you there, Jim. I'd LOVE to see some of the message boards
and
>> file areas recovered. Tons and tons of
history in the boards alone.
>
> Wouldn't some of that stuff still be sensitive? I'd be surprised if it
were still there.
I just want the monitor. ;)
--Chuck
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects 
10 Feb
10 Feb
2:07 p.m.
No, not going after this. But, did ask a question:
Q: Any software included? If yes, can you post detailed description
including if source code is available, media and licensing information.
A: No software included. There are drives in the rack with the sc-40's. You
can boot to prompt via terminal emulator, and a sync cable. You can see
what we did by searching Systems Concepts SC40 PDP10 on youtube. Thanks for
your interest.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
Is anyone on the list going to go after this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221687223814
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3:15 p.m.
On 2/10/2015 8:32 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
Is anyone on the list going to go after this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221687223814
Seems the auction was pulled down. As I looked at it at 1205pm PST, it
showed unavailable because it was pulled. However when looking at his
available items, it still showed up, so the two databases were not yet
in sync.
Maybe someone made a deal he couldn't refuse.
Jim
3:16 p.m.
I made a deal to acquire it and get it ASAP.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 10, 2015, at 15:15, jwsmobile <jws at
jwsss.com> wrote:
On 2/10/2015 8:32 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
Is anyone on the list going to go after this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221687223814
Seems the auction was pulled down. As I
looked at it at 1205pm PST, it showed unavailable because it was pulled. However when
looking at his available items, it still showed up, so the two databases were not yet in
sync.
Maybe someone made a deal he couldn't refuse.
Jim
3:21 p.m.
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Ian McLaughlin wrote:
It's more a temporary housing (already got an offer on it! With visitation
rights!)
On Feb 10, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Cory Smelosky
<b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
I made a deal to acquire it and get it ASAP.
Sent from my iPhone
Pictures or it didn?t happen :)
Congrats! Looking forward to seeing more!
Pics will definitely follow...if all goes well it'll likely be public
access!
Ian
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
3:56 p.m.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 08:32:16AM -0800, Al Kossow wrote:
Is anyone on the list going to go after this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221687223814
I know LCM got one from Gerry. Bu he had at least two more. Anyone who knows where
they went?
At least one belongs in CHM just for the compuserve connection.
I tried asking him but I don't think youtube-comments was the best way. :P
/P
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