14 Dec
2001
14 Dec
'01
4:08 p.m.
People on here have talked about people on eBay taking a perfectly good
working machine and selling it off piece by piece but this takes the
capacitor screwdriver, soldering iron and sucker....
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1309283581
This person? is selling 40 little plastic thingies that go under a key on
the Commodore 128's keyboard along with a spring!!!
Bryan
Excuse while I go bang my head against a wall... Did you know if you do that
for an hour you burn 150 calories?
14 Dec
14 Dec
5:56 p.m.
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Bryan Pope wrote:
People on here have talked about people on eBay taking a perfectly good
working machine and selling it off piece by piece but this takes the
capacitor screwdriver, soldering iron and sucker....
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1309283581
This person? is selling 40 little plastic thingies that go under a key on
the Commodore 128's keyboard along with a spring!!!
Bryan
Excuse while I go bang my head against a wall... Did you know if you do that
for an hour you burn 150 calories?
That seems low. IIRC, a person sitting and reading - nonexertive - puts
out about 140 BTU/hr. Admittedly, this is from a HVAC class more years
ago than I like to remember.
- don
5:59 p.m.
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Bryan Pope wrote:
Oooh, I want a button buttons key keys!
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
12:42 p.m.
"Jeffrey S. Sharp" wrote:
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Bryan Pope wrote:
Oooh, I want a button buttons key keys!
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
Goes to the back room and smashes a 286 with sledge hammer.
*** breaking sounds ***
That should get me several several grand on ebay!
--
Ben Franchuk --- Pre-historic Cpu's --
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
15 Dec
15 Dec
4:24 a.m.
Keep in mind that this guy's offering a bunch of spare parts for cheap. You
can't go out and buy these, and he's got 'em and wants to get rid of 'em.
If
you wanted one or more of these, would you prefer he simply toss his broken C64
or C128 in the dumpster? He probably fixed another computer with these
otherwise useless ones and figures someone else might want to do the same.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Franchuk" <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: Arrrgh!! Piecemeal auction!
"Jeffrey S. Sharp" wrote:
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Bryan Pope wrote:
Oooh, I want a button buttons key keys!
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
Goes to the back room and smashes a 286 with sledge hammer.
*** breaking sounds ***
That should get me several several grand on ebay!
--
Ben Franchuk --- Pre-historic Cpu's --
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
14 Dec
14 Dec
6:11 p.m.
That has to be one of the silliest auctions I think I've ever seen.
Jeffrey H. Ingber (jhingber _at_ ix.netcom.com)
On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 23:59, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Bryan Pope wrote:
Oooh, I want a button buttons key keys!
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
10:21 p.m.
At 10:08 PM 12/14/01 -0500, you wrote:
People on here have talked about people on eBay taking
a perfectly good
working machine and selling it off piece by piece but this takes the
capacitor screwdriver, soldering iron and sucker....
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1309283581
This person? is selling 40 little plastic thingies that go under a key on
the Commodore 128's keyboard along with a spring!!!
Bryan
Excuse while I go bang my head against a wall... Did you know if you do that
for an hour you burn 150 calories?
oh, come on -- it isn't like the guy was unsoldering the TTL from an Apple
1 to sell as parts. If he is willing to put in the effort and ship 50
boxes to make $50, then he has a lot more time on his hands than I do.
So even if they came from a working machine, perhaps 5 people out there who
have a Commodore 128 sitting unused because it has a broken keycap can buy
a replacement part at a reasonable price, yielding a net increase in
working vintage machines.
Speaking as a person who has an organ donation card filled out, I just hope
that my logic applies only to computers and not to people who haven't yet
reached the end of the line.
I'd rather keep my organs for a while longer.
-----
Jim Battle == frustum(a)pacbell.net
15 Dec
15 Dec
4:26 a.m.
I think the guy's providing a service, and that it's not about making money.
He's not likely to get rich, after all.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Battle" <frustum(a)pacbell.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2:21 AM
Subject: Re: Arrrgh!! Piecemeal auction!
At 10:08 PM 12/14/01 -0500, you wrote:
People on here have talked about people on eBay
taking a perfectly good
working machine and selling it off piece by piece but this takes the
capacitor screwdriver, soldering iron and sucker....
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1309283581
This person? is selling 40 little plastic thingies that go under a key on
the Commodore 128's keyboard along with a spring!!!
Bryan
Excuse while I go bang my head against a wall... Did you know if you do that
for an hour you burn 150 calories?
oh, come on -- it isn't like the guy was unsoldering the TTL from an Apple
1 to sell as parts. If he is willing to put in the effort and ship 50
boxes to make $50, then he has a lot more time on his hands than I do.
So even if they came from a working machine, perhaps 5 people out there who
have a Commodore 128 sitting unused because it has a broken keycap can buy
a replacement part at a reasonable price, yielding a net increase in
working vintage machines.
Speaking as a person who has an organ donation card filled out, I just hope
that my logic applies only to computers and not to people who haven't yet
reached the end of the line.
I'd rather keep my organs for a while longer.
-----
Jim Battle == frustum(a)pacbell.net
7:54 a.m.
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4:11 p.m.
While I agree completely with what you've said, I'd point out that you
frequently seem to take the position that one should always repair a machine and
never use one for parts. It's an easy thing to say, but, in light of your
comment, I'm sure you realize how hard it is to determine where to draw the line
between machines for parts and machines to fix.
I made the remark earlier that he's actually performing a useful service in that
he's making parts available that many would simply have tossed out.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: Arrrgh!! Piecemeal auction!
People on here have talked about people on eBay taking a perfectly good
working machine and selling it off piece by piece but this takes the
capacitor screwdriver, soldering iron and sucker....
Is there any evidence that he has stripped a working machine for parts?
Does he have other auctions where he's selling the keycaps, keyboard
frame, keyboard PCB, logic PCB, chips, case parts, passive components, etc?
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1309283581
This person? is selling 40 little plastic thingies that go under a key on
the Commodore 128's keyboard along with a spring!!!
OK, say I have a C128. I've got keyboard problems and need some
replacement 'widgets'. Where should I go to get them?
-tony
16 Dec
16 Dec
10:49 a.m.
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