21 Mar
2013
21 Mar
'13
2:01 p.m.
Well, it's been about a 3 year hiatus from the list for me...
How many of the old farts & curmudgeons are still around? ;)
One burning question, has the list's definition of a classic
computer been updated from the 10 year rule?
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21 Mar
21 Mar
2:07 p.m.
I've got this WONDERFUL
*****RARE*****
**** SUPER CLASSIC ***** @@@@ LOOOK @@@@******MUST SEEEEEEE******
****////ORIGINAL DELL/////******
2.8GHZ *SCREAMER FOR ITS TIME* PENTIUM *4* (NOT MANY LEFT!!!!!)
**** TWO GIGS OF RAM**** SMALL IN OUR TIME, BUT HUGE, HUGE ABSOLUTELY HUGE
FOR A WORKSTATION OF THAT PERIOD.
FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY FOR SALE ON THE MARKET~!!!!!! ORIGINAL LIST PRICE
$1,400 YOURS NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME BID STARTING AT $10,000
GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!!!!
I died a little inside typing that out.
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Dave Woyciesjes
<woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
Well, it's been about a 3 year hiatus from the
list for me...
How many of the old farts & curmudgeons are still around? ;)
One burning question, has the list's definition of a classic computer
been updated from the 10 year rule?
--
--- Dave Woyciesjes
--- ICQ# 905818
--- AIM - woyciesjes
--- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech -
http://certification.comptia.**org/<http://certification.comptia.org/>
--- HDI Certified Support Center Analyst - http://www.ThinkHDI.com/
Registered Linux user number 464583
"...Talking to you is like clapping with one hand."
Anthrax, "Caught in a mosh"
--
Gary G. Sparkes Jr.
KB3HAG
2:14 p.m.
EMACS EMACS EMACS!!
On 03/21/2013 02:07 PM, Gary Sparkes wrote:
I've got this WONDERFUL
*****RARE*****
**** SUPER CLASSIC ***** @@@@ LOOOK @@@@******MUST SEEEEEEE******
****////ORIGINAL DELL/////******
2.8GHZ *SCREAMER FOR ITS TIME* PENTIUM *4* (NOT MANY LEFT!!!!!)
**** TWO GIGS OF RAM**** SMALL IN OUR TIME, BUT HUGE, HUGE ABSOLUTELY HUGE
FOR A WORKSTATION OF THAT PERIOD.
FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY FOR SALE ON THE MARKET~!!!!!! ORIGINAL LIST PRICE
$1,400 YOURS NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME BID STARTING AT $10,000
GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!!!!
I died a little inside typing that out.
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Dave Woyciesjes
<woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Well, it's been about a 3 year hiatus
from the list for me...
How many of the old farts & curmudgeons are still around? ;)
One burning question, has the list's definition of a classic computer
been updated from the 10 year rule?
--
--- Dave Woyciesjes
--- ICQ# 905818
--- AIM - woyciesjes
--- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech -
http://certification.comptia.**org/<http://certification.comptia.org/>
--- HDI Certified Support Center Analyst - http://www.ThinkHDI.com/
Registered Linux user number 464583
"...Talking to you is like clapping with one hand."
Anthrax, "Caught in a mosh"
2:19 p.m.
On 3/21/2013 2:07 PM, Gary Sparkes wrote:
I've got this WONDERFUL
*****RARE*****
**** SUPER CLASSIC ***** @@@@ LOOOK @@@@******MUST SEEEEEEE******
****////ORIGINAL DELL/////******
2.8GHZ *SCREAMER FOR ITS TIME* PENTIUM *4* (NOT MANY LEFT!!!!!)
**** TWO GIGS OF RAM**** SMALL IN OUR TIME, BUT HUGE, HUGE ABSOLUTELY HUGE
FOR A WORKSTATION OF THAT PERIOD.
FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY FOR SALE ON THE MARKET~!!!!!! ORIGINAL LIST PRICE
$1,400 YOURS NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME BID STARTING AT $10,000
GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!!!!
I died a little inside typing that out.
I expected nothing less... :)
Funny thing is, I just gave away an old Dell that just about matched
that description...
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Dave Woyciesjes
<woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> Well, it's been about a 3 year hiatus from the list for me...
> How many of the old farts & curmudgeons are still around? ;)
>
> One burning question, has the list's definition of a classic computer
> been updated from the 10 year rule?
>
--
--- Dave Woyciesjes
--- ICQ# 905818
--- AIM - woyciesjes
--- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech - http://certification.comptia.org/
--- HDI Certified Support Center Analyst - http://www.ThinkHDI.com/
Registered Linux user number 464583
"...Talking to you is like clapping with one hand."
Anthrax, "Caught in a mosh"
3:40 p.m.
I've got
this WONDERFUL
*****RARE*****
**** SUPER CLASSIC ***** @@@@ LOOOK @@@@******MUST SEEEEEEE******
****////ORIGINAL DELL/////******
2.8GHZ *SCREAMER FOR ITS TIME* PENTIUM *4* (NOT MANY LEFT!!!!!)
**** TWO GIGS OF RAM**** SMALL IN OUR TIME, BUT HUGE, HUGE ABSOLUTELY HUGE
FOR A WORKSTATION OF THAT PERIOD.
FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY FOR SALE ON THE MARKET~!!!!!! ORIGINAL LIST PRICE
$1,400 YOURS NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME BID STARTING AT $10,000
GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!!!!
I died a little inside typing that out.
I expected nothing less... :)
Funny thing is, I just gave away an old Dell that just about matched
that description... 
3:51 p.m.
We are selling the Dell GX260 with 1GB and 2.6 proc, XP Pro loaded, for $125
retail with monitor!
Cindy Croxton
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 2:40 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: I'm baack...
I just spent $300 for three that match that! including two more without
hard drives Dell Inspiron 5150 - how's THAT for diluting a once proud model
number?
There were even a few Dell Inspiron 5100s! John Titor, where are you?
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I've got
this WONDERFUL
*****RARE*****
**** SUPER CLASSIC ***** @@@@ LOOOK @@@@******MUST SEEEEEEE******
****////ORIGINAL DELL/////****** 2.8GHZ *SCREAMER FOR ITS TIME*
PENTIUM *4* (NOT MANY LEFT!!!!!)
**** TWO GIGS OF RAM**** SMALL IN OUR TIME, BUT HUGE, HUGE
ABSOLUTELY HUGE FOR A WORKSTATION OF THAT PERIOD.
FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY FOR SALE ON THE MARKET~!!!!!! ORIGINAL LIST
PRICE
$1,400 YOURS NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME BID STARTING AT $10,000 GOOD
LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!!!!
I died a little inside typing that out.
I expected nothing less... :)
Funny thing is, I just gave away an old Dell that just about matched
that description... 
3:58 p.m.
On Thu, 21 Mar 2013, Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus wrote:
We are selling the Dell GX260 with 1GB and 2.6 proc,
XP Pro loaded, for $125
retail with monitor!
....so $25 sans XP and monitor? :)
g.
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http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home.
Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies.
ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!
11:26 p.m.
On 3/21/13 12:58 PM, "geneb" <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:
On Thu, 21 Mar 2013, Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus
wrote:
No, it costs more if XP has already been cleaned off it. :-) -- Ian
We are selling the Dell GX260 with 1GB and 2.6
proc, XP Pro loaded, for
$125
retail with monitor!
....so $25 sans XP and monitor? :)
22 Mar
22 Mar
3:41 a.m.
$50 fee for microsoft signature service. *snicker*
On Mar 21, 2013 11:29 PM, "Ian King" <IanK at vulcan.com> wrote:
On 3/21/13 12:58 PM, "geneb" <geneb at
deltasoft.com> wrote:
On Thu, 21 Mar 2013, Cindy Croxton Electronics
Plus wrote:
No, it costs more if XP has already been cleaned off it. :-) -- Ian
We are selling the Dell GX260 with 1GB and 2.6
proc, XP Pro loaded, for
$125
retail with monitor!
....so $25 sans XP and monitor? :)
21 Mar
21 Mar
7:23 p.m.
Sweet!!!
On Mar 21, 2013, at 3:51 PM, "Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus" <sales at
elecplus.com> wrote:
We are selling the Dell GX260 with 1GB and 2.6 proc,
XP Pro loaded, for $125
retail with monitor!
Cindy Croxton
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 2:40 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: I'm baack...
I just spent $300 for three that match that! including two more without
hard drives Dell Inspiron 5150 - how's THAT for diluting a once proud model
number?
There were even a few Dell Inspiron 5100s! John Titor, where are you?
-----
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Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
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I've
got this WONDERFUL
*****RARE*****
**** SUPER CLASSIC ***** @@@@ LOOOK @@@@******MUST SEEEEEEE******
****////ORIGINAL DELL/////****** 2.8GHZ *SCREAMER FOR ITS TIME*
PENTIUM *4* (NOT MANY LEFT!!!!!)
**** TWO GIGS OF RAM**** SMALL IN OUR TIME, BUT HUGE, HUGE
ABSOLUTELY HUGE FOR A WORKSTATION OF THAT PERIOD.
FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY FOR SALE ON THE MARKET~!!!!!! ORIGINAL LIST
PRICE
$1,400 YOURS NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME BID STARTING AT $10,000 GOOD
LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!!!!
I died a little inside typing that out.
I expected nothing less... :)
Funny thing is, I just gave away an old Dell that just about matched
that description...
2:43 p.m.
On Thu, 21 Mar 2013, Gary Sparkes wrote:
I've got this WONDERFUL
*****RARE*****
**** SUPER CLASSIC ***** @@@@ LOOOK @@@@******MUST SEEEEEEE******
****////ORIGINAL DELL/////******
2.8GHZ *SCREAMER FOR ITS TIME* PENTIUM *4* (NOT MANY LEFT!!!!!)
**** TWO GIGS OF RAM**** SMALL IN OUR TIME, BUT HUGE, HUGE ABSOLUTELY HUGE
FOR A WORKSTATION OF THAT PERIOD.
FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY FOR SALE ON THE MARKET~!!!!!! ORIGINAL LIST PRICE
$1,400 YOURS NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME BID STARTING AT $10,000
GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!!!!
I died a little inside typing that out.
If it's any consolation, I died a little bit reading it.
g.
--
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home.
Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies.
ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!
3:07 p.m.
On 03/21/2013 02:43 PM, geneb wrote:
ROFL!!
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
I've got
this WONDERFUL
*****RARE*****
**** SUPER CLASSIC ***** @@@@ LOOOK @@@@******MUST SEEEEEEE******
****////ORIGINAL DELL/////******
2.8GHZ *SCREAMER FOR ITS TIME* PENTIUM *4* (NOT MANY LEFT!!!!!)
**** TWO GIGS OF RAM**** SMALL IN OUR TIME, BUT HUGE, HUGE ABSOLUTELY
HUGE
FOR A WORKSTATION OF THAT PERIOD.
FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY FOR SALE ON THE MARKET~!!!!!! ORIGINAL LIST PRICE
$1,400 YOURS NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME BID STARTING AT $10,000
GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!!!!
I died a little inside typing that out.
If it's any consolation, I died a little bit reading it. 
3:19 p.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
On 03/21/2013 02:43 PM, geneb wrote:
ROFL!!
Dave McGuire, man of action, laughs in the face of death.
> I've got this WONDERFUL
> *****RARE*****
> **** SUPER CLASSIC ***** @@@@ LOOOK @@@@******MUST SEEEEEEE******
> ****////ORIGINAL DELL/////******
> 2.8GHZ *SCREAMER FOR ITS TIME* PENTIUM *4* (NOT MANY LEFT!!!!!)
>
> **** TWO GIGS OF RAM**** SMALL IN OUR TIME, BUT HUGE, HUGE
ABSOLUTELY
> HUGE
> FOR A WORKSTATION OF THAT PERIOD.
>
> FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY FOR SALE ON THE MARKET~!!!!!! ORIGINAL LIST
PRICE
$1,400
YOURS NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME BID STARTING AT $10,000
GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!!!!
I died a little inside typing that out.
If it's any consolation, I died a little bit reading it. 
2:10 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Dave Woyciesjes
<woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
One burning question, has the list's
definition of a classic computer
been updated from the 10 year rule?
Yes, there is now a high council that ordains system as "Classic" This
group meets once a year at Bohemian Grove. Samples of systems deemed
classic are interred in a vault located under a mountain in Colorado
operated and maintained by the Long Now Foundation. It's located right next
to the Retr0brite factory.
4:14 p.m.
In article <514B4AF6.1070207 at sbcglobal.net>,
Dave Woyciesjes <woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net> writes:
Well, it's been about a 3 year hiatus from
the list for me...
How many of the old farts & curmudgeons are still around? ;)
Stuff that I've done since the last time you were here:
- manx has moved from a private site hosted by Paul Williams to an open
source project written by me and improved to allow easier addition of
documents and has been generally improved. <http://manx.classiccmp.org>
- the Computer Graphics Museum now has a web site with a blog:
<http://computergraphicsmuseum.org>
- the Terminals Wiki has been created and has over 500 different
terminals in it: <http://terminals.classiccmp.org>
- SGI techpubs library has been mirrored on manx and all the metadata
entered into manx, giving you a single source to search for SGI documents,
regardless of where they are hosted.
- I've scanned a bunch of documentation for bitsavers and all of that
has been added to manx and continues to be added on an ongoing basis.
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book
<http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline>
The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org>
The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org>
Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>
22 Mar
22 Mar
10:47 a.m.
On 03/21/2013 04:14 PM, Richard wrote:
In article <514B4AF6.1070207 at sbcglobal.net>,
Dave Woyciesjes <woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net> writes:
Nice. I'll have to peek at it all..
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--- HDI Certified Support Center Analyst - http://www.ThinkHDI.com/
Registered Linux user number 464583
"Computers have lots of memory but no imagination."
"The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back."
- from some guy on the internet.
Well, it's been about a 3 year hiatus
from the list for me...
How many of the old farts & curmudgeons are still around? ;)
Stuff that I've done since the last time you were here:
- manx has moved from a private site hosted by Paul Williams to an open
source project written by me and improved to allow easier addition of
documents and has been generally improved. <http://manx.classiccmp.org>
- the Computer Graphics Museum now has a web site with a blog:
<http://computergraphicsmuseum.org>
- the Terminals Wiki has been created and has over 500 different
terminals in it: <http://terminals.classiccmp.org>
- SGI techpubs library has been mirrored on manx and all the metadata
entered into manx, giving you a single source to search for SGI documents,
regardless of where they are hosted.
- I've scanned a bunch of documentation for bitsavers and all of that
has been added to manx and continues to be added on an ongoing basis.
3:23 p.m.
At 2:01 PM -0400 3/21/13, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
Well, it's been about a 3 year hiatus from the
list for me...
How many of the old farts & curmudgeons are still around? ;)
I'll plead the 5th...
One burning question, has the list's
definition of a classic
computer been updated from the 10 year rule?
It seems like it wasn't that long ago that I argued something along
the lines that anything non-PC (or interesting/revolutionary PC) over
10 years old should be considered a classic. Now I could probably be
convinced that the cut-off should be about 1996. That's depressing.
:-(
Just like 3 years ago, I'm still looking to dump most of my
collection. Though unlike 3 years ago, I'm much more serious. In
fact I got rid of the first system about a week ago.
Zane
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