10 Jan
1999
10 Jan
'99
11:53 a.m.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=55598937
On Ebay. Not one of the "interesting" ones but rare none-the-less.
--Chuck
10 Jan
10 Jan
12:50 p.m.
Chuck McManis wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=55598937
On Ebay. Not one of the "interesting" ones but rare none-the-less.
Also interesting is that it is located in Minnesota, and California
residents pay the 7 3/4% sales tax!
11 Jan
11 Jan
2:10 a.m.
At 06:50 PM 1/10/99 -0800, you wrote:
Chuck McManis wrote:
Probably one of those guys that collects sales taxs but never pays them!
Joe
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=55598937
On Ebay. Not one of the "interesting" ones but rare none-the-less.
Also interesting is that it is located in Minnesota, and California
residents pay the 7 3/4% sales tax! 
6:45 a.m.
The seller informs me that it's actually a Challenger 1P, NOT a Challenger
II.
Be aware.
A
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-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu
[mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner@u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Joe
Sent: Monday, January 11, 1999 9:10 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: Ohio Scientific box
At 06:50 PM 1/10/99 -0800, you wrote:
Chuck McManis wrote:
Probably one of those guys that collects sales taxs but never pays them!
Joe
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=55598937
On Ebay. Not one of the "interesting" ones but rare none-the-less.
Also interesting is that it is located in Minnesota, and California
residents pay the 7 3/4% sales tax!
7:10 a.m.
I have a friend (NOT a computer collector) with a fully functional, mint
condition Challenger 1P disk system. All documentation, lots of disk
software. He has it crammed in a box in his garage, and won't sell it.
Hell, he won't even leave it to me when he dies (says he plans to be buried
with it). As I borrowed this system when I was youngish (16), and it was my
first taste of a home computer, I'm pretty keen to get a nice OSI system
running. This is my reason for high bidding on that eBay item.
A
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-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu
[mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner@u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Bill Sudbrink
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 7:57 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: RE: Ohio Scientific box
The seller informs me that it's actually a
Challenger 1P, NOT a
Challenger
II.
Be aware.
A
Yea, I noticed you were high bidder on it this morning. I was going to
point that out but figured you must have known. How could the seller have
missed the big silver label on the front?
7:20 a.m.
You said that you communicated with the seller. How did
he/she get the notion that it was a C2?
7:10 a.m.
By the way, if you get it (and want it) and you need info or
help, let me know. I have original docs and Sams for it as
well as some software that I will soon try to put on audio CD.
7:37 a.m.
Be sure to let this group know if you get some of the old tape based
software onto CD.... What software titles do you have? What is the legal
status of all of those titles?
George Rachor
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George L. Rachor george(a)racsys.rt.rain.com
Beaverton, Oregon http://racsys.rt.rain.com
KD7DCX
On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
By the way, if you get it (and want it) and you need
info or
help, let me know. I have original docs and Sams for it as
well as some software that I will soon try to put on audio CD.
27 Jan
27 Jan
7:26 a.m.
Be sure to let this group know if you get some of the
old tape based
software onto CD.... What software titles do you have? What is the legal
status of all of those titles?
BTW - I have, somewhere in the basement, the remaining stock
of Hofacker computer - a (at least in germany) somewhat popular
publishing company, that sold more than 120 books and hundreds
of programms thru the early years - Ohio, TRS, Apple or PET - what
ever - from 1977 until 1984 (?) they also published a magazine.
I may have at least 30 cassetes for the Ohio - but no time to
transfer (same or more for PET, etc.).
Any volunteers ?
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
6:47 a.m.
Hans Franke wrote:
It's next on my list of things to do after I get my C3-D fully
restored. BTW: For those interested in a progress report, I've
booted OS-65U 1.45 and managed to make several copies of the
diskette. Right now it will only boot at 1MHz and will only
sometimes bring up time-share. This is strictly from floppy.
I have not tried to bring up the SA1000 yet, the OS complains
that the device is not ready, but keeps going. Right now I'm
polishing pins and resoldering the "fatherboard" (backplane).
Towards this end: What is the name of that very expensive but
very effective contact cleaner/enhancer/lubricant. IIRC it was
$50 US for a little bottle back in 1985.
When I can reliably boot and bring up all four users at 2MHz,
then I will work on the hard disk... THEN I will put all available
cassette software on CD.
Bill Sudbrink
Be sure to let
this group know if you get some of the old tape based
software onto CD.... What software titles do you have? What is the legal
status of all of those titles?
BTW - I have, somewhere in the basement, the remaining stock
of Hofacker computer - a (at least in germany) somewhat popular
publishing company, that sold more than 120 books and hundreds
of programms thru the early years - Ohio, TRS, Apple or PET - what
ever - from 1977 until 1984 (?) they also published a magazine.
I may have at least 30 cassetes for the Ohio - but no time to
transfer (same or more for PET, etc.).
Any volunteers ?
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