20 Jan
2003
20 Jan
'03
5:12 p.m.
Available cards
(1) Genoa Systems Windows VGA Mod# 8500VL Rev:A
" "
Rev:G
" " Phantom 32 Mod# 8900VL Rev:A
(2) Audio PCI 9722 Sound Card
(3) Creative Labs CT6030 Video Spigot for Windows
(4) Media Vision Pro Graphics 1024
(5) BIBM-VIDE-500X Video DCI tv
(6) Headland Technology VRAM 2 (1991) 650-0218-blank
(7) Sigma Designs ReelMagic CD Rev:A1
(8) Spider Graphics Spider 64VLB
(9) Seattle Computer Ram+(plus) SCP130C (four banks installed)
Free to a good home ;-)
More to follow, as I get the time
Rich Stephenson
loedman1(a)juno.com
21 Jan
21 Jan
7:18 p.m.
Hey Rich,
If nobody has taken these parts yet, I'll take them.
Do you know if they work?
How much do you want for shipping?
~Shawn Hoffman
loedman1(a)juno.com wrote:Available cards
(1) Genoa Systems Windows VGA Mod# 8500VL Rev:A
" "
Rev:G
" " Phantom 32 Mod# 8900VL Rev:A
(2) Audio PCI 9722 Sound Card
(3) Creative Labs CT6030 Video Spigot for Windows
(4) Media Vision Pro Graphics 1024
(5) BIBM-VIDE-500X Video DCI tv
(6) Headland Technology VRAM 2 (1991) 650-0218-blank
(7) Sigma Designs ReelMagic CD Rev:A1
(8) Spider Graphics Spider 64VLB
(9) Seattle Computer Ram+(plus) SCP130C (four banks installed)
Free to a good home ;-)
More to follow, as I get the time
Rich Stephenson
loedman1(a)juno.com
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5:43 p.m.
New subject: Wanted: handheld quote/ticker device or micro FM/satellite peripheral - early 80's and before
Looking for handheld quote device, ticker display or any peripheral for IBM PC, Apple
][, etc. to pick up ticker broadcast via FM Broadcast or geosynchronous satellite
broadcast. Does not necessarilly have to be functioning. User manual would be great.
Also interested in micro or other computer software and docs for real-time ticker
monitoring.
Prefer something prior to 1984.
Some items of interested would be: DATA QUOTE software, Satellite Info Systems
peripheral, Radio Data Retriever, Intra-Day Analyst software, Radio Exchange, Pocket Quote
(Telemet or Dow Jones), DowAlert, Instinet, MERLIN, etc.
Respond privately to jimkeo(a)multi-platforms.com with SUBJECT: QUOTE or TICKER
Thanks! - Jim
Jim Keohane, Multi-Platforms, Inc.
"It's not whether you win or lose. It's whether you win!"
6:14 p.m.
New subject: Wanted: handheld quote/ticker device or micro FM/satellite peripheral - early 80's and before
A device (FM receiver?) was put out by Lotus Corp. called Signal, and
was used for realtime tracking of the stock market. It interfaced to the
PC, and was apparently based on some type of subscription. I'm not sure
when it was introduced, but IIRC about 1986 or so.
Another interesting device I picked up is a keyboard unit that has
"Reuters" printed on it. The circuit board is (c)1981 and a couple of
the chips I looked at had a code date in 1981. It has an RF input F
connector, a BNC video out, a couple of db9 (de9?) connectors for a
remote keyboard and I/O ports.
Jim Keohane wrote:
Looking for handheld quote device, ticker display or any peripheral
for IBM PC, Apple ][, etc. to pick up ticker broadcast via FM
Broadcast or geosynchronous satellite broadcast. Does not necessarilly
have to be functioning. User manual would be great.
Also interested in micro or other computer software and docs for
real-time ticker monitoring.
Prefer something prior to 1984.
Some items of interested would be: DATA QUOTE software, Satellite
Info Systems peripheral, Radio Data Retriever, Intra-Day Analyst
software, Radio Exchange, Pocket Quote (Telemet or Dow Jones),
DowAlert, Instinet, MERLIN, etc.
Respond privately to jimkeo(a)multi-platforms.com with SUBJECT: QUOTE
or TICKER
Thanks! - Jim
Jim Keohane, Multi-Platforms, Inc.
"It's not whether you win or lose. It's whether you win!"
29 Jan
29 Jan
2:18 p.m.
New subject: QUOTE or TICKER
At 11:46 PM 1/21/03 -0500, Jim Keohane wrote:
Looking for handheld quote device, ticker display
or any peripheral
for IBM PC, Apple ][, etc. to pick up ticker broadcast via FM Broadcast
or geosynchronous satellite broadcast. Does not necessarilly have to be
functioning. User manual would be great.
I have a Lotus box, but no software or paperwork.
Lotus FM Receiver
Lotus Information Network Corp.
Burlingame, CA
Model No. 109-13011XX
FCC ID No. EVL5TTRABSTROPS
Serial No. M1300678
Beeps and lights blink when plugged in, so I suspect with the proper stuff
it still works, or would if the signal were still broadcast.
2:28 p.m.
New subject: Lotus Signal Receiver, was Re: QUOTE or TICKER
Mike, I have what I *think* is the same thing, and it is copyright 1986;
he was looking for pre 1984 or so. If you need copies of the software,
*assuming* the software I have is good, it won't be a problem. I can
bring it to TRW late this month.
Anyone know what frequency this works on, and if the supporting
transmitter is still on the air? It indicated this was a subscription
service, and I would be most interested to know how they enforced that.
Mike Ford wrote:
At 11:46 PM 1/21/03 -0500, Jim Keohane wrote:
Looking for handheld quote device, ticker
display or any peripheral
for IBM PC, Apple ][, etc. to pick up ticker broadcast via FM Broadcast
or geosynchronous satellite broadcast. Does not necessarilly have to be
functioning. User manual would be great.
I have a Lotus box, but no software or paperwork.
Lotus FM Receiver
Lotus Information Network Corp.
Burlingame, CA
Model No. 109-13011XX
FCC ID No. EVL5TTRABSTROPS
Serial No. M1300678
Beeps and lights blink when plugged in, so I suspect with the proper stuff
it still works, or would if the signal were still broadcast.
7:10 p.m.
New subject: Lotus Signal Receiver, was Re: QUOTE or TICKER
At 05:31 PM 1/29/03 -0800, Marvin Johnston wrote:
Mike, I have what I *think* is the same thing, and it
is copyright 1986;
he was looking for pre 1984 or so. If you need copies of the software,
*assuming* the software I have is good, it won't be a problem. I can
bring it to TRW late this month.
Anyone know what frequency this works on, and if the supporting
transmitter is still on the air? It indicated this was a subscription
service, and I would be most interested to know how they enforced that.
Mike Ford wrote:
>
> At 11:46 PM 1/21/03 -0500, Jim Keohane wrote:
> > Looking for handheld quote device, ticker display or any peripheral
> > for IBM PC, Apple ][, etc. to pick up ticker broadcast via FM Broadcast
> > or geosynchronous satellite broadcast. Does not necessarilly have to be
> > functioning. User manual would be great.
>
> I have a Lotus box, but no software or paperwork.
>
> Lotus FM Receiver
Mine has three ports on the back, antenna via coax F connector, serial DB25
thing, and BNC (data out, could ethernet maybe?).
What platform do you have software for, and sure. ;) That will give me a
good excuse to get my bones out to TRW.
I think this type of device used sidebands of commercial broadcast
frequencies, but I haven't looked inside, or hooked up an antenna to see
what happens.
No real guess on the pay/data controls, could be software, could be serial
number related activation key broadcast in middle of data etc.
7:31 p.m.
New subject: Lotus Signal Receiver, was Re: QUOTE or TICKER
I would be really curious to know how this thing works (or worked if the
service is no longer available.) The disks I have are for the PC or AT
and are on 5 1/4" floppies (probably 360K). I'll copy them onto a 3 1/2"
disk and bring it with me at the end of the month. If you have a power
supply with yours, what is the polarity (if not AC) and voltage?
Has anyone on the list actually used one of these things?
Mike Ford wrote:
At 05:31 PM 1/29/03 -0800, Marvin Johnston wrote:
Mike, I have what I *think* is the same thing, and
it is copyright 1986;
he was looking for pre 1984 or so. If you need copies of the software,
*assuming* the software I have is good, it won't be a problem. I can
bring it to TRW late this month.
Anyone know what frequency this works on, and if the supporting
transmitter is still on the air? It indicated this was a subscription
service, and I would be most interested to know how they enforced that.
Mike Ford wrote:
>
> At 11:46 PM 1/21/03 -0500, Jim Keohane wrote:
> > Looking for handheld quote device, ticker display or any peripheral
> > for IBM PC, Apple ][, etc. to pick up ticker broadcast via FM Broadcast
> > or geosynchronous satellite broadcast. Does not necessarilly have to be
> > functioning. User manual would be great.
>
> I have a Lotus box, but no software or paperwork.
>
> Lotus FM Receiver
Mine has three ports on the back, antenna via coax F connector, serial DB25
thing, and BNC (data out, could ethernet maybe?).
What platform do you have software for, and sure. ;) That will give me a
good excuse to get my bones out to TRW.
I think this type of device used sidebands of commercial broadcast
frequencies, but I haven't looked inside, or hooked up an antenna to see
what happens.
No real guess on the pay/data controls, could be software, could be serial
number related activation key broadcast in middle of data etc.
8:53 p.m.
New subject: Lotus Signal Receiver, was Re: QUOTE or TICKER
At 10:35 PM 1/29/03 -0800, Marvin Johnston wrote:
I would be really curious to know how this thing works
(or worked if the
service is no longer available.) The disks I have are for the PC or AT
and are on 5 1/4" floppies (probably 360K). I'll copy them onto a 3 1/2"
disk and bring it with me at the end of the month. If you have a power
supply with yours, what is the polarity (if not AC) and voltage?
Has anyone on the list actually used one of these things?
My Google searchs show people selling them for like $400 in 2000, dropping
to like $100 in 2001, and that was the last entry. Apparently FNN or Dow
Jones News started the service, then Signal, then DBC, and now DBC is
eSignal and appears totally internet based. One post indicated that a
(perhaps older) version of TradeStation would work with the Lotus box, also
pretty clearly the Lotus box could work from a simple FM antenna or
connected to a satellite dish. If you can follow that link I emailed to you
about google the post I mention explains a LOT (essentially a FM sideband
tuner and a 9600 FSK modem with some sort of controller for a password).
My power supply is hardwired to the box, and says; Lotus Information
Network Corp. AD Adapter, Model NO AD-1280, Input 120v AC 60Hz 15W, Output
DC 12v 800ma, and center is plus.
Now that I know more about it, its a very tempting screw around with it
item. ;)
30 Jan
30 Jan
1:07 a.m.
New subject: Lotus Signal Receiver, was Re: QUOTE or TICKER
It's my understanding (infamously unreliable) that Lotus Signal was
descended from DataSpeed's Modio which was descended from DataSpeed's
Quotrek which dates back as far as 1981. - Jim
Jim Keohane, Multi-Platforms, Inc.
"It's not whether you win or lose. It's whether you win!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marvin Johnston" <marvin(a)rain.org>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 01:35
Subject: Re: Lotus Signal Receiver, was Re: QUOTE or TICKER
I would be really curious to know how this thing works
(or worked if the
service is no longer available.) The disks I have are for the PC or AT
and are on 5 1/4" floppies (probably 360K). I'll copy them onto a 3 1/2"
disk and bring it with me at the end of the month. If you have a power
supply with yours, what is the polarity (if not AC) and voltage?
Has anyone on the list actually used one of these things?
Mike Ford wrote:
>
> At 05:31 PM 1/29/03 -0800, Marvin Johnston wrote:
> >Mike, I have what I *think* is the same thing, and it is copyright
1986;
> >he was looking for pre 1984 or so. If you
need copies of the software,
> >*assuming* the software I have is good, it won't be a problem. I can
> >bring it to TRW late this month.
> >
> >Anyone know what frequency this works on, and if the supporting
> >transmitter is still on the air? It indicated this was a subscription
> >service, and I would be most interested to know how they enforced that.
> >
> >Mike Ford wrote:
> > >
> > > At 11:46 PM 1/21/03 -0500, Jim Keohane wrote:
> > > > Looking for handheld quote device, ticker display or any
peripheral
> > > > for IBM PC, Apple ][, etc. to pick
up ticker broadcast via FM
Broadcast
> > > > or geosynchronous satellite
broadcast. Does not necessarilly have
to be
> > > > functioning. User manual would be
great.
> > >
> > > I have a Lotus box, but no software or paperwork.
> > >
> > > Lotus FM Receiver
>
> Mine has three ports on the back, antenna via coax F connector, serial
DB25
> thing, and BNC (data out, could ethernet
maybe?).
>
> What platform do you have software for, and sure. ;) That will give me a
> good excuse to get my bones out to TRW.
>
> I think this type of device used sidebands of commercial broadcast
> frequencies, but I haven't looked inside, or hooked up an antenna to see
> what happens.
>
> No real guess on the pay/data controls, could be software, could be
serial
> number related activation key broadcast in middle
of data etc.
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