15 Oct
2012
15 Oct
'12
9:44 a.m.
2 actually, currently in Cambs UK and heading for the scrap pile along
with the DEREP. It's rare to see them with complete keyboards!
--
adrian/witchy
Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest home computer collection?
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk
15 Oct
15 Oct
10 a.m.
I'd love one, but I don't know how I'd get down there to get it
without my wife noticing.
On 15 October 2012 14:44, Adrian Graham <binarydinosaurs at gmail.com> wrote:
2 actually, currently in Cambs UK and heading for the
scrap pile along
with the DEREP. It's rare to see them with complete keyboards!
--
adrian/witchy
Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest home computer collection?
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk
--
Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems: "The Future Begins Tomorrow"
Visit us at: http://www.yoyodyne-propulsion.net
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"I'd like to hold off judgement on a thing like that, sir, until all
the facts are in. "
General "Buck" Turgidson
1:06 p.m.
John, John, John...
On 10/15/2012 10:00 AM, John Many Jars wrote:
I'd love one, but I don't know how I'd get
down there to get it
without my wife noticing.
On 15 October 2012 14:44, Adrian Graham <binarydinosaurs at gmail.com> wrote:
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
2 actually, currently in Cambs UK and heading for
the scrap pile along
with the DEREP. It's rare to see them with complete keyboards!
--
adrian/witchy
Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest home computer collection?
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk
16 Oct
16 Oct
3 a.m.
A bigger problem is my car has 167000 miles on it and i camt afford the fuel
On Oct 15, 2012 6:24 PM, "Dave McGuire" <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
John, John, John...
On 10/15/2012 10:00 AM, John Many Jars wrote:
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
I'd love one, but I don't know how
I'd get down there to get it
without my wife noticing.
On 15 October 2012 14:44, Adrian Graham <binarydinosaurs at gmail.com>
wrote:
2
actually, currently in Cambs UK and heading for the scrap pile along
with the DEREP. It's rare to see them with complete keyboards!
--
adrian/witchy
Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest home computer collection?
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk
17 Oct
17 Oct
9:48 a.m.
On 10/16/2012 02:00 AM, John Many Jars wrote:
A bigger problem is my car has 167000 miles on it
Another 19,000 for one light-second and 71,900 until you've reached the
moon, then.
I've got around 250,000 on the car, 175,000 on the van, and no idea about
the truck as that only shows 5 digits. Nobody starts worrying about mileage
around here until a vehicle gets to 300k.
and i camt afford the fuel
Now that is more of a problem! Attach a sail to the roof and hope for a
favourable wind... :-)
11:55 a.m.
On 10/17/2012 09:48 AM, Jules Richardson wrote:
You don't have many American cars over there, I guess. :-/ People
over here are well-trained to thinkt hat 80K is "high mileage", and you
know what happens then..."if it's old, it's bad, and if it's not new,
it's old". Next, a happy salesman!
-Dave
(who just yesterday purchased a Saab with 130K miles on it!)
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
A bigger
problem is my car has 167000 miles on it
Another 19,000 for one light-second and 71,900 until you've reached the
moon, then.
I've got around 250,000 on the car, 175,000 on the van, and no idea
about the truck as that only shows 5 digits. Nobody starts worrying
about mileage around here until a vehicle gets to 300k. 
6:44 p.m.
my dads 87 accord has million on it...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1ajs/2815641756/lightbox/
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>wrote:
On 10/17/2012 09:48 AM, Jules Richardson wrote:
You don't have many American cars over there, I guess. :-/ People
over here are well-trained to thinkt hat 80K is "high mileage", and you
know what happens then..."if it's old, it's bad, and if it's not new,
it's old". Next, a happy salesman!
-Dave
(who just yesterday purchased a Saab with 130K miles on it!)
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
A bigger
problem is my car has 167000 miles on it
Another 19,000 for one light-second and 71,900 until you've reached the
moon, then.
I've got around 250,000 on the car, 175,000 on the van, and no idea
about the truck as that only shows 5 digits. Nobody starts worrying
about mileage around here until a vehicle gets to 300k. 
4:28 a.m.
On 18 October 2012 09:01, Alexandre Souza - Listas
<pu1bzz.listas at gmail.com> wrote:
I had a SAAB 99gl... it was Wintergreen (florescent green) with dark
tinted windows. It looked like a demented frog.
--
Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems: "The Future Begins Tomorrow"
Visit us at: http://www.yoyodyne-propulsion.net
--------
"I'd like to hold off judgement on a thing like that, sir, until all
the facts are in. "
General "Buck" Turgidson
-Dave
(who just yesterday purchased a Saab with 130K miles on it!)
\o/
(photos, or else...)
8:56 a.m.
On 10/17/2012 10:55 AM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 10/17/2012 09:48 AM, Jules Richardson wrote:
You don't have many American cars over there, I guess. :-/ People
over here are well-trained to thinkt hat 80K is "high mileage", and you
know what happens then..."if it's old, it's bad, and if it's not new,
it's old". Next, a happy salesman!
I *am* in the US - just in the middle of nowhere, so it's at least a couple
of hours to civilization in any direction and the miles pile up fast. The
low population density and lack of any kind of mandatory vehicle inspection
means that there's an awful lot of old iron on the roads that would have
been sent to the junkyard years ago elsewhere.
300k seems to be about the magic number of miles where major failures that
can't be fixed with a few cheap parts and/or spit and baling wire occur :-)
It's not so common to see vehicles over that number.
A bigger
problem is my car has 167000 miles on it
Another 19,000 for one light-second and 71,900 until you've reached the
moon, then.
I've got around 250,000 on the car, 175,000 on the van, and no idea
about the truck as that only shows 5 digits. Nobody starts worrying
about mileage around here until a vehicle gets to 300k. (who just yesterday purchased a Saab with 130K
miles on it!)
What model? I think the only Saab's I've seen in the US are more recent
ones (I'm sure some of the '80s ones made it over here too, not so sure
about anything earlier)
cheers
Jules
9:34 a.m.
On 18 October 2012 13:56, Jules Richardson <jules.richardson99 at gmail.com> wrote:
300k seems to be about the magic number of miles where
major failures that
can't be fixed with a few cheap parts and/or spit and baling wire occur :-)
It's not so common to see vehicles over that number.
The golf converable (the one with 170,000 miles) seems to run fine, as
long as I keep putting oil in it.
The main problem with it is the leaking roof. Kind of a drag in England.
--
Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems: "The Future Begins Tomorrow"
Visit us at: http://www.yoyodyne-propulsion.net
--------
"I'd like to hold off judgement on a thing like that, sir, until all
the facts are in. "
General "Buck" Turgidson
12:15 p.m.
On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Jules Richardson wrote:
What model? I think the only Saab's I've seen
in the US are more recent
ones (I'm sure some of the '80s ones made it over here too, not so sure
about anything earlier)
40 years ago, there used to be some Saabs in USA with three cylinders and
drivers scrambling under the dash to disenage the freewheeling device.
Didn't Billy Crystal drive [and crash] one in "Throw Mama From The Train"?
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
2:02 p.m.
On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:15:48 -0700 (PDT), Fred Cisin
<cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Jules Richardson wrote:
If it you mean that the car was brand new in 1972 so.... njaaaaa noo
SAAB replaced the two-stroke engine in the 1967 manufacturing year with
a 4-cylinder
V-engine from Ford Taunus.
Check out wikipedia regarind SAAB Sonett.
What model? I think the only Saab's I've
seen in the US are more recent
ones (I'm sure some of the '80s ones made it over here too, not so sure
about anything earlier)
40 years ago, there used to be some Saabs in USA with three cylinders and
drivers scrambling under the dash to disenage the freewheeling device.
19 Oct
19 Oct
10:51 a.m.
New subject: OT: Saab (Was:Re: Anyone want a DEC Letterwriter 100? Or a DEREP?
>> What model? I think the only Saab's
I've seen in the US are more recent
>> ones (I'm sure some of the '80s ones made it over here too, not so sure
>> about anything earlier)
> 40 years ago, there used to be some Saabs in USA with three cylinders and
> drivers scrambling under the dash to disenage the freewheeling device.
On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Stefan Skoglund wrote:
If it you mean that the car was brand new in 1972
so.... njaaaaa noo
SAAB replaced the two-stroke engine in the 1967 manufacturing year with
a 4-cylinder V-engine from Ford Taunus. Check out wikipedia regarind
SAAB Sonett.
NEW cars??!?
No, I Only knew about 5+ year old cars, that you saw on the road. (with
the driver scrambling under the dash, trying to disengage the
freewheeling)
Instead of 40, I should have said 45
They were FUN!
11:18 a.m.
On 10/18/2012 11:02 AM, Stefan Skoglund wrote:
If it you mean that the car was brand new in 1972
so.... njaaaaa noo
SAAB replaced the two-stroke engine in the 1967 manufacturing year with
a 4-cylinder
V-engine from Ford Taunus.
A friend owned one of those two-stroke Saabs. As a joke, he'd have us
push-start it in reverse...
--Chuck
18 Oct
18 Oct
5:55 p.m.
On 10/18/2012 08:56 AM, Jules Richardson wrote:
I *am* in the US - just in the middle of nowhere, so it's at least a
Oh, somehow I had in my head that you were in the UK. I blame lack of
caffeine.
It's a 1999 model 9-3, turbocharged convertible with a manual
transmisstion. The little bugger really MOVES, and it was cheap. Life
is good.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
I've got around 250,000 on the car, 175,000 on the
van, and no idea
about the truck as that only shows 5 digits. Nobody starts worrying
about mileage around here until a vehicle gets to 300k.
You don't have many American cars over there, I guess. :-/ People
over here are well-trained to thinkt hat 80K is "high mileage", and you
know what happens then..."if it's old, it's bad, and if it's not new,
it's old". Next, a happy salesman! couple of hours to civilization in any direction and
the miles pile up
fast. The low population density and lack of any kind of mandatory
vehicle inspection means that there's an awful lot of old iron on the
roads that would have been sent to the junkyard years ago elsewhere.
...which is probably how things should be anyway, but we're
well-trained to be obsessed with "new". *spit*
(who just
yesterday purchased a Saab with 130K miles on it!)
What model? I think the only Saab's I've seen in the US are more recent
ones (I'm sure some of the '80s ones made it over here too, not so sure
about anything earlier) 
6:07 p.m.
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Jules Richardson
<jules.richardson99 at gmail.com> wrote:
300k seems to be about the magic number of miles where
major failures that
can't be fixed with a few cheap parts and/or spit and baling wire occur :-)
It's not so common to see vehicles over that number.
228K on my 1998 Saturn Wagon (as seen at NYC Maker Faires and VCFs in
the mid-west and NJ). Gonna be sad to have to find a replacement
(hauls stuff, rear hatch, over 5'8" of rear storage, manual
transmission, 38-42mpg on the highway). Not as roomy as a Microbus
(in which I've transported two H960 racks simultaneously including the
Unibus PDP-11 gear that came out of the racks) but gets better milaege
and has heat in the winter.
-ethan
7:45 p.m.
On 17/10/2012 16:55, Dave McGuire wrote:
You don't have many American cars over there, I
guess. :-/ People over
here are well-trained to thinkt hat 80K is "high mileage", and you
know what happens then..."if it's old, it's bad, and if it's not new,
it's old". Next, a happy salesman! -Dave (who just yesterday purchased
a Saab with 130K miles on it!)
I'm in the UK and drive an American car.. A Dodge Avenger Diesel..
At the peak of Chrysler's money wasting days they decided to have a go
at the European market but failed miserably.. The result is the resale
values of Chrysler/Dodge fell through the floor and are really cheap
now. Dodge's are no longer sold and Chrysler sell rebadged
FIAT/Lancia's. Yes, we had diesel Chrysler/Dodge cars, a mating with
Volkswagen or Mercedes Diesel engines..
Previously i had an 07 SAAB 9-3 Diesel.. Lovely car....
Roger
16 Oct
16 Oct
2:02 a.m.
I don?t have either a LA100 (-BA?) or a DEREP (Ethernet long line driver?).
Who has them and where are they?
Regards
?
Rod Smallwood
?
?
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of John Many Jars
Sent: 15 October 2012 15:00
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Anyone want a DEC Letterwriter 100? Or a DEREP?
I'd love one, but I don't know how I'd get down there to get it
without my wife noticing.
On 15 October 2012 14:44, Adrian Graham <binarydinosaurs at gmail.com> wrote:
2 actually, currently in Cambs UK and heading for the
scrap pile along
with the DEREP. It's rare to see them with complete keyboards!
--
adrian/witchy
Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest home computer collection?
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk
--
Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems: "The Future Begins Tomorrow"
Visit us at: http://www.yoyodyne-propulsion.net
--------
"I'd like to hold off judgement on a thing like that, sir, until all
the facts are in. "
General "Buck" Turgidson
15 Oct
15 Oct
2:28 p.m.
I would be interested in one. I am in Manchester...
Dave Wade G4UGM
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
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[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Graham
Sent: 15 October 2012 14:45
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Anyone want a DEC Letterwriter 100? Or a DEREP?
2 actually, currently in Cambs UK and heading for the scrap
pile along with the DEREP. It's rare to see them with
complete keyboards!
--
adrian/witchy
Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest home computer
collection? www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk
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