11 Aug
2014
11 Aug
'14
10:58 a.m.
I am closing my warehouse by the end of this month. My husband's health is
rapidly failing, and I want to spend what time he has left with him, not
with a bunch of old computers and parts!
Please review the pics here:
https://plus.google.com/photos/106111250846948401252/albums?banner=pwa
But know that the Apple room and the Lisa are gone.
Lots of old keyboards, terminals (like the ones on Halt and Catch Fire),
mono monitors new in the box, IBM 5150 and 5160 with kbds and monitors,
tested working, u name it.
Please also see www.elecshopper.com, make offer for anything you want.
Still have 2 gaylords of IBM compat laptops, 8088 thru 80486 and P1, and 1
gaylord of Apple laptops, from the first ones thru abt 1996 or so.
I would rather this stuff go to someone who will cherish it, then go by the
pound to be ground up.
Also more than 100 computer books from Apple and DOS thru Windows XP and
Server 2003.
Cindy Croxton
Electronics Plus
1613 Water Street
Kerrville, TX 78028
830-792-3400 phone
830-792-3404 fax
sales at elecplus.com
AOL IM elcpls
11 Aug
11 Aug
11:14 a.m.
On 11 August 2014 19:58, Electronics Plus <sales at elecplus.com> wrote:
I am closing my warehouse by the end of this month.
My husband's health is
rapidly failing, and I want to spend what time he has left with him, not
with a bunch of old computers and parts!
Very sorry to hear that, Cindy. I wish you both the best of luck.
I did actually email you about an IBM PC-AT model-F layout keyboard
about a week ago, with no reply...
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11:22 a.m.
Sorry, the AT are all gone. There are 11 XT keyboards left though.
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On 11 August 2014 19:58, Electronics Plus <sales at elecplus.com> wrote:
I am closing my warehouse by the end of this month.
My husband's
health is rapidly failing, and I want to spend what time he has left
with him, not with a bunch of old computers and parts!
Very sorry to hear that, Cindy. I wish you both the best of luck.
I did actually email you about an IBM PC-AT model-F layout keyboard about a week ago, with
no reply...
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1:52 p.m.
On 11 August 2014 20:22, Electronics Plus <sales at elecplus.com> wrote:
Sorry, the AT are all gone. There are 11 XT keyboards
left though.
Aw, shame. I have AT-to-PS/2 convertors and PS/2-to-USB convertors,
but I don't have an XT-to-AT one and they're quite expensive. :?(
Ah well -- good luck! Time to risk eBay?
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2:08 p.m.
On Aug 11, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
Aw, shame. I have AT-to-PS/2 convertors and
PS/2-to-USB convertors,
but I don't have an XT-to-AT one and they're quite expensive. :?(
Can't be that hard to slap an XT to USB one together with a Teensy.
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2:25 p.m.
On 11 August 2014 23:08, Chris Osborn <fozztexx at fozztexx.com> wrote:
Can't be that hard to slap an XT to USB one
together with a Teensy.
It certainly can be that hard if you have my level of electronics and
programming knowledge. (I.e. almost none. I'm the sort of card-swapper
level hardware engineer that Tony Duell -- entirely justifiably --
holds in contempt.)
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12 Aug
12 Aug
1:46 p.m.
New subject: PC&XT keyboard to USB
On Aug 11, 2014, at 2:25 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
On 11 August 2014 23:08, Chris Osborn <fozztexx at
fozztexx.com> wrote:
After posting my IBM PC to reddit today, someone pointed this out:
http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/xt-at-ps2-terminal-to-usb-converter-with…
Looks like it really isn't that hard, someone has already done it!
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Can't be that hard to slap an XT to USB one
together with a Teensy.
It certainly can be that hard if you have my level of electronics and
programming knowledge. (I.e. almost none. I'm the sort of card-swapper
level hardware engineer that Tony Duell -- entirely justifiably --
holds in contempt.) 
11 Aug
11 Aug
2:49 p.m.
On 08/11/2014 01:52 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
On 11 August 2014 20:22, Electronics Plus <sales at
elecplus.com> wrote:
Contact James Pierce (he posts here occasionally and on
vintage-computer.com). He looks to be getting ready for another run of
the PCBs.
Heck, you don't even need a PCB--just a couple of DIN connectors and a
PIC12F629 with a cheap programmer and a bit of perfboard. The source
and object is posted on Erik's Vintage computer forum.
Cheep, really cheep and works very well.
--Chuck
Sorry, the AT are all gone. There are 11 XT
keyboards left though.
Aw, shame. I have AT-to-PS/2 convertors and PS/2-to-USB convertors,
but I don't have an XT-to-AT one and they're quite expensive. :?(
Ah well -- good luck! Time to risk eBay?
3:02 p.m.
On 11 August 2014 23:49, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
Contact James Pierce (he posts here occasionally and
on
vintage-computer.com). He looks to be getting ready for another run of the
PCBs.
Heck, you don't even need a PCB--just a couple of DIN connectors and a
PIC12F629 with a cheap programmer and a bit of perfboard. The source and
object is posted on Erik's Vintage computer forum.
Cheep, really cheep and works very well.
I am sure it is, but seriously, I have not soldered a component since
my teens in the 1980s, when I butchered a few Maplin's kits into
non-working e-waste by cooking the chips. The last time I soldered
something, it was a cable onto a dynamo-powered bicycle light, and
that was a decade ago.
This is far, *far* above my level.
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4:15 p.m.
On 08/11/2014 03:02 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
I am sure it is, but seriously, I have not soldered a
component since
my teens in the 1980s, when I butchered a few Maplin's kits into
non-working e-waste by cooking the chips. The last time I soldered
something, it was a cable onto a dynamo-powered bicycle light, and
that was a decade ago.
This is far, *far* above my level.
Why not drop James a line and see if he intends to offer some completed
units?
--Chuck
7 Sep
7 Sep
4:27 a.m.
On 12 August 2014 01:15, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 08/11/2014 03:02 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
A good suggestion and appreciated, but now sadly academic as I didn't
manage to get one of Cindy's XT keyboards.
Apologies for the slow reply -- August involved 5 air flights, 6
countries (OK, one twice), a Worldcon, a Eurocon and a lot more
besides. Then I returned to a rain-sodden Czech Republic to start a
new job, whose hours are punishing. I am rather behind on CCmp.
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I am sure it is, but seriously, I have not
soldered a component since
my teens in the 1980s, when I butchered a few Maplin's kits into
non-working e-waste by cooking the chips. The last time I soldered
something, it was a cable onto a dynamo-powered bicycle light, and
that was a decade ago.
This is far, *far* above my level.
Why not drop James a line and see if he intends to offer some completed
units? 
11 Aug
11 Aug
11:39 p.m.
I'm sorry to hear that Cindy. Although I have not bought anything from you
personally, I have gathered that others have successfully bought nice
gear from you.
Thanks for your service to our community!
Regards,
Pontus.
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:58:37PM -0500, Electronics Plus wrote:
I am closing my warehouse by the end of this month.
My husband's health is
rapidly failing, and I want to spend what time he has left with him, not
with a bunch of old computers and parts!
Please review the pics here:
https://plus.google.com/photos/106111250846948401252/albums?banner=pwa
But know that the Apple room and the Lisa are gone.
Lots of old keyboards, terminals (like the ones on Halt and Catch Fire),
mono monitors new in the box, IBM 5150 and 5160 with kbds and monitors,
tested working, u name it.
Please also see www.elecshopper.com, make offer for anything you want.
Still have 2 gaylords of IBM compat laptops, 8088 thru 80486 and P1, and 1
gaylord of Apple laptops, from the first ones thru abt 1996 or so.
I would rather this stuff go to someone who will cherish it, then go by the
pound to be ground up.
Also more than 100 computer books from Apple and DOS thru Windows XP and
Server 2003.
Cindy Croxton
Electronics Plus
1613 Water Street
Kerrville, TX 78028
830-792-3400 phone
830-792-3404 fax
sales at elecplus.com
AOL IM elcpls
12 Aug
12 Aug
8:12 a.m.
Cindy,
On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:58:37 -0500
"Electronics Plus" <sales at elecplus.com> wrote:
I am closing my warehouse by the end of this month.
My husband's
health is rapidly failing, and I want to spend what time he has left
with him, not with a bunch of old computers and parts!
I'm so sorry regarding your husband's health. Good he has you for
support...
Lyle
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Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
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