29 Dec
2001
29 Dec
'01
2:52 p.m.
In a message dated 12/29/2001 11:36:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
gehrich(a)tampabay.rr.com writes:
<< At 10:17 PM 12/29/01 -0500, you wrote:
I've got a number of IBM SCSI drives from 80-200
meg that work just fine as
well as a whole bunch of 5.25 floppy drives from different manufacturers in
both 360k and 1.2m capacities and I hate to just toss the stuff. Anybody
have
a need for them?
I might be interested in them.
What do you have and how much to 34611
Are they blank, used, with/without software?
Gene >>
To answer this question, I decided to post it. The 100-200m SCSI drives are
almost all IBM brand from PS/2 models running OS/2. There are some others
laying around that work, but not sure of anything else about them.
Everything's used of course.
--
Kwanzaa is NOT a real holiday.
30 Dec
30 Dec
7:10 p.m.
New subject: KWANZA ???
----- Original Message -----
From: <SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 4:52 AM
Subject: Re: Any interest in 5.25 floppy drives or small scsi drives?
<snip>
Kwanzaa is NOT a real holiday.
Anything that gets African-American youth to think of themselves as part of
anything at all will be an improvement. If that man-made "holiday" gives
them a reason to reflect on the realities of their situation, it's better
than if they don't. If having their own midwinter festival helps them to
see the similarities between their cultural identities and those of others
groups, it's a good thing. (to put it in Martha Stewart's terms)
Dick
3:40 a.m.
New subject: KWANZA ???
On 31-Dec-2001 Richard Erlacher wrote:
If that man-made "holiday"
Are there any natural holidays? Solstice and equinoxes might be natural
events, but Christmas is not what I'd call "natural".
ObClassicmp : Santa gave me an abacus! While this particular one was
probably manufactured recently, anything this ancient must be classic :)
-Philip
31 Dec
31 Dec
2:25 a.m.
New subject: KWANZA ???
Maybe "natural" is the wrong word. It's easier to think of holidays that
existed before I did as being "real" though than ones conjured up in recent
times. However, some things, e.g. MLK day, Labor Day, "Presidents' Day,"
are all paid government holidays that didn't exist in '52, when I came to
this country.
Of course, you can ask anyone, and they'll tell you Christmas is over, but,
in traditional reality, given there is such a thing, Christmas is a 12-day
period starting with Dec 25 and ending on Jan 6 (Epiphany). American
commercialism is so anxious to get the figures onto their quarterly reports,
however, that they end the holiday on Dec 25, so they can publish their
claims of doom or success.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: <gwynp(a)artware.qc.ca>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: KWANZA ???
On 31-Dec-2001 Richard Erlacher wrote:
If that man-made "holiday"
Are there any natural holidays? Solstice and equinoxes might be natural
events, but Christmas is not what I'd call "natural".
ObClassicmp : Santa gave me an abacus! While this particular one was
probably manufactured recently, anything this ancient must be classic :)
-Philip
30 Dec
30 Dec
4:57 a.m.
New subject: OT: Re: KWANZA ???
----- Original Message -----
From: <SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 4:52 AM
Subject: Re: Any interest in 5.25 floppy drives or small scsi drives?
<snip>
> Kwanzaa is NOT a real holiday.
I'm all for free thinking and free speech so here's my contribution:
That signature is racially offensive and wholly insensitive. I thought
with the 9/11 attacks the people of this country were supposed to be more
tolerant of the vast number of different cultures and practices that make
up the USA?
Pfeh.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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