6 Oct
2003
6 Oct
'03
9:07 a.m.
Is it just me or are there a lot of people posting to the list
responding to things that are non existent or ancient from an archive
or something? Especially these people mentioning a web site and
asking to buy something. Seems that there has been a lot of that
lately.
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6 Oct
6 Oct
10:12 a.m.
Is it just me or are there a lot of people posting to
the list responding to things that are non existent or ancient from an archive or
something? Especially these people mentioning a web site and asking to buy something.
Seems that there has been a lot of that lately.
I must confess, I was wondering about the "Re: VAXen available" message... It
made now sense to me.
Zane
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11:30 a.m.
That was a reply to a message that Chuck McMannis posted.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Zane H. Healy wrote:
Is it just me
or are there a lot of people posting to the list responding to things that are non
existent or ancient from an archive or something? Especially these people mentioning a web
site and asking to buy something. Seems that there has been a lot of that lately.
I must confess, I was wondering about the "Re: VAXen available" message... It
made now sense to me.
Zane
10:12 a.m.
Yes, there is a public archive of the list postings. I kinda thought that's
what the public archives were FOR? I especially like it when they talk
about ancient things *S*
I filter a lot of these so they never hit the list. But often I let them
through because I feel that is what we are here for.. to be a resource.
Maybe I'm being too lenient?
J
Is it just me or are there a lot of people posting to
the list
responding to things that are non existent or ancient from an archive
or something? Especially these people mentioning a web site and
asking to buy something. Seems that there has been a lot of that
lately.
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10:47 a.m.
At 02:12 PM 10/6/03 -0500, you wrote:
Yes, there is a public archive of the list postings. I
kinda thought that's
what the public archives were FOR? I especially like it when they talk
about ancient things *S*
I filter a lot of these so they never hit the list. But often I let them
through because I feel that is what we are here for.. to be a resource.
Maybe I'm being too lenient?
Probably.
I've replied to a couple of people looking for things and NONE of them
has ever responded so I seldom bother any more.
Joe
2:47 p.m.
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Joe wrote:
At 02:12 PM 10/6/03 -0500, you wrote:
I've responded to a number of people who found old messages related to
TIL3xx (TIL306, TIL307, TIL308, TIL311) displays, who either contacted me
directly, or posted to the mailing list. Each time I got a response back.
Pretty much the only information I've been able to give folks on those
parts is to contact Randy Gill, rgill AT innocor.com, who has been having
TIL311 compatible parts made. He told me he could have the others made, if
there was a demand for at least a few 1000 parts per year. I haven't been
able to find any other sources for these displays, though they sometimes
turn up surplus.
Maybe this info needs to be added to the FAQ somewhere?
-Toth
Yes, there is a public archive of the list
postings. I kinda thought
that's what the public archives were FOR? I especially like it when
they talk about ancient things *S*
I've replied to a couple of people looking for things and NONE of them
has ever responded so I seldom bother any more. 
12:39 p.m.
At 11:39 AM 10/10/03 -0700, you wrote:
Directly to the person and SOMETIMES to the list if it was relevent.
Joe
I've replied to a couple of people looking
for things and NONE of them
has ever responded so I seldom bother any more.
Joe
Did you reply to the person or the list? 
6 Oct
6 Oct
12:12 p.m.
no we just got confused as we all belong to both lists.... but it was
freaky when it would appear as a group on the other list.... sometimes we
forget there are two lists...
no problem just tempory confusion all is well!
ed!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay West" <jwest(a)classiccmp.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: Am I seeing things?
Yes, there is a public archive of the list postings. I
kinda thought
that's
what the public archives were FOR? I especially like
it when they talk
about ancient things *S*
I filter a lot of these so they never hit the list. But often I let them
through because I feel that is what we are here for.. to be a resource.
Maybe I'm being too lenient?
J
Is it just me or are there a lot of people
posting to the list
responding to things that are non existent or ancient from an archive
or something? Especially these people mentioning a web site and
asking to buy something. Seems that there has been a lot of that
lately.
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10:40 a.m.
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, John Rollins wrote:
Is it just me or are there a lot of people posting to
the list
responding to things that are non existent or ancient from an archive
or something? Especially these people mentioning a web site and
asking to buy something. Seems that there has been a lot of that
lately.
It comes in spurts. I think Jay is still (hopefully) working on a
solution ;)
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11:44 a.m.
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, John Rollins wrote:
> Is it just me or are there a lot of people posting to the list
[snippage]
It comes in spurts. I think Jay is still (hopefully) working on a
solution ;)
As Jay mentioned - I'm not altogether sure that these messages from folks
are a Bad Thing - it never hurts to have 'fresh' sources for collection
related possiblilties.
Recall that the PDP 11/44 system I own was rescued from a Big
Corporation (and certain death) due to the ex-sysop finding classiccmp
quite by accident.
Now, in the case of blatant commercial exploitative type ads, or spam,
then of course it should hopefully be diverted to /dev/nul. But I think a
little tolerance shoyuld be shown for folks who are just researching parts
and systems - at least we can be polite in our explanations.
And yes, these type of "I was searching for X and found your site.."
messages *do* seem to come in waves... I dunno...
Cheers
John
10:42 a.m.
At 11:07 AM 10/6/03 -0700, you wrote:
Is it just me or are there a lot of people posting to
the list
responding to things that are non existent or ancient from an archive
or something?
They seem to be responding to things out of the archive. Most of them are
OLD and a couple of them are really OT. Personally I'd like to filter out
any messages from non-members, or at least have them pre-viewed and
approved by someone.
My $.02 worth,
Joe
Especially these people mentioning a web site and
asking to buy something. Seems that there has been a
lot of that
lately.
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11:18 a.m.
and I thought I was the one imagining it!
ed!
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rollins" <kd7bcy(a)teleport.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:07 AM
Subject: Am I seeing things?
Is it just me or are there a lot of people posting to
the list
responding to things that are non existent or ancient from an archive
or something? Especially these people mentioning a web site and
asking to buy something. Seems that there has been a lot of that
lately.
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| KD7BCY kd7bcy(a)teleport.com |
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12:07 p.m.
New subject: Posting times
Anyone else seeing extended times (< 15 minutes or so) before their
posts get to the list? Kind of annoying to post something and not see it
pop up on the list within a relatively short time!!!
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