27 Jul
1998
27 Jul
'98
1:37 p.m.
I was just given a Mac, which doesn't seem to have a hard drive or software.
Does anyone have an O/S he (she) would wish to get rid of cheap(ly), plus an
app or two?
I'm presuming my DOS 3.3 won't work. <g>
Thanks,
manney(a)lrbcg.com
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27 Jul
27 Jul
1:48 p.m.
What sort of a mac? It will say somewhere on it. What system software you
run on it has a lot to do with what kind of mac it is, and whether it has
a hard disk or not.
The old fashioned lunchbox macs are fun machines to work with, or to keep
around as a spare for when your big desktop machine breaks. My wife
has an se30 I used for nearly a week while my win95 machine was down for
a bad power supply. (grumble ATX grumble) It was pokey, but it got there.
And it had an ethernet interface so I could use our network still. :)
-Jim
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28 Jul
28 Jul
3:16 a.m.
New subject: mac os stuff WAS: Re: Zenith Data Systems laptop
Well, you can get older versions of the Mac OS from apple, up to I think
system 7.6.1 (? correct me here, mac people.) Just download and then do
what you will with them. as far as apps, I suppose you could find alot
at thrift shops (I find many old school titles for macs there...) or
depending on how old the systems are, you could use NetBSD or some unix
variant :)
-Eric
PG Manney wrote:
I was just given a Mac, which doesn't seem to have a hard drive or software.
Does anyone have an O/S he (she) would wish to get rid of cheap(ly), plus an
app or two?
8:34 a.m.
New subject: mac os stuff WAS: Re: Zenith Data Systems laptop
You might try ftp.apple.com. Don't know if they have macos there, but
they certainly have all the 8 bit operating systems. They seem to have a
policy of releasing OSs for no-longer-supported platforms, so maybe they'd have
older versions of MacOS.
That failing, let me know, Somewhere around here I have the install disks for
MacOS 7.0, and I THINK owning a mac gives you a license to an operating system
- although I'd have to check.
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10:27 a.m.
New subject: Teasers
I did a little junk surfing at lunch today. I came home with an HP9815A,
which is pretty cool, but it was generally a frustrating experience. I
kept finding parts of cool systems, but not the systems themselves!
Teaser parts:
* paper tape
* Terak keyboard and display
* Toshiba t300 keyboard
* MasPar boards
* Xerox box with two 8" floppies (no model number)
I'm thinking of going back to continue the hunt for the Terak. How many
variations were there on system boxes? Feel free to point me to pix, so I
can show them around ("hey mister, have you seen this box?").
-- Doug
11:04 a.m.
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11:52 a.m.
New subject: Teasers
I'm thinking of going back to continue the hunt
for the Terak. How many
variations were there on system boxes? Feel free to point me to pix, so I
can show them around ("hey mister, have you seen this box?").
The MasPar boards are the real gems in this lot. If you go back to this
pile and decide not to purchase the boards, please get them anyway! There
are probably a few of us on this list that might be interested.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
10:44 p.m.
New subject: Teasers
Doug wrote:
I did a little junk surfing at lunch today. I came
home with an HP9815A,
which is pretty cool, but it was generally a frustrating experience. I
kept finding parts of cool systems, but not the systems themselves!
This is a tried and true technique (for me, anyway) for getting stuff you
want. Those teaser bits are what I call *bait*. I like to think that buying
part of something acts as bait for the rest of it. Frinstance, before I had
a Kaypro, I found a padded blue nylon cover for one at a garage sale for
two bucks. Of course, I bought it. Sure enough, a few weeks later a Kaypro
turned up at another garage sale. Maybe this is too metaphysical for common
sense, but it works for me. On the practical side, buying part of something
means that you can take advantage of a cheap price when you find the rest
of it that's missing the bit you have.
Of course, it requires a lot of storage space for all the useless junk you
think might come in handy someday...
R.
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29 Jul
29 Jul
4:28 a.m.
New subject: Teasers
At 02:44 29-07-98 -0800, you wrote:
Doug wrote:
Hey! So _that's_ why I am having a problem in moving my stuff out of our
old house into the new house!!! I can't _believe_ how much has accumulated
over the 21 years I've been in the old house.
Same thing held very true for me: find a piece of something and the rest
will turn up later. I've got a _lot_ of pieces of electronic gear but not
that many complete systems/units. Oh well.
The new house is a bit smaller and I have a bit of a problem. Someday
you'll see me here advertising to get shed of some excess old computer bits
(mostly old PC-type stuff.) I want to let the reflector members have a
chance at them before I try other ways to get rid of them at hamfests, etc.
Regards, Chris
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Jamestown, NY USA
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL: http://www.ggw.org/freenet/a/awa/
I did a little junk surfing at lunch today. I
came home with an HP9815A,
which is pretty cool, but it was generally a frustrating experience. I
kept finding parts of cool systems, but not the systems themselves!
This is a tried and true technique (for me, anyway) for getting stuff you
want. Those teaser bits are what I call *bait*. I like to think that buying
part of something acts as bait for the rest of it. Frinstance, before I had
a Kaypro, I found a padded blue nylon cover for one at a garage sale for
two bucks. Of course, I bought it. Sure enough, a few weeks later a Kaypro
turned up at another garage sale. Maybe this is too metaphysical for common
sense, but it works for me. On the practical side, buying part of something
means that you can take advantage of a cheap price when you find the rest
of it that's missing the bit you have.
Of course, it requires a lot of storage space for all the useless junk you
think might come in handy someday...
30 Jul
30 Jul
6:58 p.m.
New subject: Teasers
I went back today to see if I could find the Terak. It's definitely not
there -- according to the junk dealer, he just got in the display and
keyboard. I did find the rest of the Toshiba T300, though. I also found
another teaser. According to Rax-lore, there is an IBM 29 Card Punch in
my future (I found the nameplate and some CDC cards in a TAB punch-card
rack).
-- Doug
31 Jul
31 Jul
12:52 a.m.
New subject: 026 card punch (was Re: Teasers)
Doug writes:
According to Rax-lore, there is an IBM 29 Card Punch
in
my future (I found the nameplate and some CDC cards in a TAB punch-card
rack).
-- Doug
On the subject of 029 card punches, does anyone out there have maintenance
manuals on the 026 card punch? The homeowner of the place where much of
my collection currently is just rescued an 026 punch from work. It does not
smoke when powered on, but it doesn't appear to feed cards from the hopper
into the punch area properly, and when a card is assisted into the right place,
it doesn't punch.
Thanks for any tips,
-ethan
29 Jul
29 Jul
1:02 a.m.
New subject: mac os stuff WAS: Re: Zenith Data Systems laptop
Poesie wrote:
Well, you can get older versions of the Mac OS from
apple, up to I think
system 7.6.1 (? correct me here, mac people.) Just download and then do
what you will with them. as far as apps, I suppose you could find alot
at thrift shops (I find many old school titles for macs there...) or
depending on how old the systems are, you could use NetBSD or some unix
variant :)
Sun Remarketing at http://www.sunrem.com/ also sells Mac and Apple OS's at a
reasonable cost.
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