10 Jul
2015
10 Jul
'15
5:05 p.m.
I bought the two old Macs there this morning, but there's *years* of 80s
magazines still there: BYTE, nibbles, MacUser, Softalk, Creative Computing,
Personal Computing, Call-A.P.P.L.E, a few Macworld and PC Magazine issues,
probably some others I'm forgetting.
Only one more day for the sale, they'll probably let you haul them away for
(close to) nothing on Saturday.
Also there's a Toshiba T1000 and Apple II+ probably still there.
http://www.estatesales.net/CA/Huntington-Beach/92646/931308
Brendan
10 Jul
10 Jul
5:39 p.m.
On 7/10/2015 5:05 PM, Brendan Shanks wrote:
<snip>
Also there's a Toshiba T1000 and Apple II+ probably still there.
http://www.estatesales.net/CA/Huntington-Beach/92646/931308
Brendan
What did you make of the thing on the hand truck?
Gizmo
http://pictures.estatesales.net/931308/21760158/1.jpg
Apple 2
http://pictures.estatesales.net/931308/21760229/1.jpg
BTW, this looks like the same operation that had the lead that got Bob
Rosenbloom his IBM typewriter. I know they bring in pickers and others
to cherry pick the good stuff ahead of these sales from the sale that
Bob's typewrite came from.
I picked up some books at the sale for my collection, and in researching
the person who originally owned the book turned up fresh meat on a book
scout's ABE books site. However I got the good stuff, he got the crap.
I would have liked to have snagged the guy's PhD bound thesis, as it was
related to engineering mathematics, and is cited widely in other
literature. However I got his copies from project Ranger, of which he
was a leading engineer.
BTW, Brendan, I'm in Orange if you are in the area.
thanks
Jim
7:42 p.m.
On Jul 10, 2015, at 5:39 PM, jwsmobile <jws at
jwsss.com> wrote:
Haha I didn't look at that closely but it looked like an old TV in pieces.
On 7/10/2015 5:05 PM, Brendan Shanks wrote:
<snip>
Also there's a Toshiba T1000 and Apple II+ probably still there.
http://www.estatesales.net/CA/Huntington-Beach/92646/931308
Brendan
What did you make of the thing on the hand truck?
Gizmo
http://pictures.estatesales.net/931308/21760158/1.jpg
Apple 2
http://pictures.estatesales.net/931308/21760229/1.jpg BTW, Brendan, I'm in Orange if you are in the
area.
Cool I live in Huntington Beach, always keeping an eye out on Craigslist and estate sales
for vintage stuff.
I wish I could save more of the magazines, there's a few full years of BYTE which are
worth $$ on eBay, and I'd love to send the MacUser's to someone who could scan
them. Unfortunately I won't be around tomorrow to grab them.
Brendan
11 Jul
11 Jul
1:28 p.m.
On 7/10/2015 7:42 PM, Brendan Shanks wrote:
> >On Jul 10, 2015, at 5:39 PM, jwsmobile<jws
at jwsss.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
>> >>On 7/10/2015 5:05 PM, Brendan Shanks wrote:
>> >><snip>
>> >>
Apple 2 was gone, and someone who didn't know about the list
had bought
all the magazines and intended them as ebay material.
I was not interested in the Toshiba, but it may have still been there.
Thanks
Jim
10 Jul
10 Jul
7:45 p.m.
On 2015-Jul-10, at 5:39 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
On 7/10/2015 5:05 PM, Brendan Shanks wrote:
That's the rear of a 70s colour TV, the stuff on the side looks like either/both
convergence control or an early electronic tuning system with individual channel tuning.
Actually, it looks like a Heathkit with the plug-in modules along the rear chassis, the
manuals on top look like the right colour with the little title window cut in the cover of
Heathkit manuals.
Here we go, compare:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34737609 at N07/sets/72157613423708701
I think the estate one is an earlier model, probably early 70s, with the flickr-pics one
probably a couple years later.
Also there's a Toshiba T1000 and Apple II+ probably still there.
http://www.estatesales.net/CA/Huntington-Beach/92646/931308
Brendan
What did you make of the thing on the hand truck?
Gizmo
http://pictures.estatesales.net/931308/21760158/1.jpg
9:33 p.m.
On 7/10/2015 7:45 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote:
On 2015-Jul-10, at 5:39 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
That's the rear of a 70s
colour TV, the stuff on the side looks like either/both convergence control or an early
electronic tuning system with individual channel tuning.
Actually, it looks like a Heathkit with the plug-in modules along the rear chassis, the
manuals on top look like the right colour with the little title window cut in the cover of
Heathkit manuals.
Here we go, compare:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34737609 at N07/sets/72157613423708701
I think the estate one is an earlier model, probably early 70s, with the flickr-pics one
probably a couple years later.
The thing that made me ask was that the grey thing
was possibly a 1/4 or
larger motor, and maybe it was some oddly skinned disk drive. Now I see it.
My cousin built one of those and had the best workshop TV in full color
till his wife made him put it in a box in the living room. Great fun
with the controls that pulled out after that, but not near as fun as a
25" or so color tv on your bench.
thanks for the info.
I will try to get there tomorrow, may call you, Brendan and let you
distribute the Bytes. I'm looking for a particular ad in the 70s thru
80's magazines and if I find it that would be all I want to keep.
thanks
Jim
9:52 p.m.
Most of the Byte magazines are here:
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Byte_Magazine.htm
Subject: Re: 80s magazines at Huntington Beach, CA
estate sale
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
From: jws at jwsss.com
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:33:39 -0700
On 7/10/2015 7:45 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote:
On 2015-Jul-10, at 5:39 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
That's the rear of a 70s
colour TV, the stuff on the side looks like either/both convergence control or an early
electronic tuning system with individual channel tuning.
Actually, it looks like a Heathkit with the plug-in modules along the rear chassis, the
manuals on top look like the right colour with the little title window cut in the cover of
Heathkit manuals.
Here we go, compare:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34737609 at N07/sets/72157613423708701
I think the estate one is an earlier model, probably early 70s, with the flickr-pics one
probably a couple years later.
The thing that made me ask was that the grey thing
was possibly a 1/4 or
larger motor, and maybe it was some oddly skinned disk drive. Now I see it.
My cousin built one of those and had the best workshop TV in full color
till his wife made him put it in a box in the living room. Great fun
with the controls that pulled out after that, but not near as fun as a
25" or so color tv on your bench.
thanks for the info.
I will try to get there tomorrow, may call you, Brendan and let you
distribute the Bytes. I'm looking for a particular ad in the 70s thru
80's magazines and if I find it that would be all I want to keep.
thanks
Jim
10:48 p.m.
On 7/10/2015 9:52 PM, Randy Dawson wrote:
Most of the Byte magazines are here:
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Byte_Magazine.htm
> >Subject: Re: 80s magazines at Huntington Beach, CA estate sale
> >To:cctalk at classiccmp.org
> >From:jws at jwsss.com
> >Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:33:39 -0700
> >
Here is what I'm looking for. There were several issues in the late
70's or more likely the early 80's when ACP in Santa Ana was really big
in mail order, components, and took Apple for rights to set prices they
wished to sell the product at. Apple was the first to challenge, and I
think wrongly be able to create a single price, when the margin should
be the call of the dealers they sell to.
Anyway, that led to a lot of business, and the scale to have a lot of
Byte ads. Several of them were text over a photo that Tom Freeman took
at the ACP Swap meet. I was dead center in the photo in one aisle of
the meet going full blast looking directly at the camera.
I've not found it on any of the online versions, but I know there were
issues it was published because Tom had one and called me when he found
out there was someone recognizable in that photo.
So I'd like to get hands on them and see if I can find such an issue.
If anyone else feels like doing so I'd love a scan and a date, because I
didn't find the cover (back I think) on any of the ones I got. And I
think I have all of those gone thru.
If I get them I will try to twist someones arm to deal with sending
them, as I didn't follow thru on the last promise I made. But I hope
not to have to trash them. Assuming they are still there and are near
free in cost.
thanks
Jim
10 p.m.
On 2015-Jul-10, at 9:33 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
On 7/10/2015 7:45 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote:
I had a similar thought at first glance - thought it might be a drum housing - till I
noticed the IF coil cans and such and had to back off to something less exotic.
Then started to recognise it from looking at too many Heath catalogs as a kid.
On 2015-Jul-10, at 5:39 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
That's the rear of a 70s
colour TV, the stuff on the side looks like either/both convergence control or an early
electronic tuning system with individual channel tuning.
Actually, it looks like a Heathkit with the plug-in modules along the rear chassis, the
manuals on top look like the right colour with the little title window cut in the cover of
Heathkit manuals.
Here we go, compare:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34737609 at N07/sets/72157613423708701
I think the estate one is an earlier model, probably early 70s, with the flickr-pics one
probably a couple years later.
The thing that made me ask was that the grey thing
was possibly a 1/4 or larger motor, and maybe it was some oddly skinned disk drive. Now I
see it. My cousin built one of those and had the best workshop
TV in full color till his wife made him put it in a box in the living room. Great fun with
the controls that pulled out after that, but not near as fun as a 25" or so color tv
on your bench.
thanks for the info.
I will try to get there tomorrow, may call you, Brendan and let you distribute the Bytes.
I'm looking for a particular ad in the 70s thru 80's magazines and if I find it
that would be all I want to keep.
thanks
Jim
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