16 Dec
1998
16 Dec
'98
9:04 a.m.
This may or may not be a description of your situation, but when I worked at Heath/Zenith,
we bought "Gold" floppy disk drives directly from the manufacturers of the
drives (Shugart, Tandon, etc.) that were painted gold for use as duplicators in producing
the commercially sold software (operating systems, languages and applications). These
were hand-calibrated drives with essentially perfect alignment. Not saying that this is
what you have, but it is possible.
Barry Watzman
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From: Bill Sudbrink [SMTP:bill@chipware.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 10:39 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: RE: Computer paint jobs (was Re: SOL feeding frenzy?)
In one of the Ohio Scientific C2's I have, the face
plate of one of the 8 inch floppies has been painted
gold! The rest of the unit was classic tan/brown
and the guy I got it from had no idea why.
30 Dec
30 Dec
1:28 p.m.
New subject: Commodore Parts & Upgrades
I just came across what appears to be a very good source of Commodore Upgrades,
Parts, and add-on's.. Also Hard Drives for 64 & 128 computers..
How about supercharging your commodore 64 to 20Mhz !!!
Hang on to your wallet though .. <Grin>!
Check it out.. http://www.cmdweb.com/
Phil...
1 Jan
1 Jan
5:25 a.m.
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9:37 a.m.
New subject: Commodore Parts & Upgrades
And here's yet another reasonable place, just across the Ohio River from Louisville -
Dr. Feelgood (can you feel good with a Commodore??)
http://members.aye.net/~feelgood/index.htm
Cameron Kaiser wrote:
::I just came across what appears to be a very good
source of Commodore Upgrades,
::Parts, and add-on's.. Also Hard Drives for 64 & 128 computers..
::How about supercharging your commodore 64 to 20Mhz !!!
::Hang on to your wallet though .. <Grin>!
::Check it out.. http://www.cmdweb.com/
::Phil...
A very reputable company, too. Doug Cotton and friends do great work, and
they also do repairs if you can get the unit to them.
If you're interested in refurbished equipment, Vintage Computer
(http://www.vintagecomputer.com/) is a very good choice -- I bought my
Okimate 20 and Plus/4 from them.
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15 Jan
15 Jan
2:22 a.m.
On 16 Dec 98 at 18:04, Barry A. Watzman wrote:
This may or may not be a description of your
situation, but when I worked at Heath/Zenith, we bought
"Gold" floppy
disk drives directly from the manufacturers of the drives
(Shugart, Tandon, etc.) th>
Barry Watzman
Ah , now I remember the name, now that I can read it without the frustration
of HTML. I have seen you in the Zenith newsgroups. Good to have you on-board.
There are several collectors that have Heaths or Zeniths on the list. You
sound like a welcome resource. I have a luggable ZFA 162 with the pop-up fdds
that I treasure more than my Kaypros or other portables. I think H/Z were
incredibly innovative in there earlier incarnation. The military contract that
was initiated was IMHO one of the few times the US military brass didn't fuck
up, but of course history eclipsed them because they did nothing about their
advantage and MS and IBM peddled their shit to the masses effectively and H/Z
became history.
ciao larry
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