6 Jan
2011
6 Jan
'11
10:18 p.m.
Not my auction, but looks pretty danged neat. Price isn't too bad.
eBay Item 220721080577.
Looks cool, wish I lived a little closer :).
- Josh
6 Jan
6 Jan
10:22 p.m.
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Josh Dersch <derschjo at mail.msu.edu> wrote:
Not my auction, but looks pretty danged neat. ?Price
isn't too bad. ?eBay
Item 220721080577.
Looks cool, wish I lived a little closer :).
- Josh
No kidding... I live close enough, but I don't have $200 and my
significant other would have a major fit. :)
Mark
7 Jan
7 Jan
12:02 a.m.
What is that open circle area on the far right side of the keyboard?!
Don't tell me that its some kind of touchpad system or perhaps a pen
input area? Never seen a kb like that before.
Mark Davidson wrote:
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Josh Dersch
<derschjo at mail.msu.edu> wrote:
Not my auction, but looks pretty danged neat.
Price isn't too bad. eBay
Item 220721080577.
Looks cool, wish I lived a little closer :).
- Josh
No kidding... I live close enough, but I don't have $200 and my
significant other would have a major fit. :)
Mark
12:45 a.m.
Copied from digibarn
"*Look carefully at the right side of the keyboard. That round circle is a
CAT -- a touch sensitive pad that worked like a mouse"*
*Chris*
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
What is that open circle area on the far right side of
the keyboard?!
Don't tell me that its some kind of touchpad system or perhaps a pen input
area? Never seen a kb like that before.
Mark Davidson wrote:
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Josh Dersch
<derschjo at mail.msu.edu>
wrote:
Not my auction, but looks pretty danged neat.
Price isn't too bad. eBay
Item 220721080577.
Looks cool, wish I lived a little closer :).
- Josh
No kidding... I live close enough, but I don't have $200 and my
significant other would have a major fit. :)
Mark
8:21 a.m.
That is VERY COOL !!! :-)
I hope someone from the list picks this up and brings it to a VCF show,
I'd love to see it working...
That also reminds me, I have a couple of Xerox 6085's "Daybreak" systems
I bought a few years back that I just don't have the free time to give
attention to and devote desk space for. Anyone interested in them
(trade/sale) ? Just the main CPU boxes, no monitors or keyboards,
though I found a connection in TN that has a nice stockpile of spare
monitors and keyboards, but just never found the chance/time to pursue.
Email me off-list if interested.
Curt
Chris Halarewich wrote:
Copied from digibarn
"*Look carefully at the right side of the keyboard. That round circle is a
CAT -- a touch sensitive pad that worked like a mouse"*
*Chris*
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
What is that open circle area on the far right
side of the keyboard?!
Don't tell me that its some kind of touchpad system or perhaps a pen input
area? Never seen a kb like that before.
Mark Davidson wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Josh Dersch <derschjo at mail.msu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>> Not my auction, but looks pretty danged neat. Price isn't too bad. eBay
>> Item 220721080577.
>>
>> Looks cool, wish I lived a little closer :).
>>
>> - Josh
>>
>>
>>
> No kidding... I live close enough, but I don't have $200 and my
> significant other would have a major fit. :)
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
8:25 a.m.
We have one in the MARCH collection. I'm not sure about its status.
On 01/07/2011 11:21 AM, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
That is VERY COOL !!! :-)
I hope someone from the list picks this up and brings it to a VCF
show, I'd love to see it working...
That also reminds me, I have a couple of Xerox 6085's "Daybreak"
systems I bought a few years back that I just don't have the free time
to give attention to and devote desk space for. Anyone interested
in them (trade/sale) ? Just the main CPU boxes, no monitors or
keyboards, though I found a connection in TN that has a nice stockpile
of spare monitors and keyboards, but just never found the chance/time
to pursue.
Email me off-list if interested.
Curt
8:32 a.m.
Evan - maybe you could set it out on display in one of the March room's,
so people could see it, even if it may not be functional...
Evan Koblentz wrote:
We have one in the MARCH collection. I'm not sure
about its status.
On 01/07/2011 11:21 AM, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
That is VERY COOL !!! :-)
I hope someone from the list picks this up and brings it to a VCF
show, I'd love to see it working...
That also reminds me, I have a couple of Xerox 6085's "Daybreak"
systems I bought a few years back that I just don't have the free
time to give attention to and devote desk space for. Anyone
interested in them (trade/sale) ? Just the main CPU boxes, no
monitors or keyboards, though I found a connection in TN that has a
nice stockpile of spare monitors and keyboards, but just never found
the chance/time to pursue.
Email me off-list if interested.
Curt
8:43 a.m.
We intend to. Our museum expansion (from 900 square feet of public
exhibit space to more than 3,000) is currently on hold because of some
bureaucratic issues. We anticipate re-starting our expansion by this
summer.
Right now our group has two major projects -- 1. Putting some effort
into organizing / cataloging our vast collection; 2., Planning for VCF
East 7.0.
Evan - maybe you could set it out on display in one of
the March
room's, so people could see it, even if it may not be functional...
Evan Koblentz wrote:
We have one in the MARCH collection. I'm not
sure about its status.
On 01/07/2011 11:21 AM, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
That is VERY COOL !!! :-)
I hope someone from the list picks this up and brings it to a VCF
show, I'd love to see it working...
That also reminds me, I have a couple of Xerox 6085's "Daybreak"
systems I bought a few years back that I just don't have the free
time to give attention to and devote desk space for. Anyone
interested in them (trade/sale) ? Just the main CPU boxes, no
monitors or keyboards, though I found a connection in TN that has a
nice stockpile of spare monitors and keyboards, but just never found
the chance/time to pursue.
Email me off-list if interested.
Curt
11:01 a.m.
New subject: museum cataloging (was: Xerox 860 IPS system on eBay)
In article <4D2742C6.9030908 at snarc.net>,
Evan Koblentz <evan at snarc.net> writes:
Right now our group has two major projects -- 1.
Putting some effort
into organizing / cataloging our vast collection; 2., Planning for VCF
East 7.0.
I did a little research the last time we talked about cataloging and I
found these open source packages for museum cataloging:
<http://www.collectiveaccess.org/download>
Here's another one that looks interesting:
<http://museolog.unesco.kz/i.php?content=home>
Any thoughts/opinions on either of these?
This *looked* interesting, until I realized that there is nothing to
download, just a lot of "plans" and "announcement" type pages.
<http://madronapro.com/>
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download
<http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/>
Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>
11:11 a.m.
New subject: museum cataloging
Right now our
group has two major projects -- 1. Putting some effort into organizing / cataloging our
vast collection; 2., Planning for VCF East 7.0.
I did a little research the last
time we talked about cataloging and I found these open source packages for museum
cataloging .... Any thoughts/opinions on either of these? 
12:35 p.m.
New subject: museum cataloging
the Madrona "about us" page makes an interesting statement:
Zero One Design Company was founded in 1997 but got interested in
collections management back in 1993 when
"work on an early collections management system, Superbase, piqued their
interest"
details... details... details... isn't that what collections management
is all about?
back to sleep now.....
s2
On 1/7/2011 11:01 AM, Richard wrote:
In article<4D2742C6.9030908 at snarc.net>,
Evan Koblentz<evan at snarc.net> writes:
Right now our group has two major projects -- 1.
Putting some effort
into organizing / cataloging our vast collection; 2., Planning for VCF
East 7.0.
I did a little research the last time we talked about cataloging and I
found these open source packages for museum cataloging:
<http://www.collectiveaccess.org/download>
Here's another one that looks interesting:
<http://museolog.unesco.kz/i.php?content=home>
Any thoughts/opinions on either of these?
This *looked* interesting, until I realized that there is nothing to
download, just a lot of "plans" and "announcement" type pages.
<http://madronapro.com/>
8:45 a.m.
On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, Evan Koblentz wrote:
We have one in the MARCH collection. I'm not sure
about its status.
I have an 860IPS also, with some documentation and word processing
software, although not nearly as much as this eBay chap has.
I picked it up from an author in Minneapolis who used it to write his
masterpieces on. I've never actually gotten around to turning it on, at
first because the queue of things ahead of it was too long, and then later
because the hand-grenade-sized capacitors in the PSU made me nervous.
One of these days I must build/purchase a cap tester. Anyone got one
spare? ;)
Random pictures, for anyone who is interested:
http://www.kiwigeek.com/hjp/comps/Xerox_860/Xerox860_front.jpg
http://www.kiwigeek.com/hjp/comps/Xerox_860/Xerox860_keyboard.jpg
http://www.kiwigeek.com/hjp/comps/Xerox_860/Xerox860_screen.jpg
http://www.kiwigeek.com/hjp/comps/Xerox_860/Xerox860_printer.jpg
http://www.kiwigeek.com/hjp/comps/Xerox_860/Xerox860_open_PSU_out.jpg
http://www.kiwigeek.com/hjp/comps/Xerox_860/Xerox860_open_backside.jpg
http://www.kiwigeek.com/hjp/comps/Xerox_860/Xerox860_CPU_card.jpg
- JP
On 01/07/2011 11:21 AM, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
That is VERY COOL !!! :-)
I hope someone from the list picks this up and brings it to a VCF
show, I'd love to see it working...
That also reminds me, I have a couple of Xerox 6085's "Daybreak"
systems I bought a few years back that I just don't have the free time
to give attention to and devote desk space for. Anyone interested
in them (trade/sale) ? Just the main CPU boxes, no monitors or
keyboards, though I found a connection in TN that has a nice stockpile
of spare monitors and keyboards, but just never found the chance/time
to pursue.
Email me off-list if interested.
Curt
9:17 a.m.
In a machine of this vintage, it's the safest bet to just replace those big filter
caps.
BTW, nice looking system! -- Ian
________________________________________
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of JP
Hindin [jplist2008 at kiwigeek.com]
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 8:45 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Xerox 860 IPS system on eBay
On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, Evan Koblentz wrote:
We have one in the MARCH collection. I'm not sure
about its status.
I have an 860IPS also, with some documentation and word processing
software, although not nearly as much as this eBay chap has.
I picked it up from an author in Minneapolis who used it to write his
masterpieces on. I've never actually gotten around to turning it on, at
first because the queue of things ahead of it was too long, and then later
because the hand-grenade-sized capacitors in the PSU made me nervous.
One of these days I must build/purchase a cap tester. Anyone got one
spare? ;)
Random pictures, for anyone who is interested:
http://www.kiwigeek.com/hjp/comps/Xerox_860/Xerox860_front.jpg
http://www.kiwigeek.com/hjp/comps/Xerox_860/Xerox860_keyboard.jpg
http://www.kiwigeek.com/hjp/comps/Xerox_860/Xerox860_screen.jpg
http://www.kiwigeek.com/hjp/comps/Xerox_860/Xerox860_printer.jpg
http://www.kiwigeek.com/hjp/comps/Xerox_860/Xerox860_open_PSU_out.jpg
http://www.kiwigeek.com/hjp/comps/Xerox_860/Xerox860_open_backside.jpg
http://www.kiwigeek.com/hjp/comps/Xerox_860/Xerox860_CPU_card.jpg
- JP
On 01/07/2011 11:21 AM, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
That is VERY COOL !!! :-)
I hope someone from the list picks this up and brings it to a VCF
show, I'd love to see it working...
That also reminds me, I have a couple of Xerox 6085's "Daybreak"
systems I bought a few years back that I just don't have the free time
to give attention to and devote desk space for. Anyone interested
in them (trade/sale) ? Just the main CPU boxes, no monitors or
keyboards, though I found a connection in TN that has a nice stockpile
of spare monitors and keyboards, but just never found the chance/time
to pursue.
Email me off-list if interested.
Curt
13 Jan
13 Jan
6:39 p.m.
Thanks for bringing that auction up. That answered a question I've had
for a while. I got a keyboard together with some other stuff a while
ago and I had no idea of where it came from... but now I do.
If anyone is interested in it, let me know. I don't have anything else
than the keyboard and it isn't related to anything I collect.
I'm located in Ume?, Sweden.
/G?ran
Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
That is VERY COOL !!! :-)
I hope someone from the list picks this up and brings it to a VCF
show, I'd love to see it working...
That also reminds me, I have a couple of Xerox 6085's "Daybreak"
systems I bought a few years back that I just don't have the free time
to give attention to and devote desk space for. Anyone interested
in them (trade/sale) ? Just the main CPU boxes, no monitors or
keyboards, though I found a connection in TN that has a nice stockpile
of spare monitors and keyboards, but just never found the chance/time
to pursue.
Email me off-list if interested.
Curt
Chris Halarewich wrote:
Copied from digibarn
"*Look carefully at the right side of the keyboard. That round circle
is a
CAT -- a touch sensitive pad that worked like a mouse"*
*Chris*
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
What is that open circle area on the far right
side of the keyboard?!
Don't tell me that its some kind of touchpad system or perhaps a pen
input
area? Never seen a kb like that before.
Mark Davidson wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Josh Dersch <derschjo at mail.msu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>> Not my auction, but looks pretty danged neat. Price isn't too
>> bad. eBay
>> Item 220721080577.
>>
>> Looks cool, wish I lived a little closer :).
>>
>> - Josh
>>
>>
>>
> No kidding... I live close enough, but I don't have $200 and my
> significant other would have a major fit. :)
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
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