Slabs, kids, shipping, cdtv. - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Apr 2001

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  Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 06:39:56 -0400
 From: Jeff Hellige &lt;jhellige(a)earthlink.net&gt;
 Subject: Re: NeXT slabs, recent finds and a request

 	I've got a CDTV myself, but it's CD-ROM doesn't work.  
 Otherwise it 
 works fine booted from a floppy, acting like an A500.  I've got 
 keyboard, wireless mouse, remote and a black Roctek floppy 
 drive.  What 
 does your keyboard look like?  Mine is black and looks 
 identical to the 
 A3000/A4000 keyboard except for the connector but it doesn't 
 have 'CDTV' 
 below the Amiga logo in the upper right corner and it almost 
 looks like 
 it was spray painted black.  The cord and connector don't look like a 
 homebrew job though. 
My keyboard DOES say 'CDTV' but doesn't have the amiga logo (I don't
think) and it looks identical to the keyboard for the Amiga 1500 its
sitting on top of, apart from being black and having a mini-din
connector. 
There's a thought - the wired mouse connector looks identical to the
Apple ADB port......anyone know if I could use a 2-button Kensington Mac
mouse? Got one floating around somewhere....heh.....

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 Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 09:37:24 -0400
 From: Curt Vendel &lt;curt(a)atari-history.com&gt;
 Subject: Re: NeXT slabs, recent finds and a request

 Hi Adrian,

     Sure, I'd be happy to ship one, I'd highly recommend 
 shipping by boat,
 no air as it'll cost into the hundreds.   Do you want a monitor?  (its
 actually a necessity since the keyboard/mouse plug into the 
 monitor and the
 monitor cable plugs into the slab and also takes its power 
 from the slab.)

    Let me know and I have no problems lugged down two boxes (1 cpu, 1
 monitor) to the post office for you. 
Yes please; slab/monitor/kbd/rodent and I agree about the boat shipping
- I haven't got any spare arms and legs to pay for airmail :) Actually,
you could probably ship it to my gf's sister in Providence, RI 'cos
she's coming over here next month and might be able to bring it with her
since her bf's a pilot!

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 Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:50:43 +0100 (BST)
 From: "M.Buckett" &lt;M.Buckett(a)dcs.hull.ac.uk&gt;
 Subject: Re: NeXT slabs, recent finds and a request

 Hi,
 If your prepared to ship to the UK I would be very interested 
 in getting a
 slab, monitor, keyboard and bits if there are still some going.
 How much do expect shipping by boat to the UK will be? and 
 how long will it take? 
4-6 weeks and probably round the $30-$50 mark I'd guess......

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 Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 10:34:10 -0500 
 From: "McFadden, Mike" &lt;mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu&gt;
 Subject: Re: just outta curiosity

 Being a kid is a state of mind.  I know a few 17 year old 
 adults and a few 40 year old kids.  
I'm a (nearly) 34 year old kid :)

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  I consider myself a kid because I sit on the floor
when I take apart
 computers, I stand on my head in containers/dumpsters pulling 
 out computers,
 I occasionally look like a dust bunny/dirt devil after 
 crawling around a warehouse. 
Check!

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   My kids think I'm a kid or crazy because I talk 
 to the computers when I'm taking them apart.   
Check!

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  Kids also get excited when they get new toys, and
that's me 
 when I've found a new computer.   
I don't get excited per se since I haven't been excited about anything
for 10 years or so, hence the Prozac I'm on now and the past tendency to
want to jump off tall buildings (over that now, fortunately :) but I DO
get a sense of satisfaction that it's another machine that's been saved
that I'll eventually get time to play with.

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  Maybe I'll go back to school when my kids are in
college and 
 teach kids.
 Actually my goal is to be able to work/play on interesting projects. 
Check! My daughter's school has expressed an interest in bringing the
kids round to see the museum when its in some sort of order since
they're all PeeCee based apart from a couple of Beebs and the odd Mac.
She thinks its great that I've got a couple of Colour Classics now since
that's what she uses at school!

Right. Back on me head :)

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Adrian Graham MCSE/ASE/MCP
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