16 Jul
2005
16 Jul
'05
10:04 p.m.
Don't know if anyone else pursued it....
I emailed the guy and received about 6 very nice pictures of the TI990, disk
drives, and peripherals he has.
In a word, it's simply a gorgeous system. Looks to be mint condition. One
six foot rack with the TI990 cpu and programmers front panel, and four
"dishwasher style" disk drive units with media. The terminals are TI as well
and perfectly retro. Even the racks are original TI racks.
All said, a very very nice machine. However, he seemed a little too key to
inform me that he knew the system cost $250,000.00 USD years ago. My
suspicion is he thinks he can get at least 100K for it ;) Not to mention, I
believe the system is located in the middle east but I'm waiting on
confirmation from him on that. I wont be actively trying to obtain this
system, just felt like asking about it :>
Jay West
17 Jul
17 Jul
5:28 p.m.
By the way... just got confirmation from the seller, the machine is located
in Lebanon. I imagine shipping would not be cheap. Again, I'm not going for
it - just wanted to research out of curiousity. If someone wants a TI990
system, this is a beaut.
Jay
8:34 p.m.
On Sun, 17 Jul 2005, Jay West wrote:
By the way... just got confirmation from the seller,
the machine is located
in Lebanon. I imagine shipping would not be cheap. Again, I'm not going for
it - just wanted to research out of curiousity. If someone wants a TI990
system, this is a beaut.
I have some relatives nearby that could store it for someone who wants it
:)
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18 Jul
18 Jul
2:29 a.m.
New subject: Old (relatively) cache chips
Are 128Kx8 cache chips hard to find? I was toying with the idea of
upgrading my 486 VLB system to 128MB of ram and I would need 512k cache to
cache it all. The manual (Gigabyte GA-486VS) says I need 4 128Kx8 and 1
32Kx8 (tag) to do this (there are 8 256k chips plus tag in there now).
1:50 p.m.
On 7/17/05 8:34 PM, "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com>
wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jul 2005, Jay West wrote:
What country do you NOT have relatives in?!!?!
By the way... just got confirmation from the
seller, the machine is located
in Lebanon. I imagine shipping would not be cheap. Again, I'm not going for
it - just wanted to research out of curiousity. If someone wants a TI990
system, this is a beaut.
I have some relatives nearby that could store it for someone who wants it
:)
2:20 p.m.
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Gary Sparkes wrote:
What country do you NOT have relatives in?!!?!
I'm pretty sure I don't have any direct relations in Guam (at least as far
as I know ;)
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By the way... just got confirmation from the seller,
the machine is located
in Lebanon. I imagine shipping would not be cheap. Again, I'm not going for
it - just wanted to research out of curiousity. If someone wants a TI990
system, this is a beaut.
I have some relatives nearby that could store it for someone who wants it
:) 
2:32 p.m.
Anybody interested in my TI-990 with originel TI terminal and 800 printer ?
I've had it turned on a long time ago but since I dont have any
software to go with it I dont really know if it works. Been stored
really nice and dry for ages.
Up for swap (or possibly sale). Its located in the Netherlands.
Cheers,
Stefan.
At 19:50 18-7-2005, you wrote:
On 7/17/05 8:34 PM, "Vintage Computer
Festival" <vcf at siconic.com> wrote:
What country do you NOT have relatives in?!!?!
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2005, Jay West wrote:
> By the way... just got confirmation from the seller, the machine
is located
> in Lebanon. I imagine shipping would not be
cheap. Again, I'm
not going for
it - just
wanted to research out of curiousity. If someone wants a TI990
system, this is a beaut.
I have some relatives nearby that could store it for someone who wants it
:) 
2:40 p.m.
Am 17 Jul 2005 17:34 meinte Vintage Computer Festival:
On Sun, 17 Jul 2005, Jay West wrote:
> By the way... just got confirmation from the seller, the machine is located
> in Lebanon. I imagine shipping would not be cheap. Again, I'm not going for
> it - just wanted to research out of curiousity. If someone wants a TI990
> system, this is a beaut.
I have some relatives nearby that could store it for
someone who wants it
:)
Still, it might be less problematic to get it to the US than over to your relaives :))
Hans
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bfranchuk＠jetnet.ab.ca -
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