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Bill Degnan

3 Oct 2025 3 Oct '25

5:28 p.m.

I have updated the list I maintain of vintage computing resources. If there are any obviously-missing links contact me privately through vintagecomputer.net/contact.cfm https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=147 NOTE: I deleted a few sites from the list, it's a shame some of them do not seem to have been backed up. Thanks Bill

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Marc Howard

3 Oct 3 Oct

9:58 p.m.

Perhaps some of the non-responding sites live on in the Wayback Machine? Anyway, thanks for the list. Marc On Fri, Oct 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:

I have updated the list I maintain of vintage computing resources. If there are any obviously-missing links contact me privately through vintagecomputer.net/contact.cfm https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=147 NOTE: I deleted a few sites from the list, it's a shame some of them do not seem to have been backed up. Thanks Bill

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Bill Degnan

4 Oct 4 Oct

10:48 a.m.

Everyone who suggested sites, thanks. All included. If I was to criticise my own list I'd like to add more mainframe stuff, I feel like the vintage computing community forgets how dominant IBM in particular once was. Disproportionately not covered I guess because people did not have "fond memories" of IBM 360's. I also could probably find a few Apple support sites, I tend to ignore Apple just because it's covered elsewhere. The list is really just my way of keeping track of sites I find in my travels, but I get messages about it more often now in the past year than in the past 10 years combined. Someone must have put the list on a popular youtube blogger site or something. Youtube is not a hobby. Bill On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM Marc Howard <cramcram(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Perhaps some of the non-responding sites live on in the Wayback Machine? Anyway, thanks for the list. Marc On Fri, Oct 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:

I have updated the list I maintain of vintage computing resources. If there are any obviously-missing links contact me privately through vintagecomputer.net/contact.cfm https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=147 NOTE: I deleted a few sites from the list, it's a shame some of them do not seem to have been backed up. Thanks Bill

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Jim Davis

11:15 a.m.

I am sad when I see a classic machine junked, a IBM 370 once passed through Tek's surplus site, Totally torn down On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:

Everyone who suggested sites, thanks. All included. If I was to criticise my own list I'd like to add more mainframe stuff, I feel like the vintage computing community forgets how dominant IBM in particular once was. Disproportionately not covered I guess because people did not have "fond memories" of IBM 360's. I also could probably find a few Apple support sites, I tend to ignore Apple just because it's covered elsewhere. The list is really just my way of keeping track of sites I find in my travels, but I get messages about it more often now in the past year than in the past 10 years combined. Someone must have put the list on a popular youtube blogger site or something. Youtube is not a hobby. Bill On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM Marc Howard <cramcram(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Perhaps some of the non-responding sites live on in the Wayback Machine? Anyway, thanks for the list. Marc On Fri, Oct 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:

I have updated the list I maintain of vintage computing resources. If there are any obviously-missing links contact me privately through vintagecomputer.net/contact.cfm https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=147 NOTE: I deleted a few sites from the list, it's a shame some of them do not seem to have been backed up. Thanks Bill

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Jim Davis

11:17 a.m.

But how can anyone home and feed a 370/168? On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM Jim Davis <jim.p.davis(a)gmail.com> wrote:

I am sad when I see a classic machine junked, a IBM 370 once passed through Tek's surplus site, Totally torn down On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:

Everyone who suggested sites, thanks. All included. If I was to criticise my own list I'd like to add more mainframe stuff, I feel like the vintage computing community forgets how dominant IBM in particular once was. Disproportionately not covered I guess because people did not have "fond memories" of IBM 360's. I also could probably find a few Apple support sites, I tend to ignore Apple just because it's covered elsewhere. The list is really just my way of keeping track of sites I find in my travels, but I get messages about it more often now in the past year than in the past 10 years combined. Someone must have put the list on a popular youtube blogger site or something. Youtube is not a hobby. Bill On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM Marc Howard <cramcram(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Perhaps some of the non-responding sites live on in the Wayback Machine? Anyway, thanks for the list. Marc On Fri, Oct 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:

I have updated the list I maintain of vintage computing resources. If there are any obviously-missing links contact me privately through vintagecomputer.net/contact.cfm https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=147 NOTE: I deleted a few sites from the list, it's a shame some of them do not seem to have been backed up. Thanks Bill

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Jon Elson

12:27 p.m.

On 10/4/25 13:17, Jim Davis via cctalk wrote:

But how can anyone home and feed a 370/168?

168? No WAY! Massive weight, water cooling and massive power consumption. But, a friend of mine had a 370/145 in a bedroom of his house. We were trying to power it up with the standard motor/generator set. but, to reduce the parts they had to stock, I suspect IBM used a one size fits all scheme. The motor was a 20 HP monster, but the 145 CPU only used about 1600 W DC. Vast overkill, and the reactive power that motor drew exceeded anything we could supply. We did get it to spin, but had to have a guy hold the handle on the breaker! Jon

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