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Alphaserver 4100 - Give my Monster Life!!!!

by rlloken＠telus.net

On Wed, 24 May 2017, Pete Lancashire wrote: > Displaying that Motif session on a 'real' CRT that takes 1/3 of your desk, > weights 50+ lbs and takes around 150W. I had a lovely 21" trinitron CRT here that I sent to the dump last year, it had sat idle in the storage room for ten years and I needed the space. That is shameful. On the other hand, I feel no guilt about sending a few white box pentiums to the dump along with a couple ghetto blasters. No jury would ever convict me! Oh! Wait! I have a VAXstation 3100 and its associated 50lb monochrome CRT still in the storage room. I will have to dig it out some time... -- Richard Loken VE6BSV : "...underneath those tuques we wear, Athabasca, Alberta Canada : our heads are naked!" ** rlloken at telus.net ** : - Arthur Black

9 years, 3 months

Directory of old computer collectors

by rdawson16＠hotmail.com

Hi Jim, Anybody that is paranoid about telling their location and the computer dinosaurs running in their basement needs a head alignment. Another case of some guy over-estimating the worth of the junk we hold on to. It is zero, of value to only us that play with it. And our numbers are diminishing every day. Randy ________________________________ From: jim stephens <jwsmail at jwsss.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 11:26 PM To: Randy Dawson; steven stengel Subject: Fwd: Re: Directory of old computer collectors Randy, I'm sort of running interference for STeve on the list. Since his email is cc'd here and he's a subscriber I suspect has seen this. the tosteve at yahoo.com<mailto:tosteve at yahoo.com> is his email for these computer matters. People are getting a bit torqued out over non issues, I think, thanks for chiming in. Hopefully we can all help each others collecting efforts with a bit of visibility. thanks jim -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: Directory of old computer collectors Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 05:19:41 +0000 From: Randy Dawson <rdawson16 at hotmail.com><mailto:rdawson16 at hotmail.com> To: jim stephens <jwsmail at jwsss.com><mailto:jwsmail at jwsss.com>, steven stengel <tosteve at yahoo.com><mailto:tosteve at yahoo.com>, General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org><mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org> Hi Jim, add me to your list. I am in Thousand Oaks, CA (Los Angeles area). I have a Tektronix 4051 vector graphics computer running, just BASIC games at the moment. I have a Compaq Model 1 with the PC-IDE flash setup, running Autocad, Versacad, Dr. Halo, Turbo-C, MS-Fortran. I am in conversation with some Tek guys to add a modern RAM flash drive to the 4051 to replace the DC300 tape. We are about to build some PCBs for it, let me know if you have a 4051. Randy ________________________________ From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org><mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of steven stengel via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org><mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 12:05 PM To: jim stephens; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Directory of old computer collectors I will post anything you want me to, just tell me. email is not necessary, a link or website will do fine as well.The map is intended to be a method to see who's where for assistance, trading, meet-ups, etc.There's hundreds of people here, but few know where each other live, I suppose. From: jim stephens via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org><mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org<mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 12:09 AM Subject: Re: Directory of old computer collectors On 5/22/2017 11:06 PM, Lyle Bickley via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, 22 May 2017 16:29:22 -0400 > william degnan via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org><mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> can you send a link to the people who are on the list so they can see >> their listing? I personally don't mind as long as any record that >> includes me personally does not include my email address or phone >> number. I much prefer to send people to my web page contact form. > Folks who are on the list should have the opportunity to approve what > will and will not be posted about them. That's not only a legal > requirement in many States, but also common courtesy. > > Regards, > Lyle You do get that this isn't cctalk, but one that people had already sent contact info for. I sent him revised publishable contact info for the list. I realize he probably made the request w/o 40 pages of consent forms to read, but he seems to just be asking to allow him to publish >from that list, and a note here for anyone who didn't see it in their email, since the respondents came from here. thanks jim >> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 4:19 PM, steven stengel via cctalk < >> cctalk at classiccmp.org<mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> In the past, I requested the email address and home city of old >>> computer collectors to a compile a list for my own purposes. >>> Over 120 people had responded, which is great! Now I want to make >>> this list PUBLIC with a Google map showing everyones location, >>> email, and collecting preferences. >>> Since I don't have anyone's explicit permission to publish their >>> information, I am now asking. >>> Please let me know if I may, or may not, place your information on >>> the public webpage. >>> Thanks- >>> Steven Stengelhttp://oldcomputers.net/ >>> >>> > >

9 years, 3 months

Key for Intel MDS-800

by barythrin＠gmail.com

Is this a thing? There's an archive of vintage physical computer keys? This would be very cool. Heck one could potentially even 3d print a key for short term usage. -------- Original message --------From: Dennis Boone via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Date: 5/10/17 4:13 PM (GMT-06:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Key for Intel MDS-800 If someone has one, let's get it added to the ccmp keys list: blank type, cut info, etc. De

9 years, 3 months

cctalk Digest, Vol 35, Issue 24

by fred＠miser.misernet.net

On Wed, 24 May 2017, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote: > Message: 51 > From: Anders Nelson <anders.k.nelson at gmail.com> > To: "Peter C. Wallace" <pcw at mesanet.com>, "General Discussion: > On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > > To whomever wants that DECTalk, I live in San Francisco and could pick it > up and ship it for you! I believe there was a gentleman in Italy that wanted it. If that falls through, I would like right of next refusal, shipping to Ohio. :) Fred

9 years, 3 months

FTGH clear-out at Mesa Electronics, Richmond, CA, USA

by shadoooo＠gmail.com

Hello Anders, thanks for your offer! I wrote you an email, I would be glad to receive the DECtalk! Andrea

9 years, 3 months

Fixing flakey floppies

by imp＠bsdimp.com

Greetings, I have three flakey floppies. I wonder if they are worth fixing. Two are TEAC FD-55FRs. One appears to not report the INDEX mark, the other works well until around track 35 or so then fails... The third floppy is a 1.2 MB YD-380. It won't reliably move the head... I've tried cleaning the heads (which rehabbed a forth drive: a TEAC FD-55GFR) on these drives a few times. I'm thinking that it's too much hassle and I should just trash them, at least the YD-380. I have 3 1.2MB drives that work. The 55FRs are desirable to have working since I can put them in a Rainbow, but even at ebay prices it isn't worth more than an hour of my time to rehab. Before I do that I thought I'd see if there was something simple I can do. I did all my testing with the kryoflux board on a known-good disk (720k 5.25" drive so it tests both sides at the normal density and tests all 80 tracks w/o using the high density mode so the FRs can read it). Warner

9 years, 3 months

BBS software for the PDP 11

by lyokoboy0＠gmail.com

I have both a pdp 11/34 and 11/23 and am trying to find some bbs software to run. Preferably something that will run under an os and not monopolize the whole machine. Any suggestions? i have not had much luck finding anything. --Devin

9 years, 3 months

Directory of old computer collectors

by tosteve＠yahoo.com

Hi, In the past, I requested the email address and home city of old computer collectors to a compile a list for my own purposes. Over 120 people had responded, which is great! Now I want to make this list PUBLIC with a Google map showing everyones location, email, and collecting preferences. Since I don't have anyone's explicit permission to publish their information, I am now asking. Please let me know if I may, or may not, place your information on the public webpage. Thanks- Steven Stengelhttp://oldcomputers.net/

9 years, 3 months

KDF 8189 processor board foobared (ebay warning)

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Jim Stephens > The fellow responded and as I had suspected had never seen anything > this old before and had thought that the parts were separable. > ... > Also he is going to hopefully share photos of the entire pile and I'll > try to help him market the parts in the most profitable way for him. This is good to hear. If he doesn't know about not trashing backplanes, etc (since most people save the boards, and trash everything else), please let him know about that too. I just lucked into a DH11 backplane, w/out boards. The boards are, however, easy to find on eBay, due to people following the 'save the boards' method... Noel

9 years, 3 months

usenet text newsgroup archives

by jwsmail＠jwsss.com

I've not hunted for anything much new on text usenet groups in ages. However I ran across a reference to a mailman mail list from 2006 call sun at home. Then stumbled across something call os.solaris.at-home. I presume that may be comp.os.solaris.at-home ? Anyone have a pointer to stable archives. And perhaps what happened to the mailman and archives? the trail to that list runs like this: This site with lots of Sun info I can use: http://www.obsolyte.com/ References this which is "on hiatus": http://www.net-kitchen.com/mailman/listinfo/suns-at-home apparently above is by Dwight D. McKay. From what I recall of Purdue IT and the like he is probably someone who knows or worked with George Gobel. (google his liquid oxygen BBQ sometime, for a taste). This is the link, but the above will hit all sorts of fun madness. Way before Mythbusters and the like as far as "don't try this at home" (subscript, tell George and let him set himself on fire). https://youtu.be/sab2Ltm1WcM thanks Jim

9 years, 3 months

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