Hams and old computer stuff (Re: old DEC stuff)
On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 12:06:03AM +, W2HX via cctalk wrote: > Dang! I was in Dayton/Xenia also this year and never knew that is where Mitch > is located! I have spoken to him on the phone. Very nice guy and very willing > to work with hobbyists. Next year I will make a point of meeting him in > person and picking up some goodies > > 73 Eugene W2HX > A bit unrelated, and I'm fairly new to this list, but interesting to see so many ham radio operators pop up. I suspect the same tinkering desire we get from ham radio is what draws us to old computers. 73 KI7JYE -- Jon Tabor tab...@obsolete.site http://obsolete.site “There is a saying: There is no such thing as overkill. There is only “Open fire!” and “Reloading!” ― John Ringo, The Hot Gate
Re: Old newsreader source code
On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 06:52:34PM +, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > > On 05/09/2018 02:17 PM, Rich Alderson via cctalk wrote: > > From: Seth Morabito > > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2018 9:23 AM > > > >> As an aside: If you were active on Usenet in 1989, what software were you > >> using? > > 1988-89 is about when I started reading Usenet newsgroups. At first, I used > > rn under Ultrix (on a VAX 3600, the staff Ultrix system at LOTS), but soon > > switched to Gnews (different from GNUS) under Emacs 18.59 because it saved > > messages into an RMail format mailbox file for later access. Once I had > > that I > > almost never used any of the Unix-y newsreaders. > > > > (I had to switch to GNUS when Emacs 19 came out, but that's another story.) > > > > > > By 1989 I was using Knews as most of what I did was on real > workstations. I am using Thunderbird at the moment but am > seriously thinking about going back to Knews. > > bill > 1989 was a bit before my time, Usenet-wise (I was still hitting the BBS scene at the time), but around '93-94 when I got my first Unix shell account, I recall using nn, but not terribly often (I mean, gopher was _right there_ for the taking!). These days I use slrn from an OpenBSD box. -- Jon Tabor tab...@obsolete.site http://obsolete.site
Re: Sparc Laptops
On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 11:31:24AM -0600, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > I have a DEC Pentium 200 Laptop... It appears to be like this hinote > https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-Digital-HiNote-VP-Laptop-Notebook-PC-Windows-95-Pentium-200MHz-MMX-32MB/362199249233?hash=item5454c1f151:g:tGUAAOSwrFtaRriI > > Warner > > On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 11:08 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > I have a pretty cool DEC 486 laptop. I am unsure if they made a Pentium > > laptop before they were bought out. > > http://www.vintagecomputer.net/digital/DECpc_433SLC/ > > DECpc_433SLC_Premium_open2.jpg > > b > > > I had a Digital HiNote Ultra II that I bought new just coming out of high school back in '96. If I recall correctly, it had a Pentium 100MHz CPU. I think I had it up to 32MB of RAM, don't recall the hard drive, but it had a funky wedge-shaped detatchable 3.5" floppy drive that went underneath it. Cool system; I remember running some version of Linux on it after I got tired of Windows 95. With the floppy detatched, it was very thin. I remember going for it over some Toshiba (I think) because it had a better screen, despite the slightly slower processor (the other was 133MHz). -- Jon Tabor tab...@obsolete.site http://obsolete.site
Re: '90s era PC recommendation.
On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 03:46:35PM +0100, Michael-John Turner via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 10:02:38PM -0600, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > Sadly, I have long had a soft spot for Pentium Pros. Which probably > > means that I'll pay through the nose for one some day. > > You're not the only one :) I've owned a few over the years, including a > Dell Optiplex GXpro that was my home firewall for a while and a quad > Pentium Pro IBM Netfinity 8651. It was loud, but a lovely machine. > > Cheers, MJ > -- > Michael-John Turner * m...@mjturner.net * http://mjturner.net/ > I love those, too. I remember purchasing a Micron full-height server back in the day with a Micronics W6-LI dual PPro board. Bought it with a single 180MHz chip, and later upgraded to dual 200MHz chips. As with all the machines I've sold, I never should have let it go. --- Jon Tabor tab...@obsolete.site http://obsolete.site
