[cctalk] Re: VT220 North of Boston

Looks like both of them are North of Boston, but one is like a 19 hour drive away and one is a half hour drive away. I'd guess the half hour one. :D -Paul > On Aug 8, 2022, at 3:55 PM, W2HX via cctalk wrote: > > North Andover, MA or North Andover WI? > > 73 Eugene W2HX > Subscribe to my

Re: Applesauce FDC

There's a new Discord server that John started up for discussion and Q about the device and software, that might be the best place for quick answers. The Discord invite is: https://discord.gg/YrQKdwNhdR (The link is also available in the upper right corner of https://applesaucefdc.com )

Re: Computer stores

Kind of hopping in in the middle of an ongoing discussion that I haven't been following, but: > On Aug 25, 2020, at 10:51 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote: > > Q: although WE call it "Apple I", did the Steves call it "Apple I" or "Apple > Computer"? > The answer tells us whether they were

Re: bitsavers is showing down here

Yes, I believe the one you want is this one: https://discord.gg/gV6PKYW That's what Jay put in his followup message, he sent the wrong one first. -Paul > On Jan 20, 2020, at 12:13 AM, Ian McLaughlin via cctalk > wrote: > > Same here. This invite got me to a Discord server called

Re: OT: shortening eBay URLSs (Was: IBM PT-2

One further note on shortening eBay links. A few months ago, eBay made it harder to use links to ended auctions, because it will (sometimes? often?) automatically redirect you to some active auctions that it deems to be similar. If you add ?nordt=true_cvip=true=nc to the end, it will stay on

Re: Byte Magazine

> On Mar 29, 2019, at 2:01 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: > > I have been trying to read the Dr Dobbs PDF scans and a few other PDF's. They > seem to work only with the NAME BRAND pdf reader. Of course I use the OTHER > brand. It would be nice if when scanning a file THEY used a generic output >

Re: Wanted: tech docs on original Iomega 8-inch full height 10MB Bernoulli drive (Alpha-10)

> On Oct 16, 2018, at 7:28 AM, David Schmidt via cctech > wrote: > > On 10/15/18 1:00 PM, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: >> From: Michael Brutman >> Hi Eric, >> I have working 10MB and 20MB units here being driven by a PC XT with the >> Iomega specific card for them. >> I've had to

Re: Null program (was Re: ITS DDT anecdote)

On Jul 12, 2018, at 10:20 AM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > > That reminds me of one of my favorite computer trivia questions: > > What is the shortest useful CP/M program? Oh yes, the "infinitely profitable program." There was a write up of this that I came across some time ago. It's a

Re: Is This A Shill?

> On May 1, 2018, at 6:06 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > Personally, I find all of this hilarious. ebay has been shady for as long > > as I have watched it. I gave up seriously bidding on "auctions" years ago. > > Seems every time I bid and ended out the

Re: Atari PSU with collapsing 5V rail

As far as I know, the relevant ('temporary/improvised') concept is generally accepted to be (or at least originally to have been) "jury-rigged." https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/jury-rigged http://archives.cjr.org/language_corner/the_jury_is_in.php Nothing to do with WWII, though