On Mon, 1 Feb 2021, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
At 04:58 PM 2/1/2021, geneb wrote:
I've got one (F7+ Lightning version) and I've used it with 5.25" and 8" disks. I've
got plans to use it with 8" disks, but I've not done it yet. You'll need to get the
FDADAP from here: http://www.dbit.com/fd
On Mon, 1 Feb 2021, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
https://github.com/keirf/Greaseweazle
I heard about this today and I'm surprised I hadn't heard about it
on this list before.
Flux reading and writing from all sizes of floppy?
Anyone here using one? I'd love to get it working for 8 inch,
5 1
On Sun, 10 Jan 2021, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
On 1/10/21 7:16 PM, James B DiGriz wrote:
Synchronet is still very much "a thing".
Yes, and no.
Yes, there is /a/ product named Synchronet, probably from the same vendor or
subsidiary. However, I don't think that it is the /same/ product.
On Mon, 28 Dec 2020, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote:
you got marked as spam ed
On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 5:02 PM ED SHARPE via cctalk
wrote:
Hey look! A spam filter doing it's job! \o/
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On Wed, 16 Dec 2020, Liam Proven wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 21:23, geneb wrote:
Hopefully Cancel Moose can return too. :)
http://cm.org/
Yes, but sadly it didn't work the way my memory told me it did. I
remember it as an issuer of cancel messages, not some kind of labeling
system. I
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 18:20, geneb wrote:
That would be glorious. :)
Looks like it's happened.
https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Board_members
That's fantastic! They need to get the site cert fixed though.
Hopefully Cancel Moose can return
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 01:02, Mark J. Blair via cctalk
wrote:
USENET is still around. But much like the rest of the infinite groups, it's not
where everybody is. Sigh.
True. In fact a colleague of mine at $DAYJOB is trying to resurrect
the
On Wed, 16 Dec 2020, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote:
I could never get my head around Golf... except when the drinks cart
came.. then it was fun. :-p
Golf will only become a worthwhile sport when they combine it with Skeet.
Until then it's just Pasture Pool. :)
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On Sat, 21 Nov 2020, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote:
On 20/11/2020 17:59, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote:
Hi Patrik,
As to the superglue - it was the only option because the prongs are just
melted flat. To get the key mechanism out or off I had to scrape all the
melted plastic off. I then subsequ
...for a Northern Telcom (Telecom?) Spectron Datascope 4000:
https://i.imgur.com/qb4VTpO.jpg
Fingers crossed that someone here knows where it can be had.
Thanks!
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On Mon, 9 Nov 2020, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 11/8/20 11:50 PM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, 6 Nov 2020, geneb wrote:
On Fri, 6 Nov 2020, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
[...]
I prefer my solution. If you opt to format the second side, you'll end
up clobbering the first si
On Fri, 6 Nov 2020, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 11/6/20 12:19 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
BEGIN MUP1 Mupid Seite 1 - SSSD 96 tpi 5.25"
DENSITY FM ,LOW
CYLINDERS 80
SIDES 1
SECTORS 10,256
SIDE1 0 0,2,4,6,8,1,3,5,7,9
BSH 4 BLM 15 EXM 1 DSM 96 DRM 127 AL0 0C0H AL1 0 OFS 3
END
BEG
On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote:
On 2020-10-30 10:40 p.m., geneb via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, jw...@classiccmp.org wrote:
Gene:
Nova 3: https://i.imgur.com/w4VI9Wo.jpg
Nova 3 : Recognize the mustards but all the bezels I ever saw were
white?
I got nothing
On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, jw...@classiccmp.org wrote:
Gene:
Nova 3: https://i.imgur.com/w4VI9Wo.jpg
Nova 3 : Recognize the mustards but all the bezels I ever saw were
white?
I got nothing for you Jay, sorry. :) That's how it came to me.
btw, sorry for the post - I misread "fonts" as "front
On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, Richard Milward via cctalk wrote:
Speaking of DEC fonts, does anyone know what was used on the Data General
Nova machines?
Thanks!
Nova 3: https://i.imgur.com/w4VI9Wo.jpg
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On Thu, 15 Oct 2020, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
I'm interested in some of the old OS & Server Apps that were in many of thee
MSDN CD sets.
Grant, you might search the IA for them. I know a LOT of the CDs were put
online there over the past 18 months or so.
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On Thu, 15 Oct 2020, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
On 10/15/20 12:06 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
But, what, other than rarity, can you use an AOHell CD for?
I know someone that's working on standing up a private version of Prodigy.
Now that would be insanely cool.
I would not be sur
On Thu, 15 Oct 2020, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote:
First, I have what I believe is a pretty early AOL CD and I understand that
it may be collectable. It includes the original silver, blue and red
cardboard
The Internet Archive may be interested in that. There's an AOL CD
collection the
On Wed, 14 Oct 2020, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 10/14/20 8:09 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 10/13/20 6:53 PM, Sean Ellis via cctalk wrote:
Just wanted to let you all know that I've found a copy of Informix
3.11 for SCO XENIX on the Lisa 2... anyone interested?
please get these to r
On Tue, 13 Oct 2020, Sean Ellis via cctalk wrote:
Just wanted to let you all know that I've found a copy of Informix
3.11 for SCO XENIX on the Lisa 2... anyone interested?
YES! :)
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On Wed, 7 Oct 2020, Bjoren Davis via cctalk wrote:
I have a retail boxed set "Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Professional Edition
Upgrade" (P/N 659-00145).
Visual Studio 6 is vastly different than Microsoft C v6.0. MSC is pretty
much DOS only, with maybe some early windows or OS/2 stuff in it
On Mon, 5 Oct 2020, Cindy Croxton via cctalk wrote:
The picture referenced is for an aftermarket version of DOS. The retail
versions came in fancy white boxes with hologram logos. I can probably take a
picture of one in my warehouse, if you need it.
Do you happen to have any boxed copies of 3
On Wed, 30 Sep 2020, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote:
http://www.smecc.org/motolola_government.htm IS URL DO NOT KNOW WHERE
EXTRA LETTER CAME FROM
IT COMES FROM THAT GARBAGE FIRE OF AN EMAIL PROGRAM YOU INSIST ON USING!
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On Wed, 29 Jul 2020, Michael Kerpan via cctalk wrote:
or some simulation thereof. If they DID decide that they cared, they'd be
within their right to go nuclear, but the odds of that happening are
exceedingly low.
The bad PR they'd attract by running down a bunch of poor hobbyists
wouldn't b
On Tue, 28 Jul 2020, Lee Courtney via cctalk wrote:
FYI...new VMS community license.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ2n2RlNVtw
There's nothing indicating that in the video description or comments. You
sure it's the right video?
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On Thu, 18 Jun 2020, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
ED SHARPE wrote:
Use modern email program that sees expanded char. Sets and graphics it
is a brand new world ! I love old hardware to look at but if
communicating I like the ability to see graphical things... and I
think tell major
On Wed, 17 Jun 2020, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
I read this list on PINE, on a shell account at my ISP.
Barbarian! At least upgrade to Alpine. (That's what I use.) :D
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On Wed, 17 Jun 2020, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote:
We could consider moving to Google groups hosting.
In the wake of the removal of Yahoo many of my groups moved there and it
works really well.
Considering that Jay hosts vastly more than this list, I would be
astonished to find it going an
On Fri, 29 May 2020, Rich Alderson via cctalk wrote:
Just to make sure everyone knows that we haven't lost our minds:
Nothing is going in the skip/dumpster/e-waste recycling bin. It's a
long pause, that's all.
It's not you guys we're worried about. It's those skeezy shitbirds at
Vulcan
On Fri, 29 May 2020, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk wrote:
I’ve been just kinda skimming along in this thread, I’ve been busy; Just wanna
make sure I have everything down...
0: If you sent anything to a museum, you’ve been fleeced - you’re an idiot.
1: If you didn’t send anything to a museum, you
On Thu, 28 May 2020, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, 28 May 2020 at 21:11, geneb wrote:
CP/M was huge in the US, especially among the S-100 system users. It was
a pretty narrow window though - from probably 1978-1982. Kaypro had a
good portion of the market as well, but like pretty mu
On Thu, 28 May 2020, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
I guess I am realising that CP/M was a much bigger deal there than here.
CP/M was huge in the US, especially among the S-100 system users. It was
a pretty narrow window though - from probably 1978-1982. Kaypro had a
good portion of the mar
On Wed, 27 May 2020, Matti Nummi via cctalk wrote:
You can use cable lacing.
It does not make it pretty(er), but usable.
If You don't want to remove the connectors or cut the cable
You cannot add any new sheath?
There may be some fabric/wowen expandable sheaths
which have been used on power cab
On Wed, 27 May 2020, Guy Sotomayor via cctalk wrote:
I just received an email from the Living Computer Museum that they were
suspending operations. It wasn't clear from the email what that
actually means.
They've been closed to visitors since early March I think.
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On Fri, 22 May 2020, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, 22 May 2020, Boris Gimbarzevsky wrote:
Thanks for posting the timeline of various Basic interpreters. I wasn't
aware that Gates/Allen also wrote Basic for C64.
Microsoft did a BASIC for the Commodore PET. I wasn't aware that they did
On Sun, 5 Apr 2020, Fred Cisin wrote:
I still believe that the best FIRST exposure to computer programming should
be BASIC. VERY FIRST program should have instant gratification, without
having had to already learn underlying structures, variable types, how to run
a compiler, etc. After creat
On Sun, 5 Apr 2020, Neil Thompson via cctalk wrote:
I'm convinced that Dijksta (and anyone else who came out with similar
comments were full of horseshit. In my opinion, it's the ability to
translate a real world "thing" into an algorithm that is the essense of
programming, and anyone who has m
On Sun, 5 Apr 2020, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Sun, 5 Apr 2020, geneb wrote:
I'm pretty sure he said that about BASIC, and I'm totally bummed he died
before I could bitch slap him over it. ;)
well, close.
His BASIC quote is:
"It is practically impossible to teach good programming to stud
On Sun, 5 Apr 2020, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
Edsger Dijksta said, "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching
should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense."
I'm pretty sure he said that about BASIC, and I'm totally bummed he died
before I could bitch slap him over it. ;)
g
On Mon, 30 Mar 2020, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
I was preparing to make the leap and buy my first personal computer--a
PDP-8/E back in the day. The attraction was not just the low price of
around $5000, but the fact that there was FORTRAN available for it. DEC
made a big deal of that in th
On Tue, 10 Mar 2020, Neil Thompson via cctalk wrote:
I'm a genuine hobbyist - I've been trying to keep examples of every
os/system I've ever worked with to play with now that I've retired (either
hardware or emulation based). My VAX equipment turned to carbonised scrap
due to lightning a while a
On Fri, 6 Mar 2020, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote:
Hello all,
What I said below is from the CDC. That is all that I am going to say on
the subject.
GOD Bless and Thanks,
rich!
Hooray for Cult of the Dead Cow!!
[[___]]
(x X)
\ /
(U) moo
This was becoming a train wreck until this.
On Sun, 5 Jan 2020, Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk wrote:
All,
have not yet brought myself to throw away this big box of SCO software. Last
call, though.
I’ll pay media rate to get it to you in the US, just let me know that you want
it and where to ship it. If you are abroad, email me and we can s
On Sun, 1 Dec 2019, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
On Sun, Dec 1, 2019, 12:09 PM Al Kossow via cctalk
wrote:
Here's the archive
http://www.retroarchive.org/maslin/
HERE is the archive
https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102703903
Another curator and I went down to San D
On Sun, 1 Dec 2019, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
Here's the archive
http://www.retroarchive.org/maslin/
HERE is the archive
https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102703903
Another curator and I went down to San Diego and both ended up with heat
exhaustion
recovering it from
On Fri, 29 Nov 2019, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote:
Also what appears to be a quad serial board:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/21EvJcc7KwwDuS4t9
It appears to have 384K of RAM, a battery backed clock/calendar, a serial
port and a parallel portso "quad" function. :)
Oh, looks to have a game
On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, jwest--- via cctalk wrote:
I didn't think many people would show up. I was wrong.
We're old, but we're hip. ;)
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Some people c
On Sat, 16 Nov 2019, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote:
well irc seems to be broken on windows 10 for me
That literally isn't possible.
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On Thu, 14 Nov 2019, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote:
While you're working in that code, would it be possible to derive the baud
rate of the host like the Smartmodem did? The modem would set the baud
rate on the first command sent to the modem. It would be kind of a neat
feature to have. :)
BTW
On Wed, 13 Nov 2019, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote:
Did Hayes modem really do that? I thought most later modems self detected
parity and speed and thus would have switched both the comm on the serial
port and the data sent to the other side in the same parity (if the terminal
was 7E1, the modem
On Mon, 7 Oct 2019, David wrote:
If the manual is in a 3 ring binder, I'd be happy to scan it for you
folks. I've got an Epson DS-770 duplexing scanner that does an
excellent job. I've scanned a pile of docs with it at 600dpi, and it's
performed flawlessly.
g.
These are all standard bou
On Mon, 7 Oct 2019, Seth J. Morabito via cctalk wrote:
David writes:
These went exceptionally fast.
Timing of the first response was Jim Capp by about 1 minute. So if Jim
will send me his physical address off list, I’ll coordinate with him
in shipping them.
All (and especially Jim and Dav
Please see this post:
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?71265-Kaypros-for-sale!
thanks!
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Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks colle
On Mon, 12 Aug 2019, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
LCM was working on an alternative approach to multi-platter media
recovery but I've not heard anything more about that in a while
When I was there for VCFPNW, I saw the rig they'd built for that. At the
time they were perfecting getting photos
I'm looking for a full set of manuals for the Microsoft Professional
Development System v7.1. If anyone here has them to loan for scanning or
to sell, please contact me directly.
Thanks!
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
So for the moment, I have to keep all my scans local (but accessible).
No you don't. Uploading to archive.org is painless and easy.
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This shows the scanner and process that I use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niwLAbgRpDE
The plans for the scanner as well as links to all the software I use is in
the video description. With the exception of the cameras and lighting
system, it's basically the same as the Archive scanners th
On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, William Donzelli wrote:
Well, you said you pointed out the RFC to them...
Did the page not smell fishy to you?
No more so than normal. They've got at least one "live" trademark going:
http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4802:o29p87.2.1
The dead "gopherin
On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, William Donzelli wrote:
It is a real company, but if you look into the SEC papers, there is a
LOT of shady stuff there. Its sole job may be to move money in and out
of the Ukraine.
Interesting. I still don't see how I "fell" for something.
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On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, William Donzelli wrote:
Wow, you fell hard...
Eh? (don't top post!)
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Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect
Get a load of this:
http://www.gopherprotocol.com
I pointed them to RFC 1436 in case they haven't been paying attention.
I eagerly await their next protocols, IPX and TCP/IP!
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On Wed, 15 May 2019, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/486774619186135050/578282338375565322
/JPEG_20190515_130651.jpg
Can anyone identify/explain this to me? The same company made joysticks and
other peripherals for pre-PC systems.
I'm going to take a w
On Tue, 14 May 2019, Tapley, Mark via cctalk wrote:
Allison, how about you?
Al, how about you?
ARD, how about you?
Geneb has a flight simulator, . . .
s/has a/has four..ish/
:)
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On Mon, 22 Apr 2019, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote:
Al, the drive you mention at its largest was 7.5 meg and 6
platters... not the one ... an interesting drive but not
the dive we need alas... Ed#
With all the extra whitespace, all my brain hears when I read that is
On Wed, 20 Mar 2019, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
Josh scanned some Link Mark I documentation, and I found a pdf describing
some of the history of early Link digital flight simulators
uploaded to:
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/generalPrecision/Link_Mark_I
I'm a huge fan of Link simulators (it's wh
On Wed, 20 Feb 2019, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
On 2/20/19 7:39 AM, geneb wrote:
They may have a physical presence in the EU, which would cause the GDPR to
apply to them. However, for companies with no physical presense in the EU,
I don't see how the law could apply.
I agree with your l
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
On 02/19/2019 01:17 PM, geneb via cctalk wrote:
I'd be very interested in how that would be possible.
I don't know.
But I do know that there are a lot of companies here in the US that are
filtering their website like this.
The
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
Old tech, but not computers:
https://madison.com/business/galesville-antique-phone-dealers-looking-to-offload-vast-collection/article_b1845009-c861-50ff-82c8-60a15866fc6d.html
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
451: Unavailab
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
On 02/19/2019 10:18 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote:
So basically, they're blocking EU users from a website due to a law that
has no effect in the US? Amazing.
I thought I had heard from a number of people that GDPR could still bite
peop
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
Old tech, but not computers:
https://madison.com/business/galesville-antique-phone-dealers-looking-to-offload-vast-collection/article_b1845009-c861-50ff-82c8-60a15866fc6d.html
451: Unavailable due to legal reasons
We recognize you are att
This looks like a project with a ton of potential for archviving media
without having to deal with the asshattery of the kryoflux people.
https://github.com/picosonic/bbc-fdc
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On Sun, 13 Jan 2019, Peter Cetinski via cctalk wrote:
On Jan 13, 2019, at 1:32 PM, John Ball via cctalk wrote:
ELTRAN THE COMPILER
ANY DOCS? ANY ONE? USED IT?
(NOT THE SEMICONDUCTOR STUFF!))
ED#
Hey ed, you might want to check your Caps Lock key there, bud. ;)
Maybe he’s using a TRS-80
On Tue, 1 Jan 2019, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
This may be a good place to mention a text I began writing some while ago:
On Scanning.
http://everist.org/temp/__On_scanning.htm
Meant to be a 'how to' about scanning and post-processing techniques, written
as I
explored that myself. It's not
On Thu, 20 Dec 2018, Carlo Pisani via cctalk wrote:
ok, I give up.
\o/
a forum with a bazaar should be more appropriate
frankly this mail list looks like spam, and it's going irritating
since it's difficult to follow and to handle
How about you not join a nearly 20 year old mailing list and
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, Jay West wrote:
Some are casting metal parts by 3d printing molds.
Besides printing molds, I have heard that there is now a filament available
that can be melted out/away, for a variant of lost-wax [sandbox?] casting.
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote:
Since talk has drifted to CNC, you can easily use this cheap North
American unit (Waterloo, Canada) for plotting -- it's one of their
demos. I'm tempted to get one for PCBs and other things.
I'm not affiliated but the people behind this are grea
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote:
That's the one you recommended for my microfiche scanning ;-)
They just lowered the price ...
In addition, how hard would it be to 3D print some parts to turn it into a
PLOTTER?
That's
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote:
There was a Tandy with an 80186, but I don't recall the model number.
Tandy 2000.
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Some peo
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, Jay West via cctalk wrote:
Gene wrote... For what you're going to use it for, that's a good choice.
I wouldn't recommend it as a printer though. ;) (The design isn't bad,
but it's not a very newbie-friendly printer.)
-
Gene, you're just sore that the $175 en
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote:
On 2018-12-19 10:05, geneb via cctalk wrote:
On Tue, 18 Dec 2018, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
If you are seriously considering getting one, consider:
https://www.woot.com/category/computers?ref=w_gh_cp_5
That offer is for 24 hours
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
So yes, there is a little bit of demand, I reckon. Not highly
commercial, though.
There's enough of a market to support folks building replicas of the Adlib
sound card. I've seen evidence of a Sound Blaster 1.0 replica - I think
they called
On Tue, 18 Dec 2018, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
If you are seriously considering getting one, consider:
https://www.woot.com/category/computers?ref=w_gh_cp_5
That offer is for 24 hours!
Just be aware that you get what you pay for. If anyone here would like to
get into 3D printing, I'd rec
On Mon, 17 Dec 2018, Jason T via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 10:12 AM geneb via cctalk wrote:
Jason, you can send it my direction for scanning if you like. I built a
book scanner a while back to handle all the Crescent Software manuals I
I just watched your video on your DIY
On Sun, 16 Dec 2018, Jason T via cctalk wrote:
One of my few remaining Holy Grail items, I got a Hayes Transet 1000
this week. My three-part Hayes stack is now complete.
I've scanned the manual and quick-ref card. The scan is not up to the
quality of my usual work, as I tried a new technique
On Sun, 16 Dec 2018, Kyle Owen via cctalk wrote:
On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 14:00 ED SHARPE via cctalk
How to Remove Bad Yelp Reviews (and Report Fake Yelp Reviews)MATERIAL
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On Sun, 16 Dec 2018, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
made, but if they are still being made they might not be too bad. I'm not
sure 3D-printed housings would be strong enough for this, but maybe if ABS
PLA is actually a stiffer plastic than ABS. That being said, PETG might
be a better choice du
On Wed, 21 Nov 2018, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote:
not much adjustments... may be easier if you just bypass my messages?
Sent from AOL Mobile Mail
Maybe it's because many of us don't use a point-and-drool interface that
would give the user the chance to skip the message before being forced to
On Wed, 21 Nov 2018, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote:
who knows? what mail program are you using that does that?
In a message dated 11/21/2018 1:25:08 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:
At 02:03 PM 11/21/2018, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote:
I sold him my extra
On Mon, 19 Nov 2018, Ethan via cctalk wrote:
I have a question. I use the USB port for serial. In my program, I use a
fixed com port. When going to the control panel, I find that I see (in use)
tags on some of the com ports. I'm the only one currently using the com
ports but recently another (
On Fri, 9 Nov 2018, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote:
For those who haven't seen it, here's a 3 minute Starbucks promo shot
with TPUG in Toronto that gives you an idea of what it might look like
;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPM9oA72iQw
That's just too awesome. :)
g.
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On Thu, 8 Nov 2018, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote:
The problem with trying to get these any cheaper is that the gold value, by
the pound, exceeds what I think an untested card should go for. They want to
charge me $7-10 PER CARD, and that is untested. Then I have to pay shipping,
and labor t
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018, Zane Healy wrote:
On Nov 8, 2018, at 8:52 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote:
Seriously? Vintage Sound Blaster cards are still so easy to come by! I pass
them up all the time because they never sold well.
Take a peek
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote:
Seriously? Vintage Sound Blaster cards are still so easy to come by! I pass
them up all the time because they never sold well.
Take a peek on eBay sometime. ISA Soundblaster cards go for stupid coin.
g.
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On Fri, 2 Nov 2018, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 05:01:18AM -0700, geneb via cctalk wrote:
Take it up with the Internet Archive. Not my circus, not my monkey.
I'm sorry for barking up the wrong tree :) I should know better than
to shoot at the messenger.
No wo
On Wed, 31 Oct 2018, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
But, if you were to ask for a FORMAL policy statement, then they would have
to consult their legal department, and assert their IP rights.
(There is no legal recognition of any concept of "abandonware")
The default answer would be "no". Any ot
On Wed, 31 Oct 2018, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 01:53:18PM -0700, geneb via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2018, Al Kossow wrote:
On 10/29/18 12:54 PM, geneb wrote:
Here's the Walnut Creek collection: https://archive.org/details/walnutcreekcdrom
It sure would be
On Tue, 30 Oct 2018, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
At 04:29 PM 10/29/2018, geneb via cctalk wrote:
There's a ton of them on the IA already. I would /love/ to get the early ones.
My collection begins at 1997 so I would *eagerly* take anything previous to
that.
Oh, I'd guess I hav
On Tue, 30 Oct 2018, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
I have a file called November 1994 Walnut Creek CPM cdrom.iso
is this it? ~635 Mb - 46860 files.
Bill
Bill, that's one disc out of the hundred-plus that Walnut Creek produced.
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2018, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
That would surprise me a bit; I'm not aware of any OS software being
"trial veriosn" type. I think the shrink-wrap agreement calls for being
able to use it on up to 10 systems. The copies of, XP, for example are
fully licensed working versions
On Mon, 29 Oct 2018, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
What's Microsoft's policy on old MSDN CDs? I've got a ton of them
starting somewhere around 93-94 and extended through the XP years.
Do I respect MS's IP and send them to the crusher?
There's a ton of them on the IA already. I would /love/
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