VCF Midwest 14 Wrap-Up

2019-09-27 Thread Jason T via cctalk
Hello all - VCFMW14 has come and gone and we're left with lots of photo galleries, a few videos and hopefully fond memories for all. It was a new venue this year and an unprecedented (and unexpected - seriously we filled the place) turnout. Wheels are in motion toward doing it again next year but

Re: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-27 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 9/27/2019 4:34 AM, Paul Birkel via cctalk wrote: > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jay Jaeger > via cctalk > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 6:40 PM > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

Re: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-27 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 05:42 PM 27/09/2019 -0700, you wrote: >On Sep 26, 2019, at 7:24 AM, Patrick Finnegan via cctalk > wrote: >> >> 3. Just because you have different opinions doesn't mean their ways are >> wrong. Hell, they even seem to be willing to work with people interested in >> single boards. I'm sure

Re: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-27 Thread Chris Hanson via cctalk
On Sep 26, 2019, at 7:24 AM, Patrick Finnegan via cctalk wrote: > > 3. Just because you have different opinions doesn't mean their ways are > wrong. Hell, they even seem to be willing to work with people interested in > single boards. I'm sure they're putting "GOLD!!!" in the title for >

Re: Fwd: [TUHS] Recovered!!! The Georgia Tech Software Tools Subystem for Prime Computers

2019-09-27 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 9/27/19 5:20 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > Have been on the road, and I just noticed this announcement on the TUHS > list. > I'd been trying to find this for a long time So had I. Glad to see it recovered. I had contacted GIT more than a decade ago and was told all of it had been

Re: HP3000/917LX available in Vacaville

2019-09-27 Thread Lee Courtney via cctalk
This is a *very* nice entry-level HP3000/MPE system based on PA-RISC architecture. But one note - the 917 had the soldered TOD battery on the motherboard, vs. the FRU TOD battery in the later 918. Not a reason to skip if you are interested in this machine. Lee C. On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 3:01 PM

HP3000/917LX available in Vacaville

2019-09-27 Thread Stan Sieler via cctalk
Hi, A friend tells me that there is a Hewlett-Packard HP3000/917LX available in Vacaville (no word as to price, but I suspect it's free ... the owner wants it to go to a good home). Reportedly running, with additional "mini-tower" (PC size or less) of external disks, a DTC (Distributed Terminal

Re: Update: Received my 50lb Datapoint 2200 computer from Austria via regular post.

2019-09-27 Thread steven stengel via cctalk
Sorry for top-post - it’s the yahoo app. So the purpose of the extra screen layer is to prevent crt implosion?  How did you remove it? It’s safe to remove it, as long as I don’t hit the screen with a hammer? Thanks-Steve.  Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, 1:34

Fwd: [TUHS] Recovered!!! The Georgia Tech Software Tools Subystem for Prime Computers

2019-09-27 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
Have been on the road, and I just noticed this announcement on the TUHS list. I'd been trying to find this for a long time Forwarded Message Subject: [TUHS] Recovered!!! The Georgia Tech Software Tools Subystem for Prime Computers Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 22:45:29 +0300

RE: fix? Repair? or leave alone? http://rcade.camden.rutgers.edu/2020symposium.html

2019-09-27 Thread jwest--- via cctalk
Al wrote Welcome to the world of "Digital Humanities" scholarship. Agreed, that link was feel-good gibberish. *facepalm*

Re: fix? Repair? or leave alone? http://rcade.camden.rutgers.edu/2020symposium.html

2019-09-27 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
Welcome to the world of "Digital Humanities" scholarship. On 9/27/19 11:23 AM, allison via cctalk wrote: The scam is eating your time which is worth something with nothing in reward. Lets call it 5 minutes you will never get back. Allison

Re: FTGH: Pioneer DRM-602X 6-CD changer

2019-09-27 Thread Frédéric Hugelin via cctalk
Hello, I have read your message about pioneer drm-604. I bought one on eBay but the sender didn’t t take out the caddy for shipping and I can t take it out from the player. I would like to know if you could share the service manual or if you have a tuto to diy. Thank you in advance for your

Re: fix? Repair? or leave alone? http://rcade.camden.rutgers.edu/2020symposium.html

2019-09-27 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Sep 27, 2019, at 11:23 AM, allison via cctalk > wrote: > > This topic has gotten far more words and attention than the poorly > written mental spew that pretends to be intellectual. If I were > grading their work it would be a D- and a fail is less significant. > > The scam is eating

Re: fix? Repair? or leave alone? http://rcade.camden.rutgers.edu/2020symposium.html

2019-09-27 Thread allison via cctalk
On 9/27/19 2:07 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 9/27/19 9:22 AM, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: >> On 2019-Sep-27, at 6:47 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >>> I make it a habit to assume that every email which contains just a >>> link but no explanation is a scam with a forged sender

Re: fix? Repair? or leave alone? http://rcade.camden.rutgers.edu/2020symposium.html

2019-09-27 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 9/27/19 9:22 AM, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: > On 2019-Sep-27, at 6:47 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >> I make it a habit to assume that every email which contains just a >> link but no explanation is a scam with a forged sender address. >> >> Ed, if this is actually from you and

Re: fix? Repair? or leave alone? http://rcade.camden.rutgers.edu/2020symposium.html

2019-09-27 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2019-Sep-27, at 6:47 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > I make it a habit to assume that every email which contains just a link but > no explanation is a scam with a forged sender address. > > Ed, if this is actually from you and actually real, and you want people to > look at it, you need

Re: fix? Repair? or leave alone? http://rcade.camden.rutgers.edu/2020symposium.html

2019-09-27 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
I make it a habit to assume that every email which contains just a link but no explanation is a scam with a forged sender address. Ed, if this is actually from you and actually real, and you want people to look at it, you need to say what the link is. paul > On Sep 27, 2019, at 3:10

RE: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-27 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jay Jaeger via cctalk Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 6:40 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap ... > There is a stack of IO interface boards, including HSTs,

RE: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap

2019-09-27 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 06:08 PM 26/09/2019 -0700, you wrote: >> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Guy >> Dunphy via cctalk >> Incidentally I've identified those boards. The ones with the pull rings: >> >> https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/ZrUAAOSwI5Fdg5KH/$_57.j >> pg >> >>

fix? Repair? or leave alone? http://rcade.camden.rutgers.edu/2020symposium.html

2019-09-27 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
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