On 7/2/2017 3:02 PM, Pete Lancashire via cctalk wrote:
For me new tools pretty much come for European companies, from estate
sales,
An old fellow pulled into an astronomy related material swap meet next
to me several years ago, opened his trunk while I was standing there and
pulled out one of
On Sun, 2 Jul 2017, John Wilson wrote:
That sounds like the MPX16? I thought the SB180 was a Z180 thing.
You're right.
Sorry
thinking about the wrong one.
On Sun, Jul 02, 2017 at 02:46:53PM -0700, Fred Cisin via cctech wrote:
>It was Ciarcia, not Garcia
>
>It was designed for reasonable MS-DOS compatability, with a terminal.
>Then Ciarcia released a keyboard interface ISA card to be closer to PC.
>9 slots with the 5 slot spacing of the 5150 case (not
On 07/02/2017 06:54 PM, Fred Cisin via cctech wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Jul 2017, John Wilson wrote:
>> That sounds like the MPX16? I thought the SB180 was a Z180 thing.
>
> You're right.
>
> Sorry
> thinking about the wrong one.
Yes for sure, as I have both SB180 and BCC180 both are Z180 based.
He also
Sears long ago stopped making tools. They finally got out of the holding
business with the products and sold them to Stanley Black & Decker.
While under Sears, they would lease the brand-name to pretty much the
highest bidder, if that bidder was also a company that made Harbor
Freight Sears could c
On Sun, Jul 02, 2017 at 03:54:44PM -0700, Fred Cisin wrote:
>On Sun, 2 Jul 2017, John Wilson wrote:
>>That sounds like the MPX16? I thought the SB180 was a Z180 thing.
>
>You're right.
>
>Sorry
>thinking about the wrong one.
Well they were both super cool. And what was that Z8000-based BASIC
cop
How would you take payment for shipping? I am interested, though I am in
the USA.
On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 12:33 PM, GerardCJAT via cctech <
cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Remember it ?
>
> I have an almost brand new one, powered only half dozen times. ( was
> running CPM ... Good old days ;-)
It was Ciarcia, not Garcia
It was designed for reasonable MS-DOS compatability, with a terminal.
Then Ciarcia released a keyboard interface ISA card to be closer to PC.
9 slots with the 5 slot spacing of the 5150 case (not the 8 slot spacing
of 5160), with the additional ones in between - no goo
On 07/02/2017 11:34 AM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
> What's the theory behind baking floppies? For tapes it makes sense to
> help with self-adhesion, but what's the benefit to single surfaced
> media that doesn't overlap?
I'll add one more type of failure to the list--where the binder bleeds
Yep we handle a lot of video media. Bake Bake Bake!
Really works well. over t time it will revert but... you can back
again!
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 7/2/2017 11:46:06 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:
On 07
> On Sun, 2 Jul 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
>> About the best advice I've heard in this respect was "if you're looking
>> to assemble a good assortment of hand tools, make an offer for the
>> contents of the toolchest to the widow of a recently deceased mechanic."
service cases and too
On 7/2/17 2:15 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> Some brands have suffered badly under the shadow of acquisition. Klein
> used to be the best source for small pliers and cutters, but my
> experience with them lately has not demonstrated that.
Xcelite was never the greatest stuff in the worl
On Sun, 2 Jul 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
About the best advice I've heard in this respect was "if you're looking
to assemble a good assortment of hand tools, make an offer for the
contents of the toolchest to the widow of a recently deceased mechanic."
Thanks
I'm updating my will (ER
On 07/02/2017 01:33 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> But Sears got SO bad for a while that in my Honda book I said, "better
> to have a few good tools . . . than a lifetime supply of scrap metal
> tools, ready and waiting to hurt you." (p 236)
I recently had the retainer ball (that holds socke
On 07/02/2017 01:29 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
> That I don't know. I bought a small oven thermometer to check first,
> which I grant is not very accurate or fast, but it didn't seem to
> vary much. I also found some suggestions that fan ovens are a bit
> more consistent, but have no real proof of cou
The quality of tools has declined. It used to be that Sears Roebuck
"Craftsman" hand tools were among the best and were sold with an
unconditional warranty. Not so any more.
On Sun, 2 Jul 2017, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk wrote:
Snap-on brand tools are the best that I’ve come across though th
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis
> via cctalk
> Sent: 02 July 2017 19:40
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: tape baking
>
> On 07/02/2017 10:56 AM, william degnan via cctalk wrote:
> > Have you also experimented w
> -Original Message-
> From: william degnan [mailto:billdeg...@gmail.com]
> Sent: 02 July 2017 18:57
> To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; Rob Jarratt ; General
> Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: tape baking
>
> Have you also experimented with diskettes using this technique.
On 07/02/2017 11:34 AM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
> What's the theory behind baking floppies? For tapes it makes sense to help
> with self-adhesion, but what's the benefit to single surfaced media that
> doesn't overlap?
The audio tape guys pretty much took the lead on this one, probably
beca
On 07/02/2017 10:56 AM, william degnan via cctalk wrote:
> Have you also experimented with diskettes using this technique. May apply
> in some cases.
Haven't we been here before, oh, about 2-3 years ago? I bake just about
every bit old old media I get in, nowadays with very good success. I
thin
I recently read 300-odd RX-50 diskettes. All but 10-15 read, many w/o
error, some with lots of errors. I'm guessing that baking won't help the
few that didn't read since they weren't stuck to the lining of the
diskette...
What's the theory behind baking floppies? For tapes it makes sense to help
w
>
> It was on a test-bench setup. Part of my job back then was calibrating
> the stroke of cylinders to the 3-15 psi control signal. Plant air
> (power supply for the cylinder) was around 50 psi, IIRC.
Lucky it was just the pliers. Pneumatics can be rather dangerous at that
pressure.
>
> Ju
Good advice on buying the whole toolchest.
Wiha does make excellent drivers and insert bits. Their security bits are
top-notch as well -- I ended up buying their general security
"bits-selector" set after wasting $5 on one of those Harbor Freight
assortments.
Thanks,
Jonathan
On Sun, Jul 2, 2017
On 07/02/2017 07:36 AM, Chris Elmquist via cctalk wrote:
> I'm a little late to this thread but I didn't see anyone mention the Wiha
> brand which also have a slim Nut Driver set with a 7/32" bit in the kit.
> When I was refurbing a couple model M here, I invested in this Wiha set,
I've got a few
Have you also experimented with diskettes using this technique. May apply
in some cases.
Bill
On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Yes, that was me.
>
> Regards
>
> Rob
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@cl
On 07/02/2017 09:45 AM, Chris Pye wrote:
> Chuck, dare may I ask what you were doing with electricians pliers that close
> to a pneumatic cylinder?
It was on a test-bench setup. Part of my job back then was calibrating
the stroke of cylinders to the 3-15 psi control signal. Plant air
(power s
Yes, that was me.
Regards
Rob
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow
> via cctalk
> Sent: 02 July 2017 18:04
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: tape baking
>
>
> https://strandgames.com/blog/magn
Remember it ?
I have an almost brand new one, powered only half dozen times. ( was running
CPM ... Good old days ;-) )
It is free to a good home, but I expect you to pay packaging and shipping from
FRANCE
I do not know if you can contact me off line. :-( Please, try and let me
know
https://strandgames.com/blog/magnetic-scrolls-games-source-code-recovered
and now we know why all the questions were asked recently
> On 2 Jul 2017, at 4:03 pm, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> I once got a pair of electrician's pliers caught between the yoke and
> body of a 6" pneumatic cylinder. Snapped the handles right off, it did.
> The local Sears store replaced the pliers without
> questioning--although they did
> On Jul 1, 2017, at 11:12 PM, Tony Duell via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> The quality of tools has declined. It used to be that Sears Roebuck
>> "Craftsman" hand tools were among the best and were sold with an
>> unconditional warranty. Not so any more.
>
> The best spanners I have come acro
I personally use an Xcelite driver as well. Someone on one of the
forums/lists I'm on had a link to a seller with hundreds of them for a few
dollars apiece, but it appears that seller is out of 7/32". It was
suggested that a Craftsman 1/4 drive deep well socket would work, but the
7/32" I had was t
On Sunday (07/02/2017 at 10:22AM -0400), Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
>
> > On Jul 2, 2017, at 2:03 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> > wrote:
> >
> > On 07/01/2017 10:27 PM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:
> >
> >> I was told years ago that in general the thinner-wall sockets are better
> >> quality
> On Jul 2, 2017, at 2:03 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On 07/01/2017 10:27 PM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:
>
>> I was told years ago that in general the thinner-wall sockets are better
>> quality -- they have to be made from stronger steel alloy to work at
>> all. Obviously there a
On 07/02/2017 01:03 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 07/01/2017 10:27 PM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:
I was told years ago that in general the thinner-wall sockets are better
quality -- they have to be made from stronger steel alloy to work at
all. Obviously there are exceptions
It w
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