Re: Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

2017-07-25 Thread Benjamin Huntsman via cctalk
>That one's been around for several years. Nobody here on the east coast >wants it. A few of us checked it out in person. Pile of junk. At some point, doesn't the rarity of it outweigh the rough condition? Or are 34's just not that rare? (or collectable?)

VCF West XII updates

2017-07-25 Thread Evan Koblentz via cctalk
Everyone, Online ticket sales for VCF West end this Friday night. Of course you can buy tickets at the gate, but you'd save time going online. All the latest show details are available at http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/. Less than two weeks away!!! ___

Re: Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

2017-07-25 Thread Evan Koblentz via cctalk
Im guessing its pottstown, PA https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/sys/d/ibm-system/6157580080.html but thats a guess. Only aware of it from an incorrext location tag making it show up near Austin also. null That one's been around for several years. Nobody here on the east coast wants it. A

Re: Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

2017-07-25 Thread Benjamin Huntsman via cctalk
Not sure if that's it or not. I found the guy through eBay, not CraigsList. From: cctalk on behalf of Sam O'nella via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 5:08 PM To: Guy Sotomayor Jr; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Whole IBM Sy

Re: Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

2017-07-25 Thread Benjamin Huntsman via cctalk
Sorry about that. The thing is in Iowa. That's all I know, other than who's scrapping it 😊 Thanks! -Ben From: Guy Sotomayor Jr Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 1:39 PM To: Benjamin Huntsman; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Whole IBM

Re: Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

2017-07-25 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
Even if you do have to take it to a scrap yard (skip this one, he's a jerk), you can take a System 34 sized system for way less than that. I recently had a series of cleanouts @ retail prices, and if you pay more than $150 to do it you are getting ripped. That would be to rent a U-Haul truck

Re: Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

2017-07-25 Thread Sam O'nella via cctalk
Im guessing its pottstown, PA  https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/sys/d/ibm-system/6157580080.html but thats a guess. Only aware of it from an incorrext location tag making it show up near Austin also. null

Re: Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

2017-07-25 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 7/25/17 4:53 PM, Ian S. King via cctalk wrote: > I thought the point of going to scrap was that > the scrapper makes money on the metals, and pays you for that privilege. We have trouble getting ecyclers to even come here to pick stuff up. Most of the time I have to drive stuff to Weird Stuf

Re: Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

2017-07-25 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
"The scrapper wants $800"? I thought the point of going to scrap was that the scrapper makes money on the metals, and pays you for that privilege. Have the tables really turned so dramatically?-- Ian On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Robert via cctalk wrote: > As Guy says, location will be t

Re: Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

2017-07-25 Thread Robert via cctalk
As Guy says, location will be the key to who, if anybody, can get it. I'd certainly be interested if it was withing a reasonable distance of me, though I'm not sure exactly where I'd put it... -- Robert On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 3:39 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk wrote: > Usual question. Where

Re: RK05 head alignment -- how difficult?

2017-07-25 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
> On Jul 24, 2017, at 2:25 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > > http://gunkies.org/wiki/File:RK05Head.jpg > http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/pdp11/jpg/RK05HeadRefl.jpg Thanks, Noel, that's very helpful! A recent picture of the upper head in my drive: http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~f

Re: Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

2017-07-25 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
Usual question. Where is it? TTFN - Guy > On Jul 25, 2017, at 1:36 PM, Benjamin Huntsman via cctalk > wrote: > > Anyone on here want a whole System/34? > > > Not mine, but I have contact details. The scrapper wants $800 for it local > pick up. > > > Let me know today, please. > > > Th

Re: ✉Re: an interesting article

2017-07-25 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 01:21:36PM -0700, geneb via cctalk wrote: [...] > Also, deltasoft.com DOES have an SPF record. So it does, although my lookup earlier got a null result for some reason. The joy of DNS resolution.

Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

2017-07-25 Thread Benjamin Huntsman via cctalk
Anyone on here want a whole System/34? Not mine, but I have contact details. The scrapper wants $800 for it local pick up. Let me know today, please. Thanks. -Ben

Re: ✉Re: an interesting article

2017-07-25 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Tue, 25 Jul 2017, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 08:33:16AM -0700, geneb via cctalk wrote: [...] For example, if you sent classiccmp.org an email with your "from" header tweaked to be from ge...@deltasoft.com, the mail server will reject it because your mail server i

Re: ✉Re: an interesting article

2017-07-25 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Tue, 25 Jul 2017, Paul Koning wrote: It's a pretty safe assumption considering the fact that any mail admin worth their salt (and Jay certainly is) will have their mail systems configured to reject mail from non-authorized senders. For example, if you sent classiccmp.org an email with yo

Re: ✉Re: an interesting article

2017-07-25 Thread allison via cctalk
For those of us with robust well protected systems (or disposable machine running in VM) the URL is for a papers (as in assignments) for a price site. The first page is fairly safe but its a malware site. Allison On 7/25/17 11:39 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: On Jul 25, 2017, at 11:33

Replacement key caps for LK201

2017-07-25 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
Hi all, At our department we have few DEC LK201s boards with missing keycaps. In particular, a couple of the blank F-keys and a compose key. For some reason every LK201 I see seems to have a missing cap or two. Can anyone help us out? Happy to pay, but nothing extortionate. Thanks, Aaron. -- Aa

Re: ✉Re: an interesting article

2017-07-25 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 08:33:16AM -0700, geneb via cctalk wrote: [...] > For example, if you sent classiccmp.org an email with your "from" header > tweaked to be from ge...@deltasoft.com, the mail server will reject it > because your mail server isn't an authorized sender for the deltasoft.com > d

Re: ✉Re: an interesting article

2017-07-25 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jul 25, 2017, at 10:50 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote: > > On Tue, 25 Jul 2017, Leigh Paulson via cctalk wrote: > >> Hey! >> >> >> I've just found that article and thought it might be really helpful to you, >> you may find it here http://coffeesystem.malware/principal.php?4647 >> >> >> Wa

Computer History wiki - images needed!

2017-07-25 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
So for those who aren't up to writing text, if images are 'your thing', we could definitely use you! E.g I have added a large number of PDP-11-related pages, but I'm mostly too lazy to do images, and there are dozens of pages which need them. Again, if you'd like an account, let me know, and I can

Re: Run/Stop switch from a Soviet S/370 clone

2017-07-25 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On 23 July 2017 at 20:20, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > Well, they are obviously not public if you have to have an account to see > them. :-) Just in case anyone is interested, I have listed one disk-pack cover on eBay. Starting bid GBP 0.01 -- one penny. No account needed to view, but