... maintenance. During this time your group will be unavailable for 30-60 minutes.* *The outage is currently scheduled to begin at 1 pm PT, 8 pm GMT.* At this...
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Brian Cirulnick
brian_cirulnick
Apr 14, 2009 4:19 pm
Yes, but the below thread suddenly makes me realize how Ted Stevens got confused about how email works in his famous "series of tubes" speech. There was some...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Apr 14, 2009 5:10 pm
May 2 - NJHDA (shipwreck people) annual symposium - nice article about it in the local newspaper today: ...
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J. Kalin
jkalin196511
Apr 14, 2009 11:52 pm
I know XP will only read and write to 5 ¼” disks, is there a program that will format 5 ¼” disks that will run on XP? James I know XP will only read and...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Apr 15, 2009 12:54 am
James, On topic, yes. I go the other way around. I use an old 386 or 486 system with both drives, and do my transferring there instead. I don't know if...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Apr 15, 2009 2:22 pm
http://dorkyearbook.com/ It's like a blog of old pictures of people on what they would consider "dork" or "geek" situations. What I love is all the people with...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Apr 15, 2009 2:45 pm
Nice! I think I spotted a few MARCHins here. :)...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Apr 15, 2009 2:52 pm
Makes me want to dig out my old C64 photos. You know.... Even, we may want to do something like this...... Have a wall or board or something to show people...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Apr 15, 2009 2:57 pm
Good idea. Please spell my name right. :)...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Apr 15, 2009 3:07 pm
I have a couple of pictures of me with my old SAGE computer. :-) ... Mike Loewen mloewen@... Old Technology...
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Bill Sudbrink
bsudbrink
Apr 15, 2009 3:10 pm
... Hey! I did that for my son one year... I used a disposable pie plate as the hub and fashoned the shutter from tin foil. He was black and not blue and was...
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evan@...
evan947
Apr 15, 2009 3:16 pm
Sellam considered having a VCF Cal. Halloween contest a few years ago, but scrapped the idea after I threatened to go as Ms. Pacman. ... From: Bill Sudbrink ...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Apr 15, 2009 3:21 pm
oh geez. bd ... but scrapped the idea after I threatened to go as Ms. Pacman....
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evan@...
evan947
Apr 15, 2009 3:22 pm
Leaving at noon today for Boston. Going with Dan Lieb (Prez of NJHDA) on a research mission for Infoage. We're visiting the Harvard archives to look for Camp...
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Sridhar Ayengar
narayanayengar
Apr 15, 2009 3:23 pm
... I know a *bunch* of people in that document. Peace... Sridhar...
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Sridhar Ayengar
narayanayengar
Apr 15, 2009 3:24 pm
... I would've gone as the chick from Metroid. Complete with bikini. Peace... Sridhar...
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evan@...
evan947
Apr 15, 2009 3:25 pm
Just found out Quantum Books closed its location in Cambridge (Kendall Square) ... very disappointed....
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Apr 15, 2009 3:26 pm
Sorry Evan. I gave blood this morning, I am surprised my brain could even do this much. ... From: Evan Koblentz <evan@...> Subject: Re:...
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Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337
Apr 15, 2009 3:28 pm
Dan, from what I remember, is tall. Might wanna keep your top down. :)...
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evan@...
evan947
Apr 15, 2009 3:33 pm
... Fred told us to rent a normal-size car. It's cheaper than two people taking an airplane or train, and we'll have room for stuff (such as Dan's freakishly...
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J. Kalin
jkalin196511
Apr 17, 2009 9:49 pm
I have the drive installed, but it will only read or write to the disks it won’t format them. I’ve been looking for older computer 386 or 486. Do you...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Apr 17, 2009 9:56 pm
I think you'll find searching google will give you the answers you seek. There are scores of systems with both kinds of drive in the same box. Ebay, flea...
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evan@...
evan947
Apr 19, 2009 6:37 am
Got home very late last night from research trip to Harvard's archives of the Radio Research Lab. Dan L. (from NJHDA) and I found all sorts of mentions to Camp...
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raven eyes
eyesofaraven@...
Apr 19, 2009 4:52 pm
James, Apologies if this has already been said (I am a bit of a nub with mailing lists), but XP can format 5.25" disks just fine, use the command-line format ...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Apr 20, 2009 2:00 am
Hi all -- Joe and I will be working @ the museum this Wed. from around 10:30AM until the late afternoon or early evening. Just schlepping stuff and maybe...
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Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337
Apr 20, 2009 2:33 am
Speaking of the basement library, what is the status of that medieval-looking electrical box on the ceiling of that room. I fear it... Joe...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Apr 20, 2009 2:44 am
I don't know. We can ask Steve to test it for live juice....
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trailingedge.geo
trailingedge...
Apr 20, 2009 3:24 am
... We did something like that at the New Jersey Antique Radio Club: http://www.njarc.org/rearviewmirror.html <http://www.njarc.org/rearviewmirror.html> Good...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Apr 20, 2009 11:38 am
VCF Landenberg .0020 All day Sat April 25 - Sun April 26. S-100 I/O will be the focus. The goal is to bring a few more systems up to the point that they're...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Apr 20, 2009 11:54 am
This video shows the Heathkit EC-1 re-assembled and attached to a Tektronix 7313 oscilloscope. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgoVKx2zyKU bd...
