I am not actively trying to sell or buy anything, but I thought I'd mention that I do have lists of chips, and parts units, items wanted, items outside of my...
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evan@...
evan947
Jun 21, 2009 6:12 am
We're still looking for someone to be the new MARCH treasurer. We need someone who's good at accounting / business, has the time, and will be here for the...
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evan@...
evan947
Jun 21, 2009 6:13 am
...to all you poppas on the list....
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Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337
Jun 21, 2009 12:29 pm
I'm terrible with money, but I can bake a good loaf of bread...:)...
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evan@...
evan947
Jun 21, 2009 2:24 pm
You are a good cook (excellent burgers @ the MARCH spring party) but we need someone who won't "cook" the books. :) ... From: Joe Giliberti...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 21, 2009 11:43 pm
I stumbled onto hackerspaces.org just now. Cool stuff. Looks like there's someone trying to form a group close to InfoAge, so I sent an email. Also added...
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Jeffrey Frady
legodude522
Jun 21, 2009 11:48 pm
I have actually stumbled upon this last week. There is a fellow in Longbranch I think it was that was considering it. I was going to forward this to you but...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 21, 2009 11:50 pm
Yeah, same person who I emailed. I'm sure Fred would be happy to see InfoAge host a Jersey shore hackerspace....
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Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
Jun 22, 2009 12:16 am
evan@... wrote: Of course we have to trust you with our dough too. :) a little FYI, from your statement, it sounds like you don't have a co-signer on the...
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Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
Jun 22, 2009 12:21 am
Evan Koblentz wrote: I stumbled onto hackerspaces.org just now. Cool stuff. Looks like there's someone trying to form a group close to InfoAge, so I sent an ...
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Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337
Jun 22, 2009 2:47 am
http://cnj.craigslist.org/sys/1232126457.html...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Jun 23, 2009 12:36 pm
Televideo PM/286 Here is an example of a 286 offshoot computer by Televideo that puts the 286 into historical perspective. I am not saying this is a vintage ...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Jun 23, 2009 1:20 pm
... How do you feel about the Tandy 6000? Motorola 68000 CPU (with Z80 for I/O), multiuser OS (Xenix) and 5 serial ports. There was specialized software...
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Mr Ian Primus
ian_primus
Jun 23, 2009 1:33 pm
... Yeah, I definitely consider that one vintage as well. The Tandy 6000 is a really interesting beast - I'd love to get my hands on one some day. But I think...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Jun 23, 2009 2:04 pm
... those ... for ... down. ... Using the 16-bit processor as the dividing line, the 6000 would be early modern. The logic for tagging a system as vintage...
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Bob Schwier
schwepes2002
Jun 23, 2009 2:12 pm
Twenty years from now, those 286's will be vintage. bs...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Jun 23, 2009 2:39 pm
I personally believe you're confusing "antique" with vintage. Vintage is an era that marks the beginning of the computing age through to around 1982 or...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 23, 2009 2:47 pm
... I'm sticking with what I said in the first place -- "vintage" (or whatever term people prefer) is best defined by how * interesting * a computer is, not by...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Jun 23, 2009 2:57 pm
... ...to you. :-) How about this: If you're going to talk about a computer on this group, be prepared to back up why the computer is on topic (vintage),...
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Alexey Toptygin
stoolingpigeon
Jun 23, 2009 4:21 pm
... So, by your logic my JavaStation JJ-16 is vintage? What about NCR X terminals? Alexey...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 23, 2009 4:27 pm
... I don't know much about those, so I can't say....
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Brian Cirulnick
brian_cirulnick
Jun 23, 2009 4:53 pm
... I was just about to say that... I mean, *any* car can be vintage once it's 30 years old. It shouldn't matter whether it's got a V-8 and disc brakes, the...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 23, 2009 4:57 pm
... You're missing the point. Look in a dictionary: "antique" (as in antique car license plates) is defined merely by age, whereas "vintage" is defined by how...
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Brian Cirulnick
brian_cirulnick
Jun 23, 2009 5:04 pm
... That's a good point. Being "oddball" doesn't necessarily mean it's vintage. I like internet appliances myself because they are usually hackable into...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 23, 2009 5:08 pm
... I've said my peace .... we know vintage when we see it; it's NOT defined merely by age; and nobody really wants yet another long debate about this....
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 23, 2009 5:15 pm
... FALSE. Sorry. Had to get that off my chest. :) Handheld electronic organizers, before Apple coined the ridiculous three-letter acronym "PDA", existed as...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Jun 23, 2009 5:24 pm
... As in "...that's vintage 1998" meaning typical of an era, in this case a nice Pentium III for 1998. In that context why then can't we talk about *any*...
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Brian Cirulnick
brian_cirulnick
Jun 23, 2009 5:47 pm
... That's a craftily-worded sentence. Looks more like development was parallel, most of it around the same time (and I seem to recall a slew of tablet devices...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 23, 2009 6:30 pm
... I interviewed the Simon project manager and a couple of his engineers. As with any product, it too was in development long before it was shown to the...
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Brian Cirulnick
brian_cirulnick
Jun 23, 2009 6:58 pm
... Wow, and just like someone "inventing" a distinction between "antique" and "vintage"?...
