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  • Category: Computers
  • Founded: Jan 17, 2005
  • Language: English
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14929 Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce Send Email
Oct 28, 2009
11:01 am
Joe Giliberti wrote: Does anyone have any experience rejuvenating CRT screens? How is it done? I have a really nice Sony TV monitor from the late 80's that has...
14930 Brian Schenkenberger,...
VAXman@... Send Email
Oct 28, 2009
11:10 am
... A degaussing coil. That was a common footprint in the Sony tubes. Be carefull of the high voltages inside. The focusing screen is in the tube. Try...
14931 Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce Send Email
Oct 28, 2009
11:12 am
Dan Roganti wrote: Joe Giliberti wrote: Does anyone have any experience rejuvenating CRT screens? How is it done? I have a really nice Sony TV monitor from the...
14932 David Gesswein
dgesswein Send Email
Oct 28, 2009
11:58 am
... People have mostly answered this. Rejuvenation is done to cure low emission which makes the picture dim. When you can't turn it up enough or the picture...
14933 Mr Ian Primus
ian_primus Send Email
Oct 28, 2009
12:41 pm
... I don't think this is really a weak tube problem. The purple spot is more than likely a simple magnetization issue. All color sets have a degaussing coil...
14934 Brian Schenkenberger,...
VAXman@... Send Email
Oct 28, 2009
12:54 pm
... DEC used the Sony tubes in most of their larger video monitor offerings such as the VRT21. Even with the degaussing coil in tact and functional, these...
14935 Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce Send Email
Oct 28, 2009
5:29 pm
It also make a difference if you had moved something recently close to the TV. Something which is magnetic(or creates magnetism), a speaker, metal case, floppy...
14936 Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337 Send Email
Oct 28, 2009
5:35 pm
I actually haven't used the set regularly for a few years. When it was in use, it was not used for anything other than TV and playstation...
14937 Evan Koblentz
evan947 Send Email
Oct 29, 2009
5:25 am
Only 6 weeks until the Vintage Computer Festivus 6.0, a.k.a. MARCH holiday party. For those who missed the original message: this year's holiday party is Dec....
14938 joprysko1 Send Email Oct 29, 2009
8:04 pm
Is there a list of upcoming or desired exhibits for the museum? That way if people have stuff lying around that they don't need that could go with exhibit X or...
14939 Evan Koblentz
evan947 Send Email
Oct 29, 2009
8:14 pm
... We've discussed this on the list a few times, but I'd have to go look through almost 15,000 messages to find the list of potential exhibits. Currently, we...
14940 Mike Loewen
mloewen16823 Send Email
Oct 29, 2009
8:40 pm
... Ooh, ooh ... big iron, blinkenlights! :-) Mike Loewen mloewen@... Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/...
14941 Evan Koblentz
evan947 Send Email
Oct 30, 2009
4:00 am
Oct. 30 -- Happy birthday to Andy Molly, Joe G., and me!...
14942 Evan Koblentz
evan947 Send Email
Oct 30, 2009
4:02 am
... Oops. "Molloy"....
14943 Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337 Send Email
Oct 30, 2009
4:14 am
Anyone know how I can discreetly spread some herbicide on my neighbor's lawn? No one likes him because he mows every 2 days and cleans his leaves every 3. Also...
14944 Jeffrey Brace
arkaxow Send Email
Oct 30, 2009
4:24 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!! ... From: Evan Koblentz<mailto:evan@...> To: Yahoo MARCH Yahoo<mailto:midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, October 29,...
14945 joprysko1 Send Email Oct 30, 2009
5:42 pm
Well, Apparently I was the one that the guy said he sold it to. I got it and it wouldn't power on. I have been going crazy trying to fix it. I replaced a...
14946 Christian Liendo
christian_li... Send Email
Oct 30, 2009
8:52 pm
Bunch of Crazy old Coots! I'll remember to bring the bottles of Geritol for y'all. ... From: Evan Koblentz <evan@...> Subject: [midatlanticretro]...
14947 Ray Sills
raysills Send Email
Oct 30, 2009
11:04 pm
Hi Joe: Glad to hear you got the Model 100 working! That was certainly worth the price. That seller was a little strange. I had contacted him via email,...
14948 Ray Sills
raysills Send Email
Oct 30, 2009
11:05 pm
Happy Birthday, Guys!...
14949 mejeep_ferret Send Email Oct 31, 2009
2:35 am
I've been too successful collecting stuff, my landlord's kicking me out. I'll keep my web site up to date as stuff is found, etc. I have a lot of trackballs,...
14950 mejeep_ferret Send Email Oct 31, 2009
2:50 am
http://ferretronix.com/march/swap.html is my swap list for MARCH. also: 5 Mod-TAP rack mount phone-centronix to modular. 2 banks of 12: 258A wiring....
14951 B Degnan
billdeg Send Email
Oct 31, 2009
6:19 am
... Do you have enough time to bring this to the MARCH holiday party? Maybe you can donate to march or members then. Bill...
14952 Bob Shuster
BobShuster Send Email
Oct 31, 2009
3:11 pm
Glad you got it then. I wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to get it running, at least not for a while - I have about a half dozen similar projects ahead...
14953 Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337 Send Email
Nov 1, 2009
12:48 am
I'm trying to get access to a CD via an external drive...in DOS. Is there a way I can augment a boot floppy to have USB support? Joe...
14954 B Degnan
billdeg Send Email
Nov 1, 2009
1:54 am
Yes. I am at the WSeries at the moment, but tomorrow I can send you a boot image that includes cd support. Or..look for oak technologies cd rom support on...
14955 B Degnan
billdeg Send Email
Nov 1, 2009
2:50 am
Actually I did not read that it was a usb drive. Nevermind/ignore last message ... From: B Degnan <billdeg@...> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 9:54...
14956 Jeffrey Brace
arkaxow Send Email
Nov 1, 2009
3:15 am
Thanks for the info Bill Drom ! I just had the guy ship it to me. I will let you know how it is ! ... From: Bill Dromgoole<mailto:drummy@...> To:...
14957 mejeep_ferret Send Email Nov 1, 2009
4:11 am
... Oy, I remember configuring autoexec.bat and config.sys just for the CD driver to link to MSCDEX (layer that converts CD ISO 9660 format to DOS file...
14958 Jeffrey Brace
arkaxow Send Email
Nov 1, 2009
5:09 am
Thought youze guys would like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht96HJ01SE4<;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht96HJ01SE4>...
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