MARCH frequently asked questions -- updated August 1, 2009 1. What is MARCH? MARCH is a user group for people who enjoy using antique/vintage computers. Our...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Nov 1, 2010 1:35 pm
... my old ... HX-20, ... times ... WWII...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Nov 1, 2010 2:52 pm
... Rich, have you thought about using one of Vince Briel's serial terminal boards? From what I've read it's a pretty accurate emulation of a VT-100. g. -- ...
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Ray Sills
raysills
Nov 1, 2010 3:05 pm
Hi Rich: I think I donated my old Wyse terminal to MARCH... so it may be in the "storage" area. It was (IIRC) a green screen CRT unit. 73 de Ray...
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Mr Ian Primus
ian_primus
Nov 1, 2010 3:41 pm
... Are you going to be coming to the holiday party? I think have some extra VT420's around here somewhere... -Ian...
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system@...
Nov 1, 2010 5:52 pm
... Has anyone run it against "VTTEST" to prove that accuracy claim? If not, I'd give anybody with one of these access to one of my systems to run the VTTEST...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Nov 1, 2010 6:03 pm
... I don't know, but I'd love to hear the results of the test. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. ...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Nov 1, 2010 6:45 pm
Herb Johnson may still have a lot of terminals for sale, ADM 3's. I am hoping to get another one from him when he has the chance. Maybe we can bug him to...
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system@...
Nov 1, 2010 6:51 pm
... OK. For $60/kit, I just ordered one. When it arrives and I've gotten it all assembled, I'll check it out. The first thing that needs to go it the PeeCee...
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Richard Cini
altairmanrich
Nov 1, 2010 11:38 pm
Gene -- Actually I looked into it after I saw this email. It¹s a great item but unless ³packaged² correctly, it looses something in the look and feel area. ...
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system@...
Nov 1, 2010 11:53 pm
... I purchased one and then I looked at some of the firmware source files. FWIW, the links on the Briel site are bad. It shows the proper URL but the actual...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Nov 2, 2010 1:21 pm
... It almost begs a nice wooden enclosure that would replace the Model M keyboard case as well as provide a housing for the PCB and maybe a 14" LCD. :) ... ...
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system@...
Nov 2, 2010 2:28 pm
I don't have my PockeTerm kit here yet. However, with the talk about this, I setup a captive account which will run the V1 VTTEST suite if you want to test...
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Bill Loguidice
billlog
Nov 2, 2010 4:13 pm
I can vouch for the Altair 8800micro. It’s very well done and in fact is based off of the PockeTerm. It’s a very approachable way to get into switch-based...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Nov 2, 2010 4:55 pm
http://8bitaficionado.com/2010/11/02/commodore-64-err-hmm-ugh-amusing-craigslist-ad/ This is the original advertisement ...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Nov 2, 2010 5:11 pm
Ah yes the Tandy Commodoro-64 Color Computer Bill Degnan ... http://8bitaficionado.com/2010/11/02/commodore-64-err-hmm-ugh-amusing-craigs list-ad/...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Nov 2, 2010 5:20 pm
Did anyone ever contact this guy? The listing is still up http://longisland.craigslist.org/sys/2028169994.html...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Nov 2, 2010 6:43 pm
No one found this funny? http://8bitaficionado.com/2010/11/02/commodore-64-err-hmm-ugh-amusing-craigslist-ad/...
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system@...
Nov 2, 2010 8:06 pm
... It may have been if the photo had been capable of being enlarged to see the details written on the device. My one college buddy (I was his best man at his...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Nov 2, 2010 8:19 pm
So you missed that this is a Tandy Coco. That's why it's so funny. Wrong computer. Bill Degnan ... on Craigslist ... slist-ad/ ... the ... at ... photo ... ...
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Jason T
silent700@...
Nov 2, 2010 8:43 pm
... My parents still call any video game console "an Atari." So maybe we're witnessing the genercization of the "Commdore 64" name to mean any all-in-one...
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Systems Glitch
systems.glitch
Nov 2, 2010 8:52 pm
On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 15:43:13 -0500 ... It's possible...one of my roommates in college assumed a Pentium 4 "ElitePC" all-in-one was some sort of painted/modded...
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Jason T
silent700@...
Nov 2, 2010 9:40 pm
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Christian Liendo ... Gone now?...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Nov 2, 2010 10:00 pm
I guess it is gone now.. Someone here must have gotten it. ... Gone now?...
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system@...
Nov 2, 2010 11:14 pm
... ...but it's still not funny. If it would have be a photo of a toaster or a waffle iron, that would have been funny. :)...
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Richard Cini
altairmanrich
Nov 2, 2010 11:45 pm
On 11/2/10 8:17 AM, "Gene Buckle" <geneb@...> wrote: ... a ... Look at this: eBay item 150514710557. It¹s a Heath H9 terminal. Not being a Heath...
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Richard Cini
altairmanrich
Nov 3, 2010 12:19 am
Ok, one more thought. Does anyone know of a reasonable parallel-to-PS/2 converter? I have an ASCII keyboard or two laying around and with the proper encoding...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Nov 3, 2010 1:03 am
http://cgi.ebay.com/Micro-KIM-1-Commodore-KIT-Computer-/200538607380 This guy also has a ton of Commodore Vic-20 stuff....
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Systems Glitch
systems.glitch
Nov 3, 2010 1:26 am
On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 18:03:14 -0700 (PDT) ... Huh, I might actually bid on that...I had, at one point, six KIM-1s, but ended up selling them to pay bills while I...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Nov 3, 2010 2:04 am
This was the article that I was talking about that I read in Wired. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/11/mf_smiley/...
