Great, let's install a battle ring in our museum for the vintage robots to fight. :) _____ From: midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com ...
2028
Gene Ehrich
ygehrich
Jan 5, 2006 8:32 am
I have four older printers that are presently listed on e-bay expiring in a few days. If they are not purchased on the e-bay listing they will be free to...
2029
Jim Scheef
jscheef
Jan 5, 2006 3:51 pm
Joe, With all the poking around you've been doing the disk error could just mean a loose cable. How much RAM does it have? It probably doesn't have enough to ...
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Kelly Leavitt
w2lv
Jan 5, 2006 4:05 pm
Joe: Using Jim's link, I was able to find a downloadable version of said boot disk. I have downloaded it, and cand sen it along if you would like to try it. I...
2031
William Pechter
bpechter
Jan 5, 2006 6:07 pm
Is there an external scsi connector on the backpanel? Bill Joe Giliberti <starbase89@...> wrote: ... It has no way of connecting a CD ROM drive....
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Sridhar Ayengar
narayanayengar
Jan 5, 2006 7:24 pm
... The machine isn't SCSI. It's ESDI. Peace... Sridhar...
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Evan
evan947
Jan 5, 2006 7:42 pm
Someone please explain to me why we're troubleshooting a 386 on this list? As previously threatened, I'm bringing a shotgun (or at least a Wiffleball bat) to...
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Bob Applegate
bobk2ut
Jan 5, 2006 7:58 pm
I have a Heathkit Hero Jr, and I live less than a mile from Bob Grieb. Our 'bots can have a pre-lim battle in what's left of the lake between us (dams failed...
2035
Evan
evan947
Jan 5, 2006 8:06 pm
Fight! Fight! Fight! Maybe we can set up the robots to greet museum visitors. _____ From: midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com ...
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Sridhar Ayengar
narayanayengar
Jan 5, 2006 8:07 pm
... These machines are very different. They're more like RS/6000's than PC's. Peace... Sridhar...
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Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337
Jan 6, 2006 12:08 am
... It has 4096k with a RAM expansion board. Knoppix probably wouldn't work. I am going to continue to tinker over the weekend. In the meantime, I can play...
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Jim Scheef
jscheef
Jan 6, 2006 5:19 am
Joe, Wow. This was really a high end machine when it was new! Evan, hush. This machine is in the holy book - page 75. Jim...
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Evan
evan947
Jan 6, 2006 5:24 am
"The holy book"...? _____ From: midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Scheef Sent: Friday, January 06,...
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Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337
Jan 6, 2006 5:35 am
... "And God said The IBM PS/2 Model 80 should be consider holy"...
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William Pechter
bpechter
Jan 9, 2006 5:40 pm
Rats... Had some SCSI versions at IBM... Bill...
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John Allain
allain@...
Jan 9, 2006 8:29 pm
I'm still with Family right now for this week, Sometime after will probably be OK. Sunday's a choice over Saturday for me. John A. ... From: Evan To:...
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Evan
evan947
Jan 10, 2006 5:08 pm
Hi all, I got an email this morning from Mary Ann Hoffman, Archival and Web Services Manager at the IEEE headquarters in Piscataway, N.J. ... Seems that...
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Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337
Jan 10, 2006 8:03 pm
I just saw an IBM Model 80 go for $200 on ebay. Now, while I am into vintage computing, I also an looking into upgrading my primary computer, and do not have...
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Jim Scheef
jscheef
Jan 10, 2006 8:19 pm
Joe, For your primary computer I would recommend something with an AMD 64-bit processor and nothing less. This is where the world is going. Use your vintage...
2046
David Collins
collinsd75
Jan 10, 2006 9:40 pm
... I've seen something like this with an old Apple Laserwriter.. basically, there was a gasket in there that disintegrated from old age.. fun stuff.. -dave c...
2047
nampcjr
Jan 11, 2006 12:13 am
Hey all, new to the group here! What a nice thing to find a group in my "general" vicinity! (VA) I am an avid PCjr collector, and have a lot of great third...
2048
Chris M
chrism3667
Jan 11, 2006 12:23 am
what kind of server is the NEC? ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection...
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Evan
evan947
Jan 11, 2006 12:26 am
Brian, welcome to our group. How did you hear about us? -- Evan _____ From: midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com] On...
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Brian Heise
nampcjr
Jan 11, 2006 12:36 am
I was looking for vintage computer groups, hopefully in the area, and Yahoo just seemed to be a logical place to start... I have noticed in the past years, an...
2051
Chris M
chrism3667
Jan 11, 2006 1:01 am
I've been in contact with this dude for eons. He's finally gotten around to packing up (2) Texas Instruments Portable Professional Computers that I asked for....
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BOYD BORRILL
olddataman2000
Jan 11, 2006 4:43 am
Brian, I have pc jR. It is complete with everything except Docs and software. It is nothing fancy because it was retired from service in about 1984, but it...
2053
B. Degnan
billdeg
Jan 11, 2006 2:10 pm
I have some side cars, and will check to see what I have. I doubt I have the SCSI sidecar, but... Bill D...
2054
Jim Scheef
jscheef
Jan 11, 2006 2:47 pm
Brian, I've been looking for a SCSI sidecar as well (a multi-gigabyte disk in a jr should be really usefull!), but my real goal is to find the ISA adapter and ...
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Jim Scheef
jscheef
Jan 11, 2006 3:00 pm
Bill, Next time I'm down there in Jersey I need to come over to your house and poke around. If you see a jr sidecar with a row of DIP switches and a coax ...
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Brian Heise
nampcjr
Jan 11, 2006 4:49 pm
Jim Fantastically enough, I have an AST networking sidecar (PC NETIIjr) as well as the ISA card (PC NETII). I have not used them, but the sidecar was a very,...
