I figured someone should be interested in this http://newhaven.craigslist.org/sys/2806331229.html...
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Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Feb 8, 2012 2:38 am
MARCHins, Dan R.'s "build your own vector graphics kit" workshop is now open for registration. The class is limited to 10 people ($109 each), and there will be...
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Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Feb 8, 2012 2:47 am
... Correction -- the $89 price for kits-only is a "show special" price -- chances are the price will be $99 after VCF, if any kits are left. But, you'll want...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Feb 9, 2012 5:58 am
... Oh and he IS fun to heckle! -Dave -- Dave McGuire New Kensington, PA...
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Jeff Jonas
jeff_s_jonas
Feb 9, 2012 6:38 am
I'm thinning out my inventory of CPUs: - Intel 80386 - Intel 486 DX2 (66 MHz), DX4 (100 MHz) - AMD Am486 DX2-66 - Kingston TurboChip (I think it's a 133 MHz...
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Jeff Jonas
jeff_s_jonas
Feb 9, 2012 7:02 am
I have a decserver 700-08 firmware v7.1-0 hw 1.7 8M ram it boots WWENG2 from the 2 MB flashram Are there any upgrades for it? Who has experience setting it up?...
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system@...
Feb 9, 2012 12:29 pm
... Hi Jeff, I have. Will you be at InfoAge this weekend? Bring it and I'll walk you through....
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Jeff Jonas
jeff_s_jonas
Feb 11, 2012 9:06 am
just citing an interesting article: ...
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Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Feb 11, 2012 11:57 pm
Jeff B.. me, and Alise are getting to the museum around 1:00 tomorrow. Project: start sorting this year's batch of books to sell at VCF. If anyone would like...
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Bee Dee
whd_whd_whd
Feb 12, 2012 4:56 am
If you can manage it, maybe someone could publish your list of books and such, so that people who can't make the fair could see if there is anything they might...
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Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Feb 12, 2012 5:04 am
... Sorry, no, again. Not worth the effort for $1/lb. to itemize and ship. Whatever we don't sell just goes back into the pile for next year....
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Andrew Molloy
awmolloy
Feb 13, 2012 2:16 am
I just booked a room with Winston. You're right Evan, he is amazingly friendly and happy to have us stay there. I've always stayed at the Day's Inn in Neptune,...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Feb 13, 2012 2:39 am
... A DECserver is basically treated as an appliance. Unless you need a specific feature offered by a later release, there's really not much point in...
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Jeffrey Brace
arkaxow
Feb 13, 2012 3:36 am
Hello MARCHins, I will be exhibiting this year ! finally I have the time off from work to do it. I wanted to ask everyone that has exhibited before, any advice...
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Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Feb 13, 2012 3:47 am
... First, we're not allowed to attach anything to the exhibit room walls. So people device cheap/simple ways to make posters stand up. One way it just to make...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Feb 13, 2012 3:54 am
... Copy anything that Bill Degnan does. :-) Mike Loewen mloewen@... Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/...
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system@...
Feb 13, 2012 11:53 am
... I spent yesterday afternoon with at InfoAge with Jeff and his DECserver. It gave me an excuse to pull my old VAXstation-4000/VLC out of mothballs as a MOP...
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Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Feb 13, 2012 2:37 pm
We sorted the majority of VCF books yesterday. Still some more to do. There are fewer books than last year. More software however. Lots of that left to sort. ...
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jack99rubin
Feb 13, 2012 4:04 pm
Neil, The keys are the same as those used on the H8, not that makes them any easier to find. I've got a couple partial 3400 donor machines that should have...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Feb 14, 2012 3:54 am
... I received six National 74S474 PROMs from Unicorn Electronics, and discovered that three of them were not blank (on my Data I/O 29B). Is this a common...
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Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Feb 14, 2012 4:13 am
Hi all, I don't like to mix work and pleasure, but here is an exception. ...
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Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Feb 14, 2012 5:00 am
Me here .... I very rarely collect vintage computers for my personal ownership. Sold most of my historic portables a couple of years ago. You all know that I ...
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Bill Dromgoole
willie5015
Feb 14, 2012 5:01 am
Good job Evan. Did you know that this is still a subject of litigation with MicroSoft? Chek this link...
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Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Feb 14, 2012 5:04 am
... Thanks. ... Yes. Decided not to get into that in the commentary....
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Feb 14, 2012 9:13 am
... That's pretty rare; these guys usually know about OTP devices. Unicorn will probably swap them out. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA...
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murph
amigamurph
Feb 14, 2012 2:14 pm
... Good story. Interesting. -- Team Amiga New Jersey - The less that I speak, the smarter I sound. <http://identi.ca/murph>...
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Mike
mwillega
Feb 14, 2012 4:54 pm
Mike, I've encountered burned bi-polar PROMs sold as "new" only once, and the seller refunded my money, so it wasn't a big problem. arcadechips.com has...
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dfnr2
Feb 14, 2012 5:04 pm
Hi Mike, I think it is common. I think a lot of these parts were ordered pre-programmed at the factory, so a lot of "New" old-stock parts may actually be...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Feb 14, 2012 6:31 pm
... Thanks, Mike, I found arcadechips.com last night and he supposedly has them in stock. I left a message, asking about them, as well as one for Unicorn. ...
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corey986
Feb 14, 2012 6:43 pm
Anyone have any idea on where I can find one. The one on ebay right now looks like the 6502 and one of the 6530 chips were replaced with plastic packages. ...
