And by "a bit," I mean a lot. It's bad, unfortunately. I think some felines urinated on the front panel board, as it's certainly caked in something nasty mixed...
Hello all, I was wondering if there is anyone on this list that lives near Levittown, PA ? I would like a vintage computer picked up and am unable to get there...
Here's a whole other film prop project that would greatly benefit InfoAge and would also score big brownie points for MARCH. I was contacted about a production...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Scientific_Corporation I found an add in a 1973 Popular Electronics Feb 1973 page 130 "New Electronic Digital Computer Kit"...
The TV show for which we sold some terminals also needs one PET. Any PET will do as long as it's decent-looking on the outside. It need not run. Chances are...
I thought I would just throw a question out there for fun. What Silly Error Messages have you encountered? eg. Press the <Any> key? My favorite was on a 286...
What does "s/c" mean in the following line of text from the CBM PET manual? "If transistors Q1 and/or Q3 go open or s/c, we'll have solid retrace lines and no...
Hi, Does anyone know where I can buy some replacement belts for these old DC 100A tapes? Inside the actual tape there's a belt that drives the reels and...
All, I'm looking for 10-sector 5.25" hard sectored floppies for use with my NorthStar controller. I know these are really difficult to find. I'd read of...
Today I learned much about APL at the York University APL@50 Event. I met and had fun talking with Mers Kutt, the inventor of the MCM/70 PC back in 1972. ...
Are there any members of the Northstar_Computers Yahoo group on this list? I need a copy of Andrew Lynch's CWNS program from the files section, and my...
Last week's problem is solved -- we got the eighth/final keyboard that we needed. Whoever was the person sending me the seventh keyboard -- please email me...
Apologies for sending this to the group, but I'm unable to send this directly to Bill. I hope this makes it through. " As I tried to say, I don't run my own...
I managed to get a big 'ole steel box with two Tandon 8" drives. One of them had a broken handle, unfortunately. I went ahead and took the other off before it...
I got these two boards today from a friend. He thought I could use them. From my little bit of research, I'd say they went to a PDP-11 or clone. I think they...
Role call...who is coming for sure to the workshop, and if you are do you plan to work on something or just visit? When Sept 27-28. 10AM Sat - 3PM Sun ... ...
According to the Weather Channel about a half million people in NJ have lost power. NY has more outages. PA is about 160,000. No power hiccups (yet) in my...
All -- I was poking around my shop today and came across a Cherry keyboard that I think was for a Steve Ciarcia computer, but I can't find any data on it. It's...
I made a road trip to Coatesville today, to pick up some vintage equipment: Northstar Advantage, with software and manual Kaypro 1 Two Hazeltine Esprit III...
InfoAge museums are closed tomorrow because of the weather threat. I am giving a tour to a Rutgers comp-sci class as 10:45, and then going home to prepare for...
