... Ken, that was a fun (and informative) video to watch. Watching the cam description reminded me of the old Linotypes. Have you ever seen one of those in...
Hey All, Not exactly on topic but I feel the skills represented on this list maybe the finest on the internet for answering this question. I have 10 pin ribbon...
There's a complete set of Ciarcia books on eBay right now, $75 BIN. This is a really, really good deal on some awesome books. There's much to be learned and...
Anybody want a 31" CRT TV and/or a nice couch/futon thing? Both free to good homes. I need to get rid of both ASAP. Making room for a new HD LED television and...
someone at Festivus asked for braided nylon lacing cord: http://www.mpja.com/prodinfo.asp?number=19299+MI Item Number: 19299 MI Unit Price: $9.95 Nylon Lacing...
"The Americans" airs Wed., Jan. 30, at 10pm on the FX channel, and later on Hulu/Netflix. Check your local listings. I'm told that the eight DEC terminals from...
Well, I finally got an 8" Floppy drive working. Wrote code to format, read, write, xmodem upload & download to the Floppy disk. I made up a CP/M disk, don't...
New acquisition - Morrow MD-11 with Z80A, DSDD floppy (Tek FB-503) and a 10MB CMI CM-5412 hard drive. Just had time to take a quick pass at it: hard drive...
My father was a Linotype operator for the Pandick Press in Manhattan until they went out of business in 1990. He used to bring home slugs with our names on...
A coworker is cleaning up his office and produced from a dusty corner, a box of envelopes, containing microfiche, of the VMS 3.3 source listing dating from...
I'm trying to learn something about these old computers. First of all, do they actually follow program steps? I always equated the term computers with...
Whew. Autumn and I got home around 2AM, having left Festivus in the late afternoon, then headed to Cory's place in Glassboro to pick up an HP21MX that he had...
Subject says it all... http://www.ebay.com/itm/200859112804 It looks in fairly good shape and the price isn't bad; however, freight charges from California to...
Whenever you're ready, try http://www.azog.org/?p=931 they mention a "Rubber Keypad Repair Kit" from Mouser electronics. Note that the keyboard in the pics is...
... The screen is broken. (It electronically retracts, but it's jammed. Only goes down halfway. Maybe someone can fix it. InfoAge management would appreciate...
Roll of printed papertape for Herb BASIS 108 stuff to join with system Ian/Kelly have for me from Rubin ADDS Terminal sell to Ian Primus Tektronixs 535 to...
Been *incredibly* busy these last few weeks - to the point of not even being home every night to sleep. I'm way behind on my email, I've been kind of skimming...
Just in case any one is short of a roll or two for their TTYs and are not on green keys.... ... Subject: [GreenKeys] Roll paper - again Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012...
Video projector? A VCR? A DVD player? Stereo amplifier? Speakers? I don't have a projector, although I will have TV sets. I hadn't planned on bringing any of...
Last year I picked up an eMac (slightly faster version of the original CRT-based iMac) for $30. I thought it would be a decent machine for my living room. I...
