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...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 10, 2012 6:51 pm
... Linotypes are GLORIOUS. And positively revolutionary. There's an old Model 6 in a print shop just a few miles from here. I've seen it in operation. The...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Dec 10, 2012 6:56 pm
... Finally! Time to get familiar with the guts. :-) Mike Loewen mloewen@... Old Technology...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 10, 2012 7:13 pm
... Yes! I will dig into it after I unload the car, which will hopefully be later today. I have to deal with a work crisis before that. I did notice that it...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Dec 10, 2012 7:21 pm
good to see you too. Glad you made it ok bd...
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evan@...
ekoblentz
Dec 10, 2012 7:35 pm
... Houston area I don't think so....
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joshbensadon
Dec 10, 2012 10:42 pm
... If you have the space, go for it! ... Yes, the decoder bar along the top of the magazines. That bar alone is worth a few hundred dollars. The lubricating...
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s100doctor
Dec 10, 2012 10:49 pm
... Thank you for the ribs, they were tasty! I ate what I could but I had a lot of choices. ... An organized DEC presence would be appreciated. Along those...
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Dennis Boone
drb@...
Dec 10, 2012 10:49 pm
... One or more models (the 303 is one of them, I think) included early Prime minis as controllers. I'd love to find such a Linotype, and then be able to...
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Brian Schenkenberger,...
VAXman@...
Dec 10, 2012 10:54 pm
... They were no problem. I did bring about 1/2 back home. They're going to be dinner this evening. ... I have a DLT robot. It handles DLT-III and DLT-IV...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 10, 2012 10:55 pm
... Tape jukes? Very common. I have one running here on the production network for backups, and am managing three others for clients. ... That could...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 10, 2012 10:57 pm
... Those are completely different animals; those are phototypesetters. (unless there's a generation in there that I'm unfamiliar with, which is certainly...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 10, 2012 10:57 pm
... Not at all. There are old jukes, but not all jukes are old, and if it's got DLTs in it, it's not terribly old at all. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New...
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Brian Schenkenberger,...
VAXman@...
Dec 10, 2012 11:00 pm
... It'd be vintage only I were a part of the display. ;) -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM "And though it seems...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 10, 2012 11:03 pm
... I do. And I'm trying. Hard. ;) ... Not to production print shops they're not. Two complete, functional Linotype Model 6 typesetters were scrapped up...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 10, 2012 11:05 pm
... Hey, we could do that! ;) It was great meeting you, by the way. I have a feeling very large swaths of time will just disappear the next time we hang...
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joshbensadon
Dec 11, 2012 12:27 am
... I bought a copy for my dad. It was interesting to see Albert Einstein at a keyboard. There's a shop here in Toronto that deals in them. They are for the...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 11, 2012 1:09 am
... Seems a bit odd to me that they'd be using them in production, for anything other than "rustic" stuff (like my print-shop-running local friend) due to the...
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joshbensadon
Dec 11, 2012 2:20 am
... I can't account for what is cheaper in those countries, I'm just repeating what I heard by the owner. He's not just selling whole machines but on going...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 11, 2012 2:30 am
... That's awesome! ... Recorded for future reference. Thanks! -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA...
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joshbensadon
Dec 11, 2012 2:43 am
... If you ever do need to order from them and would like to save on shipping, please don't hesitate to ask me. I drive by that part of town on a monthly...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 11, 2012 2:58 am
... I will absolutely keep that in mind. Thank you! I don't think I'll get the Linotype anytime soon, if I'm lucky enough to get it at all...but I am trying....
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s100doctor
Dec 11, 2012 3:07 am
... http://www.eugeneleeslover.com/VIDEOS/fire_control_computer_1.html It looks like the site linked above is a primary Web source for WWII and later Naval...
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s100doctor
Dec 11, 2012 3:15 am
... I'll follow up privately on this. Herb...
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William Donzelli
toober00
Dec 11, 2012 3:41 am
... I think some of these are originally from the Historic Naval Ships Association. There is a group of us ship geeks that are also trying to save and archive...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Dec 11, 2012 4:06 am
I helped rescue a linotype for the System Source vintage computer collection vintagecomputer.net/linotype/ I had to disassemble to get into my car, took five...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 11, 2012 4:15 am
... You...what?! ... Holy crap you had me going for a minute there!! -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Dec 11, 2012 4:52 am
... I helped move to System Source in Baltimore years ago. The owner, Dave Roswell I believe got a week's training on the thing to operate it. You can visit...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 11, 2012 4:57 am
... I've really gotta make it down there soon! -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA...
