When I opened it up, it was full of cards and mods... This machine had some heavy upgrades in the early 80's (kinda makes Evan's IMSAI story about the...
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evan@...
ekoblentz
Dec 25, 2012 2:11 pm
... Whoa. I do tell museum visitors that the WarGames IMSAI is somewhat anachronistic ('75 computer in '83 movie), but it's only to make the point about how...
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corey986
Dec 25, 2012 3:06 pm
Hey Evan, Merry Festivus!!!! You do know I'm only razzing you... Enjoy the day... I'm taking a brake from playing Zork now to go see the Hobbit. Cheers, ...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Dec 25, 2012 4:01 pm
Sounds like the person is totally bypassing the original SOL-20 motherboard. bd ... a 60's musclecar ... some heavy upgrades in the early 80's (kinda makes...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Dec 25, 2012 11:55 pm
... Here's the service manual for the Tandom TM-848, with the schematics in the back: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/tandon/TM848_service_1982.pdf ...
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Brian Schenkenberger,...
VAXman@...
Dec 25, 2012 11:55 pm
... How much storage is hanging off of your HSJs??? Is somebody going to bring a power station of Camp Evans to power all of this schhh-tuff? ... OK. I run...
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Brian Schenkenberger,...
VAXman@...
Dec 25, 2012 11:55 pm
... ...and that's "vintage?" I'd thought the goal was to keep the all on DEC. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM ...
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Brian Schenkenberger,...
VAXman@...
Dec 25, 2012 11:55 pm
... Firesign THeater. ... Are you going to be there, Mike? I'm going in to shower and I'll drop by in an hour or two. I AM bringing the ribs but not the...
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EhoDeDiablo
Dec 25, 2012 11:55 pm
Folks, I'm thinning the herd so if you know of anyone in the Raleigh/Apex area that would like the following (free of course) just let me know. We also have a...
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evan@...
ekoblentz
Dec 26, 2012 12:27 am
So: Jeff J, me, and Alise spent the day working at the museum warehouse. We got a bunch of stuff done. We built three shelving units: one for Apple (in...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 26, 2012 1:46 am
... I would LOVE to have an ELC again. Would you be willing to wait a few months and bring it up to VCF-E? (I know that's a lot to ask, sorry!) -Dave -- Dave...
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evan@...
ekoblentz
Dec 26, 2012 4:01 am
Here's a fun discussion subject: what tech gadgets did everyone get for (name your winter celebration)? I got a running jacket with front and rear blinking LED...
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Tim Fagan
timsternc
Dec 26, 2012 4:46 am
I played some Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit games via my modded Xbox on my new 73" DLP. Needless to say, it was a little surreal. 8 bit graphics/sprites do not...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 26, 2012 6:20 am
... Sweet! Autumn is a huge fan of Poe, so I found her a copy of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe...in near-mint condition, over a century old. Printed in 1904....
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Jeffrey Brace
arkaxow
Dec 26, 2012 6:20 am
... For Christmas I got myself an iPhone 4. Also I was given a 2TB hard drive for my PC as I needed something to back up my now filled 1.5 TB drive....
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 26, 2012 6:22 am
... (in ten volumes..) -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA...
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Kyle Owen
kylevowen
Dec 26, 2012 6:56 am
I treated myself to a completely non-functional ADM-3 terminal. It's a load of work, and more than I imagined. I restored the screen already, but tackling the...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 26, 2012 7:23 am
... That's great, ADM-3As are very nice terminals! Definitely worth every bit of effort, and fun work to do. (for the most part anyway!) ... Hey! If you'll...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 26, 2012 8:15 am
... I used a 54501 for a long time...a good bit earlier but the same basic flavor. This being a digital scope...be careful. Be absolutely certain that you...
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David Comley
david_comley
Dec 26, 2012 12:37 pm
... This year's loot was good. I got the rest of the parts for my SBC6120/FP6120 kit. I may try to assemble it over New Year. Still need to figure out the big...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Dec 26, 2012 4:40 pm
I didn't get any tech toys, but did spend some time working on my 1984 vintage Morrow MD11. The commonly available master disk images are set up for a Morrow...
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J. Alexander Jacocks
caliphalexander
Dec 26, 2012 7:19 pm
... Thanks, Dave! I ended up buying 4 Agilent N2863a probes, again following your advice to get quality probes. I'm trying to download the manuals for the...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Dec 26, 2012 7:58 pm
From: "Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-" <VAXman@...> ... Maaaaan those ribs were gooooooooooooooooood.... Thank you for them...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 26, 2012 9:13 pm
... Excellent. ... Yes, they're great about that. What's even better is they've been scanning paper-only manuals and are supplying, free of charge, scanned ...
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Stephen L
shlafferty
Dec 26, 2012 9:17 pm
As I stretched to go running on the morning of Dec. 20th, I caught sight of a large box on the porch, outside the window. OMG, the DEC RK05 hard drive had...
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evan@...
ekoblentz
Dec 26, 2012 9:33 pm
... I'm a runner too. Any others in the club?...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 26, 2012 9:59 pm
... Only when chased! -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA...
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J. Alexander Jacocks
caliphalexander
Dec 26, 2012 10:25 pm
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Christian Liendo < ... Seconded! Many thanks, Brian! - Alex...
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evan@...
ekoblentz
Dec 26, 2012 10:47 pm
... For reasons unknown, four of Brian's messages got caught in the Yahoo spam filter, and I just noticed them yesterday. Ergo the delay in the messages...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Dec 26, 2012 10:53 pm
... NONE of my messages get through Bill Degnan's spam filter... Mike Loewen mloewen@... Old Technology...
