Is there a modern replacement for the DecWriter II ribbon? Staples has replacement ribbons for all kinds of printers, I am thinking if I can find the correct...
Evan, In your reply to Herb you forgot that I had said earlier that any working terminal, even one from 1980 would be OK (the H-19/Z-19's). They're more...
All, I've got a Tektronix 8085 Development Aid that I'm looking to sell. Picked it up a while ago hoping to make use of it, but I haven't paid it much...
Everyone seems happy when we go to a diner -- there's usually good food, a big selection, and affordable prices. So let's plan to have dinner at the "New Ewing...
Everyone, I struck a deal with Trenton management whereby MARCH exhibit volunteers need not buy tickets. Instead, MARCH will make a donation to the event for a...
According to TCF management, we should all park in lot 20, and enter through the back door of Armstrong Hall. If anyone asks, just explain that "we're with the...
Everyone, This week there were several miscommunications. Bill and I are just trying to put on the best possible exhibit and, even more important, we want...
I'm trying to get a Macintosh Centris 610 online with a MacCon 610 ethernet card plugged into an Airport Express in bridge mode. This card has a 10base-T...
All, Just picked up one of these myself: http://www.ebay.com/itm/151009083997 Can't beat the price! It includes a voltage adjust trimpot for finding that...
Hi all -- Very sorry, but we're cancelling East 9.0 because of the uncertain power situation at InfoAge. The MARCH board put a lot of thought into this...
All, I've got a pair of clean but untested RL01 drives that I'm considering using with my parts build LSI-11. I'd really like some form of hard disk that can...
Hey all, I'm about 80% sure I can make it to TCF this weekend. Is anyone selling/trading there? I'm looking for QBUS enclosures/power supplies (BA11-N, -M,...
Tomorrow from 9am-1:30pm, Alise and I will be at "Super Science Saturday" in the Ridgewood, NJ high school. I don't expect much from this event, but who knows...
TCF IS March 16th, 2013 - 9:00am until 5:00pm Sorry, The subject of the email thread says "VCF" in error. We are talking about the Trenton Computer Festival. ...
Everyone: See message below. I don't have any connection to the sender; nor is he on this list. ... Subject: Looking for Old HP PA 7100LC and Motorola 88110...
Finally watched "The Americans" pilot episode, on Hulu (Dave G. -- thank you anyhow for recording it). Thought it was pretty good. Looking forward to see...
I rescued a box of 1/2" greenbar (14-7/8" x 11") from the dumpster at work. If any one is interested in it, let me know. I can bring it to TCF next weekend...
Hi all, I picked up a Facit 4047 punch/reader yesterday in very good condition, along with five extra rolls of black paper tape. However, I can't seem to find...
I posted this to the the guys on the Altair forum also, but I think some guys here have Sol-20 systems... Apparently the chassis is just brushed Steel on the...
May not be a great save, but rooting through some boxes of boards at my local surplus place, I found: a huge 1983 NCR 2MB memory board with scads of 16MB dram...
Short film about Ralph Baer, the "Father of Video Games" http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/g2NibAgwuPg/short-film-about-ralph-baer-t.html ...
I'll be working on my teletype later today. It has a long standing problem with the carriage sticking at the left hand side of its travel, which I believe is...
