MARCH frequently asked questions -- last updated 3/30/2006 1. What is MARCH? MARCH is a user group for people who enjoy using antique/vintage computers. Our ...
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Jim Scheef
jscheef
Sep 3, 2007 8:25 pm
All, Here's something I happened across today in my reading: the Classic Computer Collector's Code of Conduct, which you can find at...
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Evan
evan947
Sep 3, 2007 8:52 pm
Code of conduct is really old news ... But still a good point....
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John Allain
thxi38
Sep 4, 2007 2:05 pm
I hope we all know not to dump a classiccmp w/o announcing it to your buddies first. - - - The bulk of stuff entering the free zone nowadays are pc's. A large...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Sep 4, 2007 4:53 pm
... Nah...
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Jim Scheef
jscheef
Sep 4, 2007 8:26 pm
Evan and all, I have to agree that we don't need a special list for PCs. However, this begs the question of vintage versus collectible. I'm now looking for 286...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Sep 4, 2007 9:06 pm
... I can tell you this...my student's first computer memories were 486's. They're all Juniors and Seniors (20+)...The 286 was before their time. There's...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Sep 4, 2007 10:19 pm
... group Heh ... Bill, thanks for putting it nicer than I would've. :) ... collectible, becoming rather rare, but hopefully are still cheap. That applies to...
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William Donzelli
toober00
Sep 4, 2007 10:29 pm
... And the scope is ???? Has MARCH written up a charter and collections policy yet? -- Will...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Sep 4, 2007 11:25 pm
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709020388 A few times I've mentioned NJHDA - New Jersey Historic Divers Association - as the InfoAge group...
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Sellam Ismail
sellam_ismail
Sep 5, 2007 2:28 am
... We (meaning various members of the Classic Computers mailing list) formulated that years ago as an idealists way to express our credo. Doug Salot (most of...
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Herb Johnson
s100doctor
Sep 5, 2007 6:37 pm
... this begs the question of vintage versus collectible. I'm now looking for 286 and 386 laptops. Also for interesting high-end 386 machines like the monster...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Sep 6, 2007 12:32 am
... That's a very good idea. Bill...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
Sep 6, 2007 12:34 am
Hail Fellow March'ins I hope everyone had a good summer. I see there were some good rescue missions by MARCH. My kids are back in school and it's time that I...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Sep 6, 2007 3:17 am
... Good to hear from you Dan. Let me know if you don't find the disks. Bill...
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Christian R. Fandt
cfandt
Sep 7, 2007 1:58 am
List members: Saturday is the Hazardous Waste Drop Off Day in this part of our county and I've been gathering some old monitors together to take down to the...
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Bob Grieb
bobgrieb
Sep 8, 2007 8:41 pm
An engineer friend of mine used to work for IBM, and has a particular fondness for their products. Back when the PC was still expensive, he used a PC Jr, and...
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Evan
evan947
Sep 9, 2007 1:04 am
Hi guys. Need someone to staff our museum room next Sunday the 16th (and most Sundays thereafter during football season) ... although I will be at the museum...
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Bob Applegate
bobk2ut
Sep 9, 2007 1:05 pm
Hi Gang, I'm getting an S-100 serial I/O card running, and need to find a replacement crystal. 1.8432 MHz. They are available in HC49/U and HC49 packages,...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Sep 9, 2007 1:42 pm
Sellam, A C64 is on it's way. The system was tested with diagnostics to verify operations. How many more do you need? Bill Degnan...
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Bryan Pope
b_ster42
Sep 9, 2007 3:37 pm
... Bob, Check out this---> http://www.unicornelectronics.com/crystals.html Cheers, Bryan...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Sep 10, 2007 4:05 am
Herb was a surprise visitor at the museum today, and he took this picture of three children enjoying Atari 2600 Pacman: http://tinyurl.com/ytffhy ... he also...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Sep 10, 2007 1:23 pm
... The link did not work for me. Speaking of the early MAC sad face codes - what does it mean if you get the sad MAC with code 041800? Bill...
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Bob Applegate
bobk2ut
Sep 10, 2007 1:24 pm
If there ends up being a display of stuff from Franklin (our "east coast" theme), then having a Mac in the exhibit would be a good addition too. There is a...
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Jeffrey Frady
legodude522
Sep 10, 2007 1:28 pm
Goodmorning! Link doesn't work. Good to see kids playing Pac Man. I remember having to explain Pong to someone when I was in high school. ... -- Moderator...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Sep 10, 2007 1:30 pm
... Just go directly to the Yahoo group area and look in the files section. Mike Loewen mloewen@... Old Technology...
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Hex Star
hex_str
Sep 11, 2007 12:34 am
... the sad MAC with code 041800? You can find out here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=7748...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Sep 11, 2007 1:02 am
yes, but what does 041800 mean exactly? which chip or section is bad? Bill...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Sep 11, 2007 3:25 am
From the Morrow Thinker Toys Wunderbuss with Noiseguard schematic (S-100), there's a reference to a 2.2mfd in position C16. I don't have any other useful...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Sep 11, 2007 12:16 pm
Chuck Peddle at Vintage Computer Festival East, 2007 Streaming Audio http://www.marchclub.org/audio/recording4.htm (sponsored by Degnan, Co and an ad for my...
