Scott, I think that my expansion card is too "new" for a rev B. ?? As far as my kim goes (rev G), I made sure it worked and then put it away. I have not...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
Feb 19, 2005 5:42 pm
Hi, I'm glad to find a newsgroup here that's very active in the Classic computers. I've been collecting off and on for a number of years. I'm originally from...
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David Gesswein
pdp8online
Feb 19, 2005 3:27 pm
... I use the same web interface people use to run the machine over the net. It stores it on my webserver in SIMH format. The webserver is also retro, it is a...
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Scott Austin
us21090
Feb 19, 2005 6:37 am
Hey Bill, The Kim-1 I have (my father purchased new way back when) is a pre-Commodore green MOS motherboard. It's a Rev B (!) and I believe the serial number...
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ahm
ysgdhio
Feb 19, 2005 5:52 am
I'm still cleaning up, and came across five Selectric typeballs. Anybody here need them? Drop me a note. Andy...
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billdeg@...
billdeg
Feb 18, 2005 5:31 pm
I just got an Altair 8800b with matching Altair diskdrive, the other day. The computer works (48K), but I don't have any disks (8 ") for testing. If anyone...
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billdeg@...
billdeg
Feb 18, 2005 5:20 pm
what you don't have in quantity you have in quality...what REV (revision) is the KIM? I have an expansion board for a newer KIM, but I am not sure what REV...
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ahm
ysgdhio
Feb 18, 2005 4:21 pm
... Not after 30 years, I don't. :) ... What (or where) do you dump to?...
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evan
evan947
Feb 18, 2005 6:10 am
Hi Scott, thanks for joining us. The group's looking pretty solid and our TCF exhibit will be awesome. After that we will start to plan some other events. ...
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us21090
Feb 18, 2005 6:05 am
Hi Evan et al, I heard of MARCH back in the pre-MARCH days of the Classic Computer group when Evan first came up with the idea (January '05). I've delayed...
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David Gesswein
pdp8online
Feb 17, 2005 11:17 pm
... That is my plan. ... Haven't heard of that one. Do you know what it was like? ... I have been able to get an error free dump of about 80-90% of the tapes ...
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ahm
ysgdhio
Feb 17, 2005 8:50 pm
Did someone mention they might bring a PDP/8 with DECtape drive(s)? I have a tape that might be interesting to read/copy; it contains an operating system...
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evan
evan947
Feb 15, 2005 12:01 pm
A video clip of my recent appearance on "BusinessWeek TV" is now on my web site. To see it, go to http://news.computercollector.com, and click either of the...
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Blake Patterson
blakespot
Feb 11, 2005 12:53 pm
... Heh...I am currently working on that, to replace the top, left, front Google ad. No one clicks that thing anyway. :-) bp...
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evan947
Feb 11, 2005 12:46 am
Hey, I'm going to be on TV this Sunday. I was contacted today by BusinessWeek TV, that is the broadcast arm of the magazine. They're doing a story on...
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evan947
Feb 10, 2005 8:23 am
Oops, made a typo: I wrote "turns out I had two of the resistors in backwards" -- meant that I had resistor #1 where resistor #2 belongs, and vice-versa --...
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ahm
ysgdhio
Feb 10, 2005 7:47 am
Darn it, that was supposed to be a direct reply. :(...
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evan947
Feb 10, 2005 12:49 am
Hi everyone... so there are two months until TCF... how are your efforts to get everything in working order? I hope to finish the portable version of my Apple...
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ahm
ysgdhio
Feb 9, 2005 9:33 pm
... Hi Blake, Out of curiosity, I checked out your site/blog. I might have missed it, but there doesn't seem to be any sort of introduction; you know, who you...
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Blake Patterson
blakespot
Feb 9, 2005 6:19 am
Wanted to say hello to all. Evan made me aware of this Yahoo group and, being a vintage computer nut, here I am. I run ByteCellar - http://www.bytecellar.com...
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ahm
ysgdhio
Feb 6, 2005 4:17 pm
... If you find out, let me know. I've got 1982 and 1983 complete. :) Andy...
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thecpuwizard
Feb 6, 2005 1:25 am
I am about to liquidate my Byte Magazine Collection and am curious what level of interest there is.... 1984 thru 1986, 1992-1993, are complete years [with...
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evan947
Feb 5, 2005 11:13 pm
Hey, posting our old books here is a good idea. Here is my list of stuff for sale/trade: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 in Action - $5 - 1998 Visual Basic 6 for...
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ahm
ysgdhio
Feb 5, 2005 10:23 pm
The following books are available for sale or trade: AT&T 615 Multi-tasking Terminal User's Guide Apple MacWorks, The Macintosh Environment for the Lisa System...
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evan947
Jan 31, 2005 12:15 am
Yes, I'm considering that... however the portable version is my main project right now. (Vince Briel, who designed the kit, has a version very similar to the...
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macmothership
Jan 29, 2005 1:25 pm
That is great news - the Apple 1 is something most people have never been able to get their hands on, just read about - should be cool! Have you given any...
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evan947
Jan 29, 2005 5:39 am
Good news: a couple of days ago the replica started to work. I don't know how to program in assembly, but I had fun playing with Integer BASIC. I also was...
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evan
evan947
Jan 24, 2005 8:11 pm
Yeah I've got one....
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macmothership
Jan 24, 2005 8:02 pm
Evan, Wow - that really would complete the line-up and fit in perfectly. I can create a sign for that also. Great! Do you have a small monitor for it to use?...
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evan
evan947
Jan 24, 2005 7:49 pm
Sounds great, Jim. Would be even better if the rest of us follow your lead. ... If I can the Apple 1 replica working, we can put that on your table too....
