I'd like to learn more about programming, esp for my 6800. It'd be fun to test
its limits and see what uses I can find for the graphics board I got. I just
don't understand how they programmed the thing. All the hex stuff throws me
off. :)
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On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 8:54 PM, william degnan wrote:
> To me, getting old computers up and running, or programming on them *is*
> the game as far as I am concerned. More fun than most packaged software
> games. I have made my own games, and I certainly play computer games, but
> that's not why
To me, getting old computers up and running, or programming on them *is*
the game as far as I am concerned. More fun than most packaged software
games. I have made my own games, and I certainly play computer games, but
that's not why I am interested in vintage computing.
I just spent a few hours
On 10/8/2016 8:26 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
So computers were not part of my formative years and that's perhaps why
I don't see the attraction of computer games--or Twitter, for that matter.
I had the luck to have an Olivetti Programma 101 when I was in 5th grade
in the early 60's.
I had learned
On 10/08/2016 07:00 PM, Brad H wrote:
> When I was a kid we had the IBM PCjr through PS/2. Concurrently I
> had my own Commodore 64. Up until we got our AT, the Commodore was
> the game machine.
I suspect that you might have put your finger on the nub of it all. I
did not have any familiarit
Original message
From: Chuck Guzis
Date: 2016-10-08 2:17 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Subject: Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]
On 10/08/2016 09:46 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
> I think the people who complain about "Altairs
Impressive. Good software attached to very good very large very expensive
hardware that moves very fast. What's an engineer not to like! Keep the spirit
of the 60's going!
Marc
> On Oct 5, 2016, at 2:32 PM, Mark Linimon wrote:
>
> As off-topic threads go, this is absolutely the best :-)
>
> m
On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 10/08/2016 06:13 PM, TeoZ wrote:
> >
> > Everybody has something they do to chill out, some drink or jog, or
> > play games.
>
> Certainly, but playing computer games after a hard day in front of the
> number-cruncher seems like a terrible w
On 10/08/2016 06:13 PM, TeoZ wrote:
>
> Everybody has something they do to chill out, some drink or jog, or
> play games.
Certainly, but playing computer games after a hard day in front of the
number-cruncher seems like a terrible way to detox.
For some years, for me, it was bicycling and bridge
Everybody has something they do to chill out, some drink or jog, or play
games.
Anyway my first computers in the 80's were for gaming (Timex 2068 and then a
C64). Both were cheap systems. I went to a 286 for school work and since I
sold the C64 to help pay for it I did some gaming on it. Mos
On Sat, Oct 08, 2016, Adrian Graham wrote:
[...]
> What's interesting from a US standpoint is that it apparently DID make it
> over the pond and was sold as the 'Buckingham' so the question is, anyone
> heard of it?
>
> http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/STCExecutel01.jpg
Deceptive subject line --
On 10/08/2016 03:13 PM, Corey Cohen wrote:
> Games have always been part of detoxing after a long day of business
> on personal computers.
That's probably why I'm borderline loony in my old age--I never bothered
to detox.
Still don't. Playing a computer game is about as entertaining to me as
pu
corey cohen
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> On Oct 8, 2016, at 5:17 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>
>> On 10/08/2016 09:46 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
>>
>> I think the people who complain about "Altairs just sitting on
>> desks" might be doing so for at least one reason being because a
>> particular purpose seems t
On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 9:07 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
>
>
> On 10/8/2016 6:06 AM, Corey Cohen wrote:
>
>> ...
>>
>> So does this mean you should hoard everything you have until the price
>> goes up? I don't have a crystal ball to tell you what is the next item of
>> value. Who knew that a mov
> After we're all gone, what will future generations think of us? That we
> developed new hardware and software solely to play games?
>
> Wow.
In a word: yes.
I am being a bit tongue in cheek when I say that but not entirely. Initially
this may not have been true - i.e. in the 80s people upgrade
On 10/8/16 2:17 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> After we're all gone, what will future generations think of us? That we
> developed new hardware and software solely to play games?
>
Probably, given how many cycles are being given to saving every copy-protected
Apple II game, compared to a couple guys
On 10/08/2016 09:46 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
> I think the people who complain about "Altairs just sitting on
> desks" might be doing so for at least one reason being because a
> particular purpose seems to violate the original spirit, intent, and
> purpose behind the creation. I hear that a l
On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 8:20 PM, jim stephens wrote:
>
>
> On 10/2/2016 6:23 PM, Ian S. King wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've posted looking for help with a TeleVideo TPC-1, and I've heard a lot
>> of crickets
>>
> I saw your FB posting, good job, and chirp chirp.
>
>>I've ordered an exact, tes
>
> This is all in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In general, I suck at getting
things
> shipped; local pickup, either in person or by proxy, is much preferred. I
can
> try to find the round tuits to ship, but it's usually a losing proposition
(I have
> at least two boxes of stuff that have been awa
I would love to acquire the Ultrix tapes, but I can't think of any proxies
I have in Ottawa. Does Canada have anything like the USPS' 'express'
boxes? Or hey, I can wait -- Ian
On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Mouse wrote:
> I've just dug out and inventoried two boxes of magnetic media.
Right on... The most important thing is IS THE OBJECT BEING SAVED?
Even if you restore something today it will be crap in another 50 years
If you do not restore it now it will run like crap too.
SO... in 50 years both are equal.. they will both run like crap no
matter if resto
On 2016-10-08 07:06, Corey Cohen wrote:
So does this mean you should hoard everything you have until the price goes up?
The expression I used is "Wait until what every wife calls 'A basement
full of junk' becomes AliBaba's treasure cave."
--
Roberto Waltman
> On Oct 8, 2016, at 12:46 PM, "j...@cimmeri.com" wrote:
>
>
>
> On 10/8/2016 11:22 AM, Corey Cohen wrote:
>>> On Oct 8, 2016, at 12:07 PM, "j...@cimmeri.com" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> The fact that a friggin' *movie* raises the value of something, also really
>>> irks me. How did movies ever be
I've just dug out and inventoried two boxes of magnetic media. A
little of it is not mine; a little more is stuff I'd like copies of if
I can make it happen.
But most of it is just going to leave soon, one way or another. I'd
rather see it go to someone who can actually use it, but it is not
wor
And stuck Maxtor coaxial spindle motors (RK54) are no joy either.
On 10/8/16 11:27 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>
> On 10/8/16 11:07 AM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
>
>> I went ahead and replaced it. The drive spins up now, but sadly the drive
>> doesn't actually work, after spinning up and making a few clun
On 10/8/16 11:07 AM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
> I went ahead and replaced it. The drive spins up now, but sadly the drive
> doesn't actually work, after spinning up and making a few clunking noises,
> it spins down again. I suspect it is trying, and failing, to find track 0.
>
EXTREMELY common probl
On 08/10/2016 19:07, "Rob Jarratt" wrote:
>> A WELL-KNOWN problem with Tantalum caps is that if run in equipment for
>> some time, then put on the shelf for some years, then powered up again,
>> the caps will fail, often spectacularly. Sometimes, in things like memory
>> boards, you will have to
> A WELL-KNOWN problem with Tantalum caps is that if run in equipment for
> some time, then put on the shelf for some years, then powered up again,
> the caps will fail, often spectacularly. Sometimes, in things like memory
> boards, you will have to replace many caps. Likely, just the cap is bad,
On 10/8/2016 11:22 AM, Corey Cohen wrote:
On Oct 8, 2016, at 12:07 PM, "j...@cimmeri.com" wrote:
The fact that a friggin' *movie* raises the value of something, also really
irks me. How did movies ever become the be-all, end-all?
I'm sure others are irked as well by the intrusions of gree
On 10/08/2016 05:18 AM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
I have an RD53 disk drive. When I plugged it in the other day something blew
up, smoke etc. I found that it was a tantalum capacitor on the motor control
board that had gone. I suppose I am wondering if just replacing it is a good
idea, could the failure
> On Oct 8, 2016, at 12:07 PM, "j...@cimmeri.com" wrote:
>
>
>>
>
> The fact that a friggin' *movie* raises the value of something, also really
> irks me. How did movies ever become the be-all, end-all?
>
> I'm sure others are irked as well by the intrusions of greed or irrationality
> in
On 10/8/2016 6:06 AM, Corey Cohen wrote:
...
So does this mean you should hoard everything you have until the price goes up?
I don't have a crystal ball to tell you what is the next item of value. Who
knew that a movie about the Tucker automobile would make a Tucker one of the
most desira
On 5 October 2016 at 04:55, Fred Cisin wrote:
> Not to be more flippant than usual, PC-DOS/MS-DOS has no graphics capability
> (80x25 text).
Doesn't DOSShell count?
--
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Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lprov
>
>
>
> This goes quintuply for an original GTO, at $50M. One could do all sorts of
> amazing things with that much money. Is having an original _really_ worth
> as
> much (or more) than all those other things? Like I said, a certain level of
> irrationality.
>
> Noel
>
Save your money y
Hi folks,
I happened upon a rare beast last weekend and it finally dropped into my
hands yesterday. Most folk know about the ICL One-Per-Desk which was
essentially a Sinclair QL with re-engineered microdrives and sold massively
well here in the UK (British Telecom rebranded it as the BT Merlin) an
> From: Fred Cisin
>> Did you tell the dumpsterers that they'd thrown out stuff worth
>> thousands of dollars? (I would have made to sure to let them know
>> that, with great spite.)
> "So? Boss said throw out everything in the closets. ..."
Clearly, the Indians weren't to b
Cool system.
Bill Degnan
twitter: billdeg
vintagecomputer.net
On Oct 8, 2016 5:33 AM, "Terry Stewart" wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> In case anyone is interested...
> http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2016-10-9-poly-acquisition.htm
>
> This could have been the BBC of New Zealand schools... (-:
>
>
On 08/10/2016 11:18, "Rob Jarratt" wrote:
> I have an RD53 disk drive. When I plugged it in the other day something blew
> up, smoke etc. I found that it was a tantalum capacitor on the motor control
> board that had gone. I suppose I am wondering if just replacing it is a good
> idea, could the
Been following this thread a bit a realized it's time to chime in.
The Mustang analogy is a good one. This hobby is becoming like collecting
cars. You really can't predict which stuff is going to be worth big money but
the stuff that does always surprises the guys who owned one back in the da
I have an RD53 disk drive. When I plugged it in the other day something blew
up, smoke etc. I found that it was a tantalum capacitor on the motor control
board that had gone. I suppose I am wondering if just replacing it is a good
idea, could the failure be a symptom of another problem, could it ha
Hi guys,
In case anyone is interested...
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2016-10-9-poly-acquisition.htm
This could have been the BBC of New Zealand schools... (-:
Terry (Tez)
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