I’ve been rehabilitating a SparcStation Voyager when I get time (of which I
seem to have some now). The display did work off and on but doesn’t show
anything now. As per the troubleshooting docs, I check the DC/DC board
voltages but the service manual (from oracle!) has wire colors that bear no
Cleaning up a non-post’ing SPARCStation voyager 146 (are there others?) and
found a crude cat drawing on the silkscreen:
https://twitter.com/salgernon/status/1029474524100616192?s=21
Just curious if anyone knows any backstory for this kitty. (I was at sunw from
‘90 to ‘92 and this machine is a
So, I need to debulk my collection. A few years ago I took about 1/3 this much
to the Foothill (now DeAnza, I guess) fleamarket and came away with $2k, which
almost covered the cost of the storage locker it had been in! What you do with
it would be up to you.
I've got about 15? 2x2x3 ish plas
Not sure if it's relevant:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordMARC
My brother was one of the few engineers on this product, in Palo Alto. The
software ran on dozens of different machines and architectures, using the most
portable language of the day: Fortran 77. I believe MARC was the umbrell
> On Aug 3, 2015, at 6:52 PM, drlegendre . wrote:
>
> Where is the inscription? Inside the case?
>
On the back. I don't have a handy picture, but someone else posted theirs:
http://deirdre.net/steve-jobss-death-and-influence/back-camera-3/
As an employee with some involvement, there was a batch of original iPads that
were engraved with Steve Jobs signature. Scott Forstall joked "I don't want to
see these show up on eBay!"
Anyway, being none too careful, I let my then 3 year old play with it, and she
was walking around with rapt
(sorry meant just for Sellam. Of course now I've made it worse by sending
again. Oy.)
> On Jul 15, 2015, at 3:37 PM, Steve Algernon wrote:
>
> I'm sure I can't afford it, but how much are you asking for the IMSAI?
>
> Or the SWTPC?
>
> Thanks,
> -
I'm sure I can't afford it, but how much are you asking for the IMSAI?
Or the SWTPC?
Thanks,
--sma
> On Jul 15, 2015, at 12:32 PM, Sellam ibn Abraham
> wrote:
>
>
> I'm continuing to sell off most of my remaining collection. Here's what I
> have available at the moment:
>
> DEC TX78U
> Da
Already claimed! Thanks.
> On Jul 1, 2015, at 12:09 PM, Steve Algernon wrote:
>
> 2 x 16mb 72 pin 70ns
> 2 x 8mb 72 pin 70ns
>
> pulled from a working next slab that I upgraded; I've no use for them, so
> FFFS. (Invent an acronym that doesn't involve you havin
2 x 16mb 72 pin 70ns
2 x 8mb 72 pin 70ns
pulled from a working next slab that I upgraded; I've no use for them, so FFFS.
(Invent an acronym that doesn't involve you having to send me $.73 via paypal
and send me your mailing address, or pick up in Ben Lomond, CA)
Cheers,
--sma
And one more mine craft thingy, with a raspberry pi twist:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/withpiper/piper-a-minecraft-toolbox-for-budding-engineers
They had these set up on pi day at the CHM and the kids involved really seemed
to get into the physical interfacing and puzzles.
Sent from m
Its pricy, but my 3 and 7 year olds get a kick out of:
http://littlebits.cc
If you watch on eBay, there's a lot of the individual components and kits
showing up after radio shack fire sales.
My kids don't really understand what's going on except that in some ways they
are obviously learning a
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