Hi,
you surely found it on the web already, but if not:
Two years ago I build an own scanning rig and scanned 5+ pages of
XXDP listings.
The problem of enhancing very bad fiches is also addressed with an
expensive "Filter Chain".
http://retrocmp.com/projects/scanning-micro-fiches
Joerg
On 05/10/2016 09:16, Jörg Hoppe wrote:
Hi,
you surely found it on the web already, but if not:
Two years ago I build an own scanning rig and scanned 5+ pages of
XXDP listings.
The problem of enhancing very bad fiches is also addressed with an
expensive "Filter Chain".
http://retrocmp.c
* On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 12:16:30AM -0500, Jerry Kemp wrote:
> Hello Seth,
>
> Its been a few months, and I am wondering if the 3b2 emulator project is
> still moving forward, or put on the back burner for now?
>
> Thanks for any updates,
>
> Jerry
Hi Jerry and the list,
Unfortunately, it's
Here's a scan - and special bonus audio tracks - of a brochure and 7"
record I found on ebay recently:
http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/index.php?dir=%2Fcomputing/EG%26G
"Data on a Platter" from a company called EG&G (anyone heard of them?)
describes their vinyl (as in analog audio record) data sto
> The 'E' in "EG&G" is for Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton, who is famous
> for his pioneering work in strobe photography. He was quite a legend
> as a professor at MIT.
I went to school with his grandson Eric, and his son Bob was my High School
Physics teacher.
Needless to say, we did *A LOT* of s
On 10/6/16 11:14 PM, Jason T wrote:
> I was also going to ask if anyone knew of any other examples of
> phonograph records used to store data.
Inner City Unit's "Spectrum Program" is mentioned on the Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum_software
I actually played it once o
On 10/6/16 11:14 PM, Jason T wrote:
> It was
> either Kilobaud of Interface Age that had them.
Interface Age
I have a couple that I just ran across again that I need to digitize
There was just a discussion about these on the MAME developers list.
On 10/07/2016 01:01 AM, Glen Slick wrote:
On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 10:32 PM, Jason T wrote:
Here's a scan - and special bonus audio tracks - of a brochure and 7"
record I found on ebay recently:
http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/index.php?dir=%2Fcomputing/EG%26G
"Data on a Platter" from a company
oops, they aren't Intel
On 10/7/16 10:30 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> wonder why all the interest.
> gold bugs, or do people realize there are i1103s on there?
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/262652558004
>
wonder why all the interest.
gold bugs, or do people realize there are i1103s on there?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262652558004
2016-10-07 19:31 GMT+02:00 Al Kossow :
> oops, they aren't Intel
>
They are MIL. Micro Systems International:
https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/microsystems_international
If someone are into repairing HP98x0A machines this would be a life time
supply of spare chips provided they are good.
/Mattis
Guess I should look memory boards are inside my TI 960 and 980
The 990 used dual-wide verisons of that board form factor and used 4K and
higher DRAMs
> They are MIL. Micro Systems International:
> https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/microsystems_international
>
> If someone are into repairing HP98x0A m
On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
> Guess I should look memory boards are inside my TI 960 and 980
> The 990 used dual-wide verisons of that board form factor and used 4K and
> higher DRAMs
I have some of those TI memory boards loose (and one machine, a 960A,
for which I'm (still)
ouch!
this is about 2x what I thought they would go for
On 10/1/16 7:19 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/291894250804
>
On 10/07/2016 03:12 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
> ouch!
>
> this is about 2x what I thought they would go for
>
> On 10/1/16 7:19 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/291894250804
That simply defies logic. I *really* don't get this collecting business.
--Chuck
I don't think a flipper would have paid that much.
Complete machines have sold for just over 15K within recent memory.
A deep pockets collector must have a machine with all the right
serial numbers that was just missing drives.
sigh.. getting like the high-end car collecting market, where people
p
Remember that there are folks out there with millions or more (often made in a
computer-related field), for whom $20,000 is the same as $20.00 for most of
us...
m
- Original Message -
From: "Al Kossow"
To:
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2016 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ch
'Revolutionary Force' Bombs IBM Offices
Computer Word, March 18, 1970..
http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=654
Does anyone have a stash of these old Computer World's? I have found very
few online. I assume there is a complete set somewhere...?
Bill
On 10/7/2016 5:21 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 10/07/2016 03:12 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
ouch!
this is about 2x what I thought they would go for
On 10/1/16 7:19 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291894250804
That simply defies logic. I *really* don't get this collecting business.
--C
On 10/7/16 4:32 PM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
>
>
> how astonishingly retarded that they sold for that much.
nah.. maybe Alan in Soquel will list the ones he's been hoarding.
On 10/07/2016 04:41 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>
> On 10/7/16 4:32 PM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
>>
>>
>> how astonishingly retarded that they sold for that much.
>
> nah.. maybe Alan in Soquel will list the ones he's been hoarding.
In non-computer-related sales that initially commanded an outrage
On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 6:58 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> In particular, I have to wonder how much of this stuff is buried in
> overseas e-waste piles.
I have one single Twiggy diskette, Apple branded. Maybe I can get a
dinner or two out of it...
On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 6:28 PM, william degnan wrote:
> Does anyone have a stash of these old Computer World's? I have found very
> few online. I assume there is a complete set somewhere...?
There are many online via Google Books, though not the issue you have there:
https://books.google.com/b
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, Al Kossow wrote:
sigh.. getting like the high-end car collecting market, where people
pay $1K for an NOS Ford part for their Cobra you could get at
a dealer for $10 in the 60's.
But, how do I get to the 60's?
John Titor never answered my open offer.
I accept that their val
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, Mike Stein wrote:
Remember that there are folks out there with millions or more (often
made in a computer-related field), for whom $20,000 is the same as
$20.00 for most of us...
Decades ago, I didn't buy some at $30 each, waiting for the price to come
down.
but if you were a hardcore mustang collector you would not sleep
until you had every part that went with it...
Ed#
In a message dated 10/7/2016 5:07:12 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
ci...@xenosoft.com writes:
If I had a 65 Mustang, missing the ashtray, the only reason that I
> On 10/7/2016 5:21 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> That simply defies logic. I *really* don't get this collecting business.
It's Apple-related. Some Apple devotees seem to have an, ah, excessive
attachment to things Apple. (Q.v. $1M Apple I's.) I'm suprised that some of
them didn't commit sutte
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
but if you were a hardcore mustang collector you would not sleep
until you had every part that went with it...
Having been around when they came out, and still around when I did not buy
non-running rolling rebuildables for a few hundred do
This guy was spot on about if his Lisa1 had Twiggys
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/sys/5797104896.html
Kevin
On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
>
>> but if you were a hardcore mustang collector you would not sleep
>> unt
On Oct 7, 2016 8:03 PM, "Jason T" wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 6:28 PM, william degnan
wrote:
> > Does anyone have a stash of these old Computer World's? I have found
very
> > few online. I assume there is a complete set somewhere...?
>
> There are many online via Google Books, though not
On 10/07/2016 05:17 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> It's Apple-related. Some Apple devotees seem to have an, ah,
> excessive attachment to things Apple. (Q.v. $1M Apple I's.) I'm
> suprised that some of them didn't commit suttee when Steve died.
Well, as we all know, Apple invented the personal comput
Leicas dumpstered? OMG !?
oh the humanity!!!
In a message dated 10/7/2016 5:18:44 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
ci...@xenosoft.com writes:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
> but if you were a hardcore mustang collector you would not sleep
> until you had
On 10/7/2016 7:38 PM, Kevin Griffin wrote:
This guy was spot on about if his Lisa1 had Twiggys
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/sys/5797104896.html
Kevin
How does this SF guy so confidently know
--> $30k plus?Is there a place where
these Lisas regularly sell for that?
- J.
Not sure...I just was saying he wasn't that far off what people will pay
based on the eBay action of he twiggys at 20.6k. Drives that are
unverified at that.
On Friday, October 7, 2016, j...@cimmeri.com wrote:
>
>
> On 10/7/2016 7:38 PM, Kevin Griffin wrote:
>
>> This guy was spot on about if h
I'd like to see a dig like they did for the Atari ET carts where the Lisas are
buried. Although, I think they were all Lisa 2s?
Sent from my Samsung device
Original message
From: Chuck Guzis
Date: 2016-10-07 4:58 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and
On 10/1/2016 5:52 PM, Santo Nucifora wrote:
For those who are bidding on the twiggy drives, you can have a Lisa 1
faceplate here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/62204758 and a matching Lisa
1 mouse here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/172360487433
These are a little on the expensive side too :)
On 10/07/2016 05:12 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
ouch!
this is about 2x what I thought they would go for
On 10/1/16 7:19 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291894250804
Groan! I've been collecting the WRONG stuff!
Jon
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
Leicas dumpstered? OMG !?
oh the humanity!!!
Indeed!
M2 AND M3, with marvelous lenses. CHead had promised me the Summicrons,
which I have always dreamed of having.
I found 2 cases that the dumpsterers missed, containing a mint 2-1/4x3-1
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Well, as we all know, Apple invented the personal computer--and probably
the microprocessor...
I hear that there is "prior art" for transistors!
> From: Fred Cisin
> I found 2 cases that the dumpsterers missed ... I did a quick sale of
> the Tele-Elmarit for $1000
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.)
And if so
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, Noel Chiappa wrote:
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.)
And if so, what did they say?
"So? Boss said throw out everything in the closets. We don't open th
90 mm f 2 summacron was a great lens!
wish I had one back for our M2.
In a message dated 10/7/2016 7:15:36 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
ci...@xenosoft.com writes:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
> Leicas dumpstered?OMG !?
> oh the humanity!!!
Indeed!
M2 AND
On 2016-Oct-07, at 5:17 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>> On 10/7/2016 5:21 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>
>> That simply defies logic. I *really* don't get this collecting business.
>
> It's Apple-related. Some Apple devotees seem to have an, ah, excessive
> attachment to things Apple. (Q.v. $1M Apple I's.
Original message
From: Brent Hilpert
Date: 2016-10-07 8:46 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Subject: Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]
On 2016-Oct-07, at 5:17 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>> On 10/7/2016 5:21 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>
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