June 2016 - vcf-midatlantic

OT: Recovering
by Herb Johnson 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Glad the news is good and you are iching to get back home. Hope you can recover your running legs soon, but it will take time. Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Auctions are done
by Evan Koblentz 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Sol sold for $2,870. Apple sold for $4,056. Thank you to everyone who bidded!

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Maybe someone can help this guy and make a few bucks
by Christian Liendo 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

http://newhaven.craigslist.org/wan/5637780948.html Wanted: To rent a Tandy 1000RL computer (for data recovery) - $50 hide this posting I have an old Tandy 1000RL computer where I would like to recover the data from the hard disk and put it on a modern system. The problem is, the floppy drive is broken (Teac FD235F-105U), and it seems this exact model is hard to get (Tandy powered the drive via the ribbon cable, which most drives don't use). I've exhausted a lot of options, and now I basically am just wanting to "rent" somebodies Tandy 1000RL computer (Or I can come over and use yours) so that I can transfer the hard disk into your computer and then use yours to copy the data to floppy disks of my own to take home. I can travel to anywhere in the bay area for this. This is just a one-time operation. While the data is copying, I could maybe buy you a few beers or lunch or something and provide good conversation.

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Univac, our first real work!
by Herb Johnson 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

I'm excited to hear about this, the work begun on these Univac units. Vacuum tube computers are scarce, they are before my time but intriguing to me. The capstan problem is typical of any device that handles tape, either magnetic or paper. I have a number of devices with melted capstans. My casual knowledge of other's work, is to either find a similar rubber capstan and transfer the rubber (Bill Degnan suggested this also); or to mill out (as in milling machine) a chunk of rubber to fit. So I'd like to hear about any resolution for this rubber capstan problem. So I'd like my keep an ear on this Univac project for a number of reasons. Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Hazel tine manuals
by dave 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

Hi all, I also posted this to cctalk—sorry if you get a duplicate. These Hazeltine 2000 were just on Ebay and were quickly snatched up. Did anybody here happen to snag them? http://www.ebay.com/itm/272275536298 http://www.ebay.com/itm/282069468875 I've been looking for these manuals for some time. If someone won them (or has a set), I wonder if you'd be willing to create some nice high-quality scans. I'd be willing to pitch in to cover the costs of scanning large pages, etc. with high resolution. Alternatively, if anyone has similar manuals and would be willing to sell them, I'd be interested. Thanks for any info! Dave

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OT: hello world
by Evan Koblentz 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

Hoping to get out of here tonight, otherwise it'll be tomorrow. Generally feeling miserable. Someone come bust me out of the joint. It's like I am Beeker being exposed to crazy Muppet experiments.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Recovering
by Al Hartman 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

Great to hear that you’re OK Evan! -[ Al ]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic" <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> To: "Vcf-ma List" <Vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Cc: "Evan Koblentz" <evan(a)snarc.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 8:15 PM Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Recovering > Hey everyone. Was in surgery for three hours and now I'm recovering. They said > lab results will take a week to be official but unofficially it was as > expected, a benign cartilage tumor on my left femur. In some pain but mostly I > feel okay after a sleeping an additional three hours and eating. Getting a > room soon. Can't reiterate enough how much I appreciate all the friendship and > support in this group. I can be a PITA sometimes ;) but you're all my kind of > crazy.

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Other computers for sale...
by Al Hartman 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

I found another computer I’d like to sell. It’s a Tandy 1200HD, but not sure what’s in it as I never opened the box and powered it up. I’m pretty sure it has 2 floppies and no video card. I can provide a CGA or Monochrome card for a few bucks extra. I have no keyboard to go with it. Asking $150.00 – Local Pickup in Keansburg NJ. I also have a 5150 logic board upgraded from 256k to 640k in a clone PC Case. The Power supply is dead, but probably repairable. Make an offer. Need to raise cash for medical bills, and to clear out my collection in case I have to go to a Nursing home. -[ Al ]-

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Recovering
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes: >Hey everyone. Was in surgery for three hours and now I'm recovering. >They= said lab results will take a week to be official but unofficially >it was= as expected, a benign cartilage tumor on my left femur. In some >pain but= mostly I feel okay after a sleeping an additional three hours >and eating= . Getting a room soon. Can't reiterate enough how much I >appreciate all t= he friendship and support in this group. I can be a >PITA sometimes ;) but= you're all my kind of crazy. Happy to hear you're OK. I suppose this will limit your running for awhile?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Signed Apple ][
by Ethan 15 Jun '16

15 Jun '16

> Two words: > Retracted bid It must be two different accounts retracting their bid? I've done bid retraction before after noticing some detail in the auction that was detrimental to items usefullness. Scuba equipment is wrong model or thread or something like that, or seller has wrong model # on AV hardware which changes feature set. It didn't require sellers approval if before end of auction.

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