Maybe someone can help this guy and make a few bucks
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.
Good job, that's something I guess we are here for. On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Christian Liendo <cliendo@gmail.com> wrote:
Thats cool. I kind of felt for the guy.
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Douglas Crawford <touchetek@gmail.com> wrote:
Just in case he can't find help, I sent the person a way to do it with laplink assuming he has or can get a suitable computer to pair it up with.
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Wanted: To rent a Tandy 1000RL computer (for data recovery) - $50 hide this posting
Invite them to our July workshop.
I guess you're right, you can't just invite the computer and not the guy who owns it too. -- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>
Ah, yes why not invite, I thought they were further way. On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 3:56 PM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Wanted: To rent a Tandy 1000RL computer (for data recovery) - $50 hide this posting
Invite them to our July workshop.
I guess you're right, you can't just invite the computer and not the guy who owns it too.
-- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>
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