[vcf-midatlantic] Kennett classic news

[Bill Degnan]

On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 12:50 PM Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic
<vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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> https://www.kennettclassic.com/freestuff/
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> Among KC's free items, is an ASUS M5 motherboard. Yes, it's modern
> stuff. It happens I could use the parts or the unlikely chance the mobo
> works. This could be readily shipped but Bill reasonably is not offering
> that service.
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> If someone travels to Kennett and is able to pick this item up with
> parts, and can simply pack it and postal ship, I'd pay postage to my ZIP
> 08618. Flat rate Priority Mail keeps the cost under $21 but may be less.
> Use some discretion in packing loose parts. Contact me privately for
> details as per my email addresses below.

It's still available.  It *may* be that the RAM was the issue, Lloyd
and I upgraded the PC that the motherboard was installed from Win 8 to
Win 10.  Afterwards, the PC kept freezing up and eventually we gave up
trying to find the cause, eliminating everything else, and we put in a
different motherboard.  Maybe someone else will have better luck.

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> to Bill: I'll get down to the Kennett site sometime this season. What
> does June look like? Checking their calendar, I see they had a PDP 8/e
> repair session in April. How did that go?
>

A non-technical reply....I was able to determine the cause of the
failure, which card was bad, but I did not yet fix the actual problem,
I ran out of time.  Assuming no other problems arise it should be
fixable in an afternoon.  I have a replacement board

Bill