Re: [M100] eBay M100 'Archive'?
+1 ! A terrific resource for Commodore users as well. m - Original Message - From: "Gruver, John A - gruverja" To: Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [M100] eBay M100 'Archive'? > I’ve worked with the guy who runs Bombjack - I’ve scanned magazines for him - > and he’s a genuinely good person who wants to preserve and disseminate the > information, not make an easy buck off of it. > > I get exactly the opposite impression from the eBay seller in question here. > > …jg > > >> From: Roger Mullins >> To: m...@bitchin100.com >> Subject: Re: [M100] eBay M100 'Archive'? >> >> Generally agreed. I was particularly amused that one of the 'formats' of >> the info being sold is HTML. :-) I did once buy a set of DVDs from the site >> owner of the Bombjack C64 archive, because it just made more sense to have >> that material in offline form and it would have taken weeks (literally) to >> download it all on my internet connection at the time. That was an entirely >> different scenario, though; it came directly from the site and the money >> was used to defray the cost of hosting. And as I recall it really didn't >> cost much more than the cost of blank DVDs. >> >> I'm guessing this eBayer isn't giving us an index since that would make it >> too easy for a genuinely interested person to just search out the specific >> material wanted. >
Re: [M100] eBay M100 'Archive'?
I’ve worked with the guy who runs Bombjack - I’ve scanned magazines for him - and he’s a genuinely good person who wants to preserve and disseminate the information, not make an easy buck off of it. I get exactly the opposite impression from the eBay seller in question here. …jg > From: Roger Mullins > To: m...@bitchin100.com > Subject: Re: [M100] eBay M100 'Archive'? > > Generally agreed. I was particularly amused that one of the 'formats' of > the info being sold is HTML. :-) I did once buy a set of DVDs from the site > owner of the Bombjack C64 archive, because it just made more sense to have > that material in offline form and it would have taken weeks (literally) to > download it all on my internet connection at the time. That was an entirely > different scenario, though; it came directly from the site and the money > was used to defray the cost of hosting. And as I recall it really didn't > cost much more than the cost of blank DVDs. > > I'm guessing this eBayer isn't giving us an index since that would make it > too easy for a genuinely interested person to just search out the specific > material wanted.
Re: [M100] eBay M100 'Archive'?
Generally agreed. I was particularly amused that one of the 'formats' of the info being sold is HTML. :-) I did once buy a set of DVDs from the site owner of the Bombjack C64 archive, because it just made more sense to have that material in offline form and it would have taken weeks (literally) to download it all on my internet connection at the time. That was an entirely different scenario, though; it came directly from the site and the money was used to defray the cost of hosting. And as I recall it really didn't cost much more than the cost of blank DVDs. I'm guessing this eBayer isn't giving us an index since that would make it too easy for a genuinely interested person to just search out the specific material wanted. On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 4:25 PM Brian White wrote: > I don't remember which seller but a couple times I got a cdrom or dvd of > manuals, once for a specific manual and once for a collection. In both > cases it was the same pdfs already available for free, I just hadn't found > them yet. My suggestion, do not give people like this money. They aren't > even providing the theoretical "value" of finding stuff for you, since you > had to search to find them on ebay, which is no different than searching in > google and finding the same stuff in archive.org or classiccmp.org etc. >
Re: [M100] eBay M100 'Archive'?
I don't remember which seller but a couple times I got a cdrom or dvd of manuals, once for a specific manual and once for a collection. In both cases it was the same pdfs already available for free, I just hadn't found them yet. My suggestion, do not give people like this money. They aren't even providing the theoretical "value" of finding stuff for you, since you had to search to find them on ebay, which is no different than searching in google and finding the same stuff in archive.org or classiccmp.org etc. On Wed, Sep 19, 2018, 11:41 AM Kurt McCullum wrote: > No idea but I'm sure if anyone on the list has purchased that DVD they > will chime in. > > Kurt > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018, at 8:34 AM, Roger Mullins wrote: > > Didn't know if anyone on the list might have already taken the gamble on > it. The lack of an index is a little suspicious. > >
Re: [M100] eBay M100 'Archive'?
No idea but I'm sure if anyone on the list has purchased that DVD they will chime in. Kurt On Wed, Sep 19, 2018, at 8:34 AM, Roger Mullins wrote: > Didn't know if anyone on the list might have already taken the gamble > on it. The lack of an index is a little suspicious.>
Re: [M100] eBay M100 'Archive'?
I think I'm ok info-wise. I just have an eBay alert set up for M100 stuff and hadn't seen this come through before. Didn't know if anyone on the list might have already taken the gamble on it. The lack of an index is a little suspicious. On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:27 AM Kurt McCullum wrote: > I have no experience with this seller and it is hard to know if there is > any new information on the DBD without an index of the documents included. > So it's a bit of a shot in the dark. Might be useful, or it may be just an > archive of everything that is already available. What information are you > looking for? We may be able to point you in the right direction. > > Kurt > >
Re: [M100] eBay M100 'Archive'?
I have no experience with this seller and it is hard to know if there is any new information on the DBD without an index of the documents included. So it's a bit of a shot in the dark. Might be useful, or it may be just an archive of everything that is already available. What information are you looking for? We may be able to point you in the right direction. Kurt On Wed, Sep 19, 2018, at 8:21 AM, Roger Mullins wrote: > Hi all- > > I wonder what's included on these DVDs? Specifically if there's > anything not publicly available elsewhere. Anyone have any experience > with this seller or item?> > Archive of the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 Portable Computer Set B > https://ebay.us/voyVtI> > -Roger > >
[M100] eBay M100 'Archive'?
Hi all- I wonder what's included on these DVDs? Specifically if there's anything not publicly available elsewhere. Anyone have any experience with this seller or item? Archive of the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 Portable Computer Set B https://ebay.us/voyVtI -Roger
