Re: Ordering parts onesie twosie

2020-01-02 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 2020-01-02 9:58 p.m., Nemo Nusquam via cctalk wrote: >Well, Canada Post stopped delivering to individual >houses years ago. I assume that rural delivery still goes house-to-house. --Chuck

Large Batch of Macintosh (SE/II to iMac) RAM for Sale

2020-01-02 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
Hello Fellow Vintage Computing Aficionados. I have a large batch of RAM specific to the Macintosh (from Mac II/SE series up through iMac). Please inquire about any of the listings below. I apologize if I did not provide enough information, please contact me for additional specifications. These

Re: Portlock Storage Manager?

2020-01-02 Thread Ulrich Tagge via cctalk
Hi Benjamin, I was a Novell CNE for a longer time, and have started to work with NetWare 2.10 (non dedicated server) with the age of 15 in 1993. Have made my first real money with the migration of this NetWare 2.10 which was running on a small 80286 PC server to 3.12 on a Compaq SystemPro in

OT post delivery / Re: Ordering parts onesie twos

2020-01-02 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2020-Jan-02, at 6:11 PM, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote: > On 2020-01-02 9:58 p.m., Nemo Nusquam via cctalk wrote: >> On 01/02/20 17:22, Ali wrote: >>> >>> >Well, Canada Post stopped delivering to individual >houses years ago. >>> >>> How does that work? >> Community mailboxes that serve a

Re: First Internet message

2020-01-02 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Another only partially related issue was copyright moving from the code itself to the "look and feel" of the finished product. Am I correct that it used to be possible to write a Puck-boy game that was hard to tell from it, IF the code was original. Hence lots of "clean-room/double-blind

Re: Ordering parts onesie twosie

2020-01-02 Thread Paul Berger via cctalk
On 2020-01-02 9:58 p.m., Nemo Nusquam via cctalk wrote: On 01/02/20 17:22, Ali wrote: >Well, Canada Post stopped delivering to individual >houses years ago. How does that work? Community mailboxes that serve a neighbourhood.  You need to trek to one to pick up your mail.

Re: Ordering parts onesie twosie

2020-01-02 Thread Nemo Nusquam via cctalk
On 01/02/20 17:22, Ali wrote: >Well, Canada Post stopped delivering to individual >houses years ago. How does that work? Community mailboxes that serve a neighbourhood. You need to trek to one to pick up your mail.

Re: First Internet message

2020-01-02 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 4:44 AM W2HX via cctalk wrote: > software is currently non-patentable. Not sure the order of when it > was/wasnt but currently is not. > I don't know anything about patents in other countries, but in the USA, software is _definitely_ patentable, and has been since the

RE: Odd vintage computer sellers

2020-01-02 Thread Ali via cctalk
> I think much of this has to do with changes Ebay made in 2019. The > only sellers that can really survive on Ebay now are high volume & low > margin, or low volume & high margin. There is no money to be made in > the middle with reasonable prices, and many of those sellers that are > reasonable

Re: Odd vintage computer sellers

2020-01-02 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 3:42 PM Cameron Kaiser via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > It's really rather ludicrous, given how even the IDT Solbournes really > only > > > run OS/MP. My affection for them is largely nostalgia; as SPARC > systems they > > > are quite finicky and the later

Re: Ordering parts onesie twosie

2020-01-02 Thread Ali via cctalk
>Well, Canada Post stopped delivering to individual >houses years ago.How does >that work?-Ali

Re: Odd vintage computer sellers

2020-01-02 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
> I've noticed prices going up on eBay a LOT, without even including obscene > shipping charges AND sales tax > and people parting out things, including attempting to sell individual disks > of multi-disk sets. I think much of this has to do with changes Ebay made in 2019. The only sellers that

Re: NetWare for PowerPC was Re: Portlock Storage Manager?

2020-01-02 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 1/2/2020 1:35 PM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: Anyone done anything with Netware *for PowerPC*? Allegedly there was some attempt at Apple to put it on what later became the Network Servers (the codename was apparently "Wormhole"). I know the people who were working in it (based on

Re: Ordering parts onesie twosie

2020-01-02 Thread Nemo Nusquam via cctalk
On 01/01/20 11:07, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote (in part): On 2019-12-31 5:52 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote (in part): On an interesting note, I read an article recently, that popped up in my financial news. Delivery services have reached the breaking point in the cities, due to the amount

Re: Odd vintage computer sellers

2020-01-02 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> > It's really rather ludicrous, given how even the IDT Solbournes really only > > run OS/MP. My affection for them is largely nostalgia; as SPARC systems they > > are quite finicky and the later SPARCstations surpassed even the S4100 in > > performance. > > Don't say that. I am still trying to

Re: NetWare for PowerPC was Re: Portlock Storage Manager?

2020-01-02 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> > Anyone done anything with Netware *for PowerPC*? Allegedly there was > > some attempt at Apple to put it on what later became the Network Servers > > (the codename was apparently "Wormhole"). > > I know the people who were working in it (based on Portable NetWare) > AFAIK it never shipped.

Re: Odd vintage computer sellers

2020-01-02 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
On 1/2/20 11:36 AM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: [...] The seller is still trying to sell 2 of the original 6 S4000DXs (that at one point included the one that I have). However, the pricing has changed. Now, instead of the old base price of around $225, the base price is now $3060. Yes,

Re: NetWare for PowerPC was Re: Portlock Storage Manager?

2020-01-02 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 1/2/20 11:37 AM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: > Anyone done anything with Netware *for PowerPC*? Allegedly there was > some attempt at Apple to put it on what later became the Network Servers > (the codename was apparently "Wormhole"). > I know the people who were working in it (based

NetWare for PowerPC was Re: Portlock Storage Manager?

2020-01-02 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> > Anyone on here remember NetWare? :P > > I started and ran a network VAR company which was both Novell (Netware) > Certified and IBM Business Partners. We sold a LOT of Netware, associated > network cards, cabling and services. Both Novell and IBM were a terrific > partners - and provided us

Re: Odd vintage computer sellers

2020-01-02 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> Most of us who collect vintage computers probably have our own stories > like this, but I find this so amusing that I just have to share it. > Last year I did an exhibit on SPARC clones for VCF PNW and wanted to > include a Solbourne in it. Unable to cajole Cameron into loaning me one > :-),

Re: Odd vintage computer sellers

2020-01-02 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Jan 2, 2020, at 11:02 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk > wrote: > > The seller is still trying to sell 2 of the original 6 S4000DXs (that at one > point included the one that I have). However, the pricing has changed. Now, > instead of the old base price of around $225, the base price is now

Re: Odd vintage computer sellers

2020-01-02 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 1/2/20 11:02 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > I find this amazing and odd. I've noticed prices going up on eBay a LOT, without even including obscene shipping charges AND sales tax and people parting out things, including attempting to sell individual disks of multi-disk sets.

Re: Lars Hamrén / Computer Automation Museum Project

2020-01-02 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
I never heard anything more about this. It would be good to get the manuals back online On 10/16/19 10:13 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > there was an email adr on the site, and I've asked if I can mirror the > contents on bitsavers > > > On 10/16/19 10:01 AM, Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk

Odd vintage computer sellers

2020-01-02 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
Most of us who collect vintage computers probably have our own stories like this, but I find this so amusing that I just have to share it. Last year I did an exhibit on SPARC clones for VCF PNW and wanted to include a Solbourne in it. Unable to cajole Cameron into loaning me one :-), I

Re: Portlock Storage Manager?

2020-01-02 Thread Lyle Bickley via cctalk
On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 18:15:33 + Benjamin Huntsman via cctalk wrote: > Anyone on here remember NetWare? :P I started and ran a network VAR company which was both Novell (Netware) Certified and IBM Business Partners. We sold a LOT of Netware, associated network cards, cabling and services. Both