RE: Keyboard storage

2020-12-21 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
Had a ibm orig pc key board shipped in large flat rate. Game size box.  Alas was,dropped on. Ornery and torn some on box... I had to remount keyboard pc inside that had moved lo and neef nd one of the corner edge til tje kry bad snapped off...    that particular Clicky keyb I ad is extremely

Re: Keyboard storage

2020-12-21 Thread Guy Sotomayor via cctalk
No worries. I use Uline for all sorts of stuff and they generally deliver within 2 days (even out here in the boonies). I always find a use for any extras. ;-) I generally avoid USPS partly because they don't deliver to our house, so we have a P.O. Box (which means I have to talk to the shipper

Re: Keyboard storage

2020-12-21 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
Thanks. I had seen that one before, but didn't know what to do with the extra 15 boxes. The USPS box has the advantages of being free and being a box I am more likely to use to ship something with (because of the flat rate price and not having to deal with weighing the box). alan On

Re: Keyboard storage

2020-12-21 Thread Guy Sotomayor via cctalk
Try ULine (uline.com). They have a keyboard shipping box (p/n S-6496). They're only $2.70/ea but the minimum order is 25. :-( TTFN - Guy On Mon, 2020-12-21 at 22:17 -0800, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > I have a bunch of Sun keyboards that I need to store more > efficiently > and don't want

RE: Keyboard storage

2020-12-21 Thread Ali via cctalk
> Is this the USPS large flat rate box size that isn't the rectangular > one > that post offices usually have. I just noticed the size mentioned on > the > Click-N-Ship site. > > alan Yes. It is not usually stocked at the PO. You have to "order" them from the USPS website. They have the

Re: Keyboard storage

2020-12-21 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
On 12/21/20 10:42 PM, Ali wrote: I have a bunch of Sun keyboards that I need to store more efficiently and don't want to risk damaging by stacking on top of each other. They are Type 4s, 5s, and 6s (without the wrist rest), maybe 10 in total. Anyone here know of a box or boxes that would work

RE: Keyboard storage

2020-12-21 Thread Ali via cctalk
> I have a bunch of Sun keyboards that I need to store more efficiently > and don't want to risk damaging by stacking on top of each other. They > are Type 4s, 5s, and 6s (without the wrist rest), maybe 10 in total. > Anyone here know of a box or boxes that would work well for this? > > alan

Re: Keyboard storage

2020-12-21 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
Maybe contact a shipping supply company. They have a number of boxes likely to be suitable. Warner On Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 11:17 PM Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > > I have a bunch of Sun keyboards that I need to store more efficiently > and don't want to risk damaging by stacking on top of each

Keyboard storage

2020-12-21 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
I have a bunch of Sun keyboards that I need to store more efficiently and don't want to risk damaging by stacking on top of each other. They are Type 4s, 5s, and 6s (without the wrist rest), maybe 10 in total. Anyone here know of a box or boxes that would work well for this? alan

Re: RL02 Tracking

2020-12-21 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Josh Dersch > RL02 packs that have been degaussed. Might as well hammer nails through them. "To keep the heads properly aligned on the tracks, it used a servo system driven by servo data written on the pack (along with sector headers) at the factory. Packs cannnot be low-level

Wordperfect 6.0 for DOS

2020-12-21 Thread Van Snyder via cctalk
I've put Wordperfect 6.0 for DOS on EBay, item number 224280064405 Van Snyder van.sny...@sbcglobal.net

Re: tty and video displays

2020-12-21 Thread Jules Richardson via cctalk
On 12/14/20 10:06 PM, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: On 2020-Dec-14, at 7:57 AM, Jules Richardson wrote: On 12/14/20 4:41 AM, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: Yes. Coincidentally I've just been refurbishing one - a Teleray 3931. It's an ASCII/APL terminal, overstriking was included for the

Re: RL02 Tracking

2020-12-21 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
>> > I've posted a few times over the years about RL02 drives and my >> > difficulty getting them working (no luck so far!). I've spent the past >> > few days working on one of them and have made some progress. >> > >> > The status currently is that the heads will load, and the ready lamp >> >

Re: RL02 Tracking

2020-12-21 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 3:09 PM Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > On 12/21/2020 01:08 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk wrote: > > Hi everyone > > > > I've posted a few times over the years about RL02 drives and my > > difficulty getting them working (no luck so far!). I've spent the past > > few days

Re: RL02 Tracking

2020-12-21 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 12/21/2020 01:08 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk wrote: Hi everyone I've posted a few times over the years about RL02 drives and my difficulty getting them working (no luck so far!). I've spent the past few days working on one of them and have made some progress. The status currently is that

Re: RL02 Tracking

2020-12-21 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
On 21 December 2020 at 19:08 GMT, Aaron Jackson via cctalk wrote: > Supposedly if the main drive motor is bad it will emit noise and cause > the tachometer (just a coil of wire on the head carriage) to produce > spikes. Mine does look quite noisy but I'm not sure what's causing it. I > would

RL02 Tracking

2020-12-21 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
Hi everyone I've posted a few times over the years about RL02 drives and my difficulty getting them working (no luck so far!). I've spent the past few days working on one of them and have made some progress. The status currently is that the heads will load, and the ready lamp flashes as the

Intermec 8625 printer

2020-12-21 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
Hi all, I'm hoping to get an answer here. The 8625 barcode printer has a prompting mode, switched on by activating the bottom switch in a bank of switches. The printer is then supposed to write a prompt, so you can start programming the label formats. I seem to remember that the printer