[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-30 Thread George Rachor via cctalk
Super... George Sent from my iPhone geo...@rachors.com > On Oct 29, 2022, at 10:21 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk > wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 23:29 George Rachor via cctalk > wrote: > >> I remember a bubble memory card being advertise for the Apple ][ but never >> saw one. >> >> Were th

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-29 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 23:29 George Rachor via cctalk wrote: > I remember a bubble memory card being advertise for the Apple ][ but never > saw one. > > Were they ever made? > Yes. I have the Helix Labs card.

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-23 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2022-10-23 7:25 a.m., Alexander Schreiber via cctalk wrote: As a foreigner myself: please don't do that. Fill in the forms correctly and be done with it. I've seen this a lot with chinese sellers - utterly unasked for, mind you. Item declared as something _completely_ different, with a decla

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-23 Thread Alexander Schreiber via cctalk
On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 02:50:49PM -0500, Doc Shipley via cctalk wrote: > On 10/20/22 20:15, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: > > Sigh... > > > > Yet another American seler who doesn't understand how simple overseas > > shipping is. > > > Oh, we understand, we really do. We also get really tired

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-23 Thread Alexander Schreiber via cctalk
On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 08:44:41PM -0500, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: > On 10/21/2022 4:55 AM, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:15:02PM +1100, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: > > [...] > > > Yet another American seler who doesn't understand how simple overseas > > > shi

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Tom Hunter via cctalk
I was not referring to you Jim. Your message was helpful unlike some of the others. On Sat, 22 Oct 2022, 12:39 pm Jim Brain via cctalk, wrote: > On 10/21/2022 9:46 PM, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: > > It would be better to stay on topic and avoid the hostile rhetoric of > some > > of the posts.

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Jim Brain via cctalk
On 10/21/2022 9:46 PM, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: It would be better to stay on topic and avoid the hostile rhetoric of some of the posts. Um, I am.  There were concerns about international shipping of this eBay item, followed by some info on eBay international shipping, so I was offering t

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Tom Hunter via cctalk
It would be better to stay on topic and avoid the hostile rhetoric of some of the posts. Thanks Tom On Sat, 22 Oct 2022, 9:49 am Jim Brain via cctalk, wrote: > On 10/21/2022 4:55 AM, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:15:02PM +1100, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: > >

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Jim Brain via cctalk
On 10/21/2022 4:55 AM, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:15:02PM +1100, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: [...] Yet another American seler who doesn't understand how simple overseas shipping is. As far as I can tell, the price to ship anything overseas from the USA is twic

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Doug Jackson via cctalk
It is disappointing that you have encountered people like that. My most recent purchase was a couple of potentiometers for a Kenwood TS440 radio - made from true Unobtanium. from memory, I paid $100 USD for the auction and $70 USD for the shipping. They shipped through the Ebay global shipping sy

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Doc Shipley via cctalk
On 10/20/22 20:15, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: Sigh... Yet another American seler who doesn't understand how simple overseas shipping is. Oh, we understand, we really do. We also get really tired of strangers asking us to lie, on paper, to foreign government agencies. We understand why

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 10/21/22 05:55, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:15:02PM +1100, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: [...] Yet another American seler who doesn't understand how simple overseas shipping is. As far as I can tell, the price to ship anything overseas from the USA is twice t

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:15:02PM +1100, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: [...] > Yet another American seler who doesn't understand how simple overseas > shipping is. As far as I can tell, the price to ship anything overseas from the USA is twice the value of the item, plus fifty bucks, plus ten bu

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-20 Thread George Rachor via cctalk
Actually Apple ][ Bubble memory….. I remember a bubble memory card being advertise for the Apple ][ but never saw one. Were they ever made? George Rachor > On Oct 20, 2022, at 5:55 PM, John Herron via cctalk > wrote: > > Are they supposed to look like that or are those worn/scuffed fro

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-20 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
Pirate Ship (https://pirateship.com/) is a shipping service that offers discount rates through UPS and the USPS. I've been using it for several months now and it is a fantastic service. The website interface is easy and straightforward, the rates are competitive with eBay (if you are familiar wit

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-20 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
What's the story of this pirate shipping on kind of an interesting name but I don't know what what kind of reputation do they have? thanks Ed# Sent from the all new AOL app for Android On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 6:39 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: If you want I can buy them for you and

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-20 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
If you want I can buy them for you and ship them to you. Since shipping is free it'll only cost you for the overseas shipping, and I can get good rates through PirateShip. If you're interested, e-mail me off-list and we'll work out the details. Sellam On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 6:24 PM Doug Jackso

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-20 Thread Doug Jackson via cctalk
Sigh... Yet another American seler who doesn't understand how simple overseas shipping is. Kindest regards, Doug Jackson em: d...@doughq.com ph: 0414 986878 Check out my awesome clocks at www.dougswordclocks.com Follow my amateur radio adventures at vk1zdj.net On Fri, 21 Oct 2022 at 03:12,

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-20 Thread John Herron via cctalk
Are they supposed to look like that or are those worn/scuffed from age (or just blurry picture)? On Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 11:13 AM Douglas Taylor via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 10/19/2022 5:49 PM, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > > On eBay, 10pcs for $75: https://www.ebay.com/it

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-20 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
On 10/19/2022 5:49 PM, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: On eBay, 10pcs for $75: https://www.ebay.com/itm/394216367144 =] -- Anders Nelson This reminded me that I have a qbus Bubble Tek (or something) board in my collection.  It emulates an RX01 device, however it uses the Intel 7110 bubble me

[cctalk] Re: bubble memory stable?

2022-10-02 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> I suppose it's the computer as well but I was surprised by how relatively > slow they are, considering that they're 'solid state'. It's largely the fact that bubble memory is inherently serial. You have to cycle through all the bits in a line until you get to the right location. -- ---

[cctalk] Re: bubble memory stable?

2022-10-02 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
Second that. I've got a PC-5000 as well (wanna buy it?) and have never had any issues with the bubble paks. I suppose it's the computer as well but I was surprised by how relatively slow they are, considering that they're 'solid state'. An interesting project, replacing them with SD cards or simi

[cctalk] Re: bubble memory stable?

2022-10-02 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> How "stable" is bubble memory, over decades? > > There is a Sharp PC-5000 that may be available, I believe from 1983-1985 > era, which is said to have bubble memory. But the owner can't find a power > cable, to verify if anything still works. > > I have older systems with ICs that are still wo

[cctalk] Re: bubble memory stable?

2022-10-02 Thread osi.superboard via cctalk
Hi Steve, the Sharp PC-5000 bubble memory is very reliable. It`s working flawless on two machines I have. Bubble memory was used as well in some significant older machines, like the Texas instruments Silent Terminals (around 77 I guess). And last time I turned on the terminal, it worked perf