On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 05:06:42PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 10/22/2014 07:17 PM, Fulko Hew issued this missive: > > > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Kevin Cummings > > <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > On 10/22/2014 08:31 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > > > > Back in the day (late 70's), we had a "VCC". Clever reuse of the > > > nomenclature for the primary voltage supply to a chip, but in this > > case > > > it meant "Valley Computer Club". This was when we used to > > wire-wrap our > > > own circuit boards and the Zilog Z80 was brand-spankin' new! > > > > > > "Geeze! It runs at 4 MHz? And you have 32K of static RAM? Wow!" > > > > Been there, done that, (still) got the IMSAI. > > > > > > Been there, done that too, got the tee shirt, (still got the Altair!) > > I still have the Imsai, Altair, Poly88, Cromemco, Sol20, Vector88 and a > bunch of other very weird stuff (Tarbell ACI, ASR33 teletype, OpLabs > paper tape reader, etc., etc.) Say, does anyone of you hoard... er, I mean archivists have any DEC equipment with a 8 inch RX01 or RX02 floppy drive (or equivalent) ?? if so, I've got a few RT-11 SSSD floppies I'd like to have imaged, if you feel like helping out a fellow hoarder. lemme know. Fred -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 ----------------------------- The Boulder Pledge ----------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
