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user's latest post:
Removing/replacing melted rubber...
Published (2009-12-04 12:26:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by rebeltaz I would NOT suggest you use WD-40. That is an oil and it soaks in to the plastic (or metal) pulleys. You will have to clean the pulleys with alcohol to get the oily residue off the pulleys (which you could have just used to get the gook off to begin with) and even then, you will not be able to get the oil out that has soaked in. Over time, that oil will leech back out contaminating the belt causing it to...
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Armor All and vintage computer...
Published (2009-12-03 19:45:00)
I have used armor-all on some Thinkpads , doesn't harm them at all. I use the barely shiny verion and very little of it, just enough to look darker. Those machinea are black plastic and tend to look bad when dull. Also used it on a DELL 8300 case and it looks new.
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Help with Wikipedia article? -...
Published (2009-11-27 03:29:00)
Hi All! After occasional bouts of wikipedia masochism, it finally occurred to me that the wikipedia "powers that be" will never accept my N8VEM homebrew computing page regardless of merit. I think an N8VEM wikipedia page is probably overcome by events at this point but I was able to transfer the work to the VC wiki. I think it makes a lot of sense to have the page here. http://wiki.vintage-computer.com/index.php/N8VEM Thanks...
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Help with Wikipedia article? -...
Published (2009-11-29 10:18:00)
On the other hand, traditional encyclopedias would be very careful to bring in articles about Star Trek, and if they did they would keep it short to keep relative relevance to other articles.
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How do you get computers? - Page...
Published (2009-11-29 10:15:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by NeXT Anything older than 1999 is hard to come by here. The privatized recycling programs here are very aggressive and are advertised everywhere from on the TV to at bus stops and said recyclers don't like people offering them money for the stuff they get I have exactly the same problem as you.
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Help with Wikipedia article? -...
Published (2009-11-28 14:58:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by FishFinger - Obsessive fans of certain topics write fifty-thousand word articles discussing the finer points of how the Deathstar was constructed, meanwhile real topics are left as stubs, or full of blatant errors for months. Consider that the article about Knuckles the echidna from Sonic the Hedgehog is three times the length of the one about the real echidna Example: There have been a number of American warships...
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CRT Light Pen - Page 2 - The...
Published (2009-11-26 19:20:00)
One thing I was always tempted to try was interfacing a Nintendo Zapper gun to a Commodore computer, and use that instead of a light pen. Not knowing anything about either technology, I'm not sure if that would work. Imagine using light pen software with a zapper gun... Being productive would be challenging edit: Judging from THIS , it looks like it's quite possible to do so.
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CRT Light Pen - Page 2 - The...
Published (2009-11-25 13:11:00)
Instead of relying on hardware to do this, another possibility would be to blank the display and show a successive set of blocks across the display. Would be slow and not very high res though.
user's latest post:
Removing/replacing melted rubber...
Published (2009-12-04 08:44:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by Agent Orange Methol Eythel Keytone (MEK) will do it. Be very carefull! Use only in a well ventilated space. What ever you do, do not let the MEK touch any plastic parts or foam - it will cause plastic to disappear before you very eyes. You can buy a small can of MEK at any hardware store. Also, MEK will make any old greasy metal part look like it just cane out of the new parts bin. ummm... except that most of the...
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Latest active threads on General Vintage Computer Discussions::
Started 1 day, 6 hours ago (2009-12-05 07:04:00)
by carlsson
Don't forget special editions of otherwise common machines. Since you already brought up the Mac 128K and TI-99/4, I would add machines such as VIC-1001 (Japanese VIC-20), MAX Machine (cost-reduced game console based on the C64) and most importantly the Japanese C64. While a regular C64 perhaps is $10-$20, the Japanese version certainly is $300-$500, very rough estimate since they show up rarely....
Started 2 days, 18 hours ago (2009-12-03 18:32:00)
by laxmann31
I think rubber solvent might work. Im sure you can find it at any auto parts store.
Started 4 days, 4 hours ago (2009-12-02 08:33:00)
by arfink
You should check out 303 aerospace protectant instead of armor all.
Started 3 days, 2 hours ago (2009-12-03 10:43:00)
by Chuck(G)
Capacitors will degrade no matter what. In particular, early surface-mount electrolytics seem to be spontaneously decomposing. Get used to it--short of keeping your old gear in freezer storage, there's no way to prevent it.
Older 70's and 80's capacitors seem to suffer more from drying out than anything, although the occasional short happens. It's not clear that running the equipment ...
Started 6 months ago (2009-06-09 06:59:00)
by Merlin's Avatar
Blimey! we are now at Part 4, the saga continues. This idea has been taken on by the Airstream mobile home community, Lego and Transformer toy restorers, vintage telephone and radio forums, vintage pinball and fruit machine forums, the list goes on and on...
On the computer side of things, Apple, Atari, and Super Nintendo forums have picked up on Retr0bright as well as the wider Amiga ...
Started 2 weeks, 4 days ago (2009-11-17 18:27:00)
by Lorne
Take it to the UPS store or FedEx and have them pack and ship it.
If they pack it, they're responsible for using the right burst strength packaging, padding, etc.
If you don't want to do that, at least go to their website, and find out the requirements because even if you insure it, if you don't use the packaging specs they call for, you won't get paid on the insurance if something happens.
Started 4 weeks ago (2009-11-08 08:01:00)
by Vint
Speaking for the VIC-20; a good place to start is with a copy of the VIC-20 Programmers Reference Guide .
Just Google around and you'll locate it.
Next, shop around (eBay, or yard sales), for a 3, 8, or 16k RAM expansion cartridge to give you some room to program in.
Also one of the VIC-20 emulators and software will go a long way to help you understand the machine better. Ref: WinVice is ...
Started 1 year ago (2008-11-26 05:09:00)
by per
Quote:
Originally Posted by lynchaj
Hi! Can anyone help me with this Wikipedia article? The moderators keep rejecting it as "no reliable sources" WTF?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...missions/N8 VEM
Thanks! Have a nice day!
Andrew Lynch
If there is any information about the N8VEM on other...
Started 2 weeks, 3 days ago (2009-11-19 05:53:00)
by pontus
Quote:
Originally Posted by ppo
Has anybody found something in the trash on in an abandoned house?
Both
Where I used to work (a big place) had a specific electronics garbage room where I picked this and that. And this summer I got in contact with the owner of a house which had been used by a computer club ...
Started 3 weeks, 4 days ago (2009-11-11 07:50:00)
by carlsson
Here is an instruction how to build a C64/Atari light pen:
http://www.atariarchives.org/ecp/chapter_6.php
I believe a CRT is an absolute requirement to get it to work, no matter if you would use it on a vintage PC or something newer. See also this reseller of light pens for current PC's: http://www.screendirect.com/page/ICPE/CTGY/PCLP
Another document on light pens which mentions ...
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Hot threads for last week on General Vintage Computer Discussions::
Started 2 days, 18 hours ago (2009-12-03 18:32:00)
by laxmann31
I think rubber solvent might work. Im sure you can find it at any auto parts store.
Started 1 day, 6 hours ago (2009-12-05 07:04:00)
by carlsson
Don't forget special editions of otherwise common machines. Since you already brought up the Mac 128K and TI-99/4, I would add machines such as VIC-1001 (Japanese VIC-20), MAX Machine (cost-reduced game console based on the C64) and most importantly the Japanese C64. While a regular C64 perhaps is $10-$20, the Japanese version certainly is $300-$500, very rough estimate since they show up rarely....
Started 4 days, 4 hours ago (2009-12-02 08:33:00)
by arfink
You should check out 303 aerospace protectant instead of armor all.
Started 3 days, 2 hours ago (2009-12-03 10:43:00)
by Chuck(G)
Capacitors will degrade no matter what. In particular, early surface-mount electrolytics seem to be spontaneously decomposing. Get used to it--short of keeping your old gear in freezer storage, there's no way to prevent it.
Older 70's and 80's capacitors seem to suffer more from drying out than anything, although the occasional short happens. It's not clear that running the equipment ...
Started 1 year ago (2008-11-26 05:09:00)
by per
Quote:
Originally Posted by lynchaj
Hi! Can anyone help me with this Wikipedia article? The moderators keep rejecting it as "no reliable sources" WTF?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...missions/N8 VEM
Thanks! Have a nice day!
Andrew Lynch
If there is any information about the N8VEM on other...
Started 6 months ago (2009-06-09 06:59:00)
by Merlin's Avatar
Blimey! we are now at Part 4, the saga continues. This idea has been taken on by the Airstream mobile home community, Lego and Transformer toy restorers, vintage telephone and radio forums, vintage pinball and fruit machine forums, the list goes on and on...
On the computer side of things, Apple, Atari, and Super Nintendo forums have picked up on Retr0bright as well as the wider Amiga ...
Started 4 weeks ago (2009-11-08 08:01:00)
by Vint
Speaking for the VIC-20; a good place to start is with a copy of the VIC-20 Programmers Reference Guide .
Just Google around and you'll locate it.
Next, shop around (eBay, or yard sales), for a 3, 8, or 16k RAM expansion cartridge to give you some room to program in.
Also one of the VIC-20 emulators and software will go a long way to help you understand the machine better. Ref: WinVice is ...
Started 2 weeks, 3 days ago (2009-11-19 05:53:00)
by pontus
Quote:
Originally Posted by ppo
Has anybody found something in the trash on in an abandoned house?
Both
Where I used to work (a big place) had a specific electronics garbage room where I picked this and that. And this summer I got in contact with the owner of a house which had been used by a computer club ...
Started 2 weeks, 4 days ago (2009-11-17 18:27:00)
by Lorne
Take it to the UPS store or FedEx and have them pack and ship it.
If they pack it, they're responsible for using the right burst strength packaging, padding, etc.
If you don't want to do that, at least go to their website, and find out the requirements because even if you insure it, if you don't use the packaging specs they call for, you won't get paid on the insurance if something happens.
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