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In spite of the title, this certainly isn't spam! The DWP are after an old computer expert to manage a sensitive modernisation program, They have many ancient machines they have to keep going, as they've tried massive updates in the past & come unstuck bbc has this to say...

Dear all Does anyone know if it's possible to use or even put a 7900 disk cartridge into a 7906 drive? I know that the 7900 disk is formatted at 24 sectors, and the 7906 at 48, but beyond that I have no idea. Even physical compatability would be useful to test the basic mechanics & function...

http://www.retronaut.co/2012/08/how-to-make-a-simple-television-1928/

Nowt to do with me & I've just about run out of garage.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220969176259?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1363

http://www.allyda.com/products/?index-1.html Apparently available in several flavours 720K & 1.44M

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14720180

hello there, there are (quite) a few of these up on ebay at the moment http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290130726142&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT They look like they would do for S100. Nothing to do with me, but I bought some stuff from him recently & it all arrived ok. I may...

I was talking to a chap I know whose an avid collector of "just about anything interesting". However he has the same problem as me (and many of us) in that he's fast running out of space. Anyway he has a Sun 1 (or model 100) that he's looking for "sensible" offers on. It's probably older than...

Hello there, just scored 5 boxes of wide fanfold paper on freecycle. I wish to store it in my shed wrapped in polythene bags & just to make sure, I was considering adding a bag of silica gel. I've been looking at silica gel sachet prices & they vary wildly, but something surprised me, Pets @...

"The Grauniad" * newspaper is running a story... May be of interest. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/jun/29/dell-problems-capacitors * Actually "The Guardian" But known to it's regular readers as "The Grauniad" because of the large number of misprints. It's actually a quality...

Nothing to do with me, but.... Item number:160448306995, looks like it handles many of the eproms/eeproms we're likely to need, and it's vintage in it's own right!

Hello there, After having a good look through the TM100 TM65 5.25" and Calcomp 140 8" floppy tech manuals, I can find plenty of references to track spacing & width, but no reference to the radius of track 0. My thoughts being that if one day all the oxide falls off my alignment disks, I can...

AAAARRRGGHHH only 5 weeks away & I'm in total chaos, If I'd heard about it sooner I might have pushed a bit & got some bits together to exhibit. I've just got hold of some decent cupboards, made up a large central table & have been sorting the contents of the rack that ran down the middle of my...

COCO II as retrieved. It'll need to dry out a bit before switching on! All the peripherals are still plugged together, only thing that appears to be missing is the lid off the printer. I'd no idea that glidepads existed in 1983.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8600493.stm Hopefully the picture as I saw it, with the altair cut off the bottom, will have been corrected by the time most of you read this. OOPS! The youth of today!

I've just won a really nice Cosmac System IV S100 machine on ebay, the seller later listed the 8" floppies which go with it (which is actually a rebadged Icom intelligent drive.) I'm pig sick because I made a point of putting an early bid in on this (up to my spending limit) to say "I haven't...

Item number:170459562205 5 days left, Nothing to do with me, pickup only in southern scotland.

Item number:300392818146 too far for me!;)

Bugs... 1) I don't seem to be able to attach a file to a PM any more. 2) read messages show an unopened envelope, unread show an open one! (small but irritating) request... Can I have the "threads updated in the last 24 hours" button back please. I know it's (nearly) possible using search...

Hello all, After stripping and vacuuming various delicate electromechanical devices over the past few years (whilst listening to the bass gradually disappear from a set of nice speakers, also as a result of foam rot.), I wouldn't want the inheritors of this kit to have to strip & replace it...