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Re: 1957 LED

From	Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: 1957 LED
Date	2015-12-21 14:53 -0500
Organization	National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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On Mon, 21 Dec 2015, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:

> On Friday, December 18, 2015 at 7:40:30 PM UTC-5, Michael Black wrote:
>
>
>> It's better to let someone else pay the full price for such things.  If I
>> didn't find it cheap or free, I wouldn't be buying it new.
>
> I'm envious that you can find so much old electronic gear and
> salvage it into something useful.  I'd figure that anything
> remotely modern with solid state boards wouldn't be repairable.
>
Pretty much all of it is still working.

It's people who've bought the next newest thing, so they no longer like 
that GPS that doesn't do maps.  That five dollar GPS receiver is amazing, 
how do they get all that microwave stuff in that small package?  If 
actually went into the wilderness, it would be extremely useful.  In the 
city, less so, since I don't generally have coordinates for where I'm 
going.  The ten dollar GPS did do maps, that's harder to understand why 
someone gave that up to the Rotary Club where I bought it.  It's intended 
for car use, so the battery inside doesn't last very long.

> Of course, the Computer Museum managed to find an old 1401 and
> repair it so that it runs.
>
> (Too bad you're in Canada.  I'd bring you my Aiwa stereo with the
> broken tape decks for repair.)
>
>
> I bought an SCM electronic typewriter at a yard sale.  The machine
> had the manual and was in good working order, except that it
> needed a ribbon.  Turned out the ribbon was only available
> through a specialty house, $35 + s&h.  Not worth it to me,
> threw the machine out.  (Plus, in reading the manual, I
> discovered the machine's "electronic" functionality was very
> limited, it basically could backspace over an error in the line
> and center text.  Not much more than a plain typewriter, for
> which ribbons are easy to get.)
>
>
I suppose that was scrapped because it was a typewriter, but maybe
they did decide it was time to move up once the ribbon got so expensive.

It's easy to see DVD players waiting for the garbage, but mostly they have 
no remote.  It makes me wonder if someone lost the remote, and then scraps 
the DVD player.  Some of it has to be moving up to blu-ray, but maybe not 
all.  On the other hand, it's not uncommon to see the remotes separately, 
as if they've been found long after the equipment was discarded.  I even 
once found a remote for the VCR I bought at a garage sale, so I had a 
spare.

   Michael

Thread

1957 LED hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-10 11:03 -0800
  Re: 1957 LED Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2015-12-10 11:06 -0800
    Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-10 14:44 -0500
      Re: 1957 LED hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-11 07:41 -0800
        Re: 1957 LED Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-12-11 16:37 +0000
        Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-11 14:42 -0500
    Re: 1957 LED philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-12-10 13:56 -0600
      Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-10 22:59 -0500
        Re: 1957 LED "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-12-11 08:20 -0600
          Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-11 14:33 -0500
      Re: 1957 LED Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-12-13 07:58 -0800
        Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-13 13:00 -0500
      Re: 1957 LED Lon <lon.stowell@comcast.net> - 2015-12-13 12:48 -0700
        Re: 1957 LED Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-12-14 09:07 +0000
          Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-14 11:47 -0500
          Re: 1957 LED rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) - 2015-12-16 14:55 +0000
            Re: 1957 LED Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-12-16 16:32 +0000
              Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-16 14:17 -0500
              Re: 1957 LED "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-12-16 18:15 -0600
                Re: 1957 LED Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-12-17 07:58 +0000
                Re: 1957 LED Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2015-12-17 13:21 +0000
        Re: 1957 LED Ingo Paschke <ipaschke@lpclabs.de> - 2015-12-14 11:11 +0100
    Re: 1957 LED Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2015-12-11 10:58 +0000
      Re: 1957 LED Lon <lon.stowell@comcast.net> - 2015-12-13 12:50 -0700
        Re: 1957 LED Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2015-12-14 12:57 +0000
          Re: 1957 LED "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-12-14 14:07 +0000
            Re: 1957 LED Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2015-12-14 14:33 +0000
    Re: 1957 LED hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-11 07:31 -0800
      Re: 1957 LED Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-12-13 07:42 -0800
        Re: 1957 LED Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-12-14 09:39 +0000
        Re: 1957 LED Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2015-12-14 17:07 -0600
          Re: 1957 LED Alfred Falk <falk@arc.ab.ca> - 2015-12-15 18:53 +0000
            Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-15 15:05 -0500
              Re: 1957 LED hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-16 07:32 -0800
                Re: 1957 LED Alfred Falk <falk@arc.ab.ca> - 2015-12-16 17:23 +0000
                Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-16 14:23 -0500
                Re: 1957 LED Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-12-16 20:13 +0000
                Re: 1957 LED hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-16 13:15 -0800
                Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-17 14:53 -0500
                Re: 1957 LED "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-12-17 14:17 -0600
                Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-18 19:43 -0500
                Re: 1957 LED "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-12-20 20:02 -0600
                Re: 1957 LED hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-21 10:31 -0800
                Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-21 14:53 -0500
                Re: 1957 LED mausg@mail.com - 2015-12-21 20:27 +0000
                Re: 1957 LED Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2015-12-17 18:48 -0500
          Re: 1957 LED davidmylastname@acm.org (David Griffith) - 2015-12-16 02:43 +0000
          Re: 1957 LED Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2015-12-16 17:44 -0400
  Re: 1957 LED scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-12-10 19:13 +0000
    Re: 1957 LED "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-12-10 20:17 +0000
      Re: 1957 LED Lawrence Statton <lawrence@sengiuo.mx> - 2015-12-10 17:10 -0600
      Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-10 23:00 -0500
        Re: 1957 LED isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2015-12-10 21:21 -0800
          Re: 1957 LED Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-12-11 08:01 +0000
            Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-11 14:30 -0500
            Re: 1957 LED "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-12-11 15:36 -0600
              Re: 1957 LED Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-12-12 07:55 +0000
                Re: 1957 LED mausg@mail.com - 2015-12-12 11:20 +0000
                Re: 1957 LED Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-12-12 15:39 +0000
                Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-12 10:50 -0500
                Re: 1957 LED Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-12-13 08:00 +0000
                Re: 1957 LED "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-12-13 11:10 +0000
              Re: 1957 LED Lon <lon.stowell@comcast.net> - 2015-12-13 12:51 -0700
        Re: 1957 LED "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-12-11 10:59 +0000
          Re: 1957 LED Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-12-11 15:46 +0000
            Re: 1957 LED "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-12-11 17:37 +0000
              Re: 1957 LED Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-12-11 18:34 +0000
                Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-11 14:49 -0500
                Re: 1957 LED "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-12-11 15:39 -0600
                Re: 1957 LED Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-12-11 22:46 +0000
                Re: 1957 LED Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-11 19:07 -0500
                Re: 1957 LED Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-12-12 01:04 +0000
                Re: 1957 LED Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-12-12 08:54 +0000
        Re: 1957 LED hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-11 11:52 -0800
          Re: 1957 LED "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-12-11 15:46 -0600
            Re: 1957 LED Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-12-11 22:56 +0000
        Re: 1957 LED "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-12-11 15:35 -0600
        Re: 1957 LED Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-12-13 07:51 -0800
  Re: 1957 LED Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2015-12-10 17:09 -0600

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