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Over for over a decade i've had lightning strikes damage equipment with buried cat5, and I've gone through two damaged fiber optic cables that was in conduit. --There's got to be a better way. I don't know the true performance of 100MB fast ethernet free-space optics which will cost me over...

I'm taking my beloved 32" (2560x1440) to my office. I thought of moving up larger since my home pc will now need a monitor, but found 55" TVS with very similar specs for the same price.. 4K 60HZ 4:4:4 even the latency and blur are equivalent. I don't game, but I do tend to like not having to...

. WTB: Sony CDB-241 CD-ROM Interface ISA Card I know of some on eBay for $25 after shipping. Do you have one? Thank you! Here's a picture of what I'm looking for: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=32691&d=1471694973

. Does anyone have this 90's Mini Tower AT case? --thanks

. http://www.ebay.com/itm/MODDED-VINTAGE-IBM-1501453-COLOR-GRAPHICS-MONITOR-CARD-ADAPTER-CGA-/291791535168?hash=item43f0217c40:g:0R8AAOSwr7ZW4JgC Modded CGA card. Seller unaware of what the added switch does. What say you?

WTB Sony CDU-535 or CDU6250 CD-ROM Drive (Caddy) for 8-bit Sony Interface Card These would be from 1992-1993 or earlier. 1X single speed, these drives use the 40-pin connection for 8-bit ISA Sony Interface Card. Interested with or without a Sony 8-bit ISA Interface card. -- NOT 50pin SCSI, NOT...

Free Energizer AAAA batteries (Quadruple-A batteries). These new batteries have been on my shelf for 1 year. I'm sure they are good and strong. There are qty 6 -- I'll pay for shipping. PM me.

I found a cool 1977 b&w tv. But all my micro computers support color. What models of 1970s (or 1980s) computers do not have a built-in display, but only support black & white output?

A couple other members and I have been out of touch with Thomas, bettablue, for a couple of months. Perhaps anyone that lives nearby his new home in Eugene, Oregon keeps in touch with him? If you know his status, can you please PM me?

i'm not a programmer what language or scripting does this code snippet BEST represent? [ATTACHED PIC REMOVED] thank you.

Walden book store occasionally had games that were $5. They were challenging and exciting. Our little smallville ComputerLand was boring.. i remember it being pretty office-centric, but Radio Shack was exciting. Talking to sales clerks that obviously knew less about technology than me, a 16yo...

. in search of PC Magazine VOLUME 3, NUMBER 14 JULY 24, 1984 i know i can see it for free at google books, but i would appreciate a hard copy. i see it for sale on ebay for $26 after shipping. -- i'm hoping one of you will have a more reasonable price. --thanks.

yeah, i was thinking the same thing. here are a couple of sites that seems to do this a lot. -- and the brightness/contrast knobs on that dumb terminal.. i'm not an expert on ibm terminals, though. http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/old-ibm-monitor-3d-c4d/730102...

i had the flu.. so i did something fun. Microsoft Network Client 3.0 with TCPIP complained about not having an 80286.. i worked around that. Then once i got around the 286 complaints, net.exe would hang.. i worked around that, too. Then I made client 3.0 & tcpip bootable from floppies on my IBM...

a little challenge, i hope you can help with a Miniscribe 3085 (3085003-229) 85MB in a 5170 Type1 so I have this 5170 loaded down with the previous owner's stuff since 1985. i used gsetup to configure the HD as type 12.. I could read everything. Office30 booted, Lotus 1-2-3 booted.. no errors...