[GEM Development] Wanted: GST Publisher [WAS: (no subject)]

Thomas Clayton topcatdrc at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 7 20:43:25 PDT 2006 

Dear a-|-wave:

It's 100 US$ - PURE guess! I find it noteworthy that you equate
that to 60 Great Britain Pounds (GPB) whcih is what I thought the
pseudo-L meant. [Where does he find that on a keyboard??? ;-(  ]
Are you sure of the conversion rate? (ballpark / football pitch is
close enough!)

Anyway, I'll actually get a TRUE (US Postal) shipping cost if you
give me A REAL (if only an approximate - like Westminster
Cathedral) UK address for the postal service to 'punch in' to their
terminal. 
BTW, N.W. suburb of Chicago, IL, USA for me. Find Chicago. Find
O'hare Airport NW of center of city. I'm in far NW corner of Des
Plaines just North of O'hare.

Why would an e-bay item (US-based) be cheaper? - or would it be a
UK-based one you're talking about?

Lastly, IF .. I DO something crazy .. and post it to you;
 THEN you'll pay ANY V.A.Tax - since I haven't the FOGGIEST of
ideas of what that would be.

Sincerely, 

Thomas F. Clayton


--- -|- awave <veganalex at gmail.com> wrote:

> To Thomas,
> 
> yeh i'm in england - the money discussion was meaning that if it
> cost
> about AU$100 to ship it to me, and that was about £60GBP - then
> it
> would be hardly worth it really....you can get a p1 for that
> much-ish
> on ebay so...but the 286 cpu would be better than the 8086 so its
> tempting but i have no way to pay and its rather un-economical
> aswell.
> 
> ok right - veganalex is what i used to call meself - my name is
> alex
> and i am vegan...so it went nicely till some other vegan's called
> alex
> decided to come and use the same username is some places - and
> then
> awave stands for first letters in first name (a)lex - and then
> the
> surname (asterisked out ;) ) - (wa)******* (ve)*********** (not
> right
> letters...so no guessing =D lol - and the -|- is decoration so..
> 
> -|- awave
> 
> On 06/07/06, Thomas Clayton <topcatdrc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Dear veganalex:
> >
> > Are you in England (as I thought) OR in Australia - or
> elsewhere???
> >
> > (Your money discussion leads me to wonder ..  .)
> >
> > What's "veganalex" that you chose it as a 'screen name'?
> >
> > My thought about the PS/2 25-'286 was to find it a 'good' home
> - as
> > one says about orphans. Anyway, for GEM 'work', it'd be
> > appropriate.  multi-ple 30MB HDDs used one at a time
> >
> >
> > Friends of mine got a second one at the same time as I did. I
> > wonder what they did with theirs?
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Thomas Clayton
> >
> >
> >
> > --- veganalex <veganalex at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > hmm....yeh i'd love that....dunno what its like but yeh i'd
> love
> > > it...i could no-way afford to pay over $100 (US/AUS?) - so
> thats
> > > about
> > > £60 (GBP)...hmmm....i could actually get one off ebay for
> less
> > > than
> > > that i thinks...so nope sorry dude!
> > >
> > > hope you find someone that does want the computers ;)
> > >
> > > veganalex
> > >
> > > PS. - is there a java dos environment for mobile phones
> > > (preferably
> > > sony ericsson), i would love to work on something like this
> to
> > > have
> > > gem running on a phone (weird it may be...but probably rather
> > > useful
> > > ;) )
> > >
> > >
> > > On 21/06/06, Thomas Clayton <topcatdrc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > Dear Veg:
> > > >
> > > > In my case, an IBM PS/2 Mdl 25-286 was the first
> PC-compatable
> > > > BOUGHT(!). (I'd had PC-PCs and PC-XTs in the house earlier.
> > > They
> > > > were scavenged from dump-bins - the 30ft x 12ft x 8ft tall
> > > 'trays'
> > > > that fit onto truck trailers - from firms moving out of the
> > > office
> > > > park.) Still have it but not for much longer! What would it
> > > cost to
> > > > get it to you, I wonder? ~40lbs to England. Over 100$, I'd
> > > guess.
> > > > Oh well. Loved to have found a GOOD home for it.
> > > >
> > > > Got a PS/2 55sx upgraded to an 80488x2 MCA system as well.
> Its
> > > > going, too, fairly soon.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > TomC
> > > >
> > > > --- veganalex <veganalex at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > hmmm...i know that it would have cost a hell of
> alot...but
> > > that
> > > > > does
> > > > > secure it that it was the total wrong computer at the
> time to
> > > > > buy...but its happened...and it can't be changed
> > > now...so....i'll
> > > > > have
> > > > > a good look on it when i get it out in the autumn (far
> too
> > > hot to
> > > > > be
> > > > > playing with old eletricals that could end up going up in
> a
> > > pile
> > > > > of
> > > > > smoke because of the heat!), to find a date of
> purchase/date
> > > when
> > > > > made.
> > > > >
> > > > > hehe that's a difference of...47years! - thats a big age
> gap
> > > > > anyway
> > > > >
> > > > > veganalex
> > > > >
> > > > > On 21/06/06, Peter Green <pspete1 at pnc.com.au> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  G'day!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  I had an Amstrad briefly, but can't remember if it was
> a
> > > 1512
> > > > > or a 5086.
> > > > > > Both were sold in Australia. Someone rescued it from a
> skip
> > > and
> > > > > passed it on
> > > > > > to me, but I sent it off soon afterwards to some
> recycling
> > > or
> > > > > charity
> > > > > > organisation because I had no use for it. It worked,
> but
> > > wasn't
> > > > > a patch on
> > > > > > my 286 with an SVGA monitor and a 40MB HDD. I also have
> > > 5-1/4"
> > > > > floppies
> > > > > > containing Amstrad's GEM (v1.2?), but got those
> separately.
> > > I
> > > > > sent the
> > > > > > content of these disks to Robert Avis (anyone know what
> > > became
> > > > > of him?) who
> > > > > > posted them to his site.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  I was interested to hear that Amstrads were sold in
> the US
> > > > > under the
> > > > > > Sinclair brand. My first contact with Sinclair was
> through
> > > a
> > > > > semi-kitform
> > > > > > stereo amplifier, which used an unconventional audio
> output
> > > > > system.
> > > > > > Unfortunately, it was not protected against high
> current
> > > draw
> > > > > under no load
> > > > > > conditions, and one channel spectacularly died when a
> > > speaker
> > > > > lead was
> > > > > > accidentally dislodged.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  386 computers were certainly becoming available here
> by
> > > around
> > > > > 1987, as I
> > > > > > remember an exhibition in that year of computers and
> the
> > > use of
> > > > > computers at
> > > > > > the Theological College I was attending, and a couple
> of
> > > > > students were
> > > > > > already using 386-based machines. Back then, though,
> even a
> > > 286
> > > > > was worth
> > > > > > about a fortnight's salary for an average professional
> > > > > (engineer, architect
> > > > > > etc) which hindered the uptake of the 386.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  When the 386sx came out, which was able to use a
> variant
> > > of
> > > > > the less
> > > > > > complex architecture of the 286-style motherboard, it
> > > became a
> > > > > quite viable
> > > > > > purchase.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  I'm one of the older contributors, I think... 60 this
> > > year.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  Peter
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  Thomas Clayton wrote:
> > > > > >  Dear Veganlex:
> > > > ...<cut out>...
> > > >
> > > > Sincerely,
> > > >
> > > > Thomas Clayton
> > > >
> > > >
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