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Thomas Clayton
topcatdrc at yahoo.com
Mon Jul 10 14:41:27 PDT 2006
Dear Alex:
I did see your letter about lack of space. OK. I'll give you a URL
for where you can see a PS/2 Model 25. Just so you can see what I'm
talking about. I shan't - err, shall not - be mailing it to you.
Alex, i think the phrases were 'english' equivalents of Japanese.
Like, "Domo Aragato" which is (I hope) 'Thank You, Very Much'.
THANKS to EVERYone for the laughs today as I read through the
exchange of messages about our locales.
Sincerely,
Thomas Clayton
HEH, Let's END this thread and start a new one!
TomC
--- -|- awave <veganalex at gmail.com> wrote:
> hmm...my room is about - less than three metres in height - so no
> chance with the mezzanine mate!
>
> as for shane, i thought you were in London :~P - never knew you
> were
> irish/part japanese - and the convict part - i think i might have
> some
> very, distant relative (well...it was over 150years or something
> now
> since they last sent bad people to australia isnt it?) and i
> would be
> very, very suprised (but probably nicely suprised :~P) if one of
> you
> turned out to be related to me lol - i don't think that will
> happen
> though
>
> erm...and whats the gibberish about :~P - not sure i should call
> it
> that - but i definately don't talk like that lol! - i take it
> that
> 'lie, dijobu desyo' from what you've said means 'no, that's OK'
> would
> be how it would be said in Japanese (im extremely slow...and im
> sure
> it is rather obvious but...)
>
> -|- awave
>
> On 09/07/06, Peter Green <pspete1 at pnc.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > You'd have to discuss with Thomas whether it's offensive to be
> called an
> > Aussie. At first, I thought you were suggesting that we
> Australians might
> > find it offensive, but then a Pom would probably have said,
> "I'm sorry,
> > Cobber!" to one of us, and "...Mate!" to a Yank. :-) But we are
> getting
> > close to repeating the discussion this group had some years ago
> about what a
> > "guy" is...
> >
> > SHIFT+3 = # on US Keyboards. In Australia, we use US keyboards
> but
> > Australian (or UK) English, European date style, metric units
> and A4 paper.
> > Incidentally, I did find it rather exciting at first, driving
> at 110
> > (=70mph) on the A-roads and suddenly being confronted with a
> sign saying
> > something like
> > "<-Nottingham 2".
> > Six feet is a very short distance in which to make a left turn
> across two
> > lanes at that speed...
> >
> > I don't know when the group first commenced, but I think I
> joined around
> > 1998, so maybe you had been born by the time Armand last
> contributed,
> > GDFKAV. From memory we had a deeply GEM conversation about how
> he might
> > network the computers in his house, and we may well not have
> discussed
> > NetBEUI, which might put it into a time context.
> >
> > Have you thought of putting a mezzanine in your room? I've
> thought about
> > it, here; but think my wife would get suspicious that I was
> planning to
> > bring more computers into the house. Isn't it sad that some
> people are so
> > untrusting?
> >
> > :-þ
> >
> > Sorry to forget you, Shane. I put you down as Japanese.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > -|- awave wrote:
> > look - bloody hell! i didn't know it was so offensive to be
> called an
> > aussie! (tehehe i hope it was a joke!...but then again...im
> sorry
> > mate0
> >
> > yep i know that it takes more than the $ key - wow! i never
> knew that
> > you couldn't get a £ sign on EVERY keyboard by using SHIFT+3 -
> i think
> > that on some of the dell keyboards at school there is a euro
> > (erm...dunno how to get it on my keyboard ;) ) symbol instead
> of the $
> > one on mine and...almost every other keyboard i've used in my
> lifetime
> >
> > wow...i know im young...and probably rather gullable but - i
> didnt
> > know there was stuff like this before i was born! - and
> especially
> > that the date of gem being opensourced was moved back a while!
> - im
> > 14! not 6 or 7 tehehe!
> >
> > ok the reason i've turned this offer down is because i dont
> have any
> > space...seriously...my bedroom is full of phones and my
> computer, a
> > tele, my bed, and a cupboard...there is NO room for another
> computer
> > :~P
> >
> > -|- awave
> >
> > On 09/07/06, Peter Green <pspete1 at pnc.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> > To The GEM Developer Formerly Known as Veganalex,
> >
> > Thomas is a nice bloke, who needs all our support,
> considering he has a
> > Tidy Sister; but he is very clearly not Australian. It's
> always important
> > to make that distinction. It takes more than a $ sign on the
> keyboard to
> > make an Aussie. Incidentally, Thomas, the £ (Pound) sign is
> obtained by
> > typing ALT+0163 using the numeric keypad -- unless you are
> using a UK
> > keyboard. We used to use Australian Pounds until 1966.
> >
> > As far as I am aware, the only Australians in this group are
> Chris Dostal,
> > Scott McDonald (my "neighbour" -- Marrickville and Newtown run
> into each
> > about at the Vic on the Park Pub) and myself. Anyone else
> passing him or
> > herself off (where's Freya?) as Australian is a ring-in.
> >
> > Paul Cull is nearly Australian, being originally from New
> Zealand. He
> > says,
> > "Gidday", where I say, "G'day".
> >
> > There were a few Poms and Scots, but they seem to have moved
> to the
> > Benighted States*, so I don't know who is left. Have they
> copied the big
> > sign from Aukland and put it at Heathrow: "Will the last
> person to leave
> > please ensure that the lights are turned off"?
> >
> > There are the Germans, whose names generally give them away,
> a couple of
> > Frenchmen, and the solitary Dutch contributor, Armand Colleye
> -- but he may
> > well have last contributed before you were born.
> >
> > Anyone else had better put his hand up and tell us.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > *I'll consider reverting to the earlier name after the next
> Presidential
> > Elections...
> >
> >
> > -|- awave wrote:
> > To thomas,
> >
> > don't bother posting it mate - well...i'm not atall sure
> about the
> > conversion rates - but i know its above half and below 3/4
> so...im not
> > sure - i'll work it out properly sometime.
> >
> > right - if i bought one off ebay it would have to be uk based
> because
> > it wouldnt be worth inporting tbh. ahhh i thought you were
> from aus
> > dude :~P and also it wouldnt be v.a.t ontop of it because
> thats only
> > new purchases - it would be the cost of the package to
> me(which would
> > be nil if you were to send(dont think p&p included)...which
> your not
> > going to) - so therefore i don't think there would be any tax
> > atall...i hope - there would probably be a 4quid charge by
> royal mail
> > or something though...but it doesnt really matter because i
> dont
> > really want it tbh :~P - im not that into this whole thing!
> lol
> >
> > right im off to bed now...its late so night everyone!
> >
> > -|- awave
> >
> > On 08/07/06, Thomas Clayton <topcatdrc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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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