I read a while ago that a substance called "MEK" MethylEthylKeratone or something like that (memory fails) was useful in calculator repair, as it could...
Andrew Davie
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Mar 1, 2000 9:46 am
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MEK, Methyl Ethel Ketone? is banned in the US because of damage to the Ozone layer from vaporization. It also has shown up in ground water pollution. It is...
Innfomail@...
Mar 1, 2000 10:04 am
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Andrew, MEK is difficult to get here in the US too. I have some but I don't recommend it for repairs. A lttle too much of it and the plastic body will melt...
Joe
rigdonj@...
Mar 1, 2000 1:05 pm
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MEK is hardly banned, it is CFC's or chloro-fluoro hydrocarbons which harm ozone and are banned as refrigerants. Acetone (found in fingernail polish remover)...
Dave Johnson
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Mar 1, 2000 1:08 pm
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FWIW I don't know if it has been offically banned or not but it's very difficult for the avarage person in the US to get. I was told that it was "banned"...
Joe
rigdonj@...
Mar 1, 2000 1:20 pm
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Thanks for the interest and kind words from list members. I now have a page where I'm making updates to my 'For Sale' list. I've just been through the garage...
Andrew Davie
adavie@...
Mar 1, 2000 1:55 pm
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MEK and other such thinners are sold at your local Home Depot in gallon cans....
Julian Burke
julianb@...
Mar 1, 2000 2:09 pm
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Joe, Rick, and all: I'm back from Japan now, without any great news from the calculator acquisition department. "Thrift store" and "old calculators" were...
Daniel McDonald,
danm@...
Mar 1, 2000 4:54 pm
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Dan, I'm glad to hear that you're back. I may be wrong but I don't think the Japanese are interested in collecting "antiques" of any kind. Their main concern...
Joe
rigdonj@...
Mar 1, 2000 5:18 pm
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Dear Davie, it is a good idea to have an own house, I agree! In Munich I'll never have a chance. For my collection I search for "tin calculators" similar to...
Friedrich Diestelkamp
diestelkamp_sen@...
Mar 6, 2000 9:56 am
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Would anybody interested in a) Slide Rules b) HP Calculators (not many, some) c) Other calculators d) Vintage Electronic Games (absolutely heaps) e) Biggles...
Vince Otten
vince-o@...
Mar 6, 2000 5:41 pm
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Hi! I have detected, that at some models of Russian calculators there is a same error in calculations. This error is present in calculators of the following...
Sergei Frolov
frs@...
Mar 8, 2000 5:52 am
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Hi Nigel, Rick and all ANITA fans I've scanned several photographs of an ANITA VII existing in a collection in Bavaria. I'll send them to Nigel and Rick next...
Friedrich Diestelkamp
diestelkamp_sen@...
Mar 17, 2000 8:47 pm
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Hallo, ich habe an den Bilder auch Interesse... Bitte einmal CC an mich. Danke :) frank...
Frank Böhm
frank@...
Mar 17, 2000 11:54 pm
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Folks, I'll be concise, because this is going to a *lot* of people. I'm still alive and essentially well*. My mind is as active as ever. Please don't consider...
Nicholas Bodley
nbodley@...
Mar 26, 2000 8:20 pm
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Meant to say "speech to text" in my message; sorry! Does make a difference. I can still read just fine. Yup, I did say "Web" to refer to e-mail, too. I knew...
Nicholas Bodley
nbodley@...
Mar 26, 2000 8:45 pm
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To everyone at oldcalcs, It's been a very long time since I last posted a message, and the quantity of vintage LED calculators that I have for sale is swelling...
David Gowing
davidgowing@...
Mar 27, 2000 8:24 pm
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Hi David, Could you please give me a bit more detail on the TI59 you have (if indeed you do still have it!). e.g. is the memory module still...
Simon Liston
simonl@...
Mar 28, 2000 7:55 am
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Simon and the rest of the calc group, I have about 50 of the TI58/59's still mounted on the PC-100A printer docking base. Click on this past ebay ad where I...
Julian Burke
julianb@...
Mar 28, 2000 1:14 pm
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Hi Julian, Thanks for your email - the '59 in the ebay picture looks in pretty good condition. 1) The '59 in the picture certainly looks in good condition -...
Simon Liston
simonl@...
Mar 28, 2000 1:29 pm
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Hello Simon, It was a nice one and the others are used (gold worn off the trim a little) but working. Magnetic card reader almost always works as they weren't...
Julian Burke
julianb@...
Mar 28, 2000 6:56 pm
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Sorry Julian - it sounds as though they're not quite up to the standard I was looking for. Thank you anyway for taking the time to make the postings. Best...
Simon Liston
simonl@...
Mar 29, 2000 12:42 pm
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To everyone at oldcalcs, I've managed to off-load a lot of my spare calcs now.. thanks everyone.. Following the selling frenzy, my site was just updated...
David Gowing
davidgowing@...
Apr 4, 2000 8:35 pm
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... been meaning to send that along to its rightful owner, but your email reminded me. So, anything in particular you need to know? Yes, everything! What the...
Joe
rigdonj@...
Apr 4, 2000 10:57 pm
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DAVID. HI ! YOU DOU STILL HAVE THE HP-15C Hewlett Packard 15C LCD Late scientific model, with matrix functions, 15C decal missing. IF SO, HOW MUCH ARE YOU...
TOLOSSA@...
Apr 5, 2000 12:44 am
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Dear K CARLOS TOLOSSA K, Sorry, but the 15C is reserved to a Canadian buyer. I'll get back to you if the deal falls through. Thanks for your interest, Regards,...
David Gowing
davidgowing@...
Apr 5, 2000 8:08 pm
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Hi, all! Yup, still here. Been quite preoccupied with the job, which de facto takes up most of my energy, although it's de jure part-time. Boss is a splendid...
Nicholas Bodley
nbodley@...
Apr 22, 2000 6:07 pm
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Hello! If you have working Elektronika MK-85 or MK-85M, then you may enter "WHO" and receive string "Software developer is Podorov A.N." on Russian. ...
Sergei Frolov
frs@...
May 15, 2000 6:20 pm
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Does anyone have any info on the CAS format a Sharp calculator/computer would use when saving a Basic program on cassette tape? Is it the same format as used...
RJL
randing@...
May 20, 2000 3:47 pm
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On Sat, 20 May 2000, RJL wrote: }Does anyone have any info on the CAS format a Sharp }calculator/computer would use when saving a Basic program on }cassette...
