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For the interested, I started up a group on Facebook for those of us who tinker around and use the T1100 and T1100+ laptop from Toshiba. ... 		1 Mar 12, 2009
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Reminder from: columbusconsortium Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/columbusconsortium/cal archive records Monday December 15, 2008 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm... 		2 Dec 15, 2008
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CASUAL BROWSING MAKES U EARNING For more details please log on to http://www.moreinfo247.com/9955758/CB PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOUR STEPS TO STEP UP YOUR FUTURE ... 		3 Dec 3, 2008
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http://www.thegameconsole.com/ -With lots of nice pics and interesting historical factoids (I've had about 10 of these consoles over the years.)... 		1 Mar 23, 2008
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Looking for a cheap used laptop? Visit the website to get a sleek and trendy laptop for you at throw away prices: http://cheaplaptops.bigbargains.info... 		2 Mar 15, 2008
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From LifeHacker: http://lifehacker.com/359389/give-an-old-laptop-new-life-with-cheap-or-free-projects... 		2 Feb 22, 2008
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Reminder from: columbusconsortium Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/columbusconsortium/cal archive records Saturday December 15, 2007 12:00 pm - 1:00... 		2 Dec 15, 2007
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The world is fast becoming a junkyard for e-wastes. We can help avoid piling up of e-wastes with a proper use of used computers and the other related... 		1 Nov 21, 2007
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oops--sent it too soon. here's a link: http://freegeekcolumbus.org/... 		1 Nov 20, 2007
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I wanted to bring to people's attention the existence of FreeGeek Columbus, a recycling/training/restoration enterprise located on Fourth Street. They happily... 		1 Nov 20, 2007
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[from techeblog] "The Game Console Nintendo Never Released" Link: ... 		1 Nov 11, 2007
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[from BoingBoing] --Band releases album on "obsolete" 3.5" floppy disc-- A UK band called Batch Totem has released a 74-minute album compressed down to fit on... 		1 Oct 10, 2007
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Obvious but very practical, with links to several software options to convert that old 286/apple IIe into a firewall, file server, torrent box, etc. ... 		1 Sep 18, 2007
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http://matttovey.blogspot.com/2007/08/in-march-2007-project-to-upgrade-one-of.html the finished product is pretty cool looking, too...... 		2 Aug 23, 2007
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http://myoldmac.net/webse-e-flash.htm ahhh,nostalgia. it even has the googly eyeball widget that would follow your cursor around.... 		2 Aug 6, 2007
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[http://news.com.com/Fun+and+profit+with+obsolete+computers/2100-1041_3-6175961.html?tag=nefd.top] this emerging economy has many points-of-entry...... 		4 May 2, 2007
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[this is a neat community event happening in berkely, culled from boingboing:] This weekend, MAKE: and the Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC) in... 		1 Apr 28, 2007
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From LowEndMac, scraped from digg: http://lowendmac.com/hodges/07/0402.html... 		1 Apr 3, 2007
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For those of you interested in instructional technology issues, especially related to bootstrapping, see this quick photo-story, scraped from the digg news... 		1 Feb 8, 2007
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[from "unwired" listserv (http://www.unwired.cc/). addresses parallel computing solution for navajo technical college.] San Diego Supercomputer Experts Help ... 		1 Jan 28, 2007
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[from BoingBoing:] Video of retro Commodore programs Kim Moser has lovingly captured a bunch of old Commodore PET and C-64 demos from the late 1970s and early... 		1 Jan 27, 2007
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Reminder from the Calendar of columbusconsortium http://groups.yahoo.com/group/columbusconsortium/cal archive records Friday December 15, 2006 12:00 pm - 1:00... 		2 Dec 15, 2006
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[Passed along without comment from BoingBoing:] Title: Ghost town dial-up BBSes still online There are a few ghost-town dial-up BBSes [bulletin board systems] ... 		2 Aug 31, 2006
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all-- I've got a few projects lined up now that I'm in my new house, so I thought I'd report on them as they come to fruition. The first one is *really* easy:... 		1 Aug 23, 2006
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/biztech/08/11/ibmpcanniversary/ And I have one of those!... 		1 Aug 12, 2006
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You have 60 seconds to get your Ipod Nano here at no charge http://www.nanosforall.com/ehtzcsiur... 		1 Aug 3, 2006
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all-- ... highlight GUIdebook, a really slickly designed site cataloguing the history of the graphical user interface. expected fare like early windows and... 		1 Jul 27, 2006
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all-- things have been busy lately (work and an upcoming move), but i've got a few projects in the works that i'm planning on posting here over the summer. in... 		1 Jun 13, 2006
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i didn't necessarily start this group in order to showcase old computers as fetish objects (the working theory is that they can still be useful and we should... 		2 Apr 7, 2006
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Not sure if I mentioned this or not...but, for those of you on LJ or browse it, here is a neat community: http://community.livejournal.com/vintagecomputer/ ... 		1 Apr 7, 2006
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