This file contains the archives of the rec.games.vectrex NetNews group for the month of Sep-1995 (This date range is approximate as article dates are determined based on arrival time and not the date in the article header). The Vextrex archives, which include game code, technical specifications, the rec.games.vectrex archive and a host of additional information, is available at: ftp://ftp.csus.edu/pub/vectrex/ + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csusac!zimmer!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!concert!balsam!rodman From: rodman@cs.unca.edu (Zachary Rodman) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Complete Vectrex System w/14 games for SALE! Date: 1 Sep 1995 04:06:11 GMT Organization: University of North Carolina at Asheville Lines: 39 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4260rj$psn@balsam.unca.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: celo.cs.unca.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Greetings. Here is a complete inventory of my Vectrex system. EVERYTHING is in near perfect working condition. I will accept the best offer. Unless otherwise noted, ALL games come with overlay and an instruction book. 1. Vectrex with Owners Manual 2. 1 Extra Controller Games: 3. Pole Position 4. Scramble 5. Cosmic Chasm 6. Spike 7. Mine Storm 8. Star Trek (no instructions) 9. Clean Sweep (no overlay or instructions) 10. Space Wars 11. Fortress of Narzog 12. Armor Attack 13. Hyperchase 14. Pin Ball 15. Ripoff 16. Web Wars Please email me at rodman@cs.unca.edu with questions and offers. Thanks for reading. -Zack -- ---------------------------------------------------\---|---/------- Zack Rodman, 704-255-7255, rodman@cs.unca.edu \ | / University of North Carolina at Asheville O O --------------------------------------------------ooO--o---Ooo----- + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp-ucb.barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.gate.net!not-for-mail From: numsix@news.gate.net (Jack Laughlin) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: WTB Vectrex Controller Date: 31 Aug 1995 18:04:53 -0400 Lines: 9 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <425bm5$11p3@seminole.gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: seminole.gate.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I've been able to find a Vectrex locally for a good price, but it has no controller. Does anyone have an extra controller they'd like to sell? Please let me know. numsix@gate.net -= The Village BBs - (813) 986-1945 & (813) 986-5778 =- "we are all prisoners" + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csusac!zimmer!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!infinet!rbatina From: rbatina@infinet.com (Robert Batina) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: VECTREX COMPLETE SET HAS SOLD--- FOR $1,000 Date: 1 Sep 1995 14:30:56 GMT Organization: InfiNet Lines: 48 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4275f0$l4b@horus.infinet.com> References: <41dnlf$iu@nuhou.aloha.net> <423fcu$apb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rigel.infinet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] YAKKO70 (yakko70@aol.com) wrote: : And no matter how : good or bad a deal this seems to be, 1000 dollars is a pretty shocking : price for a toy That's your problem... you see it only as a toy. Not a collectable, not an investment, but a toy... : In the end, all it comes down to is that someone out there felt that : despite the value people put on vectrex systems (Baseline 70 for a system, : 250 or so for a multicart, 70 for a system??! 250 for a multicart??!! Cripes! I think not. It would have to be like around 90-100 for a system, and only around 75-80 for a brand spankin' new multi-cart. : To everyone else out there, think about this; the idea of collecting : should never be about dollars and cents, or profit and loss. Best place : to learn this is at Campus Comix in Carbondale Illinois, where the most : important lesson about antiques is taught: Whenever someone asks "What : would you recommend?", the reply is always, "Buy whatever You like", and : never think about the price. If you think it's worth it, chances are, : someone else does too. Why does everyone have to believe what you say? I mean, maybe for *you* collecting whatever isn't for profit, but for some, that is part of the thrill. I collect lots of different things, some for fun, and some to make money. It's called investing. And, if Mr $1000 Vectrex Buyer can split up the set he bought and sell it for more money, by all means he should do it. He will probably keep the parts he needs, then eventually sell off the rest. : Believe me, I would have originally thought this price outrageous and : unreasonable, and though I still feel it's outrageous, it's not nearly so : unreasonable anymore. You are kinda contradicting yourself, ya know... first you say how people shouldn't be collecting for money and such, now you are saying it isn't so unreasonable? Hmph... -- _____________________________________________________________________ | | |_ | Robert J Batina | Also known as 'Roberto' around the net. | | |---------------------| Find my classic cartridge trade lists at: | | | rbatina@infinet.com | http://www.infinet.com/~rbatina | | |_____________________|_______________________________________________| | |_____________________________________________________________________| + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csusac!zimmer!waldorf.csc.calpoly.edu!decwrl!enews.sgi.com!lll-winken.llnl.gov!hookup!nstn.ns.ca!coranto.ucs.mun.ca!usenet From: Justin Cooze Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Vectrex Available! Computer (stuff) Wanted! Date: 1 Sep 1995 15:57:03 GMT Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland Lines: 14 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <427agf$mo5@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: five121.remote.mun.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b2 (Windows; I; 16bit) I have a Vectrex unit with Minestorm/Manuals/Overlay, Extra Controller, and 11 game cartridges in NEW condition in the boxes. I'm not interested in selling, rather trading for computer stuff you have that you don't really need (i.e. Barebones system, memory, etc.). Here's your chance to trade your computer "junk" that's depreciating daily for my Vectrex that (based on what's happening in this group) is sure to appreciate. For more information, send me some e-mail. Let me know what you are willing to trade and we'll take it from there. J + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csusac!zimmer!waldorf.csc.calpoly.edu!decwrl!enews.sgi.com!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!emory!hubcap.clemson.edu!usenet From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E Taylor IV) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: VECTREX COMPLETE SET HAS SOLD--- FOR $1,000 Date: 1 Sep 1995 18:07:12 GMT Organization: The Romulan Star Empire Lines: 39 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <427i4g$v0e@hubcap.clemson.edu> References: <41dnlf$iu@nuhou.aloha.net> <423fcu$apb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4275f0$l4b@horus.infinet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hubcap.clemson.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-NewsSoftware: GRn 2.1 Feb 19, 1994 In article <4275f0$l4b@horus.infinet.com> rbatina@infinet.com (Robert Batina) writes: :That's your problem... you see it only as a toy. Not a collectable, not :an investment, but a toy... I'm not the other poster, but *do* remember that the Vectrex is a video GAME system, e.g. a toy. There's no law that says that toys can't be collectible, but a collectible toy is still a toy. :70 for a system??! 250 for a multicart??!! Cripes! I think not. :It would have to be like around 90-100 for a system, and only around :75-80 for a brand spankin' new multi-cart. I agree - where does someone come up with $250 for a multicart? )If I had the spare $70, I'd have a multicart myself, but alas) :Why does everyone have to believe what you say? I mean, maybe for *you* :collecting whatever isn't for profit, but for some, that is part of the :thrill. I collect lots of different things, some for fun, and some to :make money. I think a reasonable argument can be made for buying something with the sole intent to make money isn't collecting. If it *was* collecting, you'd have to call every one of the junk dealers at flea markets "collectors", and I don't see people rushing to do that. IMO, as well, true "collecting" isn't done for profit. "Business" is done for profit. :) :It's called investing. Assuming he got it with the goal to make money later, yes. -- __ ___ _ _ _ | >>>>> charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu <<<<< |_)o _ |/ | |_|\_/| / \|_) |'94 BS ChE, Clemson ; "Will work for food!" | \||_ |\ | | | | |_\_/| \ |"So this is it, we're going to die!" --A.D. ---> My WWW home is now at http://www.clemson.edu/~charlet/ <--- + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csusac!zimmer!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!news.erinet.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!infinet!rbatina From: rbatina@infinet.com (Robert Batina) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: VECTREX COMPLETE SET HAS SOLD--- FOR $1,000 Date: 1 Sep 1995 17:50:59 GMT Organization: InfiNet Lines: 21 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <427h63$n9j@horus.infinet.com> References: <41dnlf$iu@nuhou.aloha.net> <423fcu$apb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rigel.infinet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] YAKKO70 (yakko70@aol.com) wrote: : Accounting teaches us that the book value of anything out there is valued : only at the price acquired for. Heh... here's another strange statememt. So, you are saying that if I go to a yard sale and purchase an atari cart for 50 cents, that it is only worth the 50 cents that I payed for it? Regardless of what it is, or how much people are paying for it on the net? Your theory makes no sense. I mean, you can relate it to car auctions... just because you pay a reduced price for something, it doesn't mean that it is only valued at that price. That's crazy. -- _____________________________________________________________________ | | |_ | Robert J Batina | Also known as 'Roberto' around the net. | | |---------------------| Find my classic cartridge trade lists at: | | | rbatina@infinet.com | http://www.infinet.com/~rbatina | | |_____________________|_______________________________________________| | |_____________________________________________________________________| + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp-ucb.barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!news.erinet.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!infinet!rbatina From: rbatina@infinet.com (Robert Batina) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: VECTREX COMPLETE SET HAS SOLD--- FOR $1,000 Date: 1 Sep 1995 17:50:59 GMT Organization: InfiNet Lines: 21 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <427h63$n9j@horus.infinet.com> References: <41dnlf$iu@nuhou.aloha.net> <423fcu$apb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rigel.infinet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] YAKKO70 (yakko70@aol.com) wrote: : Accounting teaches us that the book value of anything out there is valued : only at the price acquired for. Heh... here's another strange statememt. So, you are saying that if I go to a yard sale and purchase an atari cart for 50 cents, that it is only worth the 50 cents that I payed for it? Regardless of what it is, or how much people are paying for it on the net? Your theory makes no sense. I mean, you can relate it to car auctions... just because you pay a reduced price for something, it doesn't mean that it is only valued at that price. That's crazy. -- _____________________________________________________________________ | | |_ | Robert J Batina | Also known as 'Roberto' around the net. | | |---------------------| Find my classic cartridge trade lists at: | | | rbatina@infinet.com | http://www.infinet.com/~rbatina | | |_____________________|_______________________________________________| | |_____________________________________________________________________| + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csusac!zimmer!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!news.erinet.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!infinet!rbatina From: rbatina@infinet.com (Robert Batina) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: VECTREX COMPLETE SET HAS SOLD--- FOR $1,000 Date: 2 Sep 1995 15:19:04 GMT Organization: InfiNet Lines: 20 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <429sl8$aq6@horus.infinet.com> References: <41dnlf$iu@nuhou.aloha.net> <423fcu$apb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4275f0$l4b@horus.infinet.com> <427i4g$v0e@hubcap.clemson.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rigel.infinet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Charles E Taylor IV (charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu) wrote: : :That's your problem... you see it only as a toy. Not a collectable, not : :an investment, but a toy... : I'm not the other poster, but *do* remember that the Vectrex is a video : GAME system, e.g. a toy. There's no law that says that toys can't be : collectible, but a collectible toy is still a toy. -------- No kidding... that's why I said he sees it *ONLY* as a toy. I never said it wasn't, but I *am* saying that it is MORE than just a toy. -------- -- _____________________________________________________________________ | | |_ | Robert J Batina | Also known as 'Roberto' around the net. | | |---------------------| Find my classic cartridge trade lists at: | | | rbatina@infinet.com | http://www.infinet.com/~rbatina | | |_____________________|_______________________________________________| | |_____________________________________________________________________| + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csulb.edu!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!news.mindlink.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ucsnews!newshub.sdsu.edu!usenet From: Gaymond Lee Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: FS: Vectrex and Carts (need cash) Date: 1 Sep 1995 07:13:44 GMT Organization: San Diego State University Lines: 45 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <426br9$h7h@pandora.sdsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: annex1p21.sdsu.edu Hi, I have the following games for sale. All games have been tested and are guaranteed to work. I will test again before I send out the cart. I bought this Vectrex and carts on this newsgroup about 3 months ago and need the cash for school/rent. I am not really interested in any trades since I need the $$$$ Rules: 1) The prices do not include shipping which will average $1.50 for the first cart and .50 for each additional cart up to $3. Shipping for the Vectrex will probably run $15-20 2) I need to receive a check or money order from you before I send out any carts. 3) I will hold an item for 1 week. If payment or further communication is not received by this time, I will sell it to the next person. 4) Please let me know if you wish to cancel your order, no hard feelings this is just a hobby. 5) Feel free to make an offer for everything. I would rather sell everything at one time. Item Cart Overlay Manuals Price Armor Attack Y Y Y 15 Art Master Y N N 25 Berzerk Y Y Y 15 Cosmic Chasm Y Y Y 15 Hyperchase Y Y Y 15 Spike Y Y Y 15 Spinball N Y Y 8 Star Castle Y Y Y 45 Star Trek Y Y N 15 Web Wars Y Y Y 15 Vectrex System 120 Thanks for reading! Gaymond Lee + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csusac!zimmer!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: soltaryrpr@aol.com (Soltaryrpr) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Vectrex Joystick Date: 2 Sep 1995 22:32:51 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 5 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42b44j$d2u@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: soltaryrpr@aol.com (Soltaryrpr) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I need a vectrex joystick (or two) in working condition or not...please e-mail me directly if you have anything. My e-mail address is Soltaryrpr@aol.com. Galen + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csusac!zimmer!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!msunews!netnews.upenn.edu!netaxs.com!unix2.netaxs.com!vsp From: vsp@unix2.netaxs.com (have clue--will travel) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: VECTREX COMPLETE SET HAS SOLD--- FOR $1,000 Date: 3 Sep 1995 02:23:34 GMT Organization: The Pile of Obsolete Technology Lines: 20 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42b3j6$pra@netaxs.com> References: <41dnlf$iu@nuhou.aloha.net> <423fcu$apb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: unix2.netaxs.com In article <423fcu$apb@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, YAKKO70 wrote: > >In the end, all it comes down to is that someone out there felt that >despite the value people put on vectrex systems (Baseline 70 for a system, >250 or so for a multicart, 5-50 bucks for a cart, Lightpens and 3d Imagers $250 for a multi-cart? What have YOU been smoking? ;) (Sean Kelly's is around $70, with everything but Animaction. Which worked great for me, as I found Animaction at a local flea market for $1.) jeff. now all I need is the light pen and... ...ah, never mind. -- --- If you look very, very closely, you can see Edward R. Murrow. --- http://www.netaxs.com/~vsp/ -- the usual array of cartlists and crap. "We came / We peed / We conquered / You'll bleed" -- JB/L "HELLO KITTY gang terrorizes town, family STICKERED to death!" -- BG + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: gdurnell@mail.orion.org (Gordon A. Durnell) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: FS: Vectrex games Date: 3 Sep 1995 11:24:05 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Lines: 21 Sender: nobody@cs.utexas.edu Distribution: inet Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: news.cs.utexas.edu I have the following Vectrex games for sale. All are in good condition (no label scratches). Armor..Attack Cart/Overlay $10 Berzerk Cart only $ 5 Hyperchase Cart/Overlay/Instructions $15 Scramble Cart/Overlay $10 Star Trek Cart/Overlay $10 Star Trek also contains original "Self Play Mode Reminder" insert. All payments in advance - Money Order (US funds). You pay shipping charges. Make me an offer for the whole lot. /-------------------------------------------------------\ | Gordon Durnell gdurnell@mail.orion.org | | Springfield.MO.USA.Terra.Sol.MilkyWay.VirgoSuperCluster | \-------------------------------------------------------/ + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: lorgh@aol.com (LORGH) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: ANY Vectrex items wanted! Date: 3 Sep 1995 20:26:31 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 7 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42dh3n$10k@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: lorgh@aol.com (LORGH) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I would like to buy ANY/ALL items relating to the Vectrex system, Including carts, boxes, instructions, promotional materials and advertising, manuals, or ANYTHING else! please e-mail any info and prices to: lorgh@aol.com Thanx, L. Saylor + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!becker1.u.washington.edu!mcfwain From: "S. Knibb" Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: $1,000 Vectrex an interesting study in economics Date: Sun, 3 Sep 1995 23:02:53 -0700 Organization: University of Washington Lines: 42 Distribution: inet Message-ID: References: <41dnlf$iu@nuhou.aloha.net> <423fcu$apb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4275f0$l4b@horus.infinet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: becker1.u.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-User: mcfwain In-Reply-To: <4275f0$l4b@horus.infinet.com> The $1,000 selling price has certainly sent shockwaves through this group. Rec.games.vectrex serves as a pretty good example of a micro-economy, and it's fascinating to me to see the way the market reacts to the news. It's like a case study from an economics course. --We have free exchange of information, and we all have access to sales in this group. (very close to a true free-market economy) --Both supply and demand are limited. How many people read this group? How many Vectrexi are still in existence? How many Vectrex fans are online? Generally speaking, Vectrex systems seem to be especially valued on the Net among games collectors, and the relative scarcity of systems keeps them in demand. --The laws of supply and demand worked nicely with this $1000 system. As rare as Vectrexi are, a mint example must be basically one-of-a-kind. Demand drove the price up to $1000. Theoretically, both the buyer and the seller should be happy -- what's the big deal? --An interesting side effect: With news of the $1,000 sale, every Tom, Dick, and Harry out to make a quick buck joined the Vectrex gold rush. I've seen more equipment offered here in the past week than I have in the past few months. Of course, the relative glut in supply seems to be keeping the prices lower than usual. If you're out to buy Vectrex stuff, this is a great time! The high sale price has motivated people to get rid of systems they have, or to locate systems to sell. --Long-term effects of the sale? Probably none. It seems doubtful to me that speculators would start snapping up the systems purely as investments (like the classic car boom of the past decade, which sent collector car prices through the roof while the cars sat unused in warehouses as investments. The speculative bubble eventually burst, and prices have come back down quite a bit.) It seems to me that the opposite is true, and that all those people who've been hanging on to their equipment until "THE RIGHT TIME" have suddenly found that the time is now. It's a bad time for sellers, and a good time for buyers. That's why I'll wait just a little while before I sell off my 2 systems ;) Shane B. Seattle, WA + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news.unb.ca!coranto.ucs.mun.ca!jcooze From: jcooze@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Justin Cooze) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Vectrex Available! Computer (stuff) Wanted! Date: 4 Sep 1995 17:55:17 GMT Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland Lines: 21 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42fei5$67i@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> References: <427agf$mo5@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: plato.ucs.mun.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Keep the offers coming. Haven't received anything that satisfies me yet (close though!). J. : Justin Cooze (jcooze@plato.ucs.mun.ca) wrote: : I have a Vectrex unit with Minestorm/Manuals/Overlay, Extra Controller, : and 11 game cartridges in NEW condition in the boxes. : I'm not interested in selling, rather trading for computer stuff you have : that you don't really need (i.e. Barebones system, memory, etc.). Here's : your chance to trade your computer "junk" that's depreciating daily for : my Vectrex that (based on what's happening in this group) is sure to : appreciate. : For more information, send me some e-mail. Let me know what you are : willing to trade and we'll take it from there. : J + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!tandem!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp-ucb.barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!yama.mcc.ac.uk!thor.cf.ac.uk!wdrdsw From: wooding@cf.ac.uk (David Wooding) Subject: Re: VECTREX COMPLETE SET HAS SOLD--- FOR $1,000 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 09:49:51 GMT Distribution: inet References: <4275f0$l4b@horus.infinet.com> <427i4g$v0e@hubcap.clemson.edu> <429sl8$aq6@horus.infinet.com> Organization: University of Wales College at Cardiff Lines: 15 Charles E Taylor IV (charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu) wrote: > I'm not the other poster, but *do* remember that the Vectrex is a video > GAME system, e.g. a toy. There's no law that says that toys can't be > collectible, but a collectible toy is still a toy. Dave : "Mine isn't." -- Dr.David Wooding (wooding@cardiff.ac.uk) UWCM, Cardiff, Wales, UK ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Mornington Crescent List: send email with the words subscribe mornington-crescent (in message body) to majordomo@mono.city.ac.uk + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csusac!zimmer!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: mouser2387@aol.com (MOUSEr2387) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: $1,000 Vectrex an interesting study in economics Date: 4 Sep 1995 10:58:57 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 53 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42f47h$c7d@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article , "S. Knibb" writes: > >--Long-term effects of the sale? Probably none. It seems doubtful to me >that speculators would start snapping up the systems purely as investments >(like the classic car boom of the past decade, which sent collector car >prices through the roof while the cars sat unused in warehouses as >investments. The speculative bubble eventually burst, and prices have >come back down quite a bit.) It seems to me that the opposite is true, and >that all those people who've been hanging on to their equipment until "THE >RIGHT TIME" have suddenly found that the time is now. It's a bad time for >sellers, and a good time for buyers. That's why I'll wait just a little >while before I sell off my 2 systems ;) > >Shane B. >Seattle, WA The same thing happened in comic books and records and GI Joe ( I used to collect all three) .... The speculators move in make a quick buck, move on to something else and Voila! life goes on! . **** Actually I just paid about $5.00 for a vectrex system I found an extra Tooth Protectors cart at a flea mkt for a dollar and traded it to someone for a vectrex.. I shipped the cart for $4.00 priority and so that makes my cost $5.00... Wonder what I'll do with the extra $995.00 :) he he Mike P.S. I know the rich guy got all the games in a box plus the 3d Imager and Light pen... I'm just being sarcastic. I also received one game w/mine and bought a multi cart from that Sean Kelly guy making my cost actually $75.00 but still.... I wonder if that guy wants to buy my complete collection of National Geographic Magazines from 1968 on... they are all in mint shape still in the wrappers and have NEVER BEEN READ BY ANYONE !! Sorry, that belongs in rec.mags.marketplace.natgeographic Sorry for the crost post, please don't flame me! + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!infinet!rbatina From: rbatina@infinet.com (Robert Batina) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: VECTREX COMPLETE SET HAS SOLD--- FOR $1,000 Date: 4 Sep 1995 17:43:49 GMT Organization: InfiNet Lines: 21 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42fdsl$oho@horus.infinet.com> References: <4275f0$l4b@horus.infinet.com> <427i4g$v0e@hubcap.clemson.edu> <429sl8$aq6@horus.infinet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rigel.infinet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] David Wooding (wooding@cf.ac.uk) wrote: : Charles E Taylor IV (charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu) wrote: : > I'm not the other poster, but *do* remember that the Vectrex is a video : > GAME system, e.g. a toy. There's no law that says that toys can't be : > collectible, but a collectible toy is still a toy. : Dave : "Mine isn't." : Hey, you're right! Mine too.... :) -- _____________________________________________________________________ | | |_ | Robert J Batina | Also known as 'Roberto' around the net. | | |---------------------| Find my classic cartridge trade lists at: | | | rbatina@infinet.com | http://www.infinet.com/~rbatina | | |_____________________|_______________________________________________| | |_____________________________________________________________________| + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csusac!zimmer!waldorf.csc.calpoly.edu!decwrl!enews.sgi.com!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!info.uah.edu!hubcap.clemson.edu!usenet From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E Taylor IV) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: VECTREX COMPLETE SET HAS SOLD--- FOR $1,000 Date: 4 Sep 1995 20:04:37 GMT Organization: The Romulan Star Empire Lines: 17 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42fm4l$9pd@hubcap.clemson.edu> References: <4275f0$l4b@horus.infinet.com> <427i4g$v0e@hubcap.clemson.edu> <429sl8$aq6@horus.infinet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hubcap.clemson.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-NewsSoftware: GRn 2.1 Feb 19, 1994 In article wooding@cf.ac.uk (David Wooding) writes: : Only if you beleive that toys for big kids aren't toys. :) (Yes I knew about the labels ... heck, I had a Lite Brite with the same disclaimer...) -- __ ___ _ _ _ | >>>>> charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu <<<<< |_)o _ |/ | |_|\_/| / \|_) |'94 BS ChE, Clemson ; "Will work for food!" | \||_ |\ | | | | |_\_/| \ |"So this is it, we're going to die!" --A.D. ---> My WWW home is now at http://www.clemson.edu/~charlet/ <--- + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!News.MO.NET!Walden.MO.NET!flint From: flint@Walden.MO.NET (Kurt Stone) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Controller, overlays, carts Date: 5 Sep 1995 01:59:38 GMT Organization: -=MO.NET=- P-Net, Inc's Missouri Operations Lines: 12 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42gaua$951@Twain.MO.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: walden.mo.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I am not going to try to suck lots of money out of my Vectrex friends. Would like to trade for hand held stuff. CONTROL PANEL in box ARMOR ATTACK in box SOLAR QUEST in box overlays..MINE STORM, SOLAR QUEST, BERZERK, ARMOR ATTACK, NARZOD cartridges..SOLAR QUEST, NARZOD, STAR TREK, ARMOR ATTACK instructions..SOLAR QUEST, MINE STORM, ARMOR ATTACK, NARZOD 1 main unit + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csusac!zimmer!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!torn!nott!bcarh189.bnr.ca!bcarh8ac.bnr.ca!corpgate!crchh327.rich.bnr.ca!woodcock From: woodcock@bnr.ca (Gregg Woodcock) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex,rec.games.video.classic Subject: [Vectrex] FAQ Date: 5 Sep 1995 18:47:35 GMT Organization: Bell-Northern Research; Richardson, Texas, USA Lines: 1028 Distribution: inet Expires: 01 Oct 1995 Message-ID: <42i607$pjb@crchh327.rich.bnr.ca> Reply-To: woodcock@bnr.ca (Gregg Woodcock) NNTP-Posting-Host: carphc21.rich.bnr.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: csus.edu rec.games.vectrex:3555 rec.games.video.classic:28009 +-----------+ |Vectrex====| | +-------+ | Vectrex "Frequently Asked Questions" List! Created: 9/1/92 | | # + *| | version 3.91 Copyright worldwide (c) 1994 | | : X | | Created and maintained by Gregg Woodcock (woodcock@bnr.ca) | | : . .| | | | A <=>| | This list will be reposted on the first day of every month. | | . | | | | X + | | @@@ | | * x | | @@ @@@ | +-------+ @@@ +---@----+ | ### # Q@@ / ! oooo / | ### OO | +--------+ +-----------+ This file is copyrighted (c) 1994 by Gregg Woodcock but may be distributed in part or in whole by anyone for any purpose (commercial or otherwise) provided proper credit is given to me and the individual contributors. If you do use the FAQ, I would appreciate it if you send me a copy of whatever you are doing with it. My plan is to have a 'newbie' part and a 'techie' part. I still need some more information about the following questions for it: Can a pause switch be built? (YES) Can the overlays be reproduced (MAYBE) Can a 3D color disk be made? (MAYBE; try using "shrinky-dinks") How does the light pen work and can one be built? (YES) How does the 3D imager work and can a Sega imager be converted? (MAYBE) =========================================================================== Q. What is Vectrex? Here it is in layman's terms: Vectrex is one of the most inspired video game machines ever produced (but similar things were said about the Edsel and Titanic). Its point of distinction is the fact that it uses vector "line" graphics (as opposed to raster "pixel" graphics). This is the same type of screen used in such arcade classics as Space Wars, Asteroids, Battlezone and Tempest. The machine has a 9 x 11 inch black and white screen and comes with a built-in Asteroids clone called Minestorm. The games come with plastic overlays that slide over the screen to cut down on flicker and give some illusion of color. It uses one of the most advanced 8 bit processors, the 68A09 (6809 with 1.5MHz clock speed), and a popular and excellent sound chip, General Instruments AY-3-8192, which can produce a wide range of noises. Also included is a 1.5 inch, self-centering, joystick with 4 buttons on the right. It uses an analog/potentiometer system allowing differing degrees of directional input. The machine's footprint takes up a little less than a square foot of a desk (in fact, it quite resembles a jet black Macintosh SE sans mouse and keyboard), and can be operated easily in that area. The joystick is connected via a springy telephone-like cord and can be folded into the base of the machine for portability. The machine is moderately transportable and very well constructed but, alas, very much extinct. It made its debut late in 1982 and was quite scarce by the end of 1984 due to the Great Video Game Depression of '82 which forced Milton Bradley (who bought the rights to the Vectrex from General Consumer Electronics (GCE)) to discontinue production due to to poor sales. After this, the rights to the Vectrex and all related materials were returned to the original developers, Smith Engineering. Smith Engineering has graciously condoned the not-for-profit circulation of any duplicatable materials including games and manuals and is happy to see it is still 'alive' in certain circles. Here are some more detailed snippets from the service manual: As a general description, the HP3OOO is a self-contained video game system intended for home use. The system includes its own 9" B&W monitor screen and 3" permanent magnet speaker. Plug-in ROM type cartridges are available offering arcade type video and sound game play. No external TV receiver hookup is needed or provided for. A front panel storable controller allows control over the game via joystick and push button action switches. For two player operation a second controller identical to the single player controller is available as an accessory product. Both controllers attach to the main game console through nine wire coiled telephone style cables. There is a consumer power switch/volume control on the front panel as well as a game reset button. A consumer adjustable brightness control is located on the main console rear housing. For the technical description which follows, the reader is encouraged to refer to the block diagram and schematic [not included here]. The HP3OOO is a microprocessor based, vector scan system using a standard 9" black & white CRT as its video display device. The microprocessor (MPU) is the Motorola 68A09 device. The MPU operates at 1.6 MHz from a 6 MHz external Xtal. An internal divide by 4 circuit generates the MPU 1.6 MHz "E" clock signal used in the system. Program memory is stored in the 8K x 8 bit 2363 type ROM. This ROM contains common subroutines, the "executive" or assembler instructions plus one complete game. Two 1K x 4 bit 2114 type static RAMS provide storage locations for data indicative of locations of objects, game status, and various other information needed by the microprocessor during game operation. Peripheral Interface Adaptor (PIA) Chip, has two 8 bit peripheral ports which interfaces the MPU with peripheral devices and external signals. One of the PIA ports interfaces the General Instrument AY-3-8912 sound-I.O. chip with the MPU and also drives the digital to analog converter chip MC1408. The other PIA port is used as control lines for the sound chip, selector control for the multiplex chip and as a means to read the A/D comparator that's used in the joystick successive approximation circuitry. Sound is either MPU generated directly or by use of the AY-3-8912 sound chip. The AY-3-8912 sound chip is a programmable sound generator containing 3 tone generators and wave shaping circuitry. This chip also has a single 8 bit I.O. port used to read the status of each of the hand controller's 4 action switches. The standard TTL device types 74LS00 and 74LS32 are used as control line decoders to allow the MPU to select the appropriate circuit element to be addressed at any particular time. The analog processing section includes digital to analog converter (DAC) chip type MC1408, dual 4 channel multiplexer/demultiplexer chip type CD4052, and dual channel op-amps types LF353 and LF347. DAC chip MC1408 receives an 8 bit word at data terminals D0-D7. DAC output (pin 4) is current source. One section of IC LF353 is used to change this current to a voltage representative of the 8 bit digital word received by the DAC chip. The LF353 voltage is applied to an input of the dual 4 channel multiplexer (MUX) chip CD4052. This same voltage (designated "DAC" on the schematic) is the X-axis drive signal. The CD4052 MUX chip serves two purposes: it selectively couples, under MPU control, the output of the DAC current/voltage converter to one of 4 places and is used to selectively couple the inputs from the joystick pots to the voltage comparator IC LF353. =========================================================================== Q. What games were released or on the drawing board before Vectrex died? Production # Name (Notes) [Size or NR=Not Released] ------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- VT 3000 Minestorm (built-in game; Asteroids clone) [4K] VT 3101 Cosmic Chasm (1st home game ported to arcade) [4K] VT 3102 Rip Off (Cinematronics arcade port) [4K] VT 3103 Scramble (Konami arcade port) [4K] VT 3104 Solar Quest (Cinematronics arcade port) [4K] VT 3105 Space Wars (Cinematronics arcade port) [4K] VT 3106 Starhawk (Cinematronics arcade port) [4K] VT 3107 Star Trek (AKA Star Ship in Europe) [4K] VT 3108 Web Wars (AKA Web Warp in ?????) (best game?) [8K] VT 3109 Star Castle (Cinematronics arcade port) [4K] VT 3201 Hyperchase (very bad driving game) [4K] VT 3202 Blitz! Action Football [8K] VT 3203 Heads-Up Action Soccer (AKA Soccer in Europe) [8K] VT 3204 Spinball (AKA Flipper in Europe) (has PAUSE!) [8K] VT 3205 Pitcher's Duel -OR- Batter Up Action Baseball [NR] VT 3206 Pole Position (Atari/Namco arcade port) [8K] VT 3301 Armor Attack (Cinematronics arcade port) [4K] VT 3302 Berzerk (Stern arcade port; high levels crash)[4K] VT 3303 Clean Sweep (Pac-Man clone) [4K] VT 3304 Fortress of Narzod (great shooter) [8K] VT 3305 Bedlam (Tempest clone) [4K] VT 3306 Spike (It talks! Originally called Buster?) [8K] VT 3307 Dark Tower (ONLY 1 KNOWN TO EXIST!!!) [12K=8K+4K] VT 3308 Polar Rescue (Good subhunt game) (has PAUSE!) [8K] VT 3600 Light Pen (Hardware; required for 360X games) VT 3601 Art Master (light pen) (pack-in game) [4K] VT 3602 Melody Master (light pen) [8K] VT 3603 Mail Plane (light pen) (100% completed) [NR] VT 3604 Animaction (light pen) [8K+2K RAM] VT 3630 3-D Imager (Hardware; required for 363X games) VT 3631 3-D Pole Position (3-D) (completed?) [NR] VT 3632 3D Minestorm (3-D) (pack-in game) [8K] VT 3633 Narrow Escape (3-D) (same color disk as CC) [8K] VT 3634 Crazy Coaster (3-D) (same color disk as NE) [8K] VT ???? Test Cartridge (issued to repair centers only)[4K] VT ???? Tour de France (100% completed) [NR] VT ???? HangMan (touchscreen) (pack-in game; complete)[NR] The following games and accessories were planned but never released: Cartridges: Art Master II Art Master III Art Master IV Basic Science Create-A-Game/Maze Exploring the Solar System Flipout Hangman (game developed for use with Touch Screen) Pitcher's Duel Pole Position (for 3D imager) Power Trip Sock It Accessories: Touch-Sensitive Screen (prototype known to exist) Computer Adaptor with BASIC (prototypes rumored to exist) Computer Keyboard Printer Disk Driver/Wafer Tape Drive Modem Computer Software: Create Your Own Video Game Music Maestro Art Program in LOGO Basic Science Solar System Word Processing A company called Roy Abel & Associates also commercially exploited the Vectrex by using it as a text terminal (which is about the worst thing it can do) to perform the "Luscher Color Test" after you put a quarter into a coin device which activated the unit. You would pick colors in the order that they appealed to you (again, why did they use a black and white display for this job?), and it would tell you about your personality. Actually, no matter what you picked it would tell you something that you could identify with; all of the statements were pretty vague. The guy that programmed it did not understand the hardware; the text scrolled up the screen, but lines popped on at the bottom and disappeared near the top instead of scrolling on and off from offscreen. Roy had GCE's permission and blessing to do the project. In fact, Lee Chaden (big guy at GCE) was at his facility. =========================================================================== Q. What miscellaneous Vectrex items might my collection be missing? Here is a list of most of the extra stuff that isn't a cart, overlay, box or regular manual... * Orange 5"x3.75" sheet notifying us of GCE's change of address * "IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS" addendum to Owner's Manual (No. 98722-072). This listed 17 things you shouldn't do * Canadian addendum to Onwer's Manual for warranty info (pg 11/12) * Manual for the Control Panel (Joystick) * White 5.5"x3" manuals for the Light Pen and 3D Glasses * White 3"x4" 3D Imager addendum describing how to work the color disk latch * White 3.5"x4.5" 3D Crazy Coaster addendum telling how to survive underpasses * White 4"x6" Minestorm addendum (P/N 140028-1) describing wave 13 bug * White 2.5"x2.5" addendum to the Star Trek manual describing self-play bug * A catalog of games (same size as regular manuals) from "Triton" * A catalog of games (same size as regular manuals) called "Passport" * A 7.5"x3.5" pamphlet listing HW and games called "High Performance Machine" * Vectrex unit warranty registration card (and Owner's Club form) * Electronic Games Magazine subscription form (44% off for Vectrex players) * Custom Designed Accessories for your Vectrex Arcade System order form listing a collapsable carrying case ($14.95) and a vinyl dust cover ($5.95). * carrying case for the Vectrex * protective dust cover for the Vectrex * Service Manual * Test Cart * The first (and only?) issue of the Owner's Club magazine "Passport" =========================================================================== Q. Where is the Vectrex ftp archive and what is there? The ftp Vectrex information archive is at ftp.csus.edu (130.86.90.1) and is maintained by John F. Sandhoff . There are binary listings (2 flavors; pure binary from the ROMs, and Motorola "S-format" dumps) for most of the games along with instructions on how to burn Eproms. There are several commented examples of code demonstrating how to write both music and graphics. There is also a copy of the service manual and much more. Almost all of the stuff is bundled into a compressed file called "vectrex.tar.Z". There are plenty of experiments to keep an eager hacker busy. Recently, some GIF/JPEG files were added showing some of the screen overlays (there are also GIFs of the 2 color wheels). Also, text files of the manuals for most, if not all, of the games are there. David Wright will be putting the vectrex stuff up his email server. If you don't have FTP access, this may work for you. If you want to try and get at it, the email server is at "impinfo@Prism1.COM". If your site doesn't like that, try "prism1!impinfo@NCoast.ORG". To receive a list of the files available place "send vect.index" in the message body. You can also add "send help" to get a complete set of instructions. Be aware that some of these files are huge and may push you over your mailbox or disk space quota immediately. =========================================================================== Q. Isn't copying the games by burning EPROMs stealing or violating a copyright? If the system is "dead" then no money is lost by making copies of something which otherwise would never be available. Even so, it is a fuzzy matter and technically the answer should probably be, "YES." Fortunately, Smith Engineering has given Usenetters permission to make copies of all Vectrex related materials (manuals, games, overlays, etc.) as long as it is for distribution to members of the group and as long as it is not for profit. =========================================================================== Q. I ordered a multi-cart from Mark Woodward well over a year ago and paid him in advance. I am having trouble getting hold of him and I still haven't received my cart. Did I get ripped off? Here is everything I know. The multi-carts came back from the fabricator shortly after everybody got their orders in and Mark built them and started sending them out. It turns out that there are 2 different hardware designs for the Vectrex and Mark had the less common version. Unfortunately this first multi-cart design is incompatible with the most common version of the Vectrex hardware and most of the multi-carts had to be sent back to Mark for repair (and he stopped sending the originals out, also). Mark then had to do several expensive and time consuming things; he had to locate and purchase one of the other versions of the Vectrex, he had to redesign the PCB and find a way to make the new design backward compatible with the old design so that he could reuse the PCBs, he had to rewrite the software which meant he had to unsolder the EPROMs (since they weren't socketed) and erase them, reprogram them, and solder them back on. He then has to upgrade the PCB by cutting several traces and soldering on several jumpers. As you can see, fixing all these PCBs takes a LONG time and a lot of effort (and money since he has to pay double-shipping for all the carts that did go out). To complicate matters, Mark changed email addresses (and jobs?), and was blessed with the birth of a new baby creating a large drain on his "free" time. I am not excusing his tardiness and I agree that even considering these circumstances the delay is still too long to excuse. I am just trying to give you all some background as to how a good idea went very wrong. I talked to Mark sometime around the beginning of September and he told me that as of that date all international orders had been filled and that there were exactly 15 USA orders left to be retrofitted. I offered to do the retrofits for him and he agreed to send the materials to me. He decided to send the stuff to be fixed immediately and it arrived sometime around Halloween and I have been working on them ever since. I have completed all repairs several times only to have a couple of other neccessary repairs creep up. At the beginning of December I got MOST of the carts working (all of the 15 except 3) and sent them out to people the 1st week in December and sent the 3 screwy ones back to Mark. By the end of Decmeber, he had them all working and sent them to the owners. So it boils down to this, if you paid for a cart and didn't get one, you are out of luck because there are no more. You need to contact Mark and work something out with him. =========================================================================== Q. Do I have to make my own multi-cart; can't I just buy one from somebody? No; I mean, Yes, err... There are several people making multi-carts for resale on the net but the best ones (by far) were being made by Mark Woodward. He has sold out of the original batch and it was such a headache that he will not be doing it again. Instead, I have taken over the project and am working on getting the images to some unreleased, yet completed games. They are Tour de France and Mail Plane (and perhaps another "goodie" that isn't really a game but a silly in-house project never meant for release). Until I get those images (should be soon now), I will not be building any multicarts because I don't know how big the images are (the recently discovered Dark Tower image, for example, is 12K). The reason this matters is because I am going to be rewriting Mark's menu code to acount for files of flexible length (right now it just uses 8K boundaries and wastes a large hunk of the EPROM) and I will also need to redesign the hardware. I plan on using Xilynx chips and reduce the design to essentially 4 chips so that the PCB will be able to fit inside a canabalized cartridge case. The carts will allow you to select the games via a menu on the Vectrex screen instead of by flipping dip switches as most others do. The carts will support the RAM for Animaction and include a 'pause' button allowing you to pause any of the games. They will contain all the released games plus the Test Cart and 2 hacked versions of Minestorm (infinite lives and more shots) and any other goodies I can fit (which after the redesign should be most of what is at the archive). The estimated price breakdown is as follows... $30 PCB + S/W selection $20 EPROM (unless you can send me one) $20 Xilynx LCA chips $10 Donation to charity of your choice $5 RAM (Optional) $5 Misc parts (solder, switches, etc.) --- $90 Complete, ready-to-play multicart ($10 to charity, $80 to me) If I build it for you then there will be a $5 charge for miscellaneous parts and you will be obligated donate $10 to a local charity to cover my time. This is in the spirit of the Smith Engineering agreement for 'not-for-profit' duplication. The only 'profit' I will get is from the s/w selection code which I deserve and am entitled to because I licensed the 100% original code from Mark who wrote (owns) it. The games have been generously donated by Smith Engineering and the parts will be sold at cost (with a little to cover shipping). The PCBs are made at a professional manufacturer and include plated through holes, etc. No hack and slash job here :> If you want to build it yourself I will provide you with the PCB, a programmed EPROM (or image if you can blast your own) and a parts list. At this point, I am not ready to accept orders but if you want to get on the waiting list, email me your name, address and telephone number and I'll let you know when I begin making them again; hopefully this will be in the next few months but it all depends on when I get the new games and how long it takes me to redesign the HW/SW. This FAQ will be updated as the situation changes. =========================================================================== Q. How do I play ? Simple, read the manual. WHAT; you don't have a manual? OK then, read the screen overlay (it lists the functions of all the buttons). You don't have the screen overlay either? In that case most (maybe all by now) of the manuals have been transcribed into text files and made available via ftp. YOU DON'T HAVE FTP EITHER? OK, I'll tell you what; in the spirit of Smith Engineering's generosity, I will volunteer my services as Vectrex copy shop. I have all of the overlays and manuals (as well as some extra stuff like the service manual, "Passport" magazine, the "Triton" and "Passport" catalog pamphlets, and the "High Performance Machine" pamphlet) and am willing to make copies for free to anybody that is willing to play by my "rules". You must send a Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope (SASE) along with a listing of everything that you want photocopies of (black and white copies only; if you want color overlay copies, send $2.50 for each one since color copies cost $$$). You will receive double sided copies unless you specifically request single sided ones. I will fill the orders only about once a month so don't hold your breath for a quick return. Please note that these will not be replicas in any particular sense. I will be copying them as you would a book (I WILL NOT REMOVE THE STAPLES TO REPLICATE THE SHEETS TO FACILITATE MAKING EXACT DUPLICATES). If you want exact duplicates, you will need to modify the copies I send you (I am trying to keep my effort to a minimum). If I need to fold something to fit it in your SASE, then I will, so keep that in mind if you want unfolded stuff. The amount of postage is left up to you to figure out; I am just going to copy, stuff, and send; I will not verify sufficient postage. Tips are appreciated (particularly if you are asking for a *lot* of copying) but not neccesary nor required; this is a free service. Send SASE to: Gregg Woodcock 2930 Dukeswood Drive Garland, TX 75040-8770 U.S.A P.S. If you take advantage of either of these services, it would be nice if you would "pay the community back" by transcribing at least one document that is not currently at the ftp site and uploading it (or emailing it to me and I will get it there). I am pretty sure none of the "extra" stuff I have has been transcribed yet. P.P.S. If you have an original service manual, please contact me so I can get an copy of it (or buy it from you). The copy I have is Nth generation and is very hard to read... =========================================================================== Q. Is there a way to make a Vectrex joystick perhaps with autofire capability? Brian Holscher has designed a flexible way to convert a Sega Genesis controller for use with the Vectrex. He will build one for you for a small fee or if you check the archives, you will find a file describing how to build one yourself (it is more complex than you will probably be expecting). Here is the first part of that file: This information including schematics is copyright 1994 by Brian Holscher. This information is free for distribution as long as its not used for commercial purposes. Using Sega Controllers with Vectrex (Revision 2.0a) This Section explains: 1. How to convert a Sega Controller to work with Vectrex. 1. How to make a Sega Controller to Vectrex Adaptor. 2. Where to purchase a converted Sega Controller. 3. Where to purchase a Sega to Vectrex controller adapter. BACKGROUND Since my Vectrex controller is flaky, I bought a cheap Sega Controller and converted it to work on the Vectrex. From there I added some nice features like autofire and re-programmable buttons. I decided to post schematics for those who want to make Vectrex controllers. After talking with others on the net, I decided to build a Sega to Vectrex adapter. This is a little harder than converting controllers, but I got one to work. This posting includes info and schematics for both. For those who don't want the hassle of making your own controllers, I'm offering converted controllers and adapters for sale. I'm also offering a preprogrammed micro-controller for sale. LIMITATIONS The Sega Controller is a digital controller. The Vectrex control panel is an analog controller. Games like Minestorm don't look at the analog values of the joystick and only look to see what direction the joystick is moved. Games like Minestorm work with these converted Sega controllers. Games like HyperChase look at how far the joystick moves in a direction and are not fun to play with these converted controllers. All (known) games work with these converted controllers and adaptors with 2 exceptsion. Hyperchase (all game variations) and Starhawk (game variation #2 only) are completely unplayable due to the need for analog controller data. FEATURES This design incorporates a micro-controller for additional functionality. The micro-controller allows the user to program which Sega Controller button maps to which Vectrex button. This is useful since the 4th button (called Start) on the Sega Controller is a smaller and inconveniently located since it is normally reserved for starting games on Sega systems. The micro-controller even allows reprogramming of the button assignments in the middle of a game. Another feature is auto-fire. Any button can be set to auto-fire. This means that the micro-controller presses the button over and over again instead of the player. CONTROLLERS VRS ADAPTERS Adapters give you the advantage of using any Sega Controller with Vectrex and still be able to use it on the Sega system. If you don't have a Sega controller, a converted controller is less cost than an adaptor plus the cost of a Sega controller. Another slight advantage is that the LED thats informs the user during button reprogramming and auto-fire is easier to see on a converted controller. The micro-controller is optional if you are converting your own Sega controller. However, the micro-controller is required for the adapter. BUYING CONVERTED CONTROLLERS If your don't want to convert a controller or make an adapter yourself, you can purchase them from me. You can also purchase a preprogrammed micro-controller from me. Sourme Code for Micro-controller ------- Free if you ask nicely. Preprogrammed Micro-controller -------- $20 (The includes Xtal and Xtal capacitors) Converted Sega Controller ------------- $45 Sega to Vectrex Adaptor ------------- $45 Shipping is included. Send email to brianh@ichips.intel.com and we will work out the details. =========================================================================== Q. How can I make a copy of a screen overlay? With the advances made in the past 2 years in color scanners, copiers and priners, it is now possible to make a near exact duplicate with the push of a (few) button(s). 0. First you need an original overlay, prefereably one with little fading. 1. If you want a "rough" copy, simply get a good high end color photocopy onto acetate (those overhead projector plastic sheets). 2. If you want a better copy, you scan the image, preferably in color. I think 150 dpi is okay though some people may want to go for maximum resolution. 3. Then you need a good paint program, I used Adobe Photoshop to do some preliminary clean-up work, but I have a feeling it would take quite a bit of work to make a perfect overlay. 4. Prining--the critical part. You need a color printer that can do acetate (animation cel) printouts. Unfortunately, no color printer can work on thick sheets, which brings us to 5. 5. You need go to to a hobby shop and get a piece of .045 thick clear sheet of [poly]styrene. Its prtty cheap. 6. The only part I haven't worked out, bonding the acetate overlay to the styrene. It is probable that there are some mucho expensive color printers that professional print shops use that can print onto any thickness sheets but I haven't done much looking. Thanks to Noel for this info. =========================================================================== Q. My Vectrex is very noisy; is there anything I can do to make it any quieter? Here is what Daniel A Muntz said helped him: The noise isn't digital in nature and it closely follows the video. It also isn't a power supply problem; isolating the audio input of the amplifier from the sound circuit revealed no noise at all. It seems the noise is generated in two ways: 1: By induction; Moving the audio cable around makes the noise less or more prominent. It is at minimum when the cable is placed in its original manufactured groove. Good design since that's farthest from the CRT yoke. 2: By ground impedance; Although all supplies are clean the hum is still present in the modulated dc difference between the two boards. A definite improvement can be achieved by doing the following: 1: Rewiring the ground between the digital and video board. 2: Shielding audio circuit and changing cable to volume pot to a better shielded one. =========================================================================== Q. My joystick wont auto-center anymore; can I fix it? (A.K.A. How do I get inside or open up my joystick?) You can't make it "good-as-new", but you can repair it so that is is usable again. You must first get past the sticker on the top of the joystick to get at the 5 screws that hold it together (4 are about 3/8" in from the sides and 1/2" from the top/bottom ahd the last is about 1/2" tot hte right of the cable). Just feel around and you should be able to find where the holes are. You can either try to peel off the sticker (difficult to do without damaging it but possible if you are careful) or simply punch 5 holes in it so you can remove the screws (leaving most of the sticker intact). Now that you have the joystick open, remove the broken spring that used to center the joystick. Use the core from the largest available guitar string to replace the spring you just removed. If you snip off one end you can remove the (usually gold) wire wrapped around a core wire by pulling on the gold wire. Credit goes to Dan Muntz once again for this clever solution and to Mike Packard for details about the screws. =========================================================================== Q. Are there tricks or cheats for any Vectrex games? YES! (Vectrex had cheats back when they were still known as bugs): ARMOR ATTACK: If you crank the brightness all the way up, you are able to see the helicopter's position as soon as you hear it (even thought it is off the screen). BEDLAM: You can see a special author title screen that proclaims, "PROGRAMMED BY WILLIAM HAWKINS GT 1982" if you follow the instructions found in the "STAR CASTLE" entry below. I discovered this by trying the "original" Star Castle trick on other games that I knew Bill wrote. This screen is different from all the similar ones in that it plays music too! You are treated to the melody line that accompanies the lyrics "Oh I wish I was from the land of cotton". The screen ends when the tune finishes and releasing buttons has no effect. BERZERK: The hunt for this egg began thanks to Pete Rittwage who first reported it but could not reproduce it. Even after confirming the trick with Chris King, the author of the game, nobody was able to find it because Chris had forgotten exactly what was required to activate it! Then along came net.hero Fred Taft with the answer after disassembling the object code. Before your man stops flashing when you kill your last man, press and hold down only the 1, 3, and 4 buttons on the player 1 control panel. When the "GOT YOU HUMANOID" summary screen appears with your socre, there will be the author's initials in the lower right corner ("CMK"). This screen will stay for about 90 seconds before going back to the game select screen and you cannot get out of it by pressing buttons. BLITZ!: If you get a 1st and inches (1 and 0 to go), as long as you stay on the 0 yd line, you keep getting first downs. Thanks to Adam Fox for this one. COSMIC CHASM: You can see a special author title screen that proclaims, "PROGRAMMED BY WILLIAM HAWKINS GT 1982" if you follow the instructions found in the "STAR CASTLE" entry below. I discovered this by trying the "original" Star Castle trick on other games that I knew Bill wrote. FORTRESS OF NARZOD: If you can somehow manage to kill the "Mystic Hurler" (you know, the BossAtTheEndOfTheWave guy that looks like a gorilla) at the same time he kills you, your lives remaining will turn into the infinity sign (oo) and you will have 255 lives. It is not known for sure if your lives in reserve value has to be zero for this to work (probably so since this bug is most likely due to an accidental underflow from 0 to -1 which assumably would trigger the software to be in virtual infinite play mode to aid play/beta testing). The author takes credit for this one! MINESTORM: The brightness trick allows you to see the "invisible" mines. RIPOFF: You can see a special author title screen that proclaims, "PROGRAMMED BY WILLIAM HAWKINS GT 1982" if you follow the instructions found in the "STAR CASTLE" entry below. I discovered this by trying the "original" Star Castle trick on other games that I knew Bill wrote. SPACE WARS: Either ship is invincible after being hit, while pieces are in the air. This may not sound like much, or maybe this was intentional, but I've played against people who make this their entire strategy. They skim the edge of the Star in the middle, just to knock off a tail section or something, and then while they are invincible, they fly right into you. Not nice, but it works very well. The time window is surprisingly long. SCRAMBLE: A quote from Paul Allen Newell, developer of the game: I remember going thru long discussions with management about giving the programmers credit on the games. Western Technologies and/or GCE didn't approve it and most of the programmers hide their names somewhere in the games. My "Easter Egg" can be located in "Scramble" by doing the following. If you have two controllers with joystick and buttons, put them both in; otherwise, use the single one in the usual position. While "Scramble" is displaying its "game # player #" section, move the joystick so it is "down". When "Scramble" starts, keep it in this down position so your plane crashes on the floor BEFORE THE MOUNTAINS START. Do this for all you ships, DO NOT PUSH ANY BUTTONS TO FIRE BOMBS OR BULLETS. When it is over, the display "end" will come up. WITHOUT TOUCHING ANY BUTTONS, unplug the main controller and move it to the "player two" plug (if you have two controllers, this step is not necessary). Then, with the "player two" controller, PUSH ALL FOUR BUTTONS SIMULTANEOUSLY. They must all go down at the same time. Repeat until you get all four down at the same time. You'll know when you see the word "end" change into something else. This is the first time I have documented the method, having only mentioned it to friends or hinted to others. Enjoy! (Thanks a LOT to Stefan Herr for digging up this one-of-a-kind jem). SPIKE: If you position the door ALMOST all the way to the right of the screen, then jump into it, so as to be jammed between the door, and the little space that is left; the game freaks out, you will be pushed forward about 47,000 points, and the difficulty will be increased proportionally. STAR CASTLE: This is the most extravagant egg of all the Vectrex games. The designer put in his own title screen which brazenly proclaims "PROGRAMMED BY WILLIAM HAWKINS GT 1983". A quick caveat; this only works on a cold restart (i.e. the first time you turn the game on) and will not work if you start the game over by pressing the reset button. However, it will work with the software selectable muticarts if Star Castle is the first game you select after turning the game on. To get the screen to appear you must push the 1, 2, and 4 keys on the player 1 control panel before the Star Castle title screen music finishes playing. If those 3 buttons are down when tune ends, the author title screen will appear. It will last for about 2 seconds or until you release one of the buttons. It is my guess that the GT stands for Georgia Tech and the 1983 is the year the software was written. (MANY thanks to Fred Taft for discovering this after disassembling the object code). WEB WARS: You can see a special author title screen that proclaims, "PROGRAMMED BY WILLIAM HAWKINS DUNCAN MUIRHEAD PATRICK KING GT 1983" if you follow the instructions found in the "STAR CASTLE" entry above. I discovered this by trying the "original" Star Castle trick on other games that I knew Bill wrote. This screen is different from all the similar ones in that the font size is about 3 times as big. =========================================================================== Q. What is the history of the Vectrex? A. Thanks a lot to Stefan Herr for the following information he dug up while researching an article for a European gaming magazine. If you have any additions or corrections, please contact both of us. Thanks also to Chris King who sent me personal email to fill some gaps. VECTREX TIMETABLE ----------------- End 1980/Spring 1981: The development of Vectrex starts with an idea by Jay Smith, head of Western Technologies/Smith Engineering, and his talented staff for a small, vector scan table top game they call "Mini Arcade". It is possible that the real inspiration for the product may have actually come from Gerry Karr and/or John Ross. Spring 1981: The Vectrex idea is optioned to Kenner (known for their "Star Wars", "Care Bears", "Batman" and "Batman Returns" figures). Vectrex planned to have a 5" black and white tube. 06/1981: Paul A. Newell is hired by Western Technologies to join the "Atari reverse engineering project" group (aim: be able to write games for the VCS 2600) which at that point consisted of Mark Indictor and John Hall. 07/1981: Kenner declines to pursue the Vectrex. 08 or 09/1981: The Vectrex concept is licensed by GCE (General Consumer Electronics). GCE's president Ed Krakauer had the vision to see the great potential of the system. To enhance its appeal, GCE asks that the screen be increased to 9-inches. Autumn 1981: The Atari project is cancelled and the three Atari people (M.I., P.N., J.H.) start work on the Vectrex project. John Ross designs the hardware, Gerry Karr works together with John Hall on the system ROM (called "The Executive"). In the beginning it is planned to use a 6502 processor which turns out to be too slow. For this reason the 6809 is used finally. Jan 1982: Bill Hawkins and Chris King join the Western Tech. They were both students at Georgia Tech at the time and are hired by Ed Smith as "Cooperative Education" students. They are supposed to work for three months and then go back to school. Duncan Muirhead joins a week or two afterwards. He had just dropped out of a Physics PHD program at UCLA. ??: A strict timetable demands that the first 12 games and the hardware should be ready in June 1982. ??: John Hall later exclusively works on "Mine Storm" while Gerry Karr works on The Executive alone. Gerry starts over from scratch and changes the name to the RUM (Run Time Monitor). In the end, a number of people contribe to the RUM, most notably Duncan Muirhead who handled most of the heavy trig stuff. 04/1982: Paul Newell finishes "Scramble". Mine Storm, Bezerk, Scamble, Rip Off, and Star Trek were all completed at the same time. 06/1982: The Vectrex is introduced to the public on the Summer-CES in Chicago. Summer 1982: Mark Indictor, John Hall and others are directly hired by GCE to write more games. Paul Newell and Duncan Muirhead leave Western Technologies to join Simutrek, a company developing arcade laser disc games ("Cube Quest"). Chris King leaves 6 months later. Noah Anglin (former vice president of Atari) was hired by GCE as a consultant to watch over the development of Vectrex. It was a good deal for him since he recruited the core of the software guys for his new company, Simutrek, from Western Technologies. Unfortunatly, this wasn't enough. Simutrek died on the vine. ??: Mark Indictor and his family move about two hours out of Los Angeles and he writes games in the seclusion of a pine forest at 5,000 ft. He even has an NBC news crew come up and interview him for a news show on weird computer hackers and their life styles. Late summer 82: Start of mass production. 11/1982: Vectrex is available in the USA for $199. Very positive reviews in the magazines. Paul Newell's "Scramble" gets the "Arcade Award" of the "Electronic Games" magazine for the best "Mini-Arcade game" (a category which is founded exclusively for the Vectrex). Spring 1983: GCE is acquired by Milton Bradley (MB). 03/1983: Vectrex is announced in the German "Telematch" magazine for the first time in Germany. Summer 1983: Distribution begins in Germany and many other west European countries by Milton BradleyB (German office located in Fuerth). 1983: Several efforts fail in developing a color Vectrex. One obvious project is to use a color TV tube; however, this is always too expensive. Another is to use a projection TV with three vector scan tubes. It works well but is commercially impractical. Yet another effort is to use two layers of color phosphor on a black and white type TV tube. By varying the high voltage level, the electron beam would excite the bottom layer or the top layer. However the high voltage cannot be changed rapidly enough to keep up with the scan. 02/1984: "Artmaster Lightpen", "Star Castle", "Polar Rescue", "Animaction" and "Pole Position" presented on the "Nuernberger Spielwarenmesse" (Germany's most important show for the toy industry). around 02/84: 3D-Imager is presented at the Winter-CES in Las Vegas. 31/03/1984: End of Vectrex in Germany: MB in Fuerth announces stop of sales on this date. Rest of 1984: Vectrex is phased out as Hasbro buys Milton Bradley and video game fever comes crashing down (probable reason: home computer fever). Rummage sales in Germany (mainly in stores of the METRO-chain, which had bought the rest of MB's stock) close out Vectrex equipment at bargain prices. 1988: Western Technologie/Smith Enginerring tries to resurrect Vectrex as a handheld unit. It is to be based on the Sinclair flat TV tube, which has fast static deflection at low power consumption and low cost. However, the impending introduction of GameBoy causes the idea to be scrapped. 10/1993: A feature about the 10th anniversary of the Vectrex is published in the German "Video Games" magazine. Contains technical descriptions, pictures of Jay Smith and Mark Indictor, a Vectrex history and a list of games and accessories. The article is based on information collected by the author (Stefan Herr) from the Usenet Vectrex newsgroup, various FTP archives, many emails from several former Vectrex developers and a historical overiew about the development by Jay Smith. There is not very much evidence of the existance of a computer keyboard with a BASIC cartridge (or something similar) for the Vectrex. The only known hints are from an article in an old issue of "Creative Computing" magazine (in the first couple of pages they do a ranking of computers' speed based on some simple benchmark. There is an entry for the Vectrex in it using Vectrex basic) and an article about new computers starting on page 114 of the October, 1983 issue of Popular Science. A chart in the article indicates that the keyboard was to include 16K of RAM, expandable to 64K. The article goes in to great detail about the computer add-on. Thanks to Joshua See who can be reached at SMTC474@uoft02.utoledo.edu. It is the issue that reviewed the original Macintosh (1984?). LIST OF PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE VECTREX DEVELOPMENT --------------------------------------------------- Lenny Carlson Musician hired to write game sounds and title tunes Did finishing touches to Bedlam Jeff Corseglia Main game desginer (titles unknown) John Hall (*) Worked on The Executive Author of Mine Storm Bill Hawkins Author of 3-D Minestorm Author of 3-D Crazy Coaster Author of Bedlam Author of Cosmic Chasm Author of Lenny Carlson's Greatest Bits (never intended for release) Author of Rip Off Author of Star Castle Author (with 2 others) of Web Wars Mark Indictor (*) First duties during development: Software for communication with the ICE (In-Circuit-Emulator) Star Trek Games: for Western Technologies: Star Trek for GCE Spinball Polar Rescue Mail Plane (not published, for use with Lightpen) Tour de France (not published) Gerry Karr Took over The Executive project after John Hall concentrated on Mine Storm Chris King Author of Berzerk Author of Hyperchase Patrick King (*not* related to Chris) Author (with 2 others) of Web Wars Ronald J. Logsdon Author of Melody Master Kim Martin Digitized the Scramble landscapes Beta-tester (mainly for Scramble) Richard "the mouse" Moskowski Programmed games (titles unkonwn) Designed game watches prior to Vectrex Duncan Muirhead Joined WT at the end of 1981 (or beginning of 1982) Author of Armor...Attack Author (with 2 others) of Web Wars Walter Nakano Model builder; co-designed the external case 1-2 years before the Macintosh! Paul Allen Newell (*) Sole author of Scramble Gary Niles Executive Officer of some kind Mike Purvis "Hardware Tech" (responsibilities unknown) John Ross Developer of the hardware Tom Sloper Main game desginer (titles unknown) Went on to work high up at Activision but has left for now. Ed Smith (Jay's brother) Manager of enginerring during early development Before Vectrex, he worked at Harris in Orlando and frequently used GA Tech Co-ops Hired a bunch of ex-Harris guys to work at a new Wester Technologies branch office in Orlando where a number of games were written Jay Smith Founder and president of Western Technologies/Smith Engineering Colin Vowels Model builder; co-designed the external case 1-2 years before the Macintosh. (*): These persons worked on the "Atari reverse engineering" project. Only one of the three games that were created by that group was released (the one written by Paul Newell). Anyway, the whole project was cancelled later because the competition (e.g. Activision) was too big. Other people involved (this list does not claim to be complete) were David Blair, Alan Cobb, Jeff Corsiglia, Ed Faris, Joel Hassell, Don Herndon, Ed Horton, Bill Hudson, Kevin Hudson, Nolan Johnson, Steve Marking, Lori Pearsall, and Bob Rutowski. Sources: Electronic mails from Mark Indictor, Paul Newell, Chris King, Ronald J. Logsdon, Bill Hawkins, personal letter from Jay Smith, several articles from "Electronic Games" magazine (provided by Paul Newell), article from "Creative Computing" magazine (provided by Dion Dock). =========================================================================== Send corrections, suggestions, additions, ect. to woodcock@bnr.ca -- THANX...Gregg day 214.684.7380 night UNLIST/PUBL TEXAS NOT CANADA! woodcock@bnr.ca or woodcock@nt.com or bn202@cleveland.freenet.edu *CLASSIC VIDEOGAME COLLECTOR BUY/SELL/TRADE NON-COMPUTER (ARCADE/HOME)* "If you quote me on this I'll have to deny it; I won't remember because I have such a bad memory. Not only that, but my memory is *terrible*." + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!well!miwok!newsfeed.internetmci.com!server2.ols.net!usenet From: Miguel Martin Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Any Offers for My System & Stuff?? Date: 6 Sep 1995 01:27:21 GMT Organization: Online South Incorporated Lines: 51 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42itdp$icn@server2.ols.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.139.152.57 i'd really like to get rid of this whole shebang in one lump. make me an offer.... this stuff is in really, really good shape and boxed items are complete with manuals, box insert and overlay.. none of this is flea market junk. all (except the loose items) were bought by me personally way back when... this is the same collection that generated the magnificent 3-D imager stuff that tony mason recently auctioned off for quite a load of cash... loose items: light pen (doesn't work) animaction (cartridge only) fortress of narzod (w/ manual and scratchy overlay) controller boxed items: vectrex system (styrofoam and all) clean sweep armor attack spike web wars star castle heads up melody master animaction starhawk hyperchase spinball blitz solar quest space wars rip off bedlam cosmic chasm scramble star trek berzerk again, all the games are as complete as they ever were... that's it.... email me if you're interested and if i get an offer i can't refuse, it's all yours... -chris + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!well!miwok!newsfeed.internetmci.com!server2.ols.net!usenet From: Chris Georgoulias Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Any Offers for My System & Stuff?? Date: 6 Sep 1995 01:32:01 GMT Organization: Online South Incorporated Lines: 9 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42itmh$icn@server2.ols.net> References: <42itdp$icn@server2.ols.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.139.152.57 Miguel Martin wrote: sorry...my dorky friend changed my user name when he posted elswhere and forgot to change it back.. i am indeed chris georgoulias thanks... -chris + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news3.near.net!bigboote.WPI.EDU!bigwpi.WPI.EDU!kibwe From: kibwe@wpi.edu (KJ) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Star Wars for Vectrex? Date: 6 Sep 1995 16:10:47 GMT Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lines: 3 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42kh67$k6q@bigboote.WPI.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: bigwpi.wpi.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Was there ever a perfect translation of the first vector graphics arcade Star Wars game for the Vectrex? For some reason I think there was, but I never see it mentioned... + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!ico.net!news.zeitgeist.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!bcarh189.bnr.ca!bcarh8ac.bnr.ca!corpgate!crchh327.rich.bnr.ca!woodcock From: woodcock@bnr.ca (Gregg Woodcock) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Star Wars for Vectrex? Date: 6 Sep 1995 16:59:59 GMT Organization: Bell-Northern Research; Richardson, Texas, USA Lines: 13 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42kk2f$107@crchh327.rich.bnr.ca> References: <42kh67$k6q@bigboote.WPI.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: carphc21.rich.bnr.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] KJ (kibwe@wpi.edu) wrote: > Was there ever a perfect translation of the first vector graphics arcade > Star Wars game for the Vectrex? For some reason I think there was, but I > never see it mentioned... That is because it was never done (or even considered as SW came out around 1983 and the big "V" was dead by then). -- THANX...Gregg day 214.684.7380 night UNLIST/PUBL TEXAS NOT CANADA! woodcock@bnr.ca or woodcock@nt.com or bn202@cleveland.freenet.edu *CLASSIC VIDEOGAME COLLECTOR BUY/SELL/TRADE NON-COMPUTER (ARCADE/HOME)* "If you quote me on this I'll have to deny it; I won't remember because I have such a bad memory. Not only that, but my memory is *terrible*." + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!newsflash.concordia.ca!sunqbc.risq.net!scuzzy.fmmo.ca!rabies From: MAGAZINES 4 SALE! Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Carts for trade! Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 19:35:27 -0400 Organization: FMMO Publications Informatiques, Inc. Lines: 12 Distribution: inet Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: scuzzy.fmmo.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII For trade: Berzerk Cosmic Chasm Scramble I will trade for OVERLAYS only! (and then if I can't find a trade, I guess I'll sell em. hehe) Rabies@fmmo.ca + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!at770 From: at770@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Frank W. Wisner) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Vectrex for sale or trade Date: 9 Sep 1995 23:44:42 GMT Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA) Lines: 6 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42t8ta$cim@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Reply-To: at770@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Frank W. Wisner) NNTP-Posting-Host: eeyore.ins.cwru.edu I have available a working Vectrex console, but no controller. I am looking for the best offer or trade of at least $75.00 plus S&H. Please reply with your offer of cash or what you would like to trade. Frank + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.corpcomm.net!news.bahnhof.se!newsfeed.tip.net!academy.bastad.se!news From: anderse@academy.bastad.se (Anders Erlandsson) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Vectrex pic Date: 10 Sep 1995 17:17:47 GMT Organization: Connection Bastad Lines: 13 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <399.6461T1076T2771@academy.bastad.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: academy.bastad.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: THOR 2.1_ (TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED* For all you VECTREX fans i have uploaded a nice render of our favourite machine to: Aminet pix/trace. Tell me if i should upload it somwhere else too. --------------------------------------------------------------------- anderse@academy.bastad.se Anders Erlandsson HTTP://www.bastad.se/~anderse/index.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp-ucb.barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!redstone.interpath.net!mercury!jav From: jav@mercury.interpath.net (Joe Venturelli) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Vectrex pic Date: 10 Sep 1995 16:42:30 GMT Organization: Interpath -- Providing Internet access to North Carolina Lines: 18 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42v4hm$r85@redstone.interpath.net> References: <399.6461T1076T2771@academy.bastad.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.interpath.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Anders Erlandsson (anderse@academy.bastad.se) wrote: : For all you VECTREX fans i have uploaded a nice render of our : favourite machine to: Aminet pix/trace. And what/where is Aminet pix/trace? : Tell me if i should upload it somwhere else too. : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : anderse@academy.bastad.se Anders Erlandsson : HTTP://www.bastad.se/~anderse/index.html : --------------------------------------------------------------------- + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!usenet From: Daniel Grivicic Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Vectrex: For Sale Date: 11 Sep 1995 02:27:43 GMT Organization: Monash University Lines: 8 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4306qv$k5q@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: cf105-18.cpc.monash.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b4 (Windows; I; 16bit) In a local newspaper I saw an add for a vectrex + 12 games in good condition. I can't remember the phone number the price was AUS$ 250. If interested mail me. I'll post contact number later. The box is in Australia though. Daniel. + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.corpcomm.net!news.pepboys.com!netaxs.com!unix2.netaxs.com!vsp From: vsp@unix2.netaxs.com (have clue--will travel) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Homebrew light pen project? Date: 9 Sep 1995 18:06:15 GMT Organization: The Pile of Obsolete Technology Lines: 17 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <42sl2n$bg7@netaxs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: unix2.netaxs.com It's become clear that for me to obtain a light pen any time soon, I'll have to give up my automobile and 51% of the rights to my firstborn child. The child, maybe, but I like my car, so that's no good. In the Vectrex FAQ, the possibility of a homemade Vec light pen is mentioned, but I have yet to find any specifications or plans for building such a beast. Anybody got some tips for me? jeff. the EPROM burner should be on the way soon, so parts shouldn't be a major problem. -- --- If you look very, very closely, you can see Edward R. Murrow. --- http://www.netaxs.com/~vsp/ -- the usual array of cartlists and crap. "We came / We peed / We conquered / You'll bleed" -- JB/L "HELLO KITTY gang terrorizes town, family STICKERED to death!" -- BG + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!syscube.ccs.csus.edu!sandhoff From: sandhoff@csus.edu (John F. Sandhoff) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: re: Homebrew light pen project? Date: 11 Sep 1995 16:55:33 GMT Organization: California State University Sacramento Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <431pm5$eor@news.csus.edu> References: <42sl2n$bg7@netaxs.com NNTP-Posting-Host: @syscube.ccs.csus.edu Keywords: light pen, schematic Originator: sandhoff@syscube.ccs.csus.edu vsp@unix2.netaxs.com writes: > ...In the Vectrex FAQ, the possibility of a homemade Vec light pen is > mentioned, but I have yet to find any specifications or plans... Check out the Vectrex archives. A schematic is posted there! This schematic is not the 'official' light pen but is reported to work fine (the idea is pretty simple: simulate a button push when the pen senses a point of light). This circuit was submitted by tony . ftp://ftp.csus.edu/pub/vectrex/lightpen.txt John F. Sandhoff, University Network Support California State University Sacramento sandhoff@csus.edu + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!syscube.ccs.csus.edu!sandhoff From: sandhoff@csus.edu (John F. Sandhoff) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Disassembled game listings Date: 11 Sep 1995 17:27:25 GMT Organization: California State University Sacramento Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <431rht$hg7@news.csus.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: @syscube.ccs.csus.edu Keywords: source, listings Originator: sandhoff@syscube.ccs.csus.edu Quite a long time ago (longer than I'm willing to admit), Fred Taft submitted disassembly listings for the Vectrex executive ROM as well as Art Master, Berzerk, Mine Storm, and Star Castle. I'm pleased to announce that these listings (as well as a little perl hack by Jason Barkdull (the Jaybird) used to clean up disassemblies) are finally available on the Vectrex archives. Check the directory: ftp://ftp.csus.edu/pub/vectrex/disassembled John F. Sandhoff, University Network Support California State University Sacramento sandhoff@csus.edu + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!ard12 From: ard12@eng.cam.ac.uk (A.R. Duell) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Homebrew light pen project? Date: 11 Sep 1995 14:23:02 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge, England Lines: 25 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <431go6$c4@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> References: <42sl2n$bg7@netaxs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tw500.eng.cam.ac.uk vsp@unix2.netaxs.com (have clue--will travel) writes: >It's become clear that for me to obtain a light pen any time soon, I'll >have to give up my automobile and 51% of the rights to my firstborn child. >The child, maybe, but I like my car, so that's no good. >In the Vectrex FAQ, the possibility of a homemade Vec light pen is mentioned, >but I have yet to find any specifications or plans for building such a beast. >Anybody got some tips for me? I'm pretty sure the ascii-art schematic of my homebrew light pen is on the ftp site (ftp.csus.edu). It should be a starting point for your design. All the lightpen does is give an active low pulse to SW4 on the second joystick port when it receives light. The rest is all done in software. I found that artmaster was about the best cartridge to test the lightpen with. > jeff. the EPROM burner should be on the way soon, > so parts shouldn't be a major problem. -tony + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: paetzel@ix.netcom.com (Karl Paetzel ) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: WANTED: Multicart, testimonials, controller Date: 12 Sep 1995 03:21:15 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 15 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <432ubb$ob7@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-hou7-09.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Sep 11 8:21:15 PM PDT 1995 I am NEW to this newsgroup but a proud owner of a Vectrex. MULTICARTS/TESTIMONIALS... Can anyone give me advice on what the best multicarts are and how/where I can get one? (Sean Kelly, are you out there?) CONTROLLER... I am also interested in a working joystick. All responses appreciated. Karl Paetzel paetzel@ix.netcom.com + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!library.ucla.edu!info.ucla.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!sec396-news.jpl.nasa.gov!news From: wernst@deltanet.com (Warren 'Llama' Ernst) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: WANTED: Multicart, testimonials, controller Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 16:23:11 GMT Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Lines: 59 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <434c4g$ed3@lo-fan.jpl.nasa.gov> References: <432ubb$ob7@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: wernst@deltanet.com NNTP-Posting-Host: llama.jpl.nasa.gov X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 paetzel@ix.netcom.com (Karl Paetzel ) wrote: >I am NEW to this newsgroup but a proud owner of a Vectrex. >MULTICARTS/TESTIMONIALS... Can anyone give me advice on what the best >multicarts are and how/where I can get one? >(Sean Kelly, are you out there?) I have one of Sean Kelly's new, menu-selectable multicarts, and it compares very favorably to the older and what may be impossible to buy Woodward (is this right?) menu based multicart mentioned in the Vectrex FAQ. While Sean's is slightly more expensive (70 bucks vs. 50), I still consider it a good value, since its the only cart you'll ever need. I only have had 1 problem with it: occasionally, the "pause" switch will not "un-pause" the paused game, so I have to reset the machine. It only occurs very rarely, and it doesn't seem to follow a pattern. Its a small price to pay, methinks. Plus there's the problem inherant to all multicarts: you don't get overlays. I can live without them just fine, but the 3D goggles (if you ever find a set) can't. You just have to decide how important this is to you. Now for the good things about Sean Kelly's multicart: 1. It fits inside a regular cartridge case - no exposed circuit boards here! 2. It has all the games (3D and lightpen too except for 1 LP game), diagnostics, and even some home-brewed "games" all in 1 cart. 3. It has the "Dark Tower" game, which was apparently never released but was ready for sale. 4. The main chip is SOCKETED inside the cart, so any upgrades or bug fixes (which are free or nominally priced, BTW) should be turned around quickly. This has apparently been a major headache with the other multicarts. The last e-mail address I have for him is skelly@xnet.com, so check it out. Virtually, Warr 5. You can get it within a month (while I personally know someone who waited 19 MONTHS for another multicart to arrive): I sent off a check to Sean and two weeks later, I had my multicart. /----------------------NEW E-MAIL & WWW ADDRESS!----------------------\ | Warren Ernst \ Computer Consultant/ "Illiterate? Write me for | | Fullerton, CA \ Technical Writer / more information..." | | wernst@deltanet.com\ Graphic Artist / Author, "Using Netscape" | | Will Write for Food \ Nerd / Que Computer Publishing, $19.95| | WEB SURF AND REAL-TIME CHAT @ http://www.deltanet.com/users/wernst/ | \----------------------NEW E-MAIL & WWW ADDRESS!----------------------/ + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!well!miwok!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!voder!orpheus.nsc.com!news From: Bob Poniatowski Subject: Homemade Color Wheels Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: Sender: news@orpheus.nsc.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: National Semiconductor Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 18:46:08 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) Lines: 31 Hi! I finally found a 3D game to go with my goggles (yes, I've had the goggles for a few years, but no games!). Unfortunately it didn't come with a color wheel. I've tried making my own based on the info in the archives, but it doesn't seem to work. I thought maybe someone out there would have a suggestion...here goes: I printed out a replica of the wheel on a color laser printer using transparency material. Printed out multiple copies of the "Hub" on heavy card stock, then cut out about six copies of the hub and glued the whole mess together: Three cardstock hubs, the transparency wheel in the middle, then three more cardstock hubs. I cut the sync hole and center "hole" (it's actually a square) through everything with an xacto knife. (I only cut the one synch hole, although the drawing shows two. The one time I actually saw and held a real color wheel I noticed it only had one thru hole, the other "hole" was really just a depression in the plastic). Anyways, popped it into the goggles, fired up the game, and it spins and spins and spins...but nothing appears on the screen. Any suggestions? If I can get it to work I'll post a bit clearer set of instructions to the archives! I'm sooooooo close. I just know it. If it matters the game is Narrow Escape...anyone have a spare wheel they want to sell? (just in case I'm not soooooo close!) Bob Pony + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!premier3.premier.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.iij.ad.jp!super.win.or.jp!n-mack From: n-mack@super.win.or.jp (Masakazu Nakano) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: vectrex with laser Date: 13 Sep 1995 04:48:58 GMT Organization: "Internet WIN, Tokyo,JAPAN" Lines: 6 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <435nrq$cgj@super.win.or.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: super.win.or.jp X-Newsreader: mnews [version 1.18] 1994-05/16(Mon) Hi Is that truly be able to display by HeNe-laser gears? Please tell me more details. thanks + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!in1.uu.net!nwfocus1.wa.com!news1.halcyon.com!prostar.com From: stuart.redfield@prostar.com (Stuart Redfield) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: FS: Vectrex games Date: 12 Sep 95 17:27:03 PDT Organization: ProStar Internet Gateway Lines: 10 Distribution: world Message-ID: <000011A600000093@prostar.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: www.prostar.com GA> I have the following Vectrex games for sale. GA> All are in good condition (no label scratches). GA> GA> Armor..Attack Cart/Overlay $10 HELLO, i would like to buy the armor attack game if you still have it, please let me know via email. THANKS STU-1701 + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!miwok!bdt.com!cyberden!cleopatra From: cleopatra@cyberden.com (cleopatra) Reply-To: cleopatra@cyberden.com Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Distribution: world Subject: Spahn Ranch linked with 2 Murders in Phili Date: 14 Sep 1995 21:50:40 GMT Message-ID: <3826184158.9732185@cyberden.com> Organization: The CyberDen - 510-633-9811 Lines: 11 Last Sunday Night, Spahn Ranch, the up and coming LA based Hard Tek band played a amazing show at Phili nught Club The Asylum. There is Strong evidence that a member of the audience murdered a young women and a 2 year old child a few hour before the show. The Asylum, Spahn Ranch and The Electric Hellfire Club are now beeing questioned about the incidences of that night. News Reports called the guy a "vampire" because of the brutalness of the murders. The mans alibi for the many scratches on his face was that he had been mossing at Spahn Ranch.......Or was it a plot by Spahn Ranch and the Electric Hellfire Club to turn their audience members into blood thirsty killers!!!! Spahn Ranchand Electric Hellfire Club could not be reached for a statement. + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!crl14.crl.com!not-for-mail From: btomlin@crl.com (Bruce Tomlin) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Spahn Ranch linked with 2 Murders in Phili Date: 14 Sep 1995 19:35:32 -0700 Organization: San Antonio, TX Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <43aopk$9lm@crl14.crl.com> References: <3826184158.9732185@cyberden.com> Reply-To: btomlin@aol.com NNTP-Posting-Host: crl14.crl.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] cleopatra (cleopatra@cyberden.com) wrote in rec.games.vectrex: >Last Sunday Night, Spahn Ranch, the up and coming LA based Hard Tek band >played a amazing show at Phili nught Club The Asylum. There is Strong >evidence that a member of the audience murdered a young women and a 2 year >old child a few hour before the show. The Asylum, Spahn Ranch and The >Electric Hellfire Club are now beeing questioned about the incidences of that >night. News Reports called the guy a "vampire" because of the brutalness of ^^^^^^^^^ BTW, YM "VECTREX". HTH! >the murders. The mans alibi for the many scratches on his face was that he >had been mossing at Spahn Ranch.......Or was it a plot by Spahn Ranch and the >Electric Hellfire Club to turn their audience members into blood thirsty >killers!!!! Spahn Ranchand Electric Hellfire Club could not be reached for a >statement. ("Cyberden"??? If I wasn't so lazy I'd *plonk* the whole site right now.) + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!well!miwok!bdt.com!cyberden!bat From: bat@cyberden.com (bat) Reply-To: bat@cyberden.com Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Distribution: world Subject: Re: Spahn Ranch linked with 2 Murders in Phili Date: 14 Sep 1995 23:36:59 GMT Message-ID: <3826184158.10172120@cyberden.com> Organization: The CyberDen - 510-633-9811 Lines: 19 > Last Sunday Night, Spahn Ranch, the up and coming LA based Hard Tek band > played a amazing show at Phili nught Club The Asylum. There is Strong > evidence that a member of the audience murdered a young women and a 2 > year old child a few hour before the show. The Asylum, Spahn Ranch and > The Electric Hellfire Club are now beeing questioned about the > incidences of that night. News Reports called the guy a "vampire" > because of the brutalness of the murders. The mans alibi for the many > scratches on his face was that he had been mossing at Spahn > Ranch.......Or was it a plot by Spahn Ranch and the Electric Hellfire > Club to turn their audience members into blood thirsty killers!!!! Spahn > Ranchand Electric Hellfire Club could not be reached for a statement. You guys should really get a column in the World Weekly News. Bat --- The CyberDen - Worldwide Alternative Music & Culture Network http://www.cyberden.com/ - 510-633-9811 (Use FirstClass) + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.sprintlink.net!bighorn.accessnv.com!bighorn.accessnv.com!not-for-mail From: darkwolf@bighorn.accessnv.com (DarkWolf) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Vectrex pic Date: 15 Sep 1995 22:09:16 -0700 Organization: accessnv.com Lines: 28 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <43dm5s$3ih@bighorn.accessnv.com> References: <399.6461T1076T2771@academy.bastad.se> <42v4hm$r85@redstone.interpath.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bighorn X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi, on 10 Sep 1995 16:42:30 GMT, Joe Venturelli (jav@mercury.interpath.net) wrote: >Anders Erlandsson (anderse@academy.bastad.se) wrote: >: For all you VECTREX fans i have uploaded a nice render of our >: favourite machine to: Aminet pix/trace. >And what/where is Aminet pix/trace? It's a group of Amiga FTP sights. You can find one of the mirrors on aminet.com in the directory pub/aminet >: Tell me if i should upload it somwhere else too. Well, aminet is for Amiga stuff, not Vectrex, but I won't complane :) DarkWolf -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- internet: darkwolf@accessnv.com | "They say you're beautiful RocketNet: DarkWolf @ 10:702/0.0 | And they'll always let you in ----------------------------------+ But doors are never open _ _ _ _ | To the child without a trace of sin" |_) | | |_) /|\ |_ |/ BBS (702) | Dio, | |_| | | |_ |\ 553-2403| All The Fools Sailed Away ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.dell.com!natinst.com!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!parsnip.ten.net!usenet From: Janice Linden-Reed Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Vectrex system wanted Date: 17 Sep 1995 23:38:55 GMT Organization: The Total Entertainment Network Lines: 6 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <43ibif$mba@parsnip.ten.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: buckaroo.ten.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 32bit) I'm interested in buying a Vectrex system and a few games. SF Bay Area sellers preferred. Please e-mail me with info. Thanks. janice@ten.net + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!hp-cv!hp-pcd!news1.boi.hp.com!hpax!apollo.hp.com!hpwin055.uksr!wrsquire From: wrsquire@br.itc.hp.com (#Roger Squire ) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Yes! Yes! YES!... I got another one :-) Date: 18 Sep 1995 12:22:13 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Lines: 49 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <43jo9l$4d8@hpwin055.uksr.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: troll.br.itc.hp.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] OK just thought I'd share my newest acquisition with you all :-) I live just outside London in the UK, and went to see my Parents who live in South Wales. Sitting in their living room I browsed through a copy of Free-Ads, (My Dad was looking for a car trailer), and there it was Vectrex Computer with Monitor & 7 Cartidges 30ukp ($45), I rang, he still had it, I said I'd be right over. When I turned up, he asked do you know what a Vectrex is? I said, Oh a little black thing about so by so. He said most kids these days only want Snes & Sega, but these things were cool, just like the arcades (early 1980's). He'd bought it new :-), but it didn't come with any boxes, just the Unit & the cartidges :-) He talked enthusiastically about it for 15mins, and insisted on showing it to me working. (I would have taken it even if it wasn't!) So now I have 2! and 16 Cartidges :-) My Newest Purchase consisted of : 1 Vectrex Unix with slight Cigarette Burn on Top, but controller looks like new 7 Cartridges : Scramble Fortress of Narzod Clean Sweep Cosmic Chasem Spike Bedlam Starship Ho Hum Happy me.... - Regards --Roger ******************************************************************************** * *************** __ ************** * W.Roger Squire, ************ / / ************ * Information Architect, ********** / / ********* * Hewlett Packard. ******** / /___ ______ ******* * 1360 Kifer Road, ******* / __ // __ / ****** * Sunnyvale, CA 94086. ******* / / / // /_/ / ****** * ******** /_/ /_// ____/ ******* * email : wrsquire@troll.br.itc.hp.com ********* / / ********* * Tel : 408-720-2519 *********** / / *********** * ************* /_/ **************** ******************************************************************************** + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!zeus.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de!franky From: franky@dbis.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de (Frank Buddrus) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Yes! Yes! YES!... I got another one :-) Date: 18 Sep 1995 15:14:34 GMT Organization: Computer Science Department, University of Frankfurt, Germany Lines: 52 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <43k2cq$9ie@zeus.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> References: <43jo9l$4d8@hpwin055.uksr.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: peking.dbis.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de In article <43jo9l$4d8@hpwin055.uksr.hp.com>, wrsquire@br.itc.hp.com (#Roger Squire ) writes: |> |> OK just thought I'd share my newest acquisition with you all :-) I'll join you. |> |> I live just outside London in the UK, and went to see my Parents who live |> in South Wales. Sitting in their living room I browsed through a copy |> of Free-Ads, (My Dad was looking for a car trailer), and there it was |> Vectrex Computer with Monitor & 7 Cartidges 30ukp ($45), I rang, he still This Saturday I strolled over a fleemarket when I suddenly saw this black box -working (electricity on the fleemarket, hehe)- I asked for the price. It was 40,-DM (around $30). A short bargain and I got it for 35,-DM. Hiphip ... |> had it, I said I'd be right over. When I turned up, he asked do you know |> what a Vectrex is? I said, Oh a little black thing about so by so. He said |> most kids these days only want Snes & Sega, but these things were cool, just |> like the arcades (early 1980's). He'd bought it new :-), but it didn't come |> with any boxes, just the Unit & the cartidges :-) He talked enthusiastically |> about it for 15mins, and insisted on showing it to me working. (I would have |> taken it even if it wasn't!) So now I have 2! and 16 Cartidges :-) Before I paid I asked for cards. He answered: "Sorry, I don't have them, but it is really no problem. You can find lots here on the fleemarket :-)" (I've never seen any Vectrex card on any fleemarket here in Germany.) |> |> My Newest Purchase consisted of : |> [...] Unit + Controller (perfect condition) + card "Berzerk" |> |> Ho Hum Happy me.... |> [...] Frank. -- Frank Buddrus, DBIS, Computer Science, University of Frankfurt ____ ____ ___ _ _ _ __ | __| _ \ / _ \| \ | | |/ / Robert-Mayer-Str. 11-15 | |_ | |_) | |_| | \| | ' / 60325 Frankfurt am Main | _|| _ <| _ | |\ | . \ Tel.:+49-69-798-28433 Fax: +49-69-798-28353 |_| |_| \_\_| |_|_| \_|_|\_\ buddrus@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de http://roma.dbis.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/PEOPLE/frank.html + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newshub1.wanet.net!ucsnews!rohan!leeg From: leeg@ucssun1.sdsu.edu (lee) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Yes! Yes! YES!... I got another one :-) Date: 18 Sep 1995 15:25:34 GMT Organization: San Diego State University Computing Services Lines: 59 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <43k31e$91d@gondor.sdsu.edu> References: <43jo9l$4d8@hpwin055.uksr.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.191.1.100 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Since we get to brag, I've picked up 2 in the last 5 weeks. One for $35 at a Savation Army store and another at the local swap meet for $5 this past Saturday. Both work fine but the weird thing is that both have a little warpage at the same spot on the right side?? Anyone know why? Oh, no carts came with either system. BTW I'll apologize to everyone about my sale 2 weeks ago. (Sorry!) My school's network went down and corrupted my mail box and lost everything. Oh well Gaymond Lee #Roger Squire (wrsquire@br.itc.hp.com) wrote: : OK just thought I'd share my newest acquisition with you all :-) : I live just outside London in the UK, and went to see my Parents who live : in South Wales. Sitting in their living room I browsed through a copy : of Free-Ads, (My Dad was looking for a car trailer), and there it was : Vectrex Computer with Monitor & 7 Cartidges 30ukp ($45), I rang, he still : had it, I said I'd be right over. When I turned up, he asked do you know : what a Vectrex is? I said, Oh a little black thing about so by so. He said : most kids these days only want Snes & Sega, but these things were cool, just : like the arcades (early 1980's). He'd bought it new :-), but it didn't come : with any boxes, just the Unit & the cartidges :-) He talked enthusiastically : about it for 15mins, and insisted on showing it to me working. (I would have : taken it even if it wasn't!) So now I have 2! and 16 Cartidges :-) : My Newest Purchase consisted of : : 1 Vectrex Unix with slight Cigarette Burn on Top, but controller looks like new : 7 Cartridges : : Scramble : Fortress of Narzod : Clean Sweep : Cosmic Chasem : Spike : Bedlam : Starship : Ho Hum Happy me.... : - : Regards : --Roger : ******************************************************************************** : * *************** __ ************** : * W.Roger Squire, ************ / / ************ : * Information Architect, ********** / / ********* : * Hewlett Packard. ******** / /___ ______ ******* : * 1360 Kifer Road, ******* / __ // __ / ****** : * Sunnyvale, CA 94086. ******* / / / // /_/ / ****** : * ******** /_/ /_// ____/ ******* : * email : wrsquire@troll.br.itc.hp.com ********* / / ********* : * Tel : 408-720-2519 *********** / / *********** : * ************* /_/ **************** : ******************************************************************************** + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunic!sunic.sunet.se!news.kth.se!news.ifm.liu.se!academy.bastad.se!news From: anderse@academy.bastad.se (Anders Erlandsson) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Vectrex pic Date: 18 Sep 1995 21:55:52 GMT Organization: Connection Bastad Lines: 25 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <749.6469T1349T410@academy.bastad.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: academy.bastad.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: THOR 2.1_ (TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED* >Hi, on 10 Sep 1995 16:42:30 GMT, Joe Venturelli (jav@mercury.interpath.net) >wrote: > >Anders Erlandsson (anderse@academy.bastad.se) wrote: > >: For all you VECTREX fans i have uploaded a nice render of our > >: favourite machine to: Aminet pix/trace. > >And what/where is Aminet pix/trace? >It's a group of Amiga FTP sights. You can find one of the mirrors on >aminet.com in the directory pub/aminet Try "ftp.wustl.edu" in /pub/amiga/pix/real3/ or "ftp.luth.se" in /pub/amiga/pix/real3/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- anderse@academy.bastad.se Anders Erlandsson HTTP://www.bastad.se/~anderse/index.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!library.ucla.edu!info.ucla.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!news.bctel.net!holly.softwords.bc.ca!freenet.victoria.bc.ca!vifa1!toh From: toh@freenet.Victoria.BC.CA (Marc Sira) Subject: Re: Yes! Yes! YES!... I got another one :-) Message-ID: <1995Sep19.161505.7157@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> Sender: news@freenet.victoria.bc.ca (News Manager) Organization: Victoria Freenet Association References: <43jo9l$4d8@hpwin055.uksr.hp.com> Distribution: inet Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 16:15:05 GMT Lines: 11 In our last episode, wrsquire@br.itc.hp.com (#Roger Squire ) said: >1 Vectrex Unix with slight Cigarette Burn on Top, but controller looks like new I've actually been looking for a Vectrex Unix. Then I could _really_ play Space War. -- Marc Sira | {ub675,toh}@freenet.victoria.bc.ca | "Your god drinks...p-p-peach nectar!" {aa,xx}382@freenet.carleton.ca ' + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.seanet.com!venomous.seanet.com!venomous From: venomous@venomous.seanet.com (Sean Victor) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Am interested in purchasing system w/carts Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 08:32:25 GMT Organization: OSD, Inc. Lines: 10 Distribution: inet Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: venomous.seanet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] There seems to be quite a bit less traffic in this group than my last visit (now that I actually have money). Hopefully someone out there can still help me out. I am interested in buying a working Vectrex unit with a few carts to get me started. (Just one of those things I always wanted in my youth and could never afford.) Would like to hear from anyone from British Columbia, Canada; Washington; or Oregon (preferably e-mail). Thanks, Sean (venomous@venomous.seanet.com) + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Path: csus.edu!netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!news.bctel.net!holly.softwords.bc.ca!freenet.victoria.bc.ca!vifa1!toh From: toh@freenet.Victoria.BC.CA (Marc Sira) Subject: Re: Yes! Yes! YES!... I got another one :-) Message-ID: <1995Sep19.161505.7157@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> Sender: news@freenet.victoria.bc.ca (News Manager) Organization: Victoria Freenet Association References: <43jo9l$4d8@hpwin055.uksr.hp.com> Distribution: inet Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 16:15:05 GMT Lines: 11 In our last episode, wrsquire@br.itc.hp.com (#Roger Squire ) said: >1 Vectrex Unix with slight Cigarette Burn on Top, but controller looks like new I've actually been looking for a Vectrex Unix. Then I could _really_ play Space War. -- Marc Sira | {ub675,toh}@freenet.victoria.bc.ca | "Your god drinks...p-p-peach nectar!" {aa,xx}382@freenet.carleton.ca ' + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news1.digital.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: z931205@corn.cso.niu.edu (David Kim) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Homemade Color Wheels Date: 20 Sep 1995 23:53:39 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Lines: 19 Sender: nobody@cs.utexas.edu Distribution: inet Message-ID: References: <199509130455.AA20578@corn.cso.niu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.cs.utexas.edu > On Tue, 12 Sep 1995, Bob Poniatowski wrote: > > I printed out a replica of the wheel on a color laser printer using > transparency material. Printed out multiple copies of the "Hub" on heavy > card stock, then cut out about six copies of the hub and glued the whole > mess together, popped it into the goggles, fired up the game, and it spins > and spins and spins...but nothing appears on the screen. Any suggestions? Somebody help this guy...somebody help all of us! Has anyone made working color wheels? Better yet, has anyone made a 3-D Imager? Oh you have?, okay genius...please post some instructions then. Now, for those of you with the 3-D Imagers...could you please describe their 3-D effect? Is it cool, better than the Virtual Boy?! (A Viewmaster is better than Virtual Boy!) Later, Dave z931205@corn.cso.niu.edu + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!saul3.u.washington.edu!howald From: William Howald Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Homemade Color Wheels Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 01:15:38 -0700 Organization: University of Washington Lines: 33 Distribution: inet Message-ID: References: <199509130455.AA20578@corn.cso.niu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: saul3.u.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-User: howald In-Reply-To: On 20 Sep 1995, David Kim wrote: > > On Tue, 12 Sep 1995, Bob Poniatowski wrote: > > > > I printed out a replica of the wheel on a color laser printer using > > transparency material. Printed out multiple copies of the "Hub" on heavy > > card stock, then cut out about six copies of the hub and glued the whole > > mess together, popped it into the goggles, fired up the game, and it spins > > and spins and spins...but nothing appears on the screen. Any suggestions? > > Somebody help this guy...somebody help all of us! > Has anyone made working color wheels? Better yet, has anyone made a 3-D > Imager? Oh you have?, okay genius...please post some instructions then. Sorry,no! But I have made a light pen,before I picked one up... (I can post instructions if needed) A friend of mine loaned me his 3-D imager,and the effect was, well... o.k.ish...it added color to the display too... score in blue,ship+rocks in green, explosions in red, etc. (this unit may not have been working properly...the motor seemed to hunt speed a lot...) I did find a way to get 3-D games to run without the imager though, if you plug a controller into port 2, and bash away at the "4" button, after 1-2 minutes(be patient) the game will start running-s l o w l y- every tap on the button will "flash" one frame on the screen,the sound if playing will advance to the next step,etc. The "4" button must be hooked up to a photocell that reads light through the hole in the disk,triggering the vectrex every revolution! The problem above MUST be the photocell and disk hole are not lined up... I think you could build a oscillator(about 10 Hz??) and pulse the "4" button to play without glasses! Just my rambling, Aaron + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!library.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!csd.uwo.ca!magundi From: magundi@csd.uwo.ca (John MacDonald) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Homemade Color Wheels Date: 21 Sep 1995 13:49:38 GMT Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Lines: 16 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <43rqhi$api@falcon.ccs.uwo.ca> References: <199509130455.AA20578@corn.cso.niu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: gus.csd.uwo.ca In article , William Howald wrote: >I think you could build a oscillator(about 10 Hz??) and pulse the "4" >button to play without glasses! >Just my rambling, > Aaron And then if you alternately blink your right eye and then your left eye at the right frequency you will get the 3d -effect :-) But seriously, I might have a friend that can duplicate the colour wheels. who would be interested in getting a colour wheel replacement if it worked properly? john + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.iag.net!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!sec396-news.jpl.nasa.gov!janmac.jpl.nasa.gov!Darrell.L.Jan From: Darrell Jan Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Homemade Color Wheels Date: 22 Sep 1995 00:08:13 GMT Organization: JPL Lines: 35 Distribution: world Message-ID: <43supd$rdo@lo-fan.jpl.nasa.gov> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: janmac.jpl.nasa.gov X-Newsreader: Nuntius Version 1.2 X-XXMessage-ID: X-XXDate: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 01:03:12 GMT In article David Kim, z931205@corn.cso.niu.edu writes: >> On Tue, 12 Sep 1995, Bob Poniatowski wrote: >> >> I printed out a replica of the wheel on a color laser printer using >> transparency material. Printed out multiple copies of the "Hub" on heavy >> card stock, then cut out about six copies of the hub and glued the whole >> mess together, popped it into the goggles, fired up the game, and it spins >> and spins and spins...but nothing appears on the screen. Any suggestions? > >Somebody help this guy...somebody help all of us! >Has anyone made working color wheels? Better yet, has anyone made a 3-D >Imager? Oh you have?, okay genius...please post some instructions then. > >Now, for those of you with the 3-D Imagers...could you please describe their >3-D effect? Is it cool, better than the Virtual Boy?! (A Viewmaster is >better than Virtual Boy!) Bob, when you put the hub together, did you include the hole? As I recall, there is a hole in the wheel somewhere which is probably for timing. I haven't tried Virtual Boy, but I do think the 3-D effect isn't that great. The 3-d Mine Storm looks the best, taking place on 3 layers--you only interact with the top layer. I also have the escape game and the roller coaster game, in which you have to judge the distance to certain objects and dodge them. I found this very hard, as the 3-D effect just isn't that precise. Wish I had 3-D Pole Position--I have the 2-D version and it was one of my favorites. + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news1.digital.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.sprintlink.net!newsie.wis.com!glasrud From: Politics@usa.com Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Proposed State & Federal Regulations for the INTERNET! Date: 23 Sep 1995 07:24:56 GMT Organization: Wisconsin Internet Services Lines: 23 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <440co8$9i4@newsie.wis.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: squeaky.free.org Originator: Politics@usa.com Originator: glasrud@squeaky.free.org My name is Scott Glasrud, and I am running for the New Mexico State Senate during the 1996 elections. One of the reasons I have chosen to run is to combat the proposed state and federal regulations of the Internet. As you know, the Internet was never designed to be regulated! It was designed to allow communications in the event of anuclear war or a major catastrophe. I OPPOSE REGULATION, and if elected will fight to preserve your constitutional rights. HOWEVER, I NEED YOUR HELP! I am asking each person who reeives this message to send $5.00 to the Scott Glasrud Campaign Committee. If we pull together, we CAN protect our first amendment rights! HELP ME show the politicians the POWER behind this important NETWORK. Please send contributions to: The Scott Glasrud Campaign Committee 11024 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Suite 179 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111 Thank you! + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!well!nntp-ucb.barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!soap.news.pipex.net!pipex!luggage.rednet.co.uk!am151.du.pipex.com!user From: brendan@online.rednet.co.uk (Brendan Dawes) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Vectex wanted in UK Date: 23 Sep 1995 09:28:40 GMT Organization: RedNet Lines: 8 Distribution: inet Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: am151.du.pipex.com X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b24.0+ Does anyone have or know were I can get my hands on a Vectrex system, preferably in the uk. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Brendan brendan@online.rednet.co.uk + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news1.digital.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.corpcomm.net!news.pepboys.com!netaxs.com!unix2.netaxs.com!vsp From: vsp@unix2.netaxs.com (have clue--will travel) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex,rec.games.video.classic Subject: Talk about your lucky days... Date: 24 Sep 1995 02:01:19 GMT Organization: The Pile of Obsolete Technology Lines: 44 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <442e5f$p6q@netaxs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: unix2.netaxs.com Xref: csus.edu rec.games.vectrex:3592 rec.games.video.classic:28834 I really didn't find much today when I went out game-hunting. The yard sales I visited had nothing, the fleas had a boxed 2600 Spike's/Ghost double-ender and boxed 2600 Moonsweeper and little else, and a friendly dealer promised to save a TurboGrafx for me. So what's the big deal? This morning, while I was wiped out from a long night's work (gotta hate night shift), my dad went out to get a cup of coffee and a newspaper. As he went down our street, he noticed a yard sale _four houses away_ from our house. Hmmm, he thought. That guy's got a little television for sale. Little television? Wait, that screen's vertically aligned, not horizontal. He made another pass. Is that a 'V' on the front? Maybe it's... ...yep, it was. A Vectrex console, in very nice shape. Here's an oddity; the text on the title screens is a little shaky, and on my Sean Kelly multi-cart most of the titles in the menu are crooked; this does not happen with my 'other' Vectrex and that cart ($70 last I checked, a very nice addition to the home, plug plug plug). Yet when I start playing any games, the screen is aligned nicely, and nothing appears warped or abnormal. One button on the controller (button 3) was also a little intermittent, but it seems to be coming around nicely now. Anyway, he asked what the guy wanted for it. "Five bucks" was the answer. "Does it work?" "Yeah." Figuring that, at worst, he'd be buying a dead Vec with a Blitz cart sticking out of it, he snagged it for me. Oh yes -- the guy put another box on top and said "Oh, these go with it." Inside were Spinball, Heads Up Soccer, Fortress of Narzod, Star Trek, Berzerk, Web Wars, Armor...Attack, Hyperchase, Cosmic Chasm, Scramble, and Clean Sweep. It's not every day that I can pick up a Vectrex + 12 carts without even being awake... jeff. no light pen or imager, of course. he's lucky, not a magician... -- --- If you look very, very closely, you can see Edward R. Murrow. --- http://www.netaxs.com/~vsp/ -- the usual array of cartlists and crap. "We came / We peed / We conquered / You'll bleed" -- JB/L "HELLO KITTY gang terrorizes town, family STICKERED to death!" -- BG + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!mv!news-dnh.mv.net!usenet From: dac@melrose.mv.com Subject: Want list... Message-ID: Nntp-Posting-Host: melrose.mv.com Sender: usenet@jade.mv.net (System Administrator) Organization: MV Communications, Inc. Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 15:46:43 GMT X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) Lines: 15 Hi all..I have a vectrex system with 18 games..bought it in 1984 for $50 and games $5 each..I'm only missing these: Space Wars Any 3-D glasses & games Pole Position Maybe 1 or 2 others but, if anyone can is willing to sell let me know. PS I have 2 joysticks, and this is the only system my friends come over and play. I can't believe how well the system has held up unlike my Intellivision , Colecovision, 2600/5200/7800/Sega/Nintendo/Aquarius etc... It's still a lot of fun!!! + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp-ucb.barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!homer29.u.washington.edu!kurly From: "A. Kurlychek" Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Wow, a vectrex group!! Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 04:05:35 -0700 Organization: University of Washington Lines: 19 Distribution: inet Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: homer29.u.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-User: kurly I just found this place, what a cool spot. I've only ever seen three vectrex's in my life and two of them I own. Didn't know there were others of you out there. Just looking through a few posts - 3-D games no way! Somebody tell me what the 3-D games are, I didn't get any with my setup. I probably have about a dozen games and they all seem 2-D to me. Everyone I ever show them to say that they are the first they have ever seen. The interchangeable templates really turn them on. I'm sure I sound pretty dumb here, but I really didn't know there was a following. I just collect old video games, and I happened upon this one about four years ago at a garage sale. I don't think the thing was ever really marketed out here on the West Coast. Any new information on this great game setup would be super. My favorite game is ripoff, with 2 players that is. Finding this made my day. That and the fact that the M's are in first by two games. ---GO MARINERS--- + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news1.digital.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!newshost.marcam.com!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jimofoz@aol.com (Jim of oz) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex,rec.games.video.classic Subject: Re: Talk about your lucky days... Date: 24 Sep 1995 08:11:21 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 12 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Distribution: inet Message-ID: <443ht9$jab@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <442e5f$p6q@netaxs.com> Reply-To: jimofoz@aol.com (Jim of oz) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Xref: csus.edu rec.games.vectrex:3595 rec.games.video.classic:28849 =I really didn't find much today when I went out game-hunting. The yard sales =I visited had nothing, the fleas had a boxed 2600 Spike's/Ghost double-ender =and boxed 2600 Moonsweeper and little else Their is a electronics clearance store in those factory outlet malls called Famous Brand Electronics. They have an Atari 2600 with about 30 cartridges for right around $30. Jim Kajpust - Personal Freedoms - Michigan + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp-ucb.barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!crl11.crl.com!not-for-mail From: btomlin@crl.com (Bruce Tomlin) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex,rec.games.video.classic Subject: Re: Talk about your lucky days... Followup-To: rec.games.vectrex,rec.games.video.classic Date: 24 Sep 1995 07:37:08 -0700 Organization: San Antonio, TX Lines: 14 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <443qek$cod@crl11.crl.com> References: <442e5f$p6q@netaxs.com> <443ht9$jab@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: btomlin@aol.com NNTP-Posting-Host: crl11.crl.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: csus.edu rec.games.vectrex:3596 rec.games.video.classic:28857 Jim of oz (jimofoz@aol.com) wrote in rec.games.video.classic: >=I really didn't find much today when I went out game-hunting. The yard >sales >=I visited had nothing, the fleas had a boxed 2600 Spike's/Ghost >double-ender >=and boxed 2600 Moonsweeper and little else >Their is a electronics clearance store in those factory outlet malls >called Famous Brand Electronics. They have an Atari 2600 with about 30 >cartridges for right around $30. I think they ran out a couple of months ago, but I need to drive up and check again. I need to check out those thrift stores in New Braunfels and San Marcos again, anyhow. + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!gw2.att.com!news.midplains.net!chi-news.cic.net!news.wctc.net!spcuna!newton.texel.com!usenet From: pcjohn@texel.com Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Wow, a vectrex group!! Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 18:28:21 GMT Organization: Texel International Lines: 45 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4448c8$bq4@newton.texel.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.224.12.153 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 "A. Kurlychek" wrote: >I just found this place, what a cool spot. I've only ever seen three >vectrex's in my life and two of them I own. Didn't know there were >others of you out there. Just looking through a few posts - 3-D games no >way! Somebody tell me what the 3-D games are, I didn't get any with my >setup. I probably have about a dozen games and they all seem 2-D to me. >Everyone I ever show them to say that they are the first they have ever >seen. The interchangeable templates really turn them on. I'm sure I >sound pretty dumb here, but I really didn't know there was a following. >I just collect old video games, and I happened upon this one about four >years ago at a garage sale. I don't think the thing was ever really >marketed out here on the West Coast. Any new information on this great >game setup would be super. My favorite game is ripoff, with 2 players >that is. >Finding this made my day. That and the fact that the M's are in first by >two games. >---GO MARINERS--- Hey, this group was never "lost" - har har. Seriously though, This group is pretty cool, but it's been really slow as of late. Just sale and wanted ads. I myself have a Vectrex and hope to have another soon. A friend has one but he won't go down on the price (I stupidly told him what it was worth). I have a project on the back burner right now for the Vectrex. Basically, I am going to get an EPROM Emulator for the system and write my own game. I haven't decided how I'll even market it right now. Money's been really tight around the house for the last few months so I haven't been able to purchase the equipment that I need for the project. The game itself will be a Space Invaders clone. I'm converting the code from my old 6502 apple version to 6809. I imagine I'll sell the game for around $20. But again, it's on the back burner. I really have to get a real job. + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!gw2.att.com!news.midplains.net!chi-news.cic.net!news.cic.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gumby!newspump.wustl.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu!ceforma From: ceforma@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Christopher E. Forman) Subject: WTB: Vectrex system Message-ID: <1995Sep24.183456.240956@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 18:34:56 GMT Organization: Illinois State University X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 5 Title says it all. Mail me with offers. -- C.E. Forman ceforma@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu Read the I-F e-zine XYZZYnews, at ftp.gmd.de:/if-archive/magazines/xyzzynews! * Interactive Fiction * Beavis and Butt-Head * The X-Files * MST3K * C/C++ * + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news1.digital.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!csd.uwo.ca!magundi From: magundi@csd.uwo.ca (John MacDonald) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex,rec.games.video.classic,rec.games.video.marketplace,rec.games.video.arcade,rec.games.video.misc,alt.games.video.classic,misc.forsale.non-computer Subject: Vectrex and cartridges forsale or trade Date: 25 Sep 1995 03:08:44 GMT Organization: The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. Canada Lines: 169 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4456fs$2pb@falcon.ccs.uwo.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: gus.csd.uwo.ca Xref: csus.edu rec.games.vectrex:3599 rec.games.video.classic:28884 rec.games.video.marketplace:39365 rec.games.video.arcade:87179 rec.games.video.misc:28175 alt.games.video.classic:8723 misc.forsale.non-computer:18169 Vectrex trade/sale list Sept. 24 1995 Surprise surprise, I have once again had e-mail problems. The disk at this system that contains the mail spool crashed, and there were no backups. I lost 1.5 months of unread mail and additional 3 months of mail. If you have written to me in the last 4.5 months and haven't heard back, please write again. First, what I don't have. I don't have any 3-D stuff or Light Pen stuff that I am willing to part with. Unless you have $1000 burning a hole in your pocket. ( imager, crazy coaster, narrow escape, light pen, Art Master, Melody Master, Animaction ) but seriously. :-) What's here. A couple of vectrex consoles. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Bonus: I will include a Dark Tower Cartridge with a Vectrex or a Multi-cartridge or any purchase over $60. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Vectrex $160 Each Vectrex is in good working condition, and has a good working joystick, each has a MineStorm manual, overlay, and Vectrex manual ******************************************************************* I have some new and used cartridges, nothing very rare, I will post a list of them next week. $8-$40 depending on rarity and condition ******************************************************************* Multi-cartridge ( 32 options- all released games except Animaction ) $50 Bonus: As mentioned above, I will include a Dark Tower cartridge. Photocopy of all manuals $10 This just basically covers my costs. Service manual Free with any other purchase ( if requested ) $4 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Details, details. Prices, while not engraved in stone, are fairly firm. Vectrex price is firm. If you feel my prices are too high, just drive down to your local Wal-Mart and buy the stuff there. :-) I am always interested in trades. See below for what I am looking for. Payment must be made in advance in the form of a Money Order. US Postal money order is preferred, bank money orders acceptable. US bank cheques, three weeks to clear. All prices are US dollars. Shipping $20 for a Vectrex shipped Canada Post, insured, to anywhere in the US or Canada. No extra cost for shipping cartridges with a vectrex. To Europe or Down Under shipping cost would probably be about $40-$50 Surface mail. Cartridges 1-2 $5 3+ $6 All vectrex items will be sent Canada Post insured. It is not possible to send things COD to the States from Canada. I will send stuff UPS or FedEx, but the high cost of shipping just isn't worth while as far as I am concerned. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Trade information I would prefer trades, but to avoid the auction crap, the first cash offer for equipment at my asking price will get it. Offers of trade or less cash than my asking price I will think about. I am interested in trades of most kinds. Mostly computer/electronics equipment. I am not interested in computer games in general, or other video game systems, especially older systems. If you are interested in trading please indicate what you want to trade for what. An approximiate value of the items you are offering as trades would be greatly appreciated. Things that I am interested in. 486 Motherboard with CPU 486 CPU Eprom programmer Amiga CDTV CDTV accesories. Amiga 1200 accesories CD-32 SouthWestern Bell Freedom Phone ( Model FT383 ) Pentax Super Program camera. Double-speed ( or faster ) CD-ROM, with sound card or interface. SCSI or IDE hard drives. Mac Hardware SE/30 Motherboards MAC II 68040 accelerator 1024x768 75Hz Video card NuBus or SE/30 NuBus Serial Card Other Mac toys. Simm's. 1Mx8/9 4Mx8/9 any speed. 72 pin simm's with or without parity Other Mac/IBM hardware. Local-Bus Video card or other Local-Bus cards. PCI boards I am currently looking for the following vectrex stuff: Star Castle overlay Heads Up Soccer everything Star Ship everything Melody Master box in perfect condition 3D Narrow box 3D Crazy manual, box 3D minestorm manual, box, cart 3D imager box Polar Rescue everything or any 3D or lightpen stuff. john macdonald magundi@uwo.ca (519) 432-9697 "For many years Canada has been held an obscure place among the countries of the globe. Our borders have been pictured in the abode of perpetual snows, and our people as indifferent, easy-going, indolent. But change is taking place." Charles R. Tuttle. geologist, Our North Land (1885) + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csusac!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: vx@teleport.com (V-X) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex,rec.games.video.classic,rec.games.video.marketplace,rec.games.video.arcade,rec.games.video.misc,alt.games.video.classic,misc.forsale.non-computer Subject: Re: Vectrex and cartridges forsale or trade Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 09:23:08 GMT Organization: Fragile Liquid Lines: 20 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <445n3h$dtd@maureen.teleport.com> References: <4456fs$2pb@falcon.ccs.uwo.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-bend1-06.teleport.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: csus.edu rec.games.vectrex:3600 rec.games.video.classic:28897 rec.games.video.marketplace:39396 rec.games.video.arcade:87193 rec.games.video.misc:28179 alt.games.video.classic:8724 misc.forsale.non-computer:18186 magundi@csd.uwo.ca (John MacDonald) wrote: >Prices, while not engraved in stone, are fairly firm. >Vectrex price is firm. If you feel my prices are too high, >just drive down to your local Wal-Mart and buy the stuff there. :-) >I am always interested in trades. See below for what I am looking >for. Before you get too cocky, anyone here *can* go to Jerry Greiner, the WalMart of classic systems, and buy a Vectrex & multicart for a little more than you're selling the unit alone for. Just thought I 'd point that out... Visit the WWW Jack Chick Archive at http://dig.netcentral.net/vx ------"...And through thick woods one finds a stream astray,------ So secret that the very sky seems small-- --------------I think I will not hang myself today."-----GKC------ + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!newsserver.sdsc.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!news.cac.psu.edu!news.math.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!sec396-news.jpl.nasa.gov!news From: wernst@deltanet.com (Warren 'Llama' Ernst) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Brought my Vectrex to an Arcade Auction... Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 16:05:26 GMT Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Lines: 35 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <446k1e$luf@lo-fan.jpl.nasa.gov> Reply-To: wernst@deltanet.com NNTP-Posting-Host: llama.jpl.nasa.gov X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 All, Here's a refreshing change from the recent dearth of "forsale" posts: I collect full size arcade games -- you know, the ones that are the size of a 'fridge and gobble quarters? Ok, well, one of the more popular methods of acquiring these games is to go to game auctions, which in Southern California is an 8 hour, semi boring affair at times. You can generally count on at least an hour or more being spent on change machines, redemption machines, ski-balls, and other non-interesting machines. So I bring along my Vectrex with 2 controllers and a single multi-cart, expecting to blow the minds of whoever passes by. Well, we had quite a few people ask "What is that?", "How much do you want for it?", and "Did that just say 'Copyright 1982'?" We played "tourneys" of Space Wars and Rip Off for almost an hour. In the process, I think I "sold" about 4 multicarts to people who have Vectrexes sitting in dusty closets (you should be getting calls, Sean), and completely blew the minds of the auction employees, many of whom repeatedly told me that there was to be no playing of the merchandise until the auction was over. They thought it was a commercial unit! Virtually, Warr /----------------------NEW E-MAIL & WWW ADDRESS!----------------------\ | Warren Ernst \ Computer Consultant/ "Illiterate? Write me for | | Fullerton, CA \ Technical Writer / more information..." | | wernst@deltanet.com\ Graphic Artist / Author, "Using Netscape" | | Will Write for Food \ Nerd / Que Computer Publishing, $19.95| | WEB SURF AND REAL-TIME CHAT @ http://www.deltanet.com/users/wernst/ | \----------------------NEW E-MAIL & WWW ADDRESS!----------------------/ + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!decwrl!enews.sgi.com!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.oz.net!news From: punkboy@U.washington.edu (Greg Samson) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: WANTED: Vectrex multicart / additional controller Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 17:50:18 GMT Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Lines: 11 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <446smk$t46@emerald.oz.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: gts.oz.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I've been hearing a lot about multicarts for the Vectrex. Where can I get one? As well, does anyone know about a source for spare controllers? (Or a way to convert a different joystick or pad to work with a Vectrex?) Please E-MAIL me replies! Thanks for your attention! --- Dr. Evil Microwizard - Greg Samson (punkboy@u.washington.edu) + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.starnet.net!wupost!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news.uoregon.edu!news.corpcomm.net!news.pepboys.com!netaxs.com!unix3.netaxs.com!vsp From: vsp@unix3.netaxs.com (have clue--will travel) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: An odd Vectrex problem. Date: 25 Sep 1995 16:48:28 GMT Organization: The Pile of Obsolete Technology Lines: 43 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <446mgs$8dp@netaxs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: unix3.netaxs.com My second Vectrex was in better condition than the first, with one minor exception. There's an interesting problem with the way certain things are drawn... Now, for the most part, this Vectrex is perfect that way. I ran every game on the multi-cart through its paces, and the display seemed perfectly normal during gameplay (with one exception so far, which will follow). The only thing I noticed was that text was sometimes a bit fuzzy and slanted, as if italicized. The menu on Sean-s multi-cart was most affected; while still quite readable, it was quite light and slanted, which never happened on Vectrex #1. I ran Minestorm, Mike's Molecules, and other graphic torture tests on it with no major problems. So I stuck in Scramble, which looked fine, until Screen 5 (the narrow tunnels). The lines of the tunnel, which should be parallel, were crooked! The top of the tunnel slanted downwards and to the right until the two were nearly touching. This occured on tunnels on several parts of the screen (top, bottom, whatever), so it's not a localized problem. The tunnels were, of course, as large as they were supposed to be (I flew right through the crooked lines, but if I moved upwards where the wall was supposed to be, I crashed). Once I got out of the tunnels and got to the Base screen, everything was normal again. So, what's the deal here? Scramble works fine on my other Vectrex, and this happened with both original-cart and multi-cart versions, so it's not the cartridge at fault. Other games with parallel horizontal lines (Clean Sweep, Armor...Attack, etc.) don't show this problem. Other games with _moving_ horizonal parallel lines (let's say, the Mike's Molecules demo with nine of 'em running around at varying sizes and brightness levels) showed no problems. I have to think that it's something very minor, but I'm at a loss as to what to look for. jeff. maybe it's just lonely, and wants 3-D goggles for company. send 'em over, and we'll test this theory. -- --- If you look very, very closely, you can see Edward R. Murrow. --- http://www.netaxs.com/~vsp/ -- the usual array of cartlists and crap. "We came / We peed / We conquered / You'll bleed" -- JB/L "HELLO KITTY gang terrorizes town, family STICKERED to death!" -- BG + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!gw2.att.com!gw1.att.com!fnnews.fnal.gov!uwm.edu!hookup!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!uunet!in2.uu.net!pipeline!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!interramp.com!usenet From: pp000738@interramp.com Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Free classified advertising database on the Web Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 18:43:34 EDT Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Lines: 32 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <184334.pp000738@ipiws-001.interramp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip136.jacksonville.fl.interramp.com Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII OVERDRIVE Overdrive has a Worldwide Classified Advertising Database that is available on the Worldwide Web. It works just like a newspaper classified advertising section and is FREE for all to use. You can post an advertisement of your own, update and delete it. Sections include: Announcements and Services Training and Education Employment Financial Pets and Livestock Computer & Communications Merchandise General Merchandise Real Estate for Rent Real Estate for Sale Manufactured Homes Transportation When you enter an Ad, you are prompted for a password. When the record is created, you receive the record id for your ad. Later, you may update or delete that ad using the combination of your password and record id. Web travelers can search for Ads based on Classified Section, price, manufacturer, model, etc. OVERDRIVE can be found at http://www.ipworld.com + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!gw2.att.com!gw1.att.com!fnnews.fnal.gov!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!bcarh189.bnr.ca!bcarh8ac.bnr.ca!corpgate!crchh327.rich.bnr.ca!woodcock From: woodcock@bnr.ca (Gregg Woodcock) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: An odd Vectrex problem. Date: 26 Sep 1995 13:52:32 GMT Organization: Bell-Northern Research; Richardson, Texas, USA Lines: 16 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4490j0$okg@crchh327.rich.bnr.ca> References: <446mgs$8dp@netaxs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: carphc21.rich.bnr.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] have clue--will travel (vsp@unix3.netaxs.com) wrote: > My second Vectrex was in better condition than the first, with one minor > exception. There's an interesting problem with the way certain things > are drawn... If you open up your unit, there are 2 potentionmeters on the bottom board. One controls the size of the screen (controls both X-size and Y-size proportionally at the same time) and the other controls the amount of "slanting". I forget which is which but you can figure it out. -- THANX...Gregg day 214.684.7380 night UNLIST/PUBL TEXAS NOT CANADA! woodcock@bnr.ca or woodcock@nt.com or bn202@cleveland.freenet.edu *CLASSIC VIDEOGAME COLLECTOR BUY/SELL/TRADE NON-COMPUTER (ARCADE/HOME)* "If you quote me on this I'll have to deny it; I won't remember because I have such a bad memory. Not only that, but my memory is *terrible*." + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: mouser2387@aol.com (MOUSEr2387) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: MP Games September/October Auction Date: 26 Sep 1995 18:05:42 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 148 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Distribution: inet Message-ID: <449tfm$jpb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <184334.pp000738@ipiws-001.interramp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader MP GAMES OCT AUCTION *****26-52-78-CV-02-INTV-NES-C64-CVIC20-AT8-ATARI ST- HANDHELDS- VECTREX !!! MORE! ****************************************** Auction ends: Wednesday October 4,1995 at 12:00 Noon EST **************************************** General Rules and Mumbo Jumbo ----------------------------------------- a. ALL items shipped only after payment, trade recieved... NO EXCEPTIONS! b. UNITED STATES ORDERS ONLY PLEASE c. Items are in good shape for the most part, though some boxed games may not be in that great a shape. please inquire about condition. d. Minimum bids are minimum bids, y'dig? e. limit of two of each item per customer f. minimum bid increases : 25c on itmes under $1.00 , 50c on items $1-$10 and $1.00 on items over $15.00 g. We are looking for trades! MAKE AN OFFER! h. Thanks to certain people who never send stuff on a timely manner, you know who you are, I will insist that all payments and trades be recieved by me within 10 days of the auction's end. ( OCTOBER 14 1995 ) failure to do this will result in being permanentely banned from auctioning with me again! NO EXCEPTIONS! i. please do not email the entire post if you want to be added to the mailing list j. updates will be published frequently as the volume of bids makes worthwhile all bidders will receiev updates along with anyone who requests them ------------------------------------------------ Here is my address: Michael Palisano 2 Rock Ridge Drive Norwalk, CT 06854 Phone: 1-203-866-5946 ------------------------------------------------- -------------------Shipping Fees Instructions/Manuals/ Catalogs $0.50 for first $0.25 for each extra Loose cartridges: $1.00 for first title $0.50 for each additional Boxed Cartridges $2.00 for first title $1.00 for each additional MINIMUM SHIPPING : $3.00 ------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------Auction Format: quantity ----> 1....... (maker)... . game title $.... (MIn. bid increment: $...) a. bidder's name $bid key -------------------- 1 cart BCIO B= Includes Box C= ...... Cartridge I= ..... Instructions O= ..... Overlays ----------------------------------- * I will list all current bids and use real names, unless requested otherwise *************************** *******************Last minute additions! Commodore 1702 rf composite monitor Works... compatible with SNES, Genesis, Jaguar, Playstation, others in great shape $80.00 ( winner pays $15.00 shipping) ******* !! GCE vectrex system Works in great shape Missing controller $100.00 ( Winner pays $15.00 shipping) Atari 2600 : ********************** Atari blackjack no front label 6.00 flag capture black label 6.00 carnival coleco 5.00 venture coleco with instructions 6.00 spider fighter activision 6.00 breakaway IV sears 6.00 kangaroo 6.00 ******************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------ ------Intellivision Hardware ****** 1. Intellivision II Unit with intellivoice *********** Includes all hookups, plus 2 carts (my choice) Minimum Bid $30.00 (winner pays $6.00 shipping). 2. Intelliviseion II unit bare deck only no hookups or power supply included includes 2 carts my choice $15.00 ( Winner pays $5.00 shipping) ----------------------Intellivision loose games MATTEL 3 NHL Hockey $1.50 4 NBA Basketball $1.50 5 NFL Football $1.50 2 Football $2.50 5 Armor Battle $1.50 1 Golf $1.50 4 Burgertime $1.50 2 Star Strike $1.50 5 Las Vegas Poker and Blackjack $0.50 1 Space Hawk $1.50 6 Astrosmash $1.50 1 Baseball $2.50 4 ML Baseball $1.50 3 Space Battle $1.50 3 Boxing $1.50 3 Auto Racing $1.50 5 Lock N Chase $1.50 2 Sea Battle $1.50 5 Night Stalker $1.50 1 Sub Hunt $1.50 1 Tron Deadly Disks $2.00 1 Snafu $2.00 1 adv dungeons and dragons 2.00 2 sea battle 2.00 1 Tennis 2.50 1 las vegas roulette 5.00 1 Nasl Soccer 2.00 1 Pinball 6.00 1 Horse Racing 3.00 + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!csusac!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!emory!metro.atlanta.com!spcuna!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!a2i!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!van-bc!fonorola!news.magi.com!worldlinx.com!news.worldlinx.com!thunder.mgl.ca!lightning.mgl.ca!isle From: isle@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN (Daryl Richards) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex,rec.games.video.classic Subject: Re: Talk about your lucky days... Followup-To: rec.games.vectrex,rec.games.video.classic Date: 26 Sep 1995 22:08:40 GMT Organization: MGL Systems Internet Lines: 55 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <449tl8$o1a@thunder.mgl.ca> References: <442e5f$p6q@netaxs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lightning.mgl.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: csus.edu rec.games.vectrex:3609 rec.games.video.classic:29019 have clue--will travel (vsp@unix2.netaxs.com) wrote: : I really didn't find much today when I went out game-hunting. The yard sales : I visited had nothing, the fleas had a boxed 2600 Spike's/Ghost double-ender : and boxed 2600 Moonsweeper and little else, and a friendly dealer promised : to save a TurboGrafx for me. So what's the big deal? : This morning, while I was wiped out from a long night's work (gotta hate : night shift), my dad went out to get a cup of coffee and a newspaper. As : he went down our street, he noticed a yard sale _four houses away_ from : our house. Hmmm, he thought. That guy's got a little television for sale. : Little television? Wait, that screen's vertically aligned, not horizontal. : He made another pass. Is that a 'V' on the front? Maybe it's... : ...yep, it was. A Vectrex console, in very nice shape. Here's an oddity; : the text on the title screens is a little shaky, and on my Sean Kelly : multi-cart most of the titles in the menu are crooked; this does not happen : with my 'other' Vectrex and that cart ($70 last I checked, a very nice : addition to the home, plug plug plug). Yet when I start playing any games, : the screen is aligned nicely, and nothing appears warped or abnormal. : One button on the controller (button 3) was also a little intermittent, but : it seems to be coming around nicely now. : Anyway, he asked what the guy wanted for it. "Five bucks" was the answer. : "Does it work?" "Yeah." Figuring that, at worst, he'd be buying a dead Vec : with a Blitz cart sticking out of it, he snagged it for me. : Oh yes -- the guy put another box on top and said "Oh, these go with it." : Inside were Spinball, Heads Up Soccer, Fortress of Narzod, Star Trek, Berzerk, : Web Wars, Armor...Attack, Hyperchase, Cosmic Chasm, Scramble, and Clean Sweep. : It's not every day that I can pick up a Vectrex + 12 carts without even : being awake... : jeff. no light pen or imager, of course. he's lucky, not : a magician... : : -- : --- If you look very, very closely, you can see Edward R. Murrow. --- : http://www.netaxs.com/~vsp/ -- the usual array of cartlists and crap. : "We came / We peed / We conquered / You'll bleed" -- JB/L : "HELLO KITTY gang terrorizes town, family STICKERED to death!" -- BG -- !@#$@!$##E%!@#$%^@#$^@# Isle isle@mgl.ca -- + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!gw2.att.com!gw1.att.com!csn!nntp-xfer-2.csn.net!yuma!purdue!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!wizard.pn.com!news1.channel1.com!news.sprintlink.net!mv!news-dnh.mv.net!usenet From: dac@melrose.mv.com Subject: Fun with Vectrex.. Message-ID: Nntp-Posting-Host: melrose.mv.com Sender: usenet@jade.mv.net (System Administrator) Organization: MV Communications, Inc. Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 19:55:21 GMT X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) Lines: 16 Okay, so how much are vectrexes worth? Anyway, to the poster who wanted to know more about the 3-d games.. The vectrex had optional accessories: a light pen (which I have yet to see) and 3-d glasses (I remember as a kid seeing them at Toys R Us, but I didn't have a Vectrex at the time). I think they look like virtual reality glasses and they came with 3-D Mine Storm. There was also a 3-d roller coaster game, and one other 3-D game..(fellow posters, help me out here). I have found that a Vectrex joystick buttons will work on a Sega Genesis, but not vice versa. Luckily, the Vectrex joysticks have lasted well over 10 years (bought system in 84). Unlike my sega/5200/2600 etc joysticks that last 3 weeks. I am looking for new games programmed by anyone for this system, also the 3-d thingy, the light pen and Space Wars and Pole Position. Lemme know if you have em!!! Thanks. + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!library.ucla.edu!info.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca!moorman From: "Kevin J. Moorman" Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: MultiCarts Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 21:45:57 -0600 Organization: Calgary Free-Net Lines: 23 Distribution: inet Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: moorman@srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Gee, everybody's got nice stuff but me! I wanna corvette, I wanna TV Everybody's got nice stuff but me! I've been on-again, off-again desiring a multicart since Mark Woodward was gonna/wasn't gonna make some multicarts about 2 years ago. That's A Long Time To Wait In This Consumer Age. My vectrex I bought at the flea market when I said "gee I wonder if those things are still around". Yup! It was. But now, that was a long time ago, and to try to buy carts at non-auction prices is astoundingly difficult and rare and requires a little bit of effort. Now I hear about a new name: Sean Kelly! I haven't read the FAQ list in a little while, but if there's a line-up forming for multicarts, I'm in it! To be fair, Mark sent me enough info to build a basic multicart, but its going to take a little bit of work to build, and to hunt down a EPROM burner. What can I say, in this consumer age, we want want want with no effort. Shrug! Hey, Mr. Kelly, if its true and you are making 'em, then count me in please! As always, Kevin Moorman moorman@skyler.arc.ab.ca + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!library.ucla.edu!info.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!sec396-news.jpl.nasa.gov!news From: wernst@deltanet.com (Warren 'Llama' Ernst) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: MultiCarts Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 14:50:41 GMT Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Lines: 30 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <44h16k$9aj@lo-fan.jpl.nasa.gov> References: Reply-To: wernst@deltanet.com NNTP-Posting-Host: llama.jpl.nasa.gov X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 "Kevin J. Moorman" wrote: >I've been on-again, off-again desiring a multicart since Mark Woodward >was gonna/wasn't gonna make some multicarts about 2 years ago. That's A >Long Time To Wait In This Consumer Age. My vectrex I bought at the flea >market when I said "gee I wonder if those things are still around". Yup! >It was. But now, that was a long time ago, and to try to buy carts at >non-auction prices is astoundingly difficult and rare and requires a little >bit of effort. Now I hear about a new name: Sean Kelly! I haven't read >the FAQ list in a little while, but if there's a line-up forming for >multicarts, I'm in it! Contact Sean Kelly at skelly@xnet.com. I have one of the first menu-driven Sean Kelly multicarts, and I just love it. It completely blows the minds of everyone who sees it and plays it. Last price I knew about was $70; $20 more than the others, but at least you'll get it in two weeks. Virtually, Warr /----------------------NEW E-MAIL & WWW ADDRESS!----------------------\ | Warren Ernst \ Computer Consultant/ "Illiterate? Write me for | | Fullerton, CA \ Technical Writer / more information..." | | wernst@deltanet.com\ Graphic Artist / Author, "Using Netscape" | | Will Write for Food \ Nerd / Que Computer Publishing, $19.95| | WEB SURF AND REAL-TIME CHAT @ http://www.deltanet.com/users/wernst/ | \----------------------NEW E-MAIL & WWW ADDRESS!----------------------/ + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!library.ucla.edu!info.ucla.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!simtel!news.kei.com!newshost.marcam.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.erinet.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!infinet!rbatina From: rbatina@infinet.com (Robert Batina) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: MultiCarts Date: 29 Sep 1995 18:03:59 GMT Organization: InfiNet Lines: 20 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <44hcef$720@horus.infinet.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: rigel.infinet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Kevin J. Moorman (moorman@freenet.calgary.ab.ca) wrote: : It was. But now, that was a long time ago, and to try to buy carts at : non-auction prices is astoundingly difficult and rare and requires a little : bit of effort. Now I hear about a new name: Sean Kelly! I haven't read : the FAQ list in a little while, but if there's a line-up forming for : multicarts, I'm in it! Yup, he still makes 'em.... in fact, he is in the procees of getting one ready for me as we speak. :) There has been quite a bit of his name being tossed around, so I imagine that there are many people wanting them. Probably will be a bit of a wait, but I doubt it would be 2 years. -- _____________________________________________________________________ | | |_ | Robert J Batina | Also known as 'Roberto' around the net. | | |---------------------| Please take the time to check my web pages at | | | rbatina@infinet.com | http://www.infinet.com/~rbatina | | |_____________________|_______________________________________________| | |_____________________________________________________________________| + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!wave.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!gwen.pcug.co.uk!news From: Alun Jenkins Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Vectrex For sale in UK Date: 30 Sep 1995 07:04:43 GMT Organization: The Personal Computer User Group, UK Lines: 4 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <44iq6b$e31@gwen.pcug.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ai112.du.pipex.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) Heeey the title says it all Offers for this nice box. Have about 8 carts with it as well + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!decwrl!news1.digital.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!newshub1.wanet.net!ucsnews!rohan!leeg From: leeg@rohan.sdsu.edu (lee) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: MultiCarts Date: 30 Sep 1995 21:03:13 GMT Organization: San Diego State University Computing Services Lines: 9 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <44kbah$ii2@gondor.sdsu.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.191.1.100 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Kevin J. Moorman (moorman@freenet.calgary.ab.ca) wrote: : Gee, everybody's got nice stuff but me! : I wanna corvette, I wanna TV : Everybody's got nice stuff but me! Ok, come to San Diego. You can play all the arcade games you want for free. I'll let you watch TV and take a ride in my Vette if you can beat me in Star Castle : ) You have great taste in games and cars : ) : ) Gaymond Lee + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!pipeline!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!uu0981!michael.lang From: michael.lang@syncomm.com (MICHAEL LANG) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: FS: Paper Items... down t Message-ID: <8B212E2.0AD700068E.uuout@syncomm.com> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 95 12:18:00 -0400 Distribution: world Organization: Synergy Online, Parsippany, NJ (201) 331-1797 Reply-To: michael.lang@syncomm.com (MICHAEL LANG) X-Newsreader: PCBoard Version 15.21 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.10 Lines: 192 The Michael Lang Paper Auction: >>>> U P D A T E ! ! ! <<<< Auction ends October 1st, 1995 (Sunday at midnight) Bids accepted in order received All costs $US. Buyer pays shipping No revoking bids, you bid, you buy. For more complete descriptions please write me. ATTENTION: IN ORDER TO PREVENT LAST MINUTE BID STEALING, THE MINIMUM BID INCREMENT HAS BEEN RAISED FOR ALL FIRST TIME BIDDERS!!! ONCE YOU HAVE A VALID BID ACCEPTED BY ME (ON ANY ITEM), YOU MAY PROCEED TO ENTER ADDITIONAL BIDS ON ANY ITEMS AT THE REDUCED MINIMUM BID INCREMENT. UNTIL THAT TIME, ANY BIDS YOU PLACE MUST MEET THE FIRST TIME BIDDERS MINUMUM BID INCREMENT! THIS IS TO PROTECT MY CUSTOMERS WHO ENTER BIDS EARLY, ONLY TO BE BEATEN OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE BY LURKERS. FIRST TIME BIDDERS, MINIMUM INCREMENT: $5.00, ANY ITEM. Minimum increment for items under $10 = 50 cents Minimum increment for items $10 and over = $1.00 (And yes, this means you can bid on any item which is currently not bid on for the minimum bid listed, and then raise any other bid per the reduced increment.) *Here's a tip... Items 1 is still a steal. This really ought to go.* Item P001: (1930s?) Life Insurance / X-mas Carol Booklet: $5 min Item P002: 1924 New Jersey Motor Vehicle Act: $5.50 (HUTCH) Item P003: 1937 World Atlas / International Gazetteer: $4 min Item P004: 1947 ALCOA Aluminum and its Properties: $3 min Item P005: 1957 Gulf Oil Calorie Counter Premium: $5 (ROBERTO) Item P006: (1940s?) Quaker Oats Premium, McCalls Sewing: $5 (ROBERTO) Item P007: 1951 Chevrolet Owners Service Policy: $3 (HARRIS) Item P008: 1951 DELCO Battery Owners Service Policy: $2 (ODUMPER) Item P009: 1946/1947 Machinist Paycheck Stubs (approx 25): $3 (HARRIS) Item P010: 1945 WWII Air Force ID Card: $5 min Item P011: 1956 Pen and Ink Air Mail Letters from Germany: $5 (SNICH) Item P012: (1950s?)Sears and Roebuck Check for 8 cents: $4 (ROBERTO) Item P013: Grab Bag, mixed and assorted paper: $3 min Item P014: 1950s / 1960s Maps and Calenders: $15(SOLOMON) Item P015: 1960s Ontario Tourist Paper: $3 (ODUMPER) Thank you, Michael Lang michael.lang@syncomm.com ITEM P001: LIFE INSURANCE / XMAS CAROL BOOKLET: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston Massachusetts Christmas Carol Booklet (4.5 inches x 6.0 inches x 16 pages) with pen and colored inks hand drawing on front/rear cover showing church screen. Says Issue No. 115 on the last page. Has a few pair of staple holes around perimeter, but they have pretty much closed back up. Has been estimated at about 1930, but no guarantees on that. ITEM P002: 1924 NEW JERSEY MOTOR VEHICLE ACT: This is the 1924 release of The Motor Vehicle Act of New Jersey together with the Traffic Act. It measures 6 inches by 9 inches by 75 pages and covers everything you need to know including using your whip; warrants served on Sunday; tree - horses not tied to, racing - when permitted, bells on your horse, and of course, all of the automobile information of the age. This thing is a RIOT! Every page a gem. ITEM P003: 1937 WORLD ATLAS / INTERNATIONAL GAZETTEER: This booklet was released by the Paterson News and contains color maps as well as text description of the countries of the world. It measures 6 inches by 9 inches by 40 pages. The booklet also contains a list of other Home Institute booklets available for 15 cents a copy, including how to Interpret Your Dreams, Social Dancing - Self Taught, and You can be Popular. This booklet is number 54 of the series. ITEM P004: 1947 ALCOA ALUMINUM AND ITS PROPERTIES: This spring bound book was published by ALCOA, the Aluminum Company of America. It gives both general information about aluminum, as well as table of machinist and engineering data. The book measures 5.5 inches by 8.25 inches by 154 pages. Small amount of scuffing on cover. ITEM P005: 1957 GULF OIL CALORIE COUNTER PREMIUM: The Gulf Calorie Counter Premium provides an ingenious means of allowing the user to monitor their calorie intake during the day. A wheel is turned every time any entry is made. The wheel keeps a running total of the days entries. Mailed out to customers from privately owned gas stations... this one came from Marty's Gulf Service in Bloomingdale NJ. The counter measures 4.25 inches by 4.25 inches, plus the fold out wheel. ITEM P006: QUAKER OATS PREMIUM, McCALLS SEWING: This Quaker Oats Premium consists of a folder sewing pattern: The McCalls Party Apron. The pattern was design by Luis Estevez. The patterns is unused. ITEM P007: 1951 CHEVROLET OWNER SERVICE POLICY: The formal and distinguished look of this tri-fold owner service policy (fancy money green border on white page with black type) really sets it apart. It is neatly typed and twice signed in pen and ink by the dealer. It is dated 1951 and carries engine numbers, serial numbers, and key numbers.It measures 8.5 inches by 3.75 inches as properly folded. ITEM P008: 1951 DELCO BATTERY OWNER SERVICE POLICY: Similar to item P007, only slightly less striking, this Delco Owners Warranty and Adjustment Service Policy is neatly typed. It was for a battery in a 1951 Chevy Pick-up. ITEM P009: 1946/1947 MACHINIST PAYCHECK STUBS (approx 25): These pen and ink hand completed pay stubs were issued by the Newfoundland Machine Shop. Also included, (2) business cards from the same era, one from the Newfoundland Machine Shop, the other from Faitoute Iron and Steel Company, and what appears to be the empty envelope from a Christmas Bonus! ITEM P010: 1945 WWII AIR FORCE ID CARD: Measuring 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches, this card was issued to Col. Scherer served honorably and well in the united states armed forces in WWII with the 2536th AAF Base Unit The card, while quite legible and in good sturdy shape, is aged as if was carried around in a wallet for many years, and is a bit brownish. ITEM P011: 1956 PEN AND INK AIR MAIL FROM GEMANY (25): A collection of approximately 25 hand pen and inked letters from 1956, sent in air mail envelopes from Germany. Most envelopes still have wide assortment of German stamps Seems like different stamps and different numbers of stamps on each envelop. ITEM P012: SEARS AND ROEBUCK CHECK FOR 8 CENTS: Estimated at mid 1950's, this official Sears and Roebuck check for 8 cents comes with completed order forms and invoices to and from Sears. It lists $2.37 dress shirts, $6.88 mattresses, and $2.97 jackets. No obvious marking which would void the check, so you might still be able to get cashed (haha). ITEM P013: GRAB BAG, MIXED AND ASSORTED PAPER: 1961 calender from Dover Savings and Loan; 1962 Shop Rite receipt; 1953 calender card from First National Bank of Bloomingdale; 1955 Government Booklet - Your Social Security (44 pages); 1955 Employment Application for machinist, looks like a personal copy he filled out for records; 1958/1959 used dry cleaning envelope / booklet, with bonus certificate; 1958 First National Bank of Paterson personalized Credit Certificate wallet card; 1942 Dieztgen Drafting calender and decimal conversion wallet card; 1957 Treasury Department envelop and 'NOTICE OF AWARD OF LUMP SUM DEATH PAYMENT' ITEM P014: 1950s / 1960s MAPS AND CALANDERS: Assorted maps and calenders from 1950s and 1960s, New Jersey, Pennsylvannia, Ontario, New York City, East Coast, Esso, Baltimore, etc.. Esso, Texaco, Gulf, insurance, etc.. ITEM P015: 1960s ONTARIO TOURIST PAPER: This large packet contains numerous maps and pamphlets for tourist attractions in Ontario. including 1963 Angling in Ontario, Forts, the Falls, etc. Check out the prices on the menu from The Dutch Village Restaurant - Entrees: $1.70, Milk: 12 cents, Grill Cheese: 35 cents., etc. --- ~ CMPQwk #1.42-R2~ UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!pipeline!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!uu0981!michael.lang From: michael.lang@syncomm.com (MICHAEL LANG) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: FS: Paper Items... down t Message-ID: <8B212E2.0AD700068F.uuout@syncomm.com> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 95 12:18:00 -0400 Distribution: world Organization: Synergy Online, Parsippany, NJ (201) 331-1797 Reply-To: michael.lang@syncomm.com (MICHAEL LANG) X-Newsreader: PCBoard Version 15.21 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.10 Lines: 192 The Michael Lang Paper Auction: >>>> U P D A T E ! ! ! <<<< Auction ends October 1st, 1995 (Sunday at midnight) Bids accepted in order received All costs $US. Buyer pays shipping No revoking bids, you bid, you buy. For more complete descriptions please write me. ATTENTION: IN ORDER TO PREVENT LAST MINUTE BID STEALING, THE MINIMUM BID INCREMENT HAS BEEN RAISED FOR ALL FIRST TIME BIDDERS!!! ONCE YOU HAVE A VALID BID ACCEPTED BY ME (ON ANY ITEM), YOU MAY PROCEED TO ENTER ADDITIONAL BIDS ON ANY ITEMS AT THE REDUCED MINIMUM BID INCREMENT. UNTIL THAT TIME, ANY BIDS YOU PLACE MUST MEET THE FIRST TIME BIDDERS MINUMUM BID INCREMENT! THIS IS TO PROTECT MY CUSTOMERS WHO ENTER BIDS EARLY, ONLY TO BE BEATEN OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE BY LURKERS. FIRST TIME BIDDERS, MINIMUM INCREMENT: $5.00, ANY ITEM. Minimum increment for items under $10 = 50 cents Minimum increment for items $10 and over = $1.00 (And yes, this means you can bid on any item which is currently not bid on for the minimum bid listed, and then raise any other bid per the reduced increment.) *Here's a tip... Items 1 is still a steal. This really ought to go.* Item P001: (1930s?) Life Insurance / X-mas Carol Booklet: $5 min Item P002: 1924 New Jersey Motor Vehicle Act: $5.50 (HUTCH) Item P003: 1937 World Atlas / International Gazetteer: $4 min Item P004: 1947 ALCOA Aluminum and its Properties: $3 min Item P005: 1957 Gulf Oil Calorie Counter Premium: $5 (ROBERTO) Item P006: (1940s?) Quaker Oats Premium, McCalls Sewing: $5 (ROBERTO) Item P007: 1951 Chevrolet Owners Service Policy: $3 (HARRIS) Item P008: 1951 DELCO Battery Owners Service Policy: $2 (ODUMPER) Item P009: 1946/1947 Machinist Paycheck Stubs (approx 25): $3 (HARRIS) Item P010: 1945 WWII Air Force ID Card: $5 min Item P011: 1956 Pen and Ink Air Mail Letters from Germany: $5 (SNICH) Item P012: (1950s?)Sears and Roebuck Check for 8 cents: $4 (ROBERTO) Item P013: Grab Bag, mixed and assorted paper: $3 min Item P014: 1950s / 1960s Maps and Calenders: $15(SOLOMON) Item P015: 1960s Ontario Tourist Paper: $3 (ODUMPER) Thank you, Michael Lang michael.lang@syncomm.com ITEM P001: LIFE INSURANCE / XMAS CAROL BOOKLET: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston Massachusetts Christmas Carol Booklet (4.5 inches x 6.0 inches x 16 pages) with pen and colored inks hand drawing on front/rear cover showing church screen. Says Issue No. 115 on the last page. Has a few pair of staple holes around perimeter, but they have pretty much closed back up. Has been estimated at about 1930, but no guarantees on that. ITEM P002: 1924 NEW JERSEY MOTOR VEHICLE ACT: This is the 1924 release of The Motor Vehicle Act of New Jersey together with the Traffic Act. It measures 6 inches by 9 inches by 75 pages and covers everything you need to know including using your whip; warrants served on Sunday; tree - horses not tied to, racing - when permitted, bells on your horse, and of course, all of the automobile information of the age. This thing is a RIOT! Every page a gem. ITEM P003: 1937 WORLD ATLAS / INTERNATIONAL GAZETTEER: This booklet was released by the Paterson News and contains color maps as well as text description of the countries of the world. It measures 6 inches by 9 inches by 40 pages. The booklet also contains a list of other Home Institute booklets available for 15 cents a copy, including how to Interpret Your Dreams, Social Dancing - Self Taught, and You can be Popular. This booklet is number 54 of the series. ITEM P004: 1947 ALCOA ALUMINUM AND ITS PROPERTIES: This spring bound book was published by ALCOA, the Aluminum Company of America. It gives both general information about aluminum, as well as table of machinist and engineering data. The book measures 5.5 inches by 8.25 inches by 154 pages. Small amount of scuffing on cover. ITEM P005: 1957 GULF OIL CALORIE COUNTER PREMIUM: The Gulf Calorie Counter Premium provides an ingenious means of allowing the user to monitor their calorie intake during the day. A wheel is turned every time any entry is made. The wheel keeps a running total of the days entries. Mailed out to customers from privately owned gas stations... this one came from Marty's Gulf Service in Bloomingdale NJ. The counter measures 4.25 inches by 4.25 inches, plus the fold out wheel. ITEM P006: QUAKER OATS PREMIUM, McCALLS SEWING: This Quaker Oats Premium consists of a folder sewing pattern: The McCalls Party Apron. The pattern was design by Luis Estevez. The patterns is unused. ITEM P007: 1951 CHEVROLET OWNER SERVICE POLICY: The formal and distinguished look of this tri-fold owner service policy (fancy money green border on white page with black type) really sets it apart. It is neatly typed and twice signed in pen and ink by the dealer. It is dated 1951 and carries engine numbers, serial numbers, and key numbers.It measures 8.5 inches by 3.75 inches as properly folded. ITEM P008: 1951 DELCO BATTERY OWNER SERVICE POLICY: Similar to item P007, only slightly less striking, this Delco Owners Warranty and Adjustment Service Policy is neatly typed. It was for a battery in a 1951 Chevy Pick-up. ITEM P009: 1946/1947 MACHINIST PAYCHECK STUBS (approx 25): These pen and ink hand completed pay stubs were issued by the Newfoundland Machine Shop. Also included, (2) business cards from the same era, one from the Newfoundland Machine Shop, the other from Faitoute Iron and Steel Company, and what appears to be the empty envelope from a Christmas Bonus! ITEM P010: 1945 WWII AIR FORCE ID CARD: Measuring 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches, this card was issued to Col. Scherer served honorably and well in the united states armed forces in WWII with the 2536th AAF Base Unit The card, while quite legible and in good sturdy shape, is aged as if was carried around in a wallet for many years, and is a bit brownish. ITEM P011: 1956 PEN AND INK AIR MAIL FROM GEMANY (25): A collection of approximately 25 hand pen and inked letters from 1956, sent in air mail envelopes from Germany. Most envelopes still have wide assortment of German stamps Seems like different stamps and different numbers of stamps on each envelop. ITEM P012: SEARS AND ROEBUCK CHECK FOR 8 CENTS: Estimated at mid 1950's, this official Sears and Roebuck check for 8 cents comes with completed order forms and invoices to and from Sears. It lists $2.37 dress shirts, $6.88 mattresses, and $2.97 jackets. No obvious marking which would void the check, so you might still be able to get cashed (haha). ITEM P013: GRAB BAG, MIXED AND ASSORTED PAPER: 1961 calender from Dover Savings and Loan; 1962 Shop Rite receipt; 1953 calender card from First National Bank of Bloomingdale; 1955 Government Booklet - Your Social Security (44 pages); 1955 Employment Application for machinist, looks like a personal copy he filled out for records; 1958/1959 used dry cleaning envelope / booklet, with bonus certificate; 1958 First National Bank of Paterson personalized Credit Certificate wallet card; 1942 Dieztgen Drafting calender and decimal conversion wallet card; 1957 Treasury Department envelop and 'NOTICE OF AWARD OF LUMP SUM DEATH PAYMENT' ITEM P014: 1950s / 1960s MAPS AND CALANDERS: Assorted maps and calenders from 1950s and 1960s, New Jersey, Pennsylvannia, Ontario, New York City, East Coast, Esso, Baltimore, etc.. Esso, Texaco, Gulf, insurance, etc.. ITEM P015: 1960s ONTARIO TOURIST PAPER: This large packet contains numerous maps and pamphlets for tourist attractions in Ontario. including 1963 Angling in Ontario, Forts, the Falls, etc. Check out the prices on the menu from The Dutch Village Restaurant - Entrees: $1.70, Milk: 12 cents, Grill Cheese: 35 cents., etc. --- ~ CMPQwk #1.42-R2~ UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!pipeline!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!uu0981!michael.lang From: michael.lang@syncomm.com (MICHAEL LANG) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: FS: Paper Items... down t Message-ID: <8B212E2.0AD7000692.uuout@syncomm.com> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 95 12:18:00 -0400 Distribution: world Organization: Synergy Online, Parsippany, NJ (201) 331-1797 Reply-To: michael.lang@syncomm.com (MICHAEL LANG) X-Newsreader: PCBoard Version 15.21 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.10 Lines: 192 The Michael Lang Paper Auction: >>>> U P D A T E ! ! ! <<<< Auction ends October 1st, 1995 (Sunday at midnight) Bids accepted in order received All costs $US. Buyer pays shipping No revoking bids, you bid, you buy. For more complete descriptions please write me. ATTENTION: IN ORDER TO PREVENT LAST MINUTE BID STEALING, THE MINIMUM BID INCREMENT HAS BEEN RAISED FOR ALL FIRST TIME BIDDERS!!! ONCE YOU HAVE A VALID BID ACCEPTED BY ME (ON ANY ITEM), YOU MAY PROCEED TO ENTER ADDITIONAL BIDS ON ANY ITEMS AT THE REDUCED MINIMUM BID INCREMENT. UNTIL THAT TIME, ANY BIDS YOU PLACE MUST MEET THE FIRST TIME BIDDERS MINUMUM BID INCREMENT! THIS IS TO PROTECT MY CUSTOMERS WHO ENTER BIDS EARLY, ONLY TO BE BEATEN OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE BY LURKERS. FIRST TIME BIDDERS, MINIMUM INCREMENT: $5.00, ANY ITEM. Minimum increment for items under $10 = 50 cents Minimum increment for items $10 and over = $1.00 (And yes, this means you can bid on any item which is currently not bid on for the minimum bid listed, and then raise any other bid per the reduced increment.) *Here's a tip... Items 1 is still a steal. This really ought to go.* Item P001: (1930s?) Life Insurance / X-mas Carol Booklet: $5 min Item P002: 1924 New Jersey Motor Vehicle Act: $5.50 (HUTCH) Item P003: 1937 World Atlas / International Gazetteer: $4 min Item P004: 1947 ALCOA Aluminum and its Properties: $3 min Item P005: 1957 Gulf Oil Calorie Counter Premium: $5 (ROBERTO) Item P006: (1940s?) Quaker Oats Premium, McCalls Sewing: $5 (ROBERTO) Item P007: 1951 Chevrolet Owners Service Policy: $3 (HARRIS) Item P008: 1951 DELCO Battery Owners Service Policy: $2 (ODUMPER) Item P009: 1946/1947 Machinist Paycheck Stubs (approx 25): $3 (HARRIS) Item P010: 1945 WWII Air Force ID Card: $5 min Item P011: 1956 Pen and Ink Air Mail Letters from Germany: $5 (SNICH) Item P012: (1950s?)Sears and Roebuck Check for 8 cents: $4 (ROBERTO) Item P013: Grab Bag, mixed and assorted paper: $3 min Item P014: 1950s / 1960s Maps and Calenders: $15(SOLOMON) Item P015: 1960s Ontario Tourist Paper: $3 (ODUMPER) Thank you, Michael Lang michael.lang@syncomm.com ITEM P001: LIFE INSURANCE / XMAS CAROL BOOKLET: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston Massachusetts Christmas Carol Booklet (4.5 inches x 6.0 inches x 16 pages) with pen and colored inks hand drawing on front/rear cover showing church screen. Says Issue No. 115 on the last page. Has a few pair of staple holes around perimeter, but they have pretty much closed back up. Has been estimated at about 1930, but no guarantees on that. ITEM P002: 1924 NEW JERSEY MOTOR VEHICLE ACT: This is the 1924 release of The Motor Vehicle Act of New Jersey together with the Traffic Act. It measures 6 inches by 9 inches by 75 pages and covers everything you need to know including using your whip; warrants served on Sunday; tree - horses not tied to, racing - when permitted, bells on your horse, and of course, all of the automobile information of the age. This thing is a RIOT! Every page a gem. ITEM P003: 1937 WORLD ATLAS / INTERNATIONAL GAZETTEER: This booklet was released by the Paterson News and contains color maps as well as text description of the countries of the world. It measures 6 inches by 9 inches by 40 pages. The booklet also contains a list of other Home Institute booklets available for 15 cents a copy, including how to Interpret Your Dreams, Social Dancing - Self Taught, and You can be Popular. This booklet is number 54 of the series. ITEM P004: 1947 ALCOA ALUMINUM AND ITS PROPERTIES: This spring bound book was published by ALCOA, the Aluminum Company of America. It gives both general information about aluminum, as well as table of machinist and engineering data. The book measures 5.5 inches by 8.25 inches by 154 pages. Small amount of scuffing on cover. ITEM P005: 1957 GULF OIL CALORIE COUNTER PREMIUM: The Gulf Calorie Counter Premium provides an ingenious means of allowing the user to monitor their calorie intake during the day. A wheel is turned every time any entry is made. The wheel keeps a running total of the days entries. Mailed out to customers from privately owned gas stations... this one came from Marty's Gulf Service in Bloomingdale NJ. The counter measures 4.25 inches by 4.25 inches, plus the fold out wheel. ITEM P006: QUAKER OATS PREMIUM, McCALLS SEWING: This Quaker Oats Premium consists of a folder sewing pattern: The McCalls Party Apron. The pattern was design by Luis Estevez. The patterns is unused. ITEM P007: 1951 CHEVROLET OWNER SERVICE POLICY: The formal and distinguished look of this tri-fold owner service policy (fancy money green border on white page with black type) really sets it apart. It is neatly typed and twice signed in pen and ink by the dealer. It is dated 1951 and carries engine numbers, serial numbers, and key numbers.It measures 8.5 inches by 3.75 inches as properly folded. ITEM P008: 1951 DELCO BATTERY OWNER SERVICE POLICY: Similar to item P007, only slightly less striking, this Delco Owners Warranty and Adjustment Service Policy is neatly typed. It was for a battery in a 1951 Chevy Pick-up. ITEM P009: 1946/1947 MACHINIST PAYCHECK STUBS (approx 25): These pen and ink hand completed pay stubs were issued by the Newfoundland Machine Shop. Also included, (2) business cards from the same era, one from the Newfoundland Machine Shop, the other from Faitoute Iron and Steel Company, and what appears to be the empty envelope from a Christmas Bonus! ITEM P010: 1945 WWII AIR FORCE ID CARD: Measuring 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches, this card was issued to Col. Scherer served honorably and well in the united states armed forces in WWII with the 2536th AAF Base Unit The card, while quite legible and in good sturdy shape, is aged as if was carried around in a wallet for many years, and is a bit brownish. ITEM P011: 1956 PEN AND INK AIR MAIL FROM GEMANY (25): A collection of approximately 25 hand pen and inked letters from 1956, sent in air mail envelopes from Germany. Most envelopes still have wide assortment of German stamps Seems like different stamps and different numbers of stamps on each envelop. ITEM P012: SEARS AND ROEBUCK CHECK FOR 8 CENTS: Estimated at mid 1950's, this official Sears and Roebuck check for 8 cents comes with completed order forms and invoices to and from Sears. It lists $2.37 dress shirts, $6.88 mattresses, and $2.97 jackets. No obvious marking which would void the check, so you might still be able to get cashed (haha). ITEM P013: GRAB BAG, MIXED AND ASSORTED PAPER: 1961 calender from Dover Savings and Loan; 1962 Shop Rite receipt; 1953 calender card from First National Bank of Bloomingdale; 1955 Government Booklet - Your Social Security (44 pages); 1955 Employment Application for machinist, looks like a personal copy he filled out for records; 1958/1959 used dry cleaning envelope / booklet, with bonus certificate; 1958 First National Bank of Paterson personalized Credit Certificate wallet card; 1942 Dieztgen Drafting calender and decimal conversion wallet card; 1957 Treasury Department envelop and 'NOTICE OF AWARD OF LUMP SUM DEATH PAYMENT' ITEM P014: 1950s / 1960s MAPS AND CALANDERS: Assorted maps and calenders from 1950s and 1960s, New Jersey, Pennsylvannia, Ontario, New York City, East Coast, Esso, Baltimore, etc.. Esso, Texaco, Gulf, insurance, etc.. ITEM P015: 1960s ONTARIO TOURIST PAPER: This large packet contains numerous maps and pamphlets for tourist attractions in Ontario. including 1963 Angling in Ontario, Forts, the Falls, etc. Check out the prices on the menu from The Dutch Village Restaurant - Entrees: $1.70, Milk: 12 cents, Grill Cheese: 35 cents., etc. --- ~ CMPQwk #1.42-R2~ UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news1.digital.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!pipeline!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!uu0981!michael.lang From: michael.lang@syncomm.com (MICHAEL LANG) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: FS: Paper Items... down t Message-ID: <8B212E2.0AD700068D.uuout@syncomm.com> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 95 12:18:00 -0400 Distribution: world Organization: Synergy Online, Parsippany, NJ (201) 331-1797 Reply-To: michael.lang@syncomm.com (MICHAEL LANG) X-Newsreader: PCBoard Version 15.21 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.10 Lines: 192 The Michael Lang Paper Auction: >>>> U P D A T E ! ! ! <<<< Auction ends October 1st, 1995 (Sunday at midnight) Bids accepted in order received All costs $US. Buyer pays shipping No revoking bids, you bid, you buy. For more complete descriptions please write me. ATTENTION: IN ORDER TO PREVENT LAST MINUTE BID STEALING, THE MINIMUM BID INCREMENT HAS BEEN RAISED FOR ALL FIRST TIME BIDDERS!!! ONCE YOU HAVE A VALID BID ACCEPTED BY ME (ON ANY ITEM), YOU MAY PROCEED TO ENTER ADDITIONAL BIDS ON ANY ITEMS AT THE REDUCED MINIMUM BID INCREMENT. UNTIL THAT TIME, ANY BIDS YOU PLACE MUST MEET THE FIRST TIME BIDDERS MINUMUM BID INCREMENT! THIS IS TO PROTECT MY CUSTOMERS WHO ENTER BIDS EARLY, ONLY TO BE BEATEN OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE BY LURKERS. FIRST TIME BIDDERS, MINIMUM INCREMENT: $5.00, ANY ITEM. Minimum increment for items under $10 = 50 cents Minimum increment for items $10 and over = $1.00 (And yes, this means you can bid on any item which is currently not bid on for the minimum bid listed, and then raise any other bid per the reduced increment.) *Here's a tip... Items 1 is still a steal. This really ought to go.* Item P001: (1930s?) Life Insurance / X-mas Carol Booklet: $5 min Item P002: 1924 New Jersey Motor Vehicle Act: $5.50 (HUTCH) Item P003: 1937 World Atlas / International Gazetteer: $4 min Item P004: 1947 ALCOA Aluminum and its Properties: $3 min Item P005: 1957 Gulf Oil Calorie Counter Premium: $5 (ROBERTO) Item P006: (1940s?) Quaker Oats Premium, McCalls Sewing: $5 (ROBERTO) Item P007: 1951 Chevrolet Owners Service Policy: $3 (HARRIS) Item P008: 1951 DELCO Battery Owners Service Policy: $2 (ODUMPER) Item P009: 1946/1947 Machinist Paycheck Stubs (approx 25): $3 (HARRIS) Item P010: 1945 WWII Air Force ID Card: $5 min Item P011: 1956 Pen and Ink Air Mail Letters from Germany: $5 (SNICH) Item P012: (1950s?)Sears and Roebuck Check for 8 cents: $4 (ROBERTO) Item P013: Grab Bag, mixed and assorted paper: $3 min Item P014: 1950s / 1960s Maps and Calenders: $15(SOLOMON) Item P015: 1960s Ontario Tourist Paper: $3 (ODUMPER) Thank you, Michael Lang michael.lang@syncomm.com ITEM P001: LIFE INSURANCE / XMAS CAROL BOOKLET: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston Massachusetts Christmas Carol Booklet (4.5 inches x 6.0 inches x 16 pages) with pen and colored inks hand drawing on front/rear cover showing church screen. Says Issue No. 115 on the last page. Has a few pair of staple holes around perimeter, but they have pretty much closed back up. Has been estimated at about 1930, but no guarantees on that. ITEM P002: 1924 NEW JERSEY MOTOR VEHICLE ACT: This is the 1924 release of The Motor Vehicle Act of New Jersey together with the Traffic Act. It measures 6 inches by 9 inches by 75 pages and covers everything you need to know including using your whip; warrants served on Sunday; tree - horses not tied to, racing - when permitted, bells on your horse, and of course, all of the automobile information of the age. This thing is a RIOT! Every page a gem. ITEM P003: 1937 WORLD ATLAS / INTERNATIONAL GAZETTEER: This booklet was released by the Paterson News and contains color maps as well as text description of the countries of the world. It measures 6 inches by 9 inches by 40 pages. The booklet also contains a list of other Home Institute booklets available for 15 cents a copy, including how to Interpret Your Dreams, Social Dancing - Self Taught, and You can be Popular. This booklet is number 54 of the series. ITEM P004: 1947 ALCOA ALUMINUM AND ITS PROPERTIES: This spring bound book was published by ALCOA, the Aluminum Company of America. It gives both general information about aluminum, as well as table of machinist and engineering data. The book measures 5.5 inches by 8.25 inches by 154 pages. Small amount of scuffing on cover. ITEM P005: 1957 GULF OIL CALORIE COUNTER PREMIUM: The Gulf Calorie Counter Premium provides an ingenious means of allowing the user to monitor their calorie intake during the day. A wheel is turned every time any entry is made. The wheel keeps a running total of the days entries. Mailed out to customers from privately owned gas stations... this one came from Marty's Gulf Service in Bloomingdale NJ. The counter measures 4.25 inches by 4.25 inches, plus the fold out wheel. ITEM P006: QUAKER OATS PREMIUM, McCALLS SEWING: This Quaker Oats Premium consists of a folder sewing pattern: The McCalls Party Apron. The pattern was design by Luis Estevez. The patterns is unused. ITEM P007: 1951 CHEVROLET OWNER SERVICE POLICY: The formal and distinguished look of this tri-fold owner service policy (fancy money green border on white page with black type) really sets it apart. It is neatly typed and twice signed in pen and ink by the dealer. It is dated 1951 and carries engine numbers, serial numbers, and key numbers.It measures 8.5 inches by 3.75 inches as properly folded. ITEM P008: 1951 DELCO BATTERY OWNER SERVICE POLICY: Similar to item P007, only slightly less striking, this Delco Owners Warranty and Adjustment Service Policy is neatly typed. It was for a battery in a 1951 Chevy Pick-up. ITEM P009: 1946/1947 MACHINIST PAYCHECK STUBS (approx 25): These pen and ink hand completed pay stubs were issued by the Newfoundland Machine Shop. Also included, (2) business cards from the same era, one from the Newfoundland Machine Shop, the other from Faitoute Iron and Steel Company, and what appears to be the empty envelope from a Christmas Bonus! ITEM P010: 1945 WWII AIR FORCE ID CARD: Measuring 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches, this card was issued to Col. Scherer served honorably and well in the united states armed forces in WWII with the 2536th AAF Base Unit The card, while quite legible and in good sturdy shape, is aged as if was carried around in a wallet for many years, and is a bit brownish. ITEM P011: 1956 PEN AND INK AIR MAIL FROM GEMANY (25): A collection of approximately 25 hand pen and inked letters from 1956, sent in air mail envelopes from Germany. Most envelopes still have wide assortment of German stamps Seems like different stamps and different numbers of stamps on each envelop. ITEM P012: SEARS AND ROEBUCK CHECK FOR 8 CENTS: Estimated at mid 1950's, this official Sears and Roebuck check for 8 cents comes with completed order forms and invoices to and from Sears. It lists $2.37 dress shirts, $6.88 mattresses, and $2.97 jackets. No obvious marking which would void the check, so you might still be able to get cashed (haha). ITEM P013: GRAB BAG, MIXED AND ASSORTED PAPER: 1961 calender from Dover Savings and Loan; 1962 Shop Rite receipt; 1953 calender card from First National Bank of Bloomingdale; 1955 Government Booklet - Your Social Security (44 pages); 1955 Employment Application for machinist, looks like a personal copy he filled out for records; 1958/1959 used dry cleaning envelope / booklet, with bonus certificate; 1958 First National Bank of Paterson personalized Credit Certificate wallet card; 1942 Dieztgen Drafting calender and decimal conversion wallet card; 1957 Treasury Department envelop and 'NOTICE OF AWARD OF LUMP SUM DEATH PAYMENT' ITEM P014: 1950s / 1960s MAPS AND CALANDERS: Assorted maps and calenders from 1950s and 1960s, New Jersey, Pennsylvannia, Ontario, New York City, East Coast, Esso, Baltimore, etc.. Esso, Texaco, Gulf, insurance, etc.. ITEM P015: 1960s ONTARIO TOURIST PAPER: This large packet contains numerous maps and pamphlets for tourist attractions in Ontario. including 1963 Angling in Ontario, Forts, the Falls, etc. Check out the prices on the menu from The Dutch Village Restaurant - Entrees: $1.70, Milk: 12 cents, Grill Cheese: 35 cents., etc. --- ~ CMPQwk #1.42-R2~ UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news1.digital.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!pipeline!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!uu0981!michael.lang From: michael.lang@syncomm.com (MICHAEL LANG) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: FS: Paper Items... down t Message-ID: <8B212E2.0AD7000691.uuout@syncomm.com> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 95 12:18:00 -0400 Distribution: world Organization: Synergy Online, Parsippany, NJ (201) 331-1797 Reply-To: michael.lang@syncomm.com (MICHAEL LANG) X-Newsreader: PCBoard Version 15.21 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.10 Lines: 192 The Michael Lang Paper Auction: >>>> U P D A T E ! ! ! <<<< Auction ends October 1st, 1995 (Sunday at midnight) Bids accepted in order received All costs $US. Buyer pays shipping No revoking bids, you bid, you buy. For more complete descriptions please write me. ATTENTION: IN ORDER TO PREVENT LAST MINUTE BID STEALING, THE MINIMUM BID INCREMENT HAS BEEN RAISED FOR ALL FIRST TIME BIDDERS!!! ONCE YOU HAVE A VALID BID ACCEPTED BY ME (ON ANY ITEM), YOU MAY PROCEED TO ENTER ADDITIONAL BIDS ON ANY ITEMS AT THE REDUCED MINIMUM BID INCREMENT. UNTIL THAT TIME, ANY BIDS YOU PLACE MUST MEET THE FIRST TIME BIDDERS MINUMUM BID INCREMENT! THIS IS TO PROTECT MY CUSTOMERS WHO ENTER BIDS EARLY, ONLY TO BE BEATEN OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE BY LURKERS. FIRST TIME BIDDERS, MINIMUM INCREMENT: $5.00, ANY ITEM. Minimum increment for items under $10 = 50 cents Minimum increment for items $10 and over = $1.00 (And yes, this means you can bid on any item which is currently not bid on for the minimum bid listed, and then raise any other bid per the reduced increment.) *Here's a tip... Items 1 is still a steal. This really ought to go.* Item P001: (1930s?) Life Insurance / X-mas Carol Booklet: $5 min Item P002: 1924 New Jersey Motor Vehicle Act: $5.50 (HUTCH) Item P003: 1937 World Atlas / International Gazetteer: $4 min Item P004: 1947 ALCOA Aluminum and its Properties: $3 min Item P005: 1957 Gulf Oil Calorie Counter Premium: $5 (ROBERTO) Item P006: (1940s?) Quaker Oats Premium, McCalls Sewing: $5 (ROBERTO) Item P007: 1951 Chevrolet Owners Service Policy: $3 (HARRIS) Item P008: 1951 DELCO Battery Owners Service Policy: $2 (ODUMPER) Item P009: 1946/1947 Machinist Paycheck Stubs (approx 25): $3 (HARRIS) Item P010: 1945 WWII Air Force ID Card: $5 min Item P011: 1956 Pen and Ink Air Mail Letters from Germany: $5 (SNICH) Item P012: (1950s?)Sears and Roebuck Check for 8 cents: $4 (ROBERTO) Item P013: Grab Bag, mixed and assorted paper: $3 min Item P014: 1950s / 1960s Maps and Calenders: $15(SOLOMON) Item P015: 1960s Ontario Tourist Paper: $3 (ODUMPER) Thank you, Michael Lang michael.lang@syncomm.com ITEM P001: LIFE INSURANCE / XMAS CAROL BOOKLET: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston Massachusetts Christmas Carol Booklet (4.5 inches x 6.0 inches x 16 pages) with pen and colored inks hand drawing on front/rear cover showing church screen. Says Issue No. 115 on the last page. Has a few pair of staple holes around perimeter, but they have pretty much closed back up. Has been estimated at about 1930, but no guarantees on that. ITEM P002: 1924 NEW JERSEY MOTOR VEHICLE ACT: This is the 1924 release of The Motor Vehicle Act of New Jersey together with the Traffic Act. It measures 6 inches by 9 inches by 75 pages and covers everything you need to know including using your whip; warrants served on Sunday; tree - horses not tied to, racing - when permitted, bells on your horse, and of course, all of the automobile information of the age. This thing is a RIOT! Every page a gem. ITEM P003: 1937 WORLD ATLAS / INTERNATIONAL GAZETTEER: This booklet was released by the Paterson News and contains color maps as well as text description of the countries of the world. It measures 6 inches by 9 inches by 40 pages. The booklet also contains a list of other Home Institute booklets available for 15 cents a copy, including how to Interpret Your Dreams, Social Dancing - Self Taught, and You can be Popular. This booklet is number 54 of the series. ITEM P004: 1947 ALCOA ALUMINUM AND ITS PROPERTIES: This spring bound book was published by ALCOA, the Aluminum Company of America. It gives both general information about aluminum, as well as table of machinist and engineering data. The book measures 5.5 inches by 8.25 inches by 154 pages. Small amount of scuffing on cover. ITEM P005: 1957 GULF OIL CALORIE COUNTER PREMIUM: The Gulf Calorie Counter Premium provides an ingenious means of allowing the user to monitor their calorie intake during the day. A wheel is turned every time any entry is made. The wheel keeps a running total of the days entries. Mailed out to customers from privately owned gas stations... this one came from Marty's Gulf Service in Bloomingdale NJ. The counter measures 4.25 inches by 4.25 inches, plus the fold out wheel. ITEM P006: QUAKER OATS PREMIUM, McCALLS SEWING: This Quaker Oats Premium consists of a folder sewing pattern: The McCalls Party Apron. The pattern was design by Luis Estevez. The patterns is unused. ITEM P007: 1951 CHEVROLET OWNER SERVICE POLICY: The formal and distinguished look of this tri-fold owner service policy (fancy money green border on white page with black type) really sets it apart. It is neatly typed and twice signed in pen and ink by the dealer. It is dated 1951 and carries engine numbers, serial numbers, and key numbers.It measures 8.5 inches by 3.75 inches as properly folded. ITEM P008: 1951 DELCO BATTERY OWNER SERVICE POLICY: Similar to item P007, only slightly less striking, this Delco Owners Warranty and Adjustment Service Policy is neatly typed. It was for a battery in a 1951 Chevy Pick-up. ITEM P009: 1946/1947 MACHINIST PAYCHECK STUBS (approx 25): These pen and ink hand completed pay stubs were issued by the Newfoundland Machine Shop. Also included, (2) business cards from the same era, one from the Newfoundland Machine Shop, the other from Faitoute Iron and Steel Company, and what appears to be the empty envelope from a Christmas Bonus! ITEM P010: 1945 WWII AIR FORCE ID CARD: Measuring 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches, this card was issued to Col. Scherer served honorably and well in the united states armed forces in WWII with the 2536th AAF Base Unit The card, while quite legible and in good sturdy shape, is aged as if was carried around in a wallet for many years, and is a bit brownish. ITEM P011: 1956 PEN AND INK AIR MAIL FROM GEMANY (25): A collection of approximately 25 hand pen and inked letters from 1956, sent in air mail envelopes from Germany. Most envelopes still have wide assortment of German stamps Seems like different stamps and different numbers of stamps on each envelop. ITEM P012: SEARS AND ROEBUCK CHECK FOR 8 CENTS: Estimated at mid 1950's, this official Sears and Roebuck check for 8 cents comes with completed order forms and invoices to and from Sears. It lists $2.37 dress shirts, $6.88 mattresses, and $2.97 jackets. No obvious marking which would void the check, so you might still be able to get cashed (haha). ITEM P013: GRAB BAG, MIXED AND ASSORTED PAPER: 1961 calender from Dover Savings and Loan; 1962 Shop Rite receipt; 1953 calender card from First National Bank of Bloomingdale; 1955 Government Booklet - Your Social Security (44 pages); 1955 Employment Application for machinist, looks like a personal copy he filled out for records; 1958/1959 used dry cleaning envelope / booklet, with bonus certificate; 1958 First National Bank of Paterson personalized Credit Certificate wallet card; 1942 Dieztgen Drafting calender and decimal conversion wallet card; 1957 Treasury Department envelop and 'NOTICE OF AWARD OF LUMP SUM DEATH PAYMENT' ITEM P014: 1950s / 1960s MAPS AND CALANDERS: Assorted maps and calenders from 1950s and 1960s, New Jersey, Pennsylvannia, Ontario, New York City, East Coast, Esso, Baltimore, etc.. Esso, Texaco, Gulf, insurance, etc.. ITEM P015: 1960s ONTARIO TOURIST PAPER: This large packet contains numerous maps and pamphlets for tourist attractions in Ontario. including 1963 Angling in Ontario, Forts, the Falls, etc. Check out the prices on the menu from The Dutch Village Restaurant - Entrees: $1.70, Milk: 12 cents, Grill Cheese: 35 cents., etc. --- ~ CMPQwk #1.42-R2~ UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news1.digital.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!pipeline!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!uu0981!michael.lang From: michael.lang@syncomm.com (MICHAEL LANG) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: FS: Paper Items... down t Message-ID: <8B212E2.0AD7000690.uuout@syncomm.com> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 95 12:18:00 -0400 Distribution: world Organization: Synergy Online, Parsippany, NJ (201) 331-1797 Reply-To: michael.lang@syncomm.com (MICHAEL LANG) X-Newsreader: PCBoard Version 15.21 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.10 Lines: 192 The Michael Lang Paper Auction: >>>> U P D A T E ! ! ! <<<< Auction ends October 1st, 1995 (Sunday at midnight) Bids accepted in order received All costs $US. Buyer pays shipping No revoking bids, you bid, you buy. For more complete descriptions please write me. ATTENTION: IN ORDER TO PREVENT LAST MINUTE BID STEALING, THE MINIMUM BID INCREMENT HAS BEEN RAISED FOR ALL FIRST TIME BIDDERS!!! ONCE YOU HAVE A VALID BID ACCEPTED BY ME (ON ANY ITEM), YOU MAY PROCEED TO ENTER ADDITIONAL BIDS ON ANY ITEMS AT THE REDUCED MINIMUM BID INCREMENT. UNTIL THAT TIME, ANY BIDS YOU PLACE MUST MEET THE FIRST TIME BIDDERS MINUMUM BID INCREMENT! THIS IS TO PROTECT MY CUSTOMERS WHO ENTER BIDS EARLY, ONLY TO BE BEATEN OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE BY LURKERS. FIRST TIME BIDDERS, MINIMUM INCREMENT: $5.00, ANY ITEM. Minimum increment for items under $10 = 50 cents Minimum increment for items $10 and over = $1.00 (And yes, this means you can bid on any item which is currently not bid on for the minimum bid listed, and then raise any other bid per the reduced increment.) *Here's a tip... Items 1 is still a steal. This really ought to go.* Item P001: (1930s?) Life Insurance / X-mas Carol Booklet: $5 min Item P002: 1924 New Jersey Motor Vehicle Act: $5.50 (HUTCH) Item P003: 1937 World Atlas / International Gazetteer: $4 min Item P004: 1947 ALCOA Aluminum and its Properties: $3 min Item P005: 1957 Gulf Oil Calorie Counter Premium: $5 (ROBERTO) Item P006: (1940s?) Quaker Oats Premium, McCalls Sewing: $5 (ROBERTO) Item P007: 1951 Chevrolet Owners Service Policy: $3 (HARRIS) Item P008: 1951 DELCO Battery Owners Service Policy: $2 (ODUMPER) Item P009: 1946/1947 Machinist Paycheck Stubs (approx 25): $3 (HARRIS) Item P010: 1945 WWII Air Force ID Card: $5 min Item P011: 1956 Pen and Ink Air Mail Letters from Germany: $5 (SNICH) Item P012: (1950s?)Sears and Roebuck Check for 8 cents: $4 (ROBERTO) Item P013: Grab Bag, mixed and assorted paper: $3 min Item P014: 1950s / 1960s Maps and Calenders: $15(SOLOMON) Item P015: 1960s Ontario Tourist Paper: $3 (ODUMPER) Thank you, Michael Lang michael.lang@syncomm.com ITEM P001: LIFE INSURANCE / XMAS CAROL BOOKLET: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston Massachusetts Christmas Carol Booklet (4.5 inches x 6.0 inches x 16 pages) with pen and colored inks hand drawing on front/rear cover showing church screen. Says Issue No. 115 on the last page. Has a few pair of staple holes around perimeter, but they have pretty much closed back up. Has been estimated at about 1930, but no guarantees on that. ITEM P002: 1924 NEW JERSEY MOTOR VEHICLE ACT: This is the 1924 release of The Motor Vehicle Act of New Jersey together with the Traffic Act. It measures 6 inches by 9 inches by 75 pages and covers everything you need to know including using your whip; warrants served on Sunday; tree - horses not tied to, racing - when permitted, bells on your horse, and of course, all of the automobile information of the age. This thing is a RIOT! Every page a gem. ITEM P003: 1937 WORLD ATLAS / INTERNATIONAL GAZETTEER: This booklet was released by the Paterson News and contains color maps as well as text description of the countries of the world. It measures 6 inches by 9 inches by 40 pages. The booklet also contains a list of other Home Institute booklets available for 15 cents a copy, including how to Interpret Your Dreams, Social Dancing - Self Taught, and You can be Popular. This booklet is number 54 of the series. ITEM P004: 1947 ALCOA ALUMINUM AND ITS PROPERTIES: This spring bound book was published by ALCOA, the Aluminum Company of America. It gives both general information about aluminum, as well as table of machinist and engineering data. The book measures 5.5 inches by 8.25 inches by 154 pages. Small amount of scuffing on cover. ITEM P005: 1957 GULF OIL CALORIE COUNTER PREMIUM: The Gulf Calorie Counter Premium provides an ingenious means of allowing the user to monitor their calorie intake during the day. A wheel is turned every time any entry is made. The wheel keeps a running total of the days entries. Mailed out to customers from privately owned gas stations... this one came from Marty's Gulf Service in Bloomingdale NJ. The counter measures 4.25 inches by 4.25 inches, plus the fold out wheel. ITEM P006: QUAKER OATS PREMIUM, McCALLS SEWING: This Quaker Oats Premium consists of a folder sewing pattern: The McCalls Party Apron. The pattern was design by Luis Estevez. The patterns is unused. ITEM P007: 1951 CHEVROLET OWNER SERVICE POLICY: The formal and distinguished look of this tri-fold owner service policy (fancy money green border on white page with black type) really sets it apart. It is neatly typed and twice signed in pen and ink by the dealer. It is dated 1951 and carries engine numbers, serial numbers, and key numbers.It measures 8.5 inches by 3.75 inches as properly folded. ITEM P008: 1951 DELCO BATTERY OWNER SERVICE POLICY: Similar to item P007, only slightly less striking, this Delco Owners Warranty and Adjustment Service Policy is neatly typed. It was for a battery in a 1951 Chevy Pick-up. ITEM P009: 1946/1947 MACHINIST PAYCHECK STUBS (approx 25): These pen and ink hand completed pay stubs were issued by the Newfoundland Machine Shop. Also included, (2) business cards from the same era, one from the Newfoundland Machine Shop, the other from Faitoute Iron and Steel Company, and what appears to be the empty envelope from a Christmas Bonus! ITEM P010: 1945 WWII AIR FORCE ID CARD: Measuring 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches, this card was issued to Col. Scherer served honorably and well in the united states armed forces in WWII with the 2536th AAF Base Unit The card, while quite legible and in good sturdy shape, is aged as if was carried around in a wallet for many years, and is a bit brownish. ITEM P011: 1956 PEN AND INK AIR MAIL FROM GEMANY (25): A collection of approximately 25 hand pen and inked letters from 1956, sent in air mail envelopes from Germany. Most envelopes still have wide assortment of German stamps Seems like different stamps and different numbers of stamps on each envelop. ITEM P012: SEARS AND ROEBUCK CHECK FOR 8 CENTS: Estimated at mid 1950's, this official Sears and Roebuck check for 8 cents comes with completed order forms and invoices to and from Sears. It lists $2.37 dress shirts, $6.88 mattresses, and $2.97 jackets. No obvious marking which would void the check, so you might still be able to get cashed (haha). ITEM P013: GRAB BAG, MIXED AND ASSORTED PAPER: 1961 calender from Dover Savings and Loan; 1962 Shop Rite receipt; 1953 calender card from First National Bank of Bloomingdale; 1955 Government Booklet - Your Social Security (44 pages); 1955 Employment Application for machinist, looks like a personal copy he filled out for records; 1958/1959 used dry cleaning envelope / booklet, with bonus certificate; 1958 First National Bank of Paterson personalized Credit Certificate wallet card; 1942 Dieztgen Drafting calender and decimal conversion wallet card; 1957 Treasury Department envelop and 'NOTICE OF AWARD OF LUMP SUM DEATH PAYMENT' ITEM P014: 1950s / 1960s MAPS AND CALANDERS: Assorted maps and calenders from 1950s and 1960s, New Jersey, Pennsylvannia, Ontario, New York City, East Coast, Esso, Baltimore, etc.. Esso, Texaco, Gulf, insurance, etc.. ITEM P015: 1960s ONTARIO TOURIST PAPER: This large packet contains numerous maps and pamphlets for tourist attractions in Ontario. including 1963 Angling in Ontario, Forts, the Falls, etc. Check out the prices on the menu from The Dutch Village Restaurant - Entrees: $1.70, Milk: 12 cents, Grill Cheese: 35 cents., etc. --- ~ CMPQwk #1.42-R2~ UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!decwrl!nntp.crl.com!crl5.crl.com!not-for-mail From: btomlin@crl.com (Bruce Tomlin) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: FS: Paper Items... down t Date: 30 Sep 1995 20:05:37 -0700 Organization: San Antonio, TX Lines: 8 Distribution: world Message-ID: <44l0i1$oqi@crl5.crl.com> References: <8B212E2.0AD700068E.uuout@syncomm.com> Reply-To: btomlin@aol.com NNTP-Posting-Host: crl5.crl.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] MICHAEL LANG (michael.lang@syncomm.com) wrote in rec.games.vectrex: >ITEM P008: 1951 DELCO BATTERY OWNER SERVICE POLICY: >Similar to item P007, only slightly less striking, this Delco Owners >Warranty and Adjustment Service Policy is neatly typed. It was for a >battery in a 1951 Chevy Pick-up. Did that have anything to do with the rumored VectrexBoy? + - - - - Next Article - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Path: csus.edu!uop!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!matlock.mindspring.com!ifilk.mindspring.com!user From: eg1n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Eli Goldberg) Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex Subject: Re: Fun with Vectrex.. Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 00:59:51 +0100 Organization: CMU Lines: 12 Distribution: inet Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ifilk.mindspring.com > [Interesting information about Vectrex 3D deleted to save space. ;-] Actually, has anyone checked out the demo unit of the Nintendo "Virtual Boy" at various electronic stores like Circuit City that's being hyped to death in the media? I checked it out for 5 minutes...the one game running on it was in all one color (red --- cheaper than 3 colors ;), vector-scanned style graphics doing pseudo 3-D...and all I could think of was..."Hey, neat!!! That's just like...umm... what my Vectrex did...err...13 years ago!" ;) + - - - - End of Archive File - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +