Rasterlist Archives: RE: Tempest U/R Arcade game

From: John Robertson <jrr_at_flippers.com>
Date: Fri Mar 02 2001 - 16:57:43 EST

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Hi Lee! 
 
Well, actually I use Eudora as my mail handler, never liked Outlook much...too many macros attacking it...as for back-ups, I back up my files once a week to a second computer, and have a third backup to my daughters computer. I have the past four years of emails tucked away this way, and thus am rarely ever in a situation where, by accident, I have not got a good backup that is more than a few days old. However I have found that every now and then Windows (I now have Windows 2000) blows up my data files, (just had that happen yesterday for the 1st time in about one year)  and this also is the first time that Eudora did NOT have a good recovery of the main mail file (inbox). When I was using Netscape it crashed regularly and trashed the inbox as a matter of course. I do virus scan and never never never open attachments I wasn't expecting or are executables. My CD-Burner is down until I find my PCMCIA SCSI card (it went into hiding a month or so ago...) 
 
John :-#)# 
 
At 04:50 PM 02/03/2001, you wrote: 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hmm. 
You could back it up local (this is HTML) so I am assuming you are using Outlook? 
If so, then you can create *.PST folders and back them up once a week with different 
names on a CD burner (or rewritable) all the while keeping a working copy. 
CD-ROM is VERY stable and it's hard to corrupt.  You could then have an archive of 
Email for years without using up too much room.  Tons of utilities that on your PC that 
would do this for you. 
  
While a Zip drive could be susceptible to corruption, it serves as a good alternative. 
If you are NOT using Outlook - then your Email service is using some sort of file to keep 
all this data live. Same reasoning applies. 
  
It also depends on how you are handling you Email - if you keep it on the server only 
or local??? 
If I understood your architecture and services, I could come up with a cost effective 
way of backing up critical data, while still have your ISP provide you with what you 
need. 
It may be as simple as buying an external drive and compressing that data to CD 
every period (day, week, month) - that way if you ever had corruption, you can ALWAYS 
go back to a recent copy with little loss.  Also, if you EVER, come up with a data saving 
solution (considered warehousing) - you have to take it off site (people always forget that). 
  
They take the time to back up their most critical data (in case of emergencies) but leave 
it on site.  A fire comes by and there goes all their records! 
  
Something to consider:~) 
  
 
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<dd>-----Original Message-----
<dd>From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 4:37 PM
<dd>To: Lee, Trever
<dd>Subject: RE: Tempest U/R Arcade game 
 

<dd>Hmm, good point. How can I cover my email loss against protecting the site from hackers? I think the password I choose is pretty good (letters and other stuff-not a word). There is often about two to three megs of emails sitting on my server as a backup. Any suggestions?

<dd>John :-#)#

<dd>At 04:33 PM 02/03/2001, you wrote:<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>
<dd>OK - 
<dd>That's like all the info anyone needs to get going.
<dd>Info theft is big down here in CA (well I guess the whole
<dd>U.S).
<dd>Thanks - I took it off this one. 
<dd>-----Original Message-----
<dd>From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 4:30 PM
<dd>To: Lee, Trever
<dd>Subject: RE: Tempest U/R Arcade game 
 

<dd>Hi Lee!

<dd>About the server, this is on our flippers site, and I have it set to erase after three days incase of email crashes on my notebook computer. (S**t happens) No-one else has access to these messages...I'll see if I can delete the one with your address though...

<dd>John :-#)#

<dd>At 04:17 PM 02/03/2001, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>
<dd>-----Original Message-----
<dd>From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 4:09 PM
<dd>To: Lee, Trever
<dd>Subject: RE: Tempest U/R Arcade game 
 

<dd>Hi Trevor!

<dd>Thanks! I just got back in and see you have sent your CC #.
<dd>We need your shipping address, a couple of phone numbers (home and work) plus your Social Security Number (your US Customs folks want that for some strange reason...)

<dd>John :-#)#

<dd>At 03:19 PM 02/03/2001, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>
<dd>Done - 
<dd>-----Original Message-----
<dd>From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 1:19 PM
<dd>To: Lee, Trever
<dd>Subject: RE: Tempest U/R Arcade game
<dd>You can phone us @ 604-872-5757 9 - 5:30PM Pacific Coast Time Tuesday to Saturday...be happy to fax you a copy of the invoice.

<dd>John :-#)#

<dd>At 01:05 PM 02/03/2001, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>
<dd>Oh,
<dd>I will call you and we can do the Visa/MC thing to make this easier.  If you could fax me the
<dd>receipt (Trever Lee: fax 916.356.3854) when you are done with the transaction, I would
<dd>appreciate it.
<dd> 
<dd>I will do the remaining balance the same way. 
<dd>-----Original Message-----
<dd>From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 12:45 PM
<dd>To: Lee, Trever
<dd>Subject: RE: Tempest U/R Arcade game 
 

<dd>Hi Lee!

<dd>Well, if you want to send a bank draft they are OK, as long as they are cashable outside of the USA. That's the 'International' bit, some money orders can't be. The Post Office for example has both domestic and International Money Orders and our banks here won't accept the domestic version.

<dd>That's often why folks just use a credit card...did we ever work out the freight part of this transaction???

<dd>John :-#)#

<dd>At 12:33 PM 02/03/2001, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>
<dd>Whoa,
<dd>I have been a busy boy here at work.  My bank swears that if YOU need American
<dd>dollars, then this method should work - it works for everyone else, including the
<dd>IRS, my mortgage, all my bills, and the guy who mows my lawn.
<dd> 
<dd>It took me a long time just to find this last Email!!!! -
<dd>So do you feel comfortable with a (pre-paid) check or would you like to do a Visa/
<dd>MC instead? 
<dd>-----Original Message-----
<dd>From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 4:33 PM
<dd>To: Lee, Trever
<dd>Subject: RE: Arcade game 
 

<dd>Well, let's try it out. I don't exactly know what you are talking about, but it should work, maybe...have you a web site I could see to get more info on this process?

<dd>John :-#)#

<dd>At 03:34 PM 01/02/2001 -0800, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>
<dd>Now I am confused.  International???
<dd>Don't know.  It's like writing a check.  Except when YOU write a check - it has to be cashed.
<dd>Once it's cashed, the money then comes out of the account.
<dd>With online checking - I write a check - the money comes out 1st and backs the check JUST LIKE a money order.  Then it get sent.
<dd>If this thing HAS to be international - we can
<dd>just do the MC/Visa, because I do not know. 
<dd>-----Original Message-----
<dd>From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 2:11 PM
<dd>To: Lee, Trever
<dd>Subject: RE: Arcade game
<dd>Does that mean it gets mailed to the shop? It IS an INTERNATIONAL Money Order, right? Eh?

<dd>John :-#)#

<dd>At 12:59 PM 01/02/2001 -0800, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>
<dd>Oh,
<dd>no...  It's online for me - fancy money order check for you.
<dd>I electronically write a check to the address you gave me, and a few days later it gets to you...  Except it's money order format (doesn't have to clear like a regular check)!
<dd> 
<dd>I will use TrevLee-Tempest as the "account code" - I do this because it's safe, quick and NOTHING has to clear.  Plus it's cash so there's no VISA/MC charge!!!
<dd>If you would rather I do it in MC/Visa let me know. 
<dd>-----Original Message-----
<dd>From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:15 PM
<dd>To: Lee, Trever
<dd>Subject: RE: Arcade game
<dd>John's Jukes Ltd.
<dd>2343 Main Street,
<dd>Vancouver, BC
<dd>V5T 3C9
<dd>(604)872-5757
<dd>I don't know if you can do on-line banking to Canada-we don't have that set up with our bank for remote deposits. You are the first to ask to do this, most folks pay by VISA, M/C or AMEX or money orders. The price of $1535 is the cost in US$ easier for you to work with, hence it is the pricing on our site...
<dd>John :-#)#

<dd>At 11:05 AM 01/02/2001 -0800, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>
<dd>Well,
<dd>I do online checking and pay all my bills that way.
<dd>If you give me an address & account number/reference
<dd>#, I can have a check to you before Tuesday!
<dd> 
<dd>Name (business)
<dd>Phone (business)
<dd>Account number
<dd>Address
<dd> 
<dd>Then your personal name:
<dd> 
<dd>Also, what about this American dollar vs. Canadian???  You
<dd>wrote $1535 US - I imagine this is converted?  can't be that diff
<dd>anyway... 
<dd>-----Original Message-----
<dd>From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:43 AM
<dd>To: Lee, Trever
<dd>Subject: RE: Arcade game
<dd>We do give you a 90 day warranty on the monitor and boards, unfortunately you have to send them to us for service, we don't make house calls to California, unless you are paying the air fare ;-).

<dd>I don't have a secure site, phone is best for this, many folks have emailed their card numbers and no-one has had problems that I know of. But.

<dd>John :-#)#

<dd>At 10:18 AM 01/02/2001 -0800, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>
<dd>I am very much close to Sacramento (ever heard of the infamous Folsom prison?)
<dd>Well it's down the street from my house; but you could never tell.
<dd> 
<dd>Do you guys have a secure server for me to submit my card # or is it best to call???
<dd>I can get you the $200 today.
<dd> 
<dd>What type of guarantee is on that X-Y screen by chance?  Also, since they can be
<dd>temperamental, is it recommended that you turn it off during no use?  I have a UPS
<dd>for it already!!!!
<dd>  
<dd>-----Original Message-----
<dd>From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:07 AM
<dd>To: Lee, Trever
<dd>Subject: RE: Arcade game
<dd>Hi Lee!
<dd>U/R means UpRight. Sorry for being cryptic. Are you near San Francisco? Thanks for the file info, I'll check them all out. I've tried a couple but they don't find the temp.

<dd>Shipping and customs looks like it is $200US, boxing up is $40US and the game is $1295US. Total $1535US. VISA, M/C, AMEX or International Money Order. Non-refundable deposit of $200US will hold it.

<dd>John :-#)#

<dd>At 09:30 AM 01/02/2001 -0800, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>
<dd>Hmm,
<dd>a buddy told me about winfile - there's a share ware - http://hmonitor.hypermart.net/hmonpro.zip
<dd>Although this one may be what you are looking for http://www.online.de/home/podien/SMB.ZIP  It's free!
<dd>This one is not: http://www.cs.aston.ac.uk/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~tuttlepi/download.pl?ssb=exe
<dd> 
<dd>Not sure if you've tried any of these.  But give them a look see! (all should be 95, 98, NT, 2000, & ME)
<dd> 
<dd>I am in Folsom CA, 95630.  What's U/R mean? 
<dd>-----Original Message-----
<dd>From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:03 PM
<dd>To: Lee, Trever
<dd>Subject: RE: Arcade game
<dd>Hi Lee!

<dd>Yes, I still have the U/R Tempest...that price sounds good to me. What city are you in???

<dd>John :-#)#

<dd>Oh, and you work at Intel...any idea of a simple bit of software to monitor a P3-700's temperature in a notebook?

<dd>At 05:27 PM 31/01/2001 -0800, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>
<dd>OK -
<dd>still got the Tempest game (in great condition)?
<dd>I have a deposit or full cash - would rather wait
<dd>till mid February for full transaction!

<dd>During the month of February, we get all of our
<dd>bonuses for the year (3) - so that's why I had to
<dd>wait.
<dd>Again, I am looking for an upright Tempest game
<dd>which looks to costs:
<dd>$1295US game
<dd>$~200US shipping...?
<dd>$   ~40US boxing up...
<dd>or expected total of about $1530 (woo, I hope I
<dd>like it!!!) Me too!
<dd>Let me know if this sounds good, if you still have one
<dd>etc...  And I will get you a deposit etc...

<dd>Thanks,
<dd>Trever...

<dd>-----Original Message-----
<dd>From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 4:32 PM
<dd>To: Lee, Trever
<dd>Subject: RE: Arcade game

<dd>!

<dd>Hi Trevor!

<dd>We are located in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Where is 95630? CA? Boxing up is
<dd>$40US, shipping to CA usually adds $175 - $225US to the price (including
<dd>customs in most cases). Our phone numbers are in the bottom of this message.

<dd>The Upright is nicely restored, but has the reproduction Tempest overlay
<dd>with the typo error "Shootiing" on the instructions for the Pulsars. Not
<dd>very noticeable...
<dd>$500US deposit would hold it to early Feb. We do take major credit cards

<dd>John :-#)#

<dd>At 03:36 AM 04-01-01, Lee, Trever wrote:
<dd>>Wow,
<dd>>are they in excellent shape?
<dd>>I am looking at buying in late
<dd>>January, most likely February.
<dd>>
<dd>>Where are you located (as in
<dd>>shipping)  my zip is 95630
<dd>>
<dd>>What would it take to hold one
<dd>>of those - upright?
<dd>>
<dd>>-----Original Message-----
<dd>>From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>>Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 7:24 PM
<dd>>To: Lee, Trever
<dd>>Subject: RE: Arcade game
<dd>>
<dd>>
<dd>>Hi Trevor!
<dd>>
<dd>>$50US is not a deposit for us...must be someone else. We do have the two
<dd>>Tempests in stock now, never did get around to eBaying them. The cocktail
<dd>>we are asking $1495US, and the upright is $1295US
<dd>>
<dd>>John :-#)#
<dd>>
<dd>>At 08:56 AM 03-01-01, Lee, Trever wrote:
<dd>> >I wrote you earlier last year regarding a tempest box.  Are you the one
<dd>> >tat requires a $50 deposit to get a game?
<dd>> >
<dd>> >-----Original Message-----
<dd>> >From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>> >Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 4:10 PM
<dd>> >To: Lee, Trever
<dd>> >Subject: RE: Arcade game
<dd>> >
<dd>> >
<dd>> >Hi Trevor!
<dd>> >
<dd>> >Well, they look great, we do a full restoration on the machines-new
<dd>> >overlays, artwork touched up on sides good locks... As for problems we
<dd>can
<dd>> >service the logic boards at our shop if they are sent in, and the monitor
<dd>> >is pretty reliable, again it can be serviced here if the defective parts
<dd>> >are shipped in.
<dd>> >
<dd>> >John :-#)#
<dd>> >
<dd>> >At 05:48 AM 11/8/00, Lee, Trever wrote:
<dd>> > >Can you tell me what kind of state they will be in -
<dd>> > >-approximate price range
<dd>> > >-What do people generally do when there's an electronic problem???
<dd>> > >
<dd>> > >-----Original Message-----
<dd>> > >From: John Robertson [<a href="mailto:jrr@flippers.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jrr@flippers.com</a>]
<dd>> > >Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 7:20 PM
<dd>> > >To: Lee, Trever
<dd>> > >Subject: Re: Arcade game
<dd>> > >
<dd>> > >
<dd>> > >We have two that will be heading to eBay in late Nov, early December...
<dd>> > >
<dd>> > >John :-#)#
<dd>> > >
<dd>> > >At 08:47 AM 11/7/00, Lee, Trever wrote:
<dd>> > > >I am looking for a tempest game...
<dd>> > > >Do you know where I can find one?????
<dd>>
<dd>>
<dd>>   John's Jukes Ltd. 2343 Main St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 3C9
<dd>>   Call (604)872-5757 or Fax 872-2010 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
<dd>>   http://www.flippers.com
<dd>>          "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."

<dd>  John's Jukes Ltd. 2343 Main St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 3C9
<dd>  Call (604)872-5757 or Fax 872-2010 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
<dd>  http://www.flippers.com
<dd>         "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."</blockquote>
<dd> John's Jukes Ltd. 2343 Main St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 3C9    
<dd> Call (604)872-5757 or Fax 872-2010 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games) 
<dd> http://www.flippers.com
<dd>        "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."    </blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
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 John's Jukes Ltd. 2343 Main St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 3C9     
 Call (604)872-5757 or Fax 872-2010 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)  
 http://www.flippers.com 
        "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."   
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