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OK....IVE HAD ENOUGH....raggin on me bout corel 7. now fess up..the rest of ya. QUESTION: HOW MANY HERE ARE USING OLDER EQUIPMENT(4B'S, LETTER ART 8.0, ROLAND PNC-1000'S SPRINTS ETC ETC)....make me feel so not alone!!!!!!!!!
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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I'm tryin' to think of stuff from the '80's. Chrissy hines and the pretenders? (brrrRowrrrnn, in the middle of the road yeah!) Reagan? yugos? VW rabbits? and Gerber 4-b? Still runnin',like a tank, but I seriosly should add an update. Bye, Jim.
-------------------- James Donahue Donahue Sign Arts 1851 E. Union Valley Rd. Seymour TN. (865) 577-3365 brushman@nxs.net
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for lunch, Benjamin Franklin Posts: 2057 | From: 1033 W. Union Valley Rd. | Registered: Feb 2003
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Chalk from pre-history. Brushes from the '40s and '50's Cotten reel snap-line from the '60s Bose 901s (pre-ported) from the early '80s SuperSprint only just died.
(Re. your other post; Not as far as I know, but we are both very sweet tempered! and there was this brown-eyed girl)
-------------------- Arthur Vanson Bucks Signs Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England arthur@buckssigns.co.uk -------------------- Posts: 805 | From: Chesham, Bucks, England | Registered: Mar 2002
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Hey I thought I was the only one who used outdated stuff. My PNC 1100 is an absolute workhorse and I don't know what I'll do when it decides it's had enough. I've been running it for 12 years now and never had to have it fixed yet. The only problem I ran into with it was Camm Cut which requires you to phone in to get an install # every time you have to reinstall it. The Roland Canada support closed down so I can't phone for the install # anymore. Fortunately I had to install it alot of times due to a faulty computer and so I had written the install #'s down. Now I just have to keep trying to install it untill a number that I have the corresponding install # shows up. Anyone else have to deal with that? Up until six months ago I was working on Corel Draw 4, now I'm using 6 & 8. I also am using Windows 98.
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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PNC 1100A, WIN 98, Corel 7, Pentium 350. Brushes dating back to the early 80's, a spraygun from the 70's. Have a protractor from elementary school still?!?!
-------------------- "Are we having fun yet?" Peter Schuttinga DZines Sign Studio 1617 Millstream rd Victoria BC V9B-6G4 Posts: 521 | From: Victoria BC | Registered: Mar 2002
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aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh....now i feel better.....think my programs are old... my mobile sign shop is a 1974 chevy step van, with 25,000 miles on it. my daily driver is a 1985 dodge van(with paint peelin off it) the wife drives an 84 volvo 240. we live in the house my wife grew up in!!!!
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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My shop truck is a 1983 toyota 4x4 truck. The box was so rusty I replaced it with a cedar box. The frame rusted through last fall, so I had doublers installed/welded. She still looks pretty though, and with only 275K on it still has some life left. Once my Residency is confirmed I'll post a picture.
-------------------- "Are we having fun yet?" Peter Schuttinga DZines Sign Studio 1617 Millstream rd Victoria BC V9B-6G4 Posts: 521 | From: Victoria BC | Registered: Mar 2002
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My S-10 has 350,000 on the odometer, I've got a pair of Dan Post boots I bought back in 71 and I've got all my fathers Snap On Tools, I drive the Snap On guy crazy with stuff he's never seen.
-------------------- George Perkins Millington,TN. goatwell@bigriver.net
"I started out with nothing and still have most of it left"
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oh YEAH......well I still have my orginal key to superboss....my first sign program. My old 486 stuffed in my closet......and sum boots that are 20 years old.
so there.
oh and an old cowgirl hat. yeeeeeeeeeeeeHAW!!!
Posts: 3729 | From: Seattle | Registered: Sep 1999
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two gerber 4b's, gerber 750 30" plotter all running off Signlab 3.22. And I have Corel 3 loaded still right along side Corel 10. If it makes money don't mess with it!
-------------------- Dennis Veenema The Sign Shop Dresden, Ont. but what do I know anyway...I've only been doing this for 20 years! Posts: 368 | From: Dresden, Ont.,CAN | Registered: May 1999
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Ha! I still have letter-art 8.0 on one of my systems, I still go back to it if for no other reason than to output a DXF of a file to bring it into coreldraw. I still have my PNC1000 as a backup, works just fine. I have upgraded wives since I started in the biz, though. Talk about a HARD DRIVE!
-------------------- Jeff Vrstal Main Street Signs 157 E. Main Street Evansville, WI 53536 1-608-882-0322 Posts: 670 | From: Evansville, Wisconsin | Registered: Sep 2001
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PNC 950 daily for the last eight years, FlexiSign Plus 5.6v3 to cut, some brushes at least 30 yrs old, a sign painters book from 1800's, the premier issues of SignCraft, some dust in my shop from...
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Kelly, have you tried 'Ghost' to make an image of a working hard drive? Then when you get a glitch in any of the programs, you run ghost and copy the old working image back over the hard drive. It's much quicker than a full installation of windows, printer & plotter software etc. I can email you with instructions if you like. Best wishes, Ian Stewart-Koster
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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Summagraphics D15 plotter, they don't make em' anymore. A Gerber 4A that is still used as a backup and the newer goodies, Edge and GS15+. Brushes dating back 25 years. Someone once accused me of getting my brushes from "Noah" A drawing set dating from college days of 1963.
-------------------- Frisby Signs, Inc. El Dorado, Arkansas Posts: 902 | From: El Dorado, Arkansas, USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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Not using this stuff...but its on the shelf in my basement ready to "tag in" if my current system punks out. Anagraph Excel 1, and Anagraph Excel 5 (both sprocket 15 in plotters, and my original Gerber S=750 30 in plotter (the one you stack weights on the cutting head for different pressure) the 286 computer with 5 inch floppys and a monitor (chroma? not color kinda an amber screen) and my pride and joy a 386 with TURBO! If I ever open a shop in a third world country...I'll be the Man!
-------------------- Tony Lucero Eagle Graphics Waterford, MI www.eaglegph.com Posts: 305 | From: Waterford, MI, USA | Registered: Apr 2000
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4B 15"- paid $100 used S750 30"- paid $200 used PNC 1050 15"- paid $850 used PNC 960 24"- bought new 8 years ago
This old crap was bought cheap and does nothing but make me money. Some of it runs slower than new technology but I'm a one man shop and can only do so much at a time anyway. I have a friend who may be giving me an edge he bought new years ago and never used. Free of charge if he can dig it out of the attic. I like deals.
-------------------- Rob Larkham Sign Techniques Inc. Chicopee, Ma Posts: 607 | From: Chester, Ma. | Registered: Apr 2002
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ok,so the old stuff stacks up, but here in the frozen north, it started me thinking about the old stuff in my shop. Starting with the shop itself...108 year old church...shop truck, 1950 Chev 1-ton, yclept "Thunder Punkin"...shop boat {yep, we do lake service} 1952 Chris Craft ...one #8 Grumbacher quill that I know for sure is over fifty years old and still in use, and oh yeah the oldest tool in the place...me. You may have guessed by now that we don't do no vinyl here, strictly paint and carving...
-------------------- Murray MacDonald OldTime Signs 529 Third Ave S Kenora, ON. P9N 1Y3 oldtimesigns@gokenora.com Posts: 781 | From: Kenora, ON | Registered: Jan 2003
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Murray, I vacation in Ontario every summer we can get away. Your shop and your '52 Chris Craft sounds like something worth seeing. If I can figure out where you're located I may stop by to say hello. Canada is a great place!
-------------------- Tony Lucero Eagle Graphics Waterford, MI www.eaglegph.com Posts: 305 | From: Waterford, MI, USA | Registered: Apr 2000
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yeah..... I'm still working for the pint jar of LSD from Sandoz laboratories that I bought in 64, 6000 trips later and still 1/2 full, or is it 1/2 empty?
-------------------- HotLines Joey Madden - pinstriping since 1952 'Perfection, its what I look for and what I live for'
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Honey, I know it looks alot like a bass boat, but it's a SHOP BOAT! If you don't beleive me, there's one on the BB. Go check it out.
THANKS MAN!...Jim
-------------------- James Donahue Donahue Sign Arts 1851 E. Union Valley Rd. Seymour TN. (865) 577-3365 brushman@nxs.net
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for lunch, Benjamin Franklin Posts: 2057 | From: 1033 W. Union Valley Rd. | Registered: Feb 2003
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Tony- Love to have you stop by - Kenora is on the north side of Lake of the Woods, on the farthest west side of the province, directly north of International Falls, Minnesota. Be warned - if you stop by we'll have to talk shop, cruise the lake and drink single malt scotch!
-------------------- Murray MacDonald OldTime Signs 529 Third Ave S Kenora, ON. P9N 1Y3 oldtimesigns@gokenora.com Posts: 781 | From: Kenora, ON | Registered: Jan 2003
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