>>When I went to the US recently, I built my own 110/220V converter. I
>>found a small (10VA) transformer that had dual 120V primaries and wired
>>these as an autotransformer. Boxed it up in small wooden box and Bob's
>>your uncle.
>>
>
> And Bob's your uncle.? What does that mean? I thought Roger was our
>uncle? Aw well, never mind.
Oops! Sorry. I forgot most of you don't speak English ;-)
"Bob's your uncle" is an expression indicating the completion of a
simple task. Or something.
Philip.
>That sounds like the machines that I've seen. They're fairly common around
>hamfests and other sales. If you're interested in them let me know which
>ones you want and an idea of what they'e worth and I'll see about picking
>them up.
>
> Joe
>
Well basically I would like one of each model that came out ;)
Depending on the location where you are shiping cost will probably add a bit
to the total.
At 03:49 PM 1/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I got a line on an Intel ISIS-II development system with lots of
>accessories. What do I do with it if I get it?
Send it to me for the cost of shipping!!!! ;-) (Just kidding...)
Actually, I've always wanted to get my hands on one of those heathkit
gibbyframmers (with the Moto6800 CPU, six digit 7-segment LED display and
hex keyboard, etc. etc.) as I used one in college and had a barrel o'
monkeys interfacing things to it 'cause it was so easy.
Anyone here got a few extras of those???
(Heathkit used to still sell those just a few (up to 5) years back... but
they still wanted top dollars for them, too. :-( )
Later,
"Merch"
--
Roger Merchberger | Why does Hershey's put nutritional
Programmer, NorthernWay | information on their candy bar wrappers
zmerch(a)northernway.net | when there's no nutritional value within?
I acquired a pair of IBM Displaywriters today, complete with a printer, disks and documentation. One surprise was that the copyright dates on the various (first edition) manuals was 1982 and 1983. I had been under the impression that these machines predated the PC.
I was talking to this guy I met at a flea market and he said he has a
storage device that writes data to a spool of wire. Can someone elaborate
on this?
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At 12:57 AM 1/14/98, you wrote:
>If you're talking commercial laptop, I believe it was the Radio Shack Model
>100. It was one of only two commercial laptops ever certified for Space
>Shuttle travel. Heck, lots of the newer Puntium laptops can't even be used
>on airplanes anymore, for criminies sake! How can you play cribbage across
>the Atlantic if you can't even spark 'er up??? ;-)
That's where it gets a little sticky. GRiD Systems started out only making
their laptops for the government, so it wasn't exactly commercial back
then. I;ve seen plenty of photos of GRiDs being used in the shuttle, as
well as lots of NASA projects and experiments on the internet that use one
GRiD or the other as it's brains. I do know that the Compass 1100 does
predate the m100 by a few years though.
-John Higginbotham-
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-----Original Message-----
From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn(a)ricochet.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 1998 8:31 PM
Subject: Amstrads in the US
>Well, Amstrad wasn't really big over here, but they did sell a few
machines.
>Other Amstrad's I've got (second hand) are the PDA600 "PenPad" and the
PC-20
>(sort of a CoCo-ish/Atari ST-ish one-piece PC).
>
>btw, there was another PPC640 that sold on eBay this weekend, but it was
>complete, with power supplies, software, and a really neat case. I didn't
>get it, though. 8^(
I have the complete set on mine: software neat case, manual (in French
:) )and Power supply (220v :( )I would be interested in finding a US power
supply as I don't think the machine can run for very long on the 10 alkaline
bateries.
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At 10:01 PM 1/13/98 -0600, you wrote:
>By the way they are not laptops either; I always have to find a table to put
>them on so I can use them. If I put them on my lap I'm always afraid to drop
>them ;-)
I used mine NASA-style sometimes: Velcro'd to any flat surface. Slight
change of subject: Does anyone know exactly what the first laptop to
accompany shuttle astronauts into space was? I hear it's the GRiD Compass
1100. I had that very model up until last week when I traded for a GRiD
1535exp w/docking tray.
Speaking of GRiDs, any people out there collect them or am I alone? I've
made GRiDs my collection specialty since they're small, tough and stackable.
GRiDSPeC Page: http://limbo.netpath.net/hw/GRiD
-John Higginbotham-
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<Oh no! It's the new MicroSoft Allison! No more intelligent posts about
<non-MS computers/software Arrrgghh! 8^)
<
<(Sorry, couldn't resist!)
Oh Roger,
You shouldn't have oughta done that. ;-) Calling me microspooge is
frighten words. Oh heavens the lost data.
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn(a)ricochet.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 1998 8:31 PM
Subject: Amstrads in the US
>btw, there was another PPC640 that sold on eBay this weekend, but it was
>complete, with power supplies, software, and a really neat case. I didn't
>get it, though. 8^(
How much did it go for? Just curious.
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