Did anyone notice that that "welcome screen" from their GUI looked like
something a kit would have drawn in MS Paint?
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
----------
> From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn(a)ricochet.net>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Off-Topic Wierdness
> Date: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 8:42 PM
>
> At 09:23 PM 10/12/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >Would someone please check out accpc.com/home0.html#About, and enlighten
> >some of us "historically challenged" individuals as to how much of their
> >"history" is possibly truth vs. B.S.?
>
> They claim they had a windowing product in late '73/early '74 which is
> supposedly long before the Alto -- But I thought the Alto was earlier
than
> that?
>
> I dunno for sure, but it sure sounds like a bunch of BS to me.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------- O-
>
> Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
> roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
> Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
> San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
>
I noticed that ( I looked a 3 Disk II's that my school had, and they all
had the grooved disc). I don't have the drive anymore (never was able to
get it to work), but All I really remember is the round cable, the red
apple (it was unusual), and the Disk II-type black front. If I remember
correctly, the case was black, too. I don't remember a data cable (at
least built on to it, like the Disk II) though. I can't remember if the
round cable was for power, and there was a plug for data, or if the round
cable was for power/data. I do remember that the plug was cut off the
round cable, though. It was about as round as a AAA battery. I think it
had five conductors.
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
----------
> From: Sam Ismail <dastar(a)ncal.verio.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Picture up (RE: Microsci HAVAC)
> Date: Monday, October 12, 1998 11:00 PM
>
> A round cord? The Disk ]['s had a flat ribbon cable that connected to
the
> Disk ][ Controller. They got their power thru this cord. All the Disk
> ]['s I have on hand (about 5) have the multi-colored Apple logo.
Although
> the solid red Apple sounds distinctly familiar on some piece of
equipment.
>
> To be safe, I'll say as far as I know, and as far as the internals of
> every Disk ][ I've seen go, they've all had the grooved disk for
> positioning the head.
>
Since I have never seen the 8800BT, I'm sure it is rare, at least he says a
number of times that this stuff is RARE. Shipping and handling including
insurance is only $100 plus the winning bid. However, it does have some
good photos of the unit.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=35408024
Reading an article, it's not really a hoax. It's a partnership of
crackpots.
THOUGHT: "T=C * A * I(Squared)"
Yeah, right! Get with the '90s! We don't analyze human thought with
equations any more!
>>In addition to inventing the GUI, the IBM PC, Sun Workstations and
Apples,
>>as well as several CPUs, he's created a "computer science"
organization
>>and nominated himself for Computer Scientist of the Year!
>> http://www.acsa.net/1996b2.html
>>
>
>Since he's such an important figure in the history of computers, I
think we
>should invite him to be the keynote speaker at next year's VCF...
>
>R.
>
>--
>
>
>
>Warbaby
>The WebSite. The Domain. The Empire.
>http://www.warbaby.com
>
>The MonkeyPool
>WebSite Content Development
>http://www.monkeypool.com
>
>
> Once you get the nose on, the rest is just makeup.
>
>
>
>
>
>
______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
After being frustrated trying to view some of the pinouts posted on the
web with lynx (everyone using frames/tables/etc), I have created a
shell-user-friendly pinout directory on my web server. I've got ~75 of 200
(give or take) up so far, and I'll be working on it for the next couple of
weeks.
http://www.prinsol.com/pinouts/
If you have the time and the giving spirit overcomes you, please share any
that you find missing. Especially those from scarce/rare/unusual machines
that might help someone who rescues one with no available documentation.
And for God's sake, please let me know if I screwed up on any of these,
before someone trusts my addled transcriptions and blows something up!
Related, but a little more selfish, could someone give me the pinout for
the HP-IB port?
Aaron
A couple of quick snags from the local thrift:
Wyse-60 terminal, no keyboard: $4.95
"Programming in Assembly: Macro-11", E. Sowell: $.50
Someone posted a couple of days ago that they got some Wyse keyboards?
Anyone have an extra for the model 60 that I just got that they would part
with for a few $$$?
Aaron
At 08:22 PM 10/12/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Does anyone on this list collect software, and if so, what is considered
>desireable software to collect?
Only in the form of Vic-20 carts (which I ended up doing simply because I
found the big box of carts I had accumulated in the mid-80's.)
--------------------------------------------------------------------- O-
Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
At 09:23 PM 10/12/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Would someone please check out accpc.com/home0.html#About, and enlighten
>some of us "historically challenged" individuals as to how much of their
>"history" is possibly truth vs. B.S.?
They claim they had a windowing product in late '73/early '74 which is
supposedly long before the Alto -- But I thought the Alto was earlier than
that?
I dunno for sure, but it sure sounds like a bunch of BS to me.
--------------------------------------------------------------------- O-
Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
Not to be bitching; but my email program; Microsoft Outlook, can't handle
HTML messages; thus I get an attached text object that is very, very hard to
decypher - on every single message from Marvin. (and others). Is it too
much to ask for people to send plaintext?
-Matt Pritchard
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Pritchard [SMTP:MPritchard@EnsembleStudios.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 2:41 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: RE: Commodore "PET 2001-8" Vintage Computer
>
> Am I the only person who can't read messages made up of tons of HTML junk?
>
> -Matt Pritchard
> Graphics Engine and Optimization Specialist
> MS Age of Empires & Age of Empires ][
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marvin [SMTP:marvin@rain.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 12:55 PM
> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> > Subject: Commodore "PET 2001-8" Vintage Computer
> >
> > This message uses a character set that is not supported by the Internet
> > Service. To view the original message content, open the attached
> > message. If the text doesn't display correctly, save the attachment to
> > disk, and then open it using a viewer that can display the original
> > character set. << File: message.txt >>
