>> I find the touch screen comment unpleasant because I think touch screens
>> are the key to an easy-to-use interface. Voice recognition and p.p. are
>> in use and are gaining ground. What were bubbles, and why didn't they
>> catch on?
> Touch screens make you take your hands off the keyboard and leave a greasy
> mess on your screen while you try in vain to do high resolution tasks with
> your low res finger.
The mouse also needs your hand - like any other device.
And I'm still looking for a _working_ touchscreen solution
to use with my Performa 630. Since I use this youngtimer
still for Newton programming, its a real stupid thing
to take a moust for an ok-button when I already have a
pen in my hand - I just want to tap the Buttons on screen
like the one on my Newt.
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
At 11:19 AM 6/22/98 -0500, you wrote:
>More fun stuff picked up this weekend:
>
>Canon Cat - A glorified word processor that was created by one of the
original
>members of the Macintosh team.
You really don't want a Canon Cat. Honest. Tell ya what I'm gonna do.
You send it to me (heck, I'll even chip in for shipping) and I'll send you
a real nice computer. Yeah, that's it. Send it to me. Bad mojo you don't
want it. Trust me.
8^)
Yep, Jef Raskin designed the Cat after coming up with the Mac; Apparently
rather revolutionary in terms of being able to get around and do stuff with
special keys. Dunno too much, but I'd sure like to learn. (And if you
tell me you have a FlatCat, I'll be visiting in the middle of the night... 8^)
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>> Now you've gone and done it. I was compelled to dig it out and once
>> more face the monster, leaving my more mundane tasks of turning
>> my 5150 into an awesome Win 95ers confronter.
> Hummm... I always wanted to put an Amiga into a PET case, just to freak
> people out, but I've never found an adequately destroyed PET to use. :)
I had several years ago a similar idea, and I put a KIM into
a PET case (new case from a junk mail order store - Comodore
did often sell surplus stuff to junk dealers in Germany).
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
One word: rubbish. i have a mac with the same model number. the mac+ had that
signed case and i think all earlier models did too. as its been said before,
its only worth as much as someone wants to pay for it.
david
In a message dated 98-06-30 10:28:47 EDT, you write:
<< >> A friend recently told me that the Macintosh I own (Model M0001 with the
>> autographs inside the case) is worth money as a collectable. Can you tell
>> me if this is true and if so where I might get information on selling it.
>> Thank you for your help.
> >>
<I recently posted the following DEC PDP-11 Q-Bus modules up for grabs.
<They are apparently Q-Bus controllers for this harddrive or something
<like it.
Corvus Omminet was a combination fileserver and network. I believe it
was in the 1-2.5mb/s arcnet like. Clients were Z80 based systems with
their net adaptor or specifically made as clients by corvus. It's high;y
likely they made it for PDP-11 use as well.
Allison
>Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 07:06:58 -0700 (PDT)
>From: escollector(a)heydon.org
>X-Sender: kevan(a)goliath.heydon.org
>Reply-To: collector(a)heydon.org
>To: Donald Newman <donaldn(a)interport.net>
>Subject: Re: 1st Mac
>
>
>> A friend recently told me that the Macintosh I own (Model M0001 with the
>> autographs inside the case) is worth money as a collectable. Can you tell
>> me if this is true and if so where I might get information on selling it.
>> Thank you for your help.
>
>Try sending a message to classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu This is a mailing
>list of many collectors and I am sure there will be somebody there who
>will be interested.
>
>Kevan
>
>
>
>
>
>
Found on Usenet. This fellow just wants shipping for what sounds like
a neat bit of hardware. Please contact him directly if interested.
Attachment follows.
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On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 23:59:59 -0700, in alt.sys.pdp11 you wrote:
>>From: Robert Jackson <robertj(a)hayfork.net>
>>Newsgroups: vmsnet.pdp-11,alt.sys.pdp11,comp.sys.dec.micro
>>Subject: Corvus Omninet 16
>>Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 23:59:59 -0700
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>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Sorry if these groups were inappropriate for this post, but they were
>>the only groups I saw anything useful about Corvus listed on so thought
>>I'd have the best chance for a useful reply here.
>>
>>That said, I was cleaning out some closets a while back and came across
>>a very curious box. It seemed to be an external hard drive of some
>>kind, but the only connection on the thing was a 3-pin connector near a
>>series of dip switches. Looking around the web and Usenet I've come to
>>the conclusion that it's a network-shareable hard drive that would be
>>useable in a Corvus Omninet system.
>>
>>It's dated mid-80's and apparently only a 16 meg drive so I don't
>>imagine anyone but a dinosaur collector would be interested in it, but
>>it goes against my nature to throw anything remotely neat away!
>>(Especially if it may be worth something!) It's probably not worth more
>>than the cost of postage to send it to someone, if that, but if you're
>>interested in the thing drop me a line and save if from the dump! Or if
>>you're not personally interested but want to save me from getting ripped
>>off (giving it to someone for something like $2 when it's worth
>>something more) definitely drop me a line!
>>
>>Robert
>>
>>robertj(a)hayfork.nospam.net
>>rj(a)tcoe.trinity.nospam.k12.ca.net
>>
>>remove the appropriate words from the e-mail addresses...
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Hi Bruce,
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> From: Bruce Lane <kyrrin(a)jps.net>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: MicroVAX III Memory
> Date: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 7:01 AM
> 1). Anyone got any MV-III memory for sale/trade?
no, i don't. But if it helps & IIRC, the module name is MS650-AA for
8MByte, and MS650-BA for 16 Mbyte. Maximum are 4 boards, which results in
64 MByte. (wow ...;-))
>
> 2). Failing that, is it at all possible, however messy, to modify MV-II
> memory to work?
don't think so. I would really prefer to buy the 16 mbyte modules. there
are not so expensive, and the KA650 is a neat board (was built in
mv3500/mv3600)
cheers,
emanuel
>>>That said, I was cleaning out some closets a while back and came across
>>>a very curious box. It seemed to be an external hard drive of some
>>>kind, but the only connection on the thing was a 3-pin connector near a
>>>series of dip switches. Looking around the web and Usenet I've come to
>>>the conclusion that it's a network-shareable hard drive that would be
>>>useable in a Corvus Omninet system.
Hmm, I'd be interested in any info. anyone has on these things. I had
the remains of one a while back - someone had grabbed the drive out of
it before I got to it but all the controller logic was still there.
I seem to remember that it was a useful source of parts - nice solid
case and compact toroidal power supply... it's a shame I didn't have the
actual drive to go with it and to mess around with.
I don't know what would have worked with it, we mainly had Cambridge
Ring network gear back then, a few VAX machines, and not a lot else...
cheers
Jules
>
>> I belive Apple's Newtons have the OSes in ROM. They certainly do boot
>> quickly and a chip swap is need to upgrade the OS.
> Later Newts, including the eMate, are flash upgradable. A quick boot
> doesn't require a ROM OS, though.
Flash upgradable ? Huh ? Did I miss something ?
Afaik my MP2K still has ROMS not Flash for the
OS. Same for the eMate.
Gruss
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
