>Magnavox didn't test market in that way, since there was no market to test
>in. The Odyssey, being the first video game console, was sold alongside
>every other Magnavox product just like any other television accessory
>(which is what it was considered by many at the time, and why many people
>wound up mistakingly thinking it would only work on Magnavox television
>sets).
Makes sense, but that doesn't preclude my theory from being correct. (see
below)
>My guess is your parent's could have gotten a used model, or you just
>don't remember everything that actually came with it because you were so
>young and it was so long ago.
Nope, it might very well have been a test product. My father owns a
market research company, and in the past Magnavox has been one of our
clients. There is a good chance that it was obtained directly from
Magnavox for the purpose of a focus group to discuss it and get opinions
on it. Knowing that people thought it was only for Magnavox TVs just
makes me believe this even more, as it would have been ripe for a focus
group to try to figure out how to alter public perception.
I also have 2 (3?) Atari 2600's that were never purchased, but instead
left behind after studies and focus groups were done with them. I was
supposed to have a Coleco Adam from the same way, but Coleco opted to
take it back (which just made me want my friend's even more, which he
shipped off to the Philipeans after telling me I could have it... so I
think I am destined to never own an Adam). I tried to get a TurboExpress
(the Turbo Graphix 16 portable unit). But at the time that I was playing
with one when we were doing groups on them, it was one of 3 in the US
>from Japan (the other two of them NEC execs were busy playing with in the
same room)
I had more toys growing up than I new what to do with... all because they
would be left behind after studies, a practice that most companies seem
to have stopped. Unfortantly, I didn't know the gold mine I was sitting
on, so many of the items were broken and/or disposed of (much like how I
cry when I see what Star Wars action figures go for today, and I think
about how many I blew up with firecrackers in my back yard).
Of course, NONE of this means that is how I got my Odessey for sure. It
is just my suspicion based on what my parents were willing to buy. If it
was remotely interesting or expensive, they wouldn't buy it. So all the
best toys came from study leftovers. Since I remember the Odessey as
being fun, and I'm sure it wasn't cheap, I have to assume we did a job on
it and Magnavox left it behind.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I saw it there the last 2 or 3 times I went.
(I don't work for Weird stuff, but I shop there a lot!)
I had wanted one of these until I owned a machine with a floppy disk....
>I'm curious if there's a repository of ancient Radio Shack kit
>manuals out there - I did not get a manual for the 10-in-1
>(cat no. 28-225), but at least I got its box (covered in packing
>tape, grrr.)
Did you check Radio Shack's web site? They have hundreds of their manuals
online in PDF format, many going back quite a long time.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
.. doesn't have the same ring as 'Anarchy in the UK', but never mind :)
I'm new to the group, but the FAQ says it's OK to advertise a bit so here
goes:
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regards
Dave
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I think these things are over 10 years old.
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> --- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> wrote:
> > Would you believe I actually got a IIgs with one of these in it, and the
> > mouse?
>
> The IIgs has ADB ports, yes? Why would you want an old mouse card
> then?
I have a theory about this. Was the ADB mouse an additional purchase? My
guess is that whoever put it in there had the card and mouse from an old
system and rather than spending the money on an ADB mouse, put it into the
IIgs. Either that or they had software which required it.
Zane
Check for the 33 stuff on:
http://www.pdp8.net/pdp8cgi/query_docs/query.pl?Search=teletype&stype=Parti…
rd&fields=id%2Ctitle%2Cdate&debug=0&table=pdp8docs&orderby=sort%2Ctitle
I'm sure you'll have to paste it back together.
Dwight
>To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
>
>> Hi All,
>> I received a beautiful Teletype model 32 in today. Unfortunately I
>> wish it ran as good as it looks. It only prints one character no
>> matter what key you press and it won't return from the right hand side.
>> Does anyone have the Technical manual for this beast or know where I
>> can get it from?
>
>The Model 32 is the 5-level (baudot) version of the Model 33. I believe
>that many of the mechanisms are similar, and that the Model 33 manuals
>(which are on the web somewhere I think) might be of some use. In fact at
>least one of my Model 33 manuals (maybe the parts catalogue) covers the
>Model 32 as well.
>
>-tony
Thanks to Wayne Smith's timely docs for the Heath Z-89-37 soft-sectored
floppy controller, after another person who shall for the moment remain
nameless has failed to fulfill his (repeated) promise of spare parts and
docs paid for seven months ago now, but I digress... I think I'm in the home
stretch of getting the board installed and working. But...
The installation instructions for the controller state that CPU board ICs
U557 and U558 are to be removed, and a DIP header/ribbon cable from the
controller board is to be connected into the now empty U557, and a "20 pin
plug with jumper" are to be installed at U558.
However, I do not _have_ the 20-pin plug with jumper that replaces the
74LS240 removed at U558, and the connection of a jumper in this socket is
not immediately evident to me from studying the schematics.
Can someone with an H/Z-90 and the soft-sectored controller please take a
look and tell me what pins in the 20-pin plug at U558 are jumpered?
Thanks!
Patrick
