http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/features/polyplay.shtml
The Poly Play videogame was Eastern Bloc's answer to the capitalist's Pac
Man but resembles something more like on old-fashioned TV set in a tall
wooden cabinet.
Nevertheless, with up to eight games, a simple firing button and 8-way
joystick, and a slot to take tokens rather than coins, the Poly Play is,
in fact, less grim than it sounds.
Simon Webb, the curator of Swindon's Museum of Computing told BBC
Wiltshire, "The story goes that this was the only arcade approved machine
to be produced in East Germany and they used to go into places like
municipal swimming pool and leisure centres.
"When the Berlin Wall came down, for some strange reason they recalled the
machines to the factory and had them dismantled. A few were salvaged.
There were probably about 1000-1500 made."
Hi All
If anyone going to VCF and is interested in Symbolics workstations or
any type of Lisp Machine (like CADR's), and would like to get together
and talk about them, let me know (via email).
I should probably have put together a talk about my explorations
tracking down old lispm's and emulating lisp machine microcode - maybe
for next year.
I'll certainly be there, floating around looking for (more) unibus
hardware and I'll be at the Atari 7800 talk.
-brad
Brad Parker
I have my VAXstation 4000 VLC running to the ">>>" prompt and would
like to boot the hobbyist CD-ROM to install VMS on the hard drive but
I'm having trouble getting the CD-ROM to boot. If I type 'boot dka400'
at the prompt, the CD-ROM spins up and I get the text "-DKA400"
displayed on the console but then I get the ">>>" prompt again. Can
anyone tell me why that would happen? I'm using a NEC CDR-1910A SCSI
CD-ROM drive set to SCSI ID 4.
For some reason my original post got corrupted - try again.
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Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: Mitsubishi Monitor
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip Pemberton" <philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com>
> To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 10:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Mitsubishi Monitor
>
>
> > I'm still trying to find a way to make a hole in a plastic panel to
mount
> a
> > BNC properly. I failed miserably on the frequency counter I made - the
BNC
> > connector spins while you're trying to plug a probe in. Oops.
>
> Usually there's a flat section on the BNC socket , I usually drill a
smaller
> hole and then file out to suit - especially easy in plastic. Otherwise
look
> for a purpose made chassis cutter for BNC connectors - could be pricey.
> >
> > Later.
> > --
> > Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB,
> 6GB,
> > philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet,
> 2-slice,
> > http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI
> > ... DANGER! DANGER! Computer Store Ahead, Hide Wallet.
>
I have been looking at bulldogdsl they have a 4 meg line with 400k up
for 30 pounds a month. Has anyone hear used this or know anyone that
does. I was wondering about reliability this is less then I pay ntl for
a 1mb line. They also have 8 fixed ip's for an extra 9 a month. It seems
too cheap to me.
Thanks
Dan
Howdy y'all.
I'm trying to dig up one or more ancient microchannel ethernet cards.
Due to software limitations, it MUST be the Ungermann-Bass NICps. This
will be a 16-bit full length microchannel card, with a single AUI jack
(DA15F). It will NOT have an i80186 CPU on it; if it has an i80186,
it's the newer Net-ONE NIUps, and won't work. I've got a pile of these
cards already.
Hopefully somebody out there will have one or two of these stashed away
somewhere.
Thanks!
ok
bear
Does anyone out there have any sources for Pet computer software? Preferably
tape, but I could probably track down a disk player as well. Better yet,
has anyone designed a 'tape emulator' or anything like that?
Hey all,
Before I say anything else, I've posted here before and even passed
along a couple of classic computers to members of the list, so please,
bear with me.
I've got a Compaq luggable here that's just taking up space. I've
included links at the end of this message showing pictures of the system
itself, since I've no real information as to what sorts of internals it
has, or even what the various expansion cards are for (save one, which
is obviously parallel, and is labeled "printer"). My father used it a
long time ago when he was the regional service manager for a major food
and beverage equipment supplier.
The system does work. One of the two floppy drives -- no hard disk on
this thing -- seems to go on the fritz every once in a while, but
otherwise, everything else works, AFAIK.
NOTE: This declaration of fitness doesn't include the expansion cards,
as I've no way to test them.
Anyway, I know better than to ask "what's this thing worth," so instead
I'll ask "is this thing worth anything to anyone here?" I'm from
south-western Michigan, but I make semi-regular jaunts all over the
state, and make the occasional trip to Chicago as well. If someone here
wants the system, make me what you feel is a fair offer. If you want me
to drop it off, I'll charge you for gas money in addition to whatever
your fair offer is. Otherwise, you can pick it up. I'd rather not ship
it, as it's large, heavy, and might not make it through the shipping
process.
NOTE: This system is, compared to the comparable models I've seen on
eBay, in great shape. It includes the original brown Compaq labeled
base, which is clean and tear/rip free. The computer itself if fairly
clean, no dust accumulation outside (inside might be a different story).
Anyway, on with the pictures:
http://www.averagebacon.com/ebay/compaq_running.jpghttp://www.averagebacon.com/ebay/compaq_screen.jpghttp://www.averagebacon.com/ebay/compaq_software.jpghttp://www.averagebacon.com/ebay/compaq_ports.jpghttp://www.averagebacon.com/ebay/compaq_case.jpg
If no one wants it, it'll probably just go to eBay. If multiple people
want it, I'll take a look at the offers, and if they're all the roughly
the same, put it up for private auction (and inform the list). If the
offers are wildly different, I'll just take the highest one. That should
keep everything and everyone (including me) nice and fair.
Thanks for listening, and please feel free to drop me a line --
compaq(a)averagebacon.com -- if you have any questions or want another
photo or whatnot.
Sincerely,
Blair Miller
>From: "David V. Corbin" <dvcorbin(a)optonline.net>
>
>>>> [1] Bonus points for people who know what BNC stands for....
>
>Bayonet Neil-Concelman or British Naval Connector!
>
>Although I have never been sure why the English would want to connect their
>belly-buttons....
>
>
bayonet something connector
Dwight