> Cleaning house since movement therein has become difficult and while
> trashing out an old piece of equipment came across a SBC consisting
> of a Rockwell 6501 that ran a credit card reader. It has RS232 and
> what looks like room for a peripheral chip of some ilk. Viewing at <http://elipsoid.home.comcast.net/IMG_5640.JPG
> >.
>
> If there is any interest, first respondent takes it for postage.
>
> CRC
'Tis taken...
CRC
Sellam et al,
It's interesting to see the interest in the Apple 1, or more accurately, the Obtronix Apple 1 reproduction. I'm glad some jumped in to correct/expose the guy.
I'm working on mounting a Obtronix Apple 1 reproduction, hoping to put in up on ebay in the next week (as a reproduction!).
So, Sellam (knower of many Apple 1 owner names) and others who may know, too...
Last year I came across the Apple Syndrome site:
http://homepage2.nifty.com/56thWAREHOUSE/HAJIME.html
On that page there's links to various Apple product lines, with lots of information. Back in '07 the Apple 1 link was valid, but now is broken. Following that link lead to pages with many photos of a legit Apple 1. Though the site is in Japanese, I gather (also using babelfish) that the site owner is not the Apple 1 owner. I tried several times to contact the site owner in order to contact the Apple 1 owner.
Why? In the photos of the monitor attached to the Apple 1, I recognized a video problem that I ran into when I built my Repro Apple 1. It's an array of small dots across the entire monitor screen. I wanted to contact the owner to provide my bit of insight on the problem.
Does anyone know the Japanese owner(s) of Apple 1('s)? At one time I only had the last name of an owner who had two Apple 1's. Could it be him? Does anyone have photos of a Japanese owner with his Apple 1? As I said the web link was broken and I've tried in vain Google cache and the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine (archive.org)
Thanks,
Scott Austin
us21090 at yahoo.com
----- Original Message ----
From: Sellam Ismail <sellam at vintagetech.com>
To: Classic Computers Mailing List <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 1:27:44 AM
Subject: Apple 1 on eBay
[...]
"I though Sellam knew where all of them were?"
I only know where the ones are that I know of :) I am discovering roughly
2 new ones out in the wild every year or so, though I expect that trend to
drop off sharply over time as I've already located 42 so far and my
research tells me that there are probably (PROBABLY) no more than 50 still
in existence. I emphasize "probably" because this number was deduced
through research that was not exacting (I can provide details if there's
interest).
iReport has a piece on the Gates retirement and attached is a spot
where you can share a story and pic(s) related to old computers.
Thought some here might want to contribute or read:
http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=40150
Ethan writes:
> My recollection is that the VT102 always has features that are described
> as options for the straight-VT100...
> I think that must be there because of the cost of SRAMs when the VT100 was
> introduced (weighting the costs in favor of the majority 80-column usage
> of the day). I don't recall seeing any clones with that limitation, just
> the original VT100.
The fact that the VT-100 has essentially an "expansion slot" in it made
some aftermarket upgrades available for it. Remeber the "Retrographics"
upgrade? It let it emulate a Tek 4014 type graphics terminal.
(I think the same company that made the Retrographics for the VT100
sold a version for the VT52 as well... different hardware-splicing involved.)
In the late 80's, a VT100 with Retrographics was the next best thing
to having a real 4014 in your office :-).
> There are probably a couple other minor differences. Somewhere, someone
> should have some DEC literature on the subject.
The Kermit people use the VTTEST program as a benchmark for VT100
compatibility and they know it so well they know what bugs existed in the
VT100 but were fixed in the VT102. I think you can get bonus points in
the benchmark if you emulate the bugs as well!
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/vttest.html
Tim.
The HP reader was made by Documation.
http://www.cardamation.com/
Still supports them.
Up until the 2000 fiasco, card readers were widely used to
process ballots, so it is one of the few 70's era peripherals
that have been maintained into the 21st century.
As I recall, the Advanced Video Option (AVO)
did more than just add memory; it also allowed
bold / underline / inverse, etc.
More details on the VT100 family can be found here:
http://vt100.net/docs/tp83/chapter5.html
T
I think Gopher is definitely on-topic due to its age, and being a simple
hypertext system that is very well suited to classic computers with low
horsepower. (More about that in a few months.)
In the last few days I finished an extension for Firefox 2 and 3 with
improved support for Gopherspace in Mozilla, including a skinnable new
interface and CSO/ph/qi queries. I think people who haven't played in
Gopherspace in a long time will be surprised at the landscape. Even though
even UMN has abandoned the venerable gopher.tc.umn.edu, the population has
shifted to small servers and personal sites and a frontier atmosphere that's
almost "the way it used to be." I still get an announcement about a new
server every week on average, which is not bad for an allegedly "dead"
protocol that's over 15 years old.
gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/overbite/
or
http://gopher.floodgap.com/overbite/
or
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7685
I'd appreciate your comments and suggestions.
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I was wondering, what are the differences between the VT100 and the VT102? I've never seen a VT102, but I have heard that there were some differences having to do with screen editing. Anyone know?
Similarly, does the VT102 hardware differ from the VT100, or is it just a software change?
-Ian
All,
I have another big stack of 9-track tape to dispose of,
surplus from my office. Most is 3M Black Watch, 6250 cpi, on big and
medium reels. I have on the order of 200 tapes. The tapes have mostly
been used once, and the data on them is neither valuable nor
sensitive.
Please contact me off-list or at my office (210)-522-6025 to
make arrangements. Pickup in San Antonio or Austin, Texas is
preferred, but I'll box and ship and let you know what it cost if you
need.
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- Mark 210-379-4635
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