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by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

Mine has MITS on the front panel and Pertec on the serial number tag. Pictures at http://www.geocities.com/~compcloset/MITSAltair8800bt.htm Kai -----Original Message----- From: allisonp(a)world.std.com [mailto:allisonp@world.std.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 3:09 PM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Re: MITS Altair 8800BT Computer (RARE!!!) < Since I have never seen the 8800BT, I'm sure it is rare, at least he say < number of times that this stuff is RARE. Shipping and handling includin < insurance is only $100 plus the winning bid. However, it does have som < good photos of the unit. Marvin, Please stop with the HTML, reduce it to text for this forum. MITS 8800BT is the turnkey (front pannel less) version of the 8800B and fairly common. The PERTEC labeled version is scarcer. Allison

27 years, 11 months

Commodore "PET 2001-8" Vintage Computer

by MPritchard＠EnsembleStudios.com

It doesn't appear to be in this version (Outlook 97). That's what I get for not upgrading to the latest, most bloated, and buggiest beta software. (I'm still running version 3 of my browser too!) -Matt P > -----Original Message----- > From: Kai Kaltenbach [SMTP:kaikal@MICROSOFT.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 4:45 PM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: RE: Commodore "PET 2001-8" Vintage Computer > > If you're running Outlook, do Tools.Options/Mail Format, choose Rich Text > from the drop-down list box instead of HTML. > > Kai > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Pritchard [mailto:MPritchard@EnsembleStudios.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 2:34 PM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: RE: Commodore "PET 2001-8" Vintage Computer > > > Right, I know other can. For me I just don't have an option to change. > (This is my work e-mail; does eudora interface with exchange server and > have > a compatible scheduler?) > > -Matt Pritchard > (10 yard penalty; going off topic) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: van lincoln [SMTP:vlincoln@earthlink.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 10:48 AM > > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > > Subject: RE: Commodore "PET 2001-8" Vintage Computer > > > > I can read it. I use eudora light. > > van > > > > > > > > > > > > At 02:41 PM 10/13/98 -0500, you wrote: > > >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 >> > > > > > >

27 years, 11 months

Commodore "PET 2001-8" Vintage Computer

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

If you're running Outlook, do Tools.Options/Mail Format, choose Rich Text >from the drop-down list box instead of HTML. Kai -----Original Message----- From: Matt Pritchard [mailto:MPritchard@EnsembleStudios.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 2:34 PM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: RE: Commodore "PET 2001-8" Vintage Computer Right, I know other can. For me I just don't have an option to change. (This is my work e-mail; does eudora interface with exchange server and have a compatible scheduler?) -Matt Pritchard (10 yard penalty; going off topic) > -----Original Message----- > From: van lincoln [SMTP:vlincoln@earthlink.net] > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 10:48 AM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: RE: Commodore "PET 2001-8" Vintage Computer > > I can read it. I use eudora light. > van > > > > > > At 02:41 PM 10/13/98 -0500, you wrote: > >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 >> > > > >

27 years, 11 months

Commodore "PET 2001-8" Vintage Computer

by MPritchard＠EnsembleStudios.com

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 >>

27 years, 11 months

auction grabs

by CharlesII＠nwonline.net

My dad recently came accros some intresting stuff at a county auction. I wasn't there or he would have baught more stuff :-) but however he did find some keyboards that look like they came from a terminal and a computer. Does WYSE ring a bell to anyone? But the biggest enigma is an IBM 4224 printer which from the diagram on the back look like it was made for some sort of LAN, but not ethernet. The plug it would take would be about an inch in diameter. This was previously used by the board of elections and in that case was probably was wired in some sort of esotaric network. The other puzzel is an ethernet card that is deffentatily not 10 years old but just bear with me. The face plate already is a dead give away that it is not made for a PC. The other thing is that the interface to the computer uses a plug that has 3 rows of 32 pins. Could any one tell me wat this interface is, and what I could do to adapt this to be used by a PC's serial poart? Another find was in the tons of IBM formated disks I found an original wang floppy disk but without the orginal format :-( Thats all for now.

27 years, 11 months

dishwasher + mainboards

by roblwill＠usaor.net

I know this is getting WAY off-topic, but to get it slightly back on-topic.... If you would happen to barf on your , say, C64, would it damage any of the traces on the motherboard or the keyboard? <sorry - couldn't resist:)> -- -Jason (roblwill(a)usaor.net) ICQ#-1730318 ---------- > From: Cameron Kaiser <ckaiser(a)oa.ptloma.edu> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> > Subject: Re: dishwasher + mainboards > Date: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 10:05 AM > > ::Last time I vomitted, some of that stomach acid came up exactly the same > ::path as it would have to go down if I drank it. > > Your stomach also does not contain *just* dilute HCl. You're also barfing up > a buffered solution (all the electrolytes in the food you eat), a gunk of > mucus (I can't believe I'm writing this before breakfast) which further > retards acid action, and food which usually is slightly alkaline itself. > Moreover, the pH 3 in your stomach is needed only to activate enzymes like > trypsin and pepsin from their inert state. It's not like your entire stomach > is a bubbling pit of acid; most of the catalytic activity is performed by the > enzymes, or else you would break things like proteins into inorganic or > elemental compounds instead of the amino acids and monosaccharides you need. > > -- > -------------------------- personal page: http://calvin.ptloma.edu/~spectre/ -- > Cameron Kaiser Information Technology Services Database Programmer > Point Loma Nazarene University Fax: +1 619 849 2581 > ckaiser(a)ptloma.edu Phone: +1 619 849 2539 > -- FORTUNE: You learn from your mistakes. Today will be very educational. -----

27 years, 11 months

Fairchild Channel F units

by dcoward＠pressstart.com

Francois said: >>#19 is the hardest to find. >How about the demo cart #2? Is that a har to find Item? I was speaking about the "regular" cartridges. >And I've managed to collect all of the regular cartridges, except >for #26, in the boxes with instructions. >#19 is the hardest to find. I really don't have any interest in the Demo carts because they are so popular. I do have a prototype of football but that came with some other carts. Phil Clayton said: >.How about the RCA Studio II machine ? > Have you ever seen one of these machines ? I have one. Not because I found it, but because it was given to me. Other than that I have not seen another. >Check this site out: http://newton.physics.arizona.edu/~hart/vgh/main.html I wish I have the time to put up nice pictures like this. Great page. >As far as I know the Fairchild F8 microprocessor was not used in >any other applications, however the RCA 1802 microprocessor..... I did get a chance to do some F8 programming about 1982 at AMF's Electronics Research Lab. I had to modify the code in a rowing machine. They added a clip for the ear lobe that measured your heart rate. I used a 3870 because I could try out new code by inserting a new EPROM on to the processor. I did burn out one of the 3870s and I stuck a white ceramic 1702 on top and made it into a tie clip to remind me. That was the only processor I have every destroyed. And I still have it today. As for the instruction set, the only thing I remember is that the ACC was always trashed on a return from subroutine. I think the processor use it to pull the return address from the stack. What was the question? ========================================= Doug Coward Press Start Inc. Sunnyvale,CA =========================================

27 years, 11 months

Software Collecting

by paulk＠microsoft.com

> There was a huge burst of interest on the Apple2 newsgroups last > year in the original Ultima's, with the first Ultima in the original > packaging with all the pieces fetching up to $300. > Wow. Well, don't I feel smart, then, for picking up a copy at a thrift store for $1.99 a few years ago. It didn't have the coins but was otherwise complete -- and the coins weren't worth $298.01, in my opinion. Buying things over the Internet is a mixed blessing. > Sellam Alternate e-mail: > dastar(a)siconic.com > Paul Kearns paulk(a)microsoft.com

27 years, 11 months

Commodore "PET 2001-8" Vintage Computer

by franke＠sbs.de

> This was put up on ebay and the auction will close about 7 hours from now > (at about 6:00 p.m. pst). Currently there has only been one bid on it at > the opening bid of $575. > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=34347085 Oh Oh - way expensive - At this price I already start to think about selling some of my PET/CBMs. Gruss H. -- Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut HRK

27 years, 11 months

Pre - Columbus traveler with classic computer?

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

The chief advantage of any kind of history is, IMHO, to reach the understanding of how similar the past is to the present. This applies to computer history as well. Only people who are familiar with it know that the computers we use today (except uncommon parallel and analog computers) are based on Von Neumann's theories more than 30 years ago. There is no real advancement. There is multiplication of matrices by a scalar value... There is nothing new under the sun, as a very old book says. >As mor as I learn about this 'dark ages' as less dark they >apear. Not even very different from before or after (especialy >not differentfrom now ). > >Gruss >H. > >-- >Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut >HRK > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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