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by franke＠sbs.de

> I picked up an interesting laptop from circa 1986 today, the Olivetti M22. > So, has anybody ever seen one of these things before? There should be plenty of 'em in Europe, (Germany, but especialy in Italy (:), since they sold well among special banking environments. Gruss H. -- Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut HRK

28 years, 2 months

Zuses (Was: Re: Overhyped Innovations (was Re: OS's In ROM's (was: Re: Mac

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

I didn't think they were jokes (;) and he did have a child, I just don't remember what gender. But to bring this thread on topic, could someone tell me what the Zuse computers did, and what Zuse models there were. How big were they? Has anyone seen one? Do any exist now? >(How about bringing a thread on-topic once in a while?) No, they have >spawned no children that I know of. (And, please, no jokes about the >deeper meaning of "Microsoft" wrt to Bill's sexual performance, OK?) > >ObCC: TTY. > >-- Doug > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

28 years, 2 months

Overhyped Innovations (was Re: OS's In ROM's (was: Re:

by franke＠sbs.de

>> 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. -- Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut HRK

28 years, 2 months

new additions, info wanted

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

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^) --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/

28 years, 2 months

Wang Thang

by franke＠sbs.de

>> 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. -- Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut HRK

28 years, 2 months

1st Mac

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

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. > >>

28 years, 2 months

FW: Corvus Omninet 16 hard drive

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<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

28 years, 2 months

1st Mac

by donaldn＠interport.net

>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 > > > > > >

28 years, 2 months

FW: Corvus Omninet 16 hard drive

by kyrrin＠jps.net

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. -=-=- <snip> -=-=- 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 >>Organization: ELI.NET Leased Newsreader Service >>Lines: 30 >>Message-ID: <35988CEF.7066D98(a)hayfork.nospam.net> >>NNTP-Posting-Host: port-st89.cwo.com >>Mime-Version: 1.0 >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >>X-Trace: news.eli.net 899189639 20997 209.63.55.99 (30 Jun 1998 06:53:59 GMT) >>X-Complaints-To: abuse(a)eli.net >>NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Jun 1998 06:53:59 GMT >>X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; I) >>X-Priority: 3 (Normal) >>Path: blushng.jps.net!news.eli.net!not-for-mail >>Xref: blushng.jps.net vmsnet.pdp-11:256 alt.sys.pdp11:174 comp.sys.dec.micro:194 >> >>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... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Sysop, The Dragon's Cave (Fido 1:343/272) http://table.jps.net/~kyrrin -- also kyrrin [A-t] Jps {D=o=t} Net Spam is bad. Spam is theft of service. Spam wastes resources. Don't spam, period. I am a WASHINGTON STATE resident. Spam charged $500.00 per incident per Chapter 19 RCW.

28 years, 2 months

MicroVAX III Memory

by emu＠ecubics.com

Hi Bruce, ---------- > 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

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