15 Dec
2001
15 Dec
'01
8:54 a.m.
Intecolor was based in Georgia (Norcoss?) if I remember correctly. We
were given some Intecolor parts, but lack a full machine.
On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Michael Nadeau wrote:
The early Intecolor and Compucolor ads use the same
photo and the specs are
the same. The Intecolor 8001 and Compucolor 8001 are the same. Compucolor
Corp. seems to have been a separate company located near Intelligent
Systems, which produced the Intecolor. I think it might have been either a
private-label deal or a separate company set up by Intelligent Systems to
sell the system. I'd appreciate any information that anyone on the list
might have on this.
--Mike
Michael Nadeau
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From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo(a)siconic.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: Hardest to Find Classic Computers
Festival
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, George Leo Rachor Jr. wrote:
> I remember the first machine I seriously tried to come up with the money
> to buy.
>
> Anybody else remember the Compucolor?
>
> I'm not sure I ever learned the technical details of the machine.
>
> Seems like they disappeared from the scene as fast as they came on.
>
> Wouldn't mind adding one of those to my inventory but I'm not sure I
could
afford to
ship it from Timbuck2....
Is this the same as the Compucolor? I have an Intecolor 8001 which is a
huge beast: integrated CRT but the keyboard was separate (and I am
currently missing it). Definitely a rare beast. This is the only one
I've ever come across.
The only other one I've known anyone to have was the same guy who had that
Sphere 1 I referenced previously (he seemed good at finding rarities). He
said he found it lying at the side of a road. He thought it was just a TV
at first but when he stopped to check it out he found it was a computer.
So let this be a lesson to you: check those "TV"s you find in thrift
stores and flea markets.
Perhaps they are abundant, but we just pass them by out of ignorance? :)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
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