4 Aug
2004
4 Aug
'04
9:19 a.m.
On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 00:29, Antonio Carlini wrote:
I'm not sure how many ended up with the metal cases; a
guesstimate would
be somewhere above 50 though.
Only 50 worldwide? Why didn't you say a year os so ago -
then I'd have asked for the one stuffed in a cupboard
at my daughter's school :-)
Heh, could be thousands though for all I know though. They just seem
*very* uncommon in the UK at least (mind you, so do the plastic-cased
ones for that matter)
:-) Actually I've got a couple too, if you count the one running as the
network server. (and 8 480Z's, although only half of them currently work
and I've promised a few to people just to cut down on space)
By the way, we could do with more 380Z keyboards at Bletchley if you
ever find any. We've got seven or eight 380Z's but only two keyboards to
go with them all!
There's the dual 8" floppy drive unit at Bletchley which I should
photograph sometime. There can't be many of those about.
RML 480Z
metal-cased system
And one of those _somewhere_... We are talking about a 480Z
in a black metal case (and black keys) that is otherwise
identical to the beige plastic case variant that
I already have?
Yep, that's the critter. Any chance there's still software lurking at
the school? Not much RML software seems to have survived which is a
shame.
But then
380Z's were common as
muck at one
time and all seem to have vanished too.
Am I being greedy in having two then? I bet there are
many of these stuffed in school cupboards up and down
the land.
I don't know though, probably been thrown out long ago. I'd certainly
like to find network OS software for my network server as it's a dead
duck once the hard drive blows up...
I've never seen a 380Z that was anything other
than
black. That's the way they should be ... otherwise
you might miss the white button on the front :-)
True. :-) They look pretty good in white too though to be honest!
cheers
Jules