2 Mar
2009
2 Mar
'09
1:18 a.m.
Price's work is interesting from a historical perspective, but I urge people NOT to
read him if the goal is a decent replica. Marchant's new book thoroughly explains how
Price's work is obsolete and wrong. Price had only part of the facts from which to
start. He also made some incorrect and unethical guesses.
-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Dawson <rdawson16 at hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 23:53:52
To: classic computers<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: RE: Antikythera fans
Vern, Robert,
I have been collecting the books for a while, see Derek De Sola Price for the original
detailed description. pictures here
http://markandvinny.com/derek/
There are a few animated java things on the net too if you look a bit.
What I plan to do, is as best I can create the woodwork and the case, all of the mechanism
and perhaps sell a few copies as mantle toys.
I will prototype a bit and cad what I can in the goal of sending it out to some shops.
We have a cool shared cadcam group here in portland to do this, a subscription prototype
shop with all the machines.
Like all embryo projects, its just and idea, but the interest you have shown spurs me on.
Lets see where it goes,
Thanks,
Randy
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 23:46:44 -0500
From: gstreet at indy.net
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Antikythera fans
Hi Vern and Randy,
I'm also interested in the Antikythera project. I_think_ I ordered the book,
"Decoding the Heavens," but I won't know until it actually arrives. Ordered
it indirectly via Amazon.com, but my money was soon quickly and unceremoniously refunded.
I think and hope I then found another copy via bookfinder.com. I recently received an
email claiming that it has been sent.
Making something like this must be pretty prohibitively expensive wouldn't it?
Still, I am interested.
Thanks,
Robert Greenstreet
Message: 1
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:39:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Vernon Wright <vern4wright at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Antikythera fans
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Hi Randy,
I responded quite favorably to your proposal. I'm wondering whether you got any other
people really interested in the Antikythera device, and whether you are going to go on
with the project.
It'll probably be a couple of months before my shop is workable again; moving and all
that. But I am interested.
Regards,
Vern Wright
--- On Sat, 2/21/09, Randy Dawson <rdawson16 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> From: Randy Dawson <rdawson16 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Antikythera fans
> To: "classic computers" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 7:30 PM
> wondering if you guys love this as much as I do.
>
> I would like to make a user group/club for it if there is
> enough interest
>
> For myself, I am fully equipped here with machine
> capability and stage one is to make the model (2005) as
> currently known.
>
> Stage 2 is heck make these in volume, its a marvelous thing
> and may be profitable.
>
> You cannot find a better classic computer than this.
>
> Randy Dawson
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