22 Feb
1999
22 Feb
'99
8:10 a.m.
On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Noel Fields wrote:
There is an interesting item up for sale on e-bay
right now, for all you
altair collectors. For the life of me, it looks like someone made a
portable altair 8800.
Is that what it is? Or is this just a part of an altair (I'm curious now!)
Nope... not even close. First glance at the pic on eBay hinted at a SWTPC
origin, but the 'additional photos' page confirmed that it is a "TVT
II"
(TV Typewriter II). A early video terminal kit, that someone installed in
a nice box and added a cutdown ID plate (sad waste of the plate) off of an
Altair 8800.
Perhaps this is what they used as the terminal for their Altair, so they
thought the ID tag was appropriate/cute...
Here is the address for those interested..
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=69787811
Fairly well done tho... but $100 opening bid?!? Think it needs a
'decimal shift left' about two places...
-jim
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