14 Dec
2001
14 Dec
'01
12:50 p.m.
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 Festival
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