26 Aug
2010
26 Aug
'10
2:19 p.m.
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010, Tony Duell wrote:
This is off-tipic for 2 main reasons : (1) the device
in question is not
even 1 year old yet and (2) it's not a computer. But I suspect many
people here rememebr the MB Big Trak programmable toy tank from the early
1980s, and may even rememebr the Circuit Cellar article that involved
modifying one. So anyway...
Does anybody remember the guvmint hassles about it? ("But the control
circuitry of it could be installed in a real battlefield device!")
I can see one of the original ones from where I sit right now. In the top
box of that pile!
The accessory trailer is no longer around, which is too bad, because that
was what I used for "pen-up"/"pen-down" for playing with it as a
large
format plotter. The O-rings that provided traction on the circumference
of the wheels are rotted away, and it sat for too long with batteries in
it, although that cleaned up surprisingly easily.
Tony,
Do you want it?
If Tony doesn't, who else would like it?
free with local pickup in Berkeley;
best offer PLUS shipping if I have to box it up and send it.
Also, a 5150/5160 power supply with 2 drive connectors. It has a label on
the end of it specifying the voltages, so it is presumably generic.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com