8 Feb
2002
8 Feb
'02
1:49 p.m.
Gunther Schadow wrote:
Ohmygawd! Did classiccmp not exist those days?
Richard Erlacher wrote:
Wow, I understand why you needed that space . . . . .
I worked in television, and the Chyron RGU-2 character generator used
those buggers. Last two boxes were given to us. If it weren't for the
media, they'd still be a very useable item, if you were willing to work
on them yourself.
They were a neat app-specific box using AMD bit slice processors. They
might qualify for this list, as they are 20+ years old now. Lots of TTL
technonlogy, and 8" drives. If you are into video production.
Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO
It makes me sorry I dumped the approximately 1500
boxes (about 10 cu. yd.) of
8" floppies I discarded some years back. I desperately needed the space,
though. I've still got what's probably sufficient for my own use until about
10 years after I'm dead, though I'm not planning to discard any more.
--
Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(a)regenstrief.org