9 Apr
2002
9 Apr
'02
8:08 a.m.
I was entirely in earnest. LOL. When I saw that message just after I had
tossed the Simon, I did a quick search for "blinkenlights", and Google came
up with this website: http://www.blinkenlights.de/. It's not at all
implausible that these guys would have had a Simon emulation running on the
Haus des Lehrers. They did, after all, have Pong. Later, I did find the
http://www.blinkenlights.com/ website, and laughed at myself when I found
what the other Simon was.
I've already received two emails from people that want this classic
computing treasure, even in pieces.
I took a quick glance as it came out of the old kids' toybox -- it has a
Texas Instruments chip in it, TMS3300 something or other. I remember
drooling over the TMS1000 when it first came out.
http://www.datamath.org/Story/Intel.htm, etc. I wonder if this is a variant.
I carried the TMS1000 datasheet around with me in a binder that also
contained my 1973 Intel catalog, and my Godbout price list. Unfortunately,
these chips are not hackable -- the firmware is in hard ROM.
--
Jonathan Engdahl Rockwell Automation
Principal Research Engineer 1 Allen-Bradley Drive
Advanced Technology Mayfield Heights, OH 44124 USA
Mayfield Heights Labs engdahl(a)safeaccess.com 440-646-7326
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas H. Quebbeman" <dquebbeman(a)acm.org>
To: "ClassicCmp List" <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 7:06 AM
Subject: RE: Does Anyone Have A
"Doug"]
Jonathan
Engdahl wrote:
Let's give the original poster a break, I think he was serious.
John and Chad, just in case you *weren't* being tongue-in-cheek,
that's not the Simon he was talking about...
-dq
-Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (DougQ at ixnayamspayIgLou.com) [Call me
Do you mean that kid's game with the blinking
lights that you
had to memorize and push the buttons in the same order? I just
this evening tossed one. I found it in the attic in many pieces.
The circuit board looked intact. Shall I go dive for it?
Those were neat. I had one a few years after they came out. My mother
bought it at a garage sale. I think it is long gone now. I liked it a
lot. I can hear it now in my head :-) Maybe if I would have played
itmore, I would have a better memory now :-( Surgically excise the pig-latin from my e-mail
address in order to reply
"The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away." -Tom Waits