17 Jul
1997
17 Jul
'97
12:26 p.m.
On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Roger Merchberger wrote:
I have the low-profile version of the machine, with no
monitor or drives. I
plan on getting the 8050 drives today at noon, if they're still there.
There was also an IEEE-488 printer to go with it. The machine is serial #
C002688... Does anyone know if this is early, or is the C in the SN# mean
the third time around the digits? Also, what was special about the 6509
processor over the 6502?
I doubt it. If it they made 2,000,000 of these I'd have found one by
now. Unless they rolled the letter whenever they made a revision or whatnot.
[[ BTW, I'm still on the fence as to whether
I'll keep this one or not...
It seems rather unique, which I like, but I'm not sure if I'd actually use
it, which is something I like to do as well... ]]
Well, if you fall off the other side of the fence I'll be there to catch it.
Sam
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