27 May
1997
27 May
'97
5:04 a.m.
Almost forgot - I also picked up an Apricot F2. For those in the US,
this is one bizarre machine. It's only about 7" wide, 4" tall and 16"
deep. It has a wireless infrared keyboard and wireless hand-held
trackball!
I never knew these were sold in the United States. It's marked 60Hz so
it's not an import. About all I know about it is from a couple of web
references -- 1985, 8086 CPU, 512K RAM, dual 720K drives, ran a modified
OEM version of MS-DOS.
Any additional information -- and pointers to a boot disk --
appreciated!
thanks
Kai
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From: Kai Kaltenbach
Reply To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 1997 9:40 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Another weekend haul story
Well, thanks to a mobile GPS, I managed to visit 30 thrifts in one day
this weekend, and ended up with:
- Atari 400
- IBM Portable PC 5155
- Two more Osborne 1's (for trade)
- An Indus GT floppy drive for Atari 8bit (this is the best Atari 8bit
drive ever made!)
- Apple Disk II new in box
- Another TRS-80 Model I (system unit only)
- Atari 1040ST and SC124 mono monitor (floppy wasn't working but I
fixed
it--I think)
- Another Mac 128 (with bad floppy, I have the parts to fix)
- Pile of diskettes for the TRS-80 Model 4/4P, including original
TRSDOS, SCRIPSIT, ZORK I, etc.
- Manuals for my TRS-80 Model 4P
- Some shrink wrapped games for the Apple II, Atari 8bit, and C64
- TI 99/4A "P-Code Module", whatever the heck that is (goes in the
expansion bay)
- Atari 65XE game computer
- Atari 7800 ProSystem with PS, RF adapter and 3 joysticks
- Colecovision driving expansion module
Kai