6 Jul
2007
6 Jul
'07
4:14 p.m.
Hi,
As an aside to this, the Sirius' monitor (like that of the later Apricots)
has a thin sheet of fabric stretched across the front of it (secured by the
front bezel) so there is no noticable static charge on the screen when it's
powered up.
Kinda puts paid to the quick and easy method of determining if it's getting
power.... :-(
TTFN - Pete.
there is
static on the crt's face when you power up?
If there's no provision for an AC plug, then you have
your answer as to where the power comes from. Didn't
Indeed. 
6 Jul
6 Jul
5:13 p.m.
--- Ensor <classiccmp at memory-alpha.org.uk> wrote:
Hi,
This is true. I promptly razor-ed them off of the 2
monitors down at mom's. They were so dirty and skanky
it didn't really bother me. But the Vicki, although
also suffering from comparable case discoloration, is
in pristine shape otherwise, and that would mean
altering a prime specimen (considerably?) so I left
it's glare guard screen stuff intact.
Was there a "Serie" available in the UK? If I'm
talking gibberish, the Vicki is the portable version
of the Victor 9000. Very very hard to find. I so
friggin lucked out when I found one on ePay for 10 bucks!
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> there is static on the crt's face when
you
power up?
>If there's no provision for an AC plug,
then you
have
>your answer as to where the power comes from.
Didn't
Indeed.
As an aside to this, the Sirius' monitor (like that
of the later Apricots)
has a thin sheet of fabric stretched across the
front of it (secured by the
front bezel) so there is no noticable static charge
on the screen when it's
powered up.
20 Jul
20 Jul
5:17 p.m.
Hi,
Was there a "Serie" available in the UK? If
I'm
talking gibberish, the Vicki is the portable version
of the Victor 9000.
I've heard of the "Vicki", but not the "Serie".
In fact I'm pretty sure I remember seeing adverts for the Vicki in several
of the UK computer mags back then ("BYTE" was about the only US computer
magazine I could easily lay my hands on in those days; aside from "ANALOG"
and "ANTIC" of course).
Very very hard to find.
You're not kidding there, in all the time I've been collecting I've never
seen a single one "in the wild".
About the nearest I've come to one was an advert in "Microcomputer Mart"
some 17 years ago, back in the days before it became just another PC
oriented rag.
TTFN - Pete.
26 Jul
26 Jul
5:16 p.m.
--- Ensor <classiccmp at memory-alpha.org.uk> wrote:
You never never know what's hiding in someone's
closet. It's a matter of making that party aware of
your interest. They're out there...
I found one on eBay recently. Heard from someone in
Connecticut who has one. But alas he's not yet willing
to sell *snifful*.
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I've heard of the "Vicki", but not the
"Serie".
I believe Serie is some sort of girl's name. Since
the UK version of the Vic9000 was called the
Sirius...well you can figure out the rest. I wasn't
aware the Vicki was available in the UK.
Very very hard
to find.
You're not kidding there, in all the time I've been
collecting I've never
seen a single one "in the wild". 
4 Aug
4 Aug
11:23 a.m.
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Starting at $1!
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