Just spotted this Brad clearing up email after a 4 week break. I can't answer your question but it reminded me of something that other list users may be able to help with or it might just be of interest. Quite some time ago a friend of mine bought a travel agent in a shopping mall, did a refit of the shop and then later went bust. Fortunately before the refit and going bust he gave me his old shop display which was run on a modified Commodore. I haven't opened it up or powered it up but if anyone knows what this is I'd be grateful. I've posted some photos: http://koken.advancedimaging.com.au/index.php?/albums/shop-mall-comm od ore-64/ Kevin Parker -----Original Message----- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Brad H Sent: Thursday, 14 July 2016 12:25 To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' < cctalk at classiccmp.org <javascript:;>> Subject: Mall directory computers Been wondering about this for a while. Just one of those odd childhood memories. When I was a kid growing up in Oakville, Ontario, I remember Oakville Mall getting one of those very early mall directory computers. This would have been like, 1982-84, somewhere thereabouts. From what I remember, they had kind of CGA-sh graphics and a chiclet 'keyboard' you used to browse the directory. I'm wondering, were they just PCs, most likely? Or some kind of custom job?

Thanks for the clarity and the extra info - as I said I haven?t opened it or fired it up much less had a good look at it. Kevin Parker -----Original Message----- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ian Finder Sent: Sunday, 31 July 2016 17:28 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts < cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Mall directory computers That is certainly not a C= 64 as the title in your link suggests but rather an Amiga 500. These were quite popular for "video billboard" sort of purposes- I imagine they had it running SCALAMultimedia or a similar authoring

My local high school district channel ran on a similar setup for many years. I recall seeing it stuck on the Amiga Workbench one day... On Sunday, July 31, 2016, Kevin Parker <trash80 at internode.on.net> wrote: > Just spotted this Brad clearing up email after a 4 week break. I > can't answer your question but it reminded me of something that > other list users may be able to help with or it might just be of

> > Quite some time ago a friend of mine bought a travel agent in a > shopping mall, did a refit of the shop and then later went bust. > Fortunately before the refit and going bust he gave me his old > shop display which was run on a modified Commodore. > > I haven't opened it up or powered it up but if anyone knows what > this is I'd be grateful. I've posted some photos: > > > http://koken.advancedimaging.com.au/index.php?/albums/shop-mall-co > mm > od > ore-64/ > > > > Kevin Parker > > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org <javascript:;>] > On Behalf Of Brad H > Sent: Thursday, 14 July 2016 12:25 > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' < > cctalk at classiccmp.org <javascript:;>> > Subject: Mall directory computers > > Been wondering about this for a while. Just one of those odd

> memories. > > > > When I was a kid growing up in Oakville, Ontario, I remember > Oakville Mall getting one of those very early mall directory computers. > This would have been like, 1982-84, somewhere thereabouts. From > what I remember, they had kind of CGA-sh graphics and a chiclet

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