23 Jan
2003
23 Jan
'03
7:50 a.m.
On Jan 23, 9:03, Joe wrote:
At 08:56 PM 1/21/03 GMT, pete wrote:
>I was wondering about excess pressure the other
day. I thought about a
>pressure switch to shut off the motor, but they seem to be quite
expensive.
> Or am I just looking in the wrong places?
I don't know about the UK but such switches are
readily available in
the US. They're used for controlling the pumps on
individual household
water wells.
I don't know about the UK either ;-) but that seems like a useful tip.
Thanks!
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
23 Jan
23 Jan
11:01 a.m.
New subject: Apple C3
Does anybody know what an Apple C3 is. Friend has one that I can have but
doesn't seem to know exactly what it is. Before I take the long ride can
somebody tell me. I did a web search without finding an answer.
11:49 a.m.
New subject: Apple C3
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Gene Ehrich wrote:
Does anybody know what an Apple C3 is. Friend has one
that I can have
but doesn't seem to know exactly what it is. Before I take the long ride
can somebody tell me. I did a web search without finding an answer.
I've certainly never heard of it. Can you get a picture of it?
My guess is that he's just incorrectly recalling the model number. It's
possibly an Apple /// or a //c?
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12:17 p.m.
New subject: Apple C3
From: Sellam Ismail
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: Apple C3
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Gene Ehrich wrote:
Or a Macintosh LC3.
<<<john>>>
Does anybody know what an Apple C3 is. Friend has
one that I can have
but doesn't seem to know exactly what it is. Before I take the long ride
can somebody tell me. I did a web search without finding an answer.
I've certainly never heard of it. Can you get a picture of it?
My guess is that he's just incorrectly recalling the model number. It's
possibly an Apple /// or a //c? 
24 Jan
24 Jan
12:29 a.m.
New subject: Apple C3
Apple 3C
The first attempt at Apple to add a hard drive to an Apple II.
More like Apple was wandering around and trying to figure out what kind of
computers they wanted to make and went to a hard drive.
pretty good since everyone uses a hard drive now.
AT&T or someone attempted to use a regular audio cassette for the same
reason. Wat too slow!!!
There is still software out there.
Seen on ebay.
Paul Mika
2:34 a.m.
New subject: Apple C3
On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Paul Mika wrote:
Apple 3C
The first attempt at Apple to add a hard drive to an Apple II.
More like Apple was wandering around and trying to figure out what kind of
computers they wanted to make and went to a hard drive.
pretty good since everyone uses a hard drive now.
AT&T or someone attempted to use a regular audio cassette for the same
reason. Wat too slow!!!
There is still software out there.
Seen on ebay.
I've never heard of the Apple 3C either. Are you saying Apple made a hard
drive and gave it a "3C" model number/name?
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3:11 a.m.
New subject: Apple C3
I thought it was "Apple C3?" C3 was a company that held many DOD contracts.
They
got in trouble with the Justice Dept. and ended up merging with and changing their
name
to Telos. Telos is a small California-originated company that developed much of
the
Deep Space Network at JPL. Anyway, C3 liked putting their logo on systems when
they
delivered them to customers as a package. I remember in high school thinking that
C3
somehow owned Interdata as the latter was the system that we had in all American
high
schools in Europe at the time. Truth is that C3 held the systems contracts for
supplying
Interdata computers to all the schools and for that put their logo on the
computers.
Perhaps an Apple C3 is a similar situation? The question is did this Apple system
belong
to an indvidual or an organization? Where is the photo to really assist with
clarification?
Eric
Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Paul Mika wrote:
Apple 3C
The first attempt at Apple to add a hard drive to an Apple II.
More like Apple was wandering around and trying to figure out what kind of
computers they wanted to make and went to a hard drive.
pretty good since everyone uses a hard drive now.
AT&T or someone attempted to use a regular audio cassette for the same
reason. Wat too slow!!!
There is still software out there.
Seen on ebay.
I've never heard of the Apple 3C either. Are you saying Apple made a hard
drive and gave it a "3C" model number/name?
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25 Jan
25 Jan
3:03 a.m.
New subject: Apple C3
Apple 3C;
I don't know if they made the hard drive. They got it from somewhere.
Very problem prone. Kept losing data and stopped working.
The company I worked for (an Apple supplier) replaced several H.D. in a
short time. Also very small. Only around 1 meg or less.
More problems than they were worth. But innovation has to start somewhere.
The 3c was finally scrapped for an IBM type machine.
Actually the name of the machine was the Apple III
The c added later for some reason.
Looked like a big Apple II. Very heavy and clumsy. No mouse.
Small clicky keyboard. Small green mono monitor.
The monitor had motors to position with a button. Sort of like modern rear
view mirrors.
Then the company started making parts for a new fangled computer that Apple
was going to feature on the 84 superbowl.
We worked like the dickens for 6 mos. to get all metal stampings done for a
30,000 pre release build. Had to be that many availible for sale before
release.
The first new computer that I saw fully assembled with all of our stamped
parts had a clear plastic case showing the insides.
It was called a Mac. It was only 128 k but that was enough. Few programs
anyway.
The rest is history.
I love my Macs and all their idiosyncricies.
Long live the Mac.
Paul
26 Jan
26 Jan
7:06 a.m.
New subject: Apple C3
On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Paul Mika wrote:
The 3c was finally scrapped for an IBM type machine.
Actually the name
of the machine was the Apple III The c added later for some reason.
Looked like a big Apple II. Very heavy and clumsy. No mouse. Small
clicky keyboard. Small green mono monitor. The monitor had motors to
position with a button. Sort of like modern rear view mirrors.
I am having trouble trying to figure out what you're referring to. The
Apple III followed-up the Apple ][+ in 1981. I've never heard of a IIIc
model. I've never heard of it being called the 3C (even as an internal
project codename; in fact it was codenamed "Sara" according to the book
_Apple Confidential_).
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24 Jan
24 Jan
8:50 a.m.
New subject: Apple C3
Paul Mika wrote (or quoted from eBay?):
Apple 3C
The first attempt at Apple to add a hard drive to an Apple II.
More like Apple was wandering around and trying to figure out what kind
of computers they wanted to make and went to a hard drive.
pretty good since everyone uses a hard drive now.
AT&T or someone attempted to use a regular audio cassette for the same
reason. Wat too slow!!!
There is still software out there.
Seen on ebay.
Aple's first attempt to add a hard drive to an Apple II was the Profile,
introduced in 1982. Originally they had a 5 MB model, and later
offered a 10 MB model. The Profile was used on the Apple ][ and Apple ///,
with a different interface card for each. Later it was used on the Lisa,
using the standard Lisa parallel ports. There was a prototype of an
internal Profile 5MB drive for the Lisa, but it did not ship as a product.
Instead Apple designed a new "Widget" 10MB internal drive. There was
also a prototype of an external Widget drive for AppleBus (which was
renamed to AppleTalk, then later to LocalTalk).
It's true that the profile was not very fast, but then most hard drives
on microcomputers back in 1982 were rather slow.
Third-party hard drives for the Apple ][ appeared before Apple's Profile.
I'm not sure what any of this has to do with an "Apple 3C", whatever
that is.
Eric
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