12 Jun
2001
12 Jun
'01
10:22 a.m.
Does anyone know where (if?) there are any sites devoted to the Otrona
Attache? I am asking because I not too long ago picked up one of these great
little machines (I know, lucky me!) & was wondering how large (small?) the
remaining user base is.
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David Vohs, Digital Archaeologist & Computer Historian.
Home page: http://www.geocities.com/netsurfer_x1/
Computer Collection:
"Triumph": Commodore 64C, 1802, 1541, FSD-1, GeoRAM 512, MPS-801.
"Leela": Macintosh 128 (Plus upgrade), Nova SCSI HDD, Imagewriter II.
"Delorean": TI-99/4A, TI Speech Synthesizer.
"Monolith": Apple Macintosh Portable.
"Spectrum": Tandy Color Computer 3, Disto 512K RAM board.
"Boombox": Sharp PC-7000.
"Butterfly": Tandy Model 200, PDD, CCR-82.
"Shapeshifter": Epson QX-10, Titan graphics & MS-DOS board, Comrex HDD.
"Scout": Otrona Attache.
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12 Jun
12 Jun
10:35 a.m.
That makes at least 2 of us.... <grin>
George Rachor
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George L. Rachor Jr. george(a)rachors.com
Hillsboro, Oregon http://rachors.com
United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, David Vohs wrote:
Does anyone know where (if?) there are any sites
devoted to the Otrona
Attache? I am asking because I not too long ago picked up one of these great
little machines (I know, lucky me!) & was wondering how large (small?) the
remaining user base is.
____________________________________________________________
David Vohs, Digital Archaeologist & Computer Historian.
Home page: http://www.geocities.com/netsurfer_x1/
Computer Collection:
"Triumph": Commodore 64C, 1802, 1541, FSD-1, GeoRAM 512, MPS-801.
"Leela": Macintosh 128 (Plus upgrade), Nova SCSI HDD, Imagewriter II.
"Delorean": TI-99/4A, TI Speech Synthesizer.
"Monolith": Apple Macintosh Portable.
"Spectrum": Tandy Color Computer 3, Disto 512K RAM board.
"Boombox": Sharp PC-7000.
"Butterfly": Tandy Model 200, PDD, CCR-82.
"Shapeshifter": Epson QX-10, Titan graphics & MS-DOS board, Comrex HDD.
"Scout": Otrona Attache.
____________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
12:16 p.m.
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, David Vohs wrote:
Does anyone know where (if?) there are any sites
devoted to the Otrona
Attache? I am asking because I not too long ago picked up one of these great
little machines (I know, lucky me!) & was wondering how large (small?) the
remaining user base is.
I am unaware of an Otrona site, but I have four of the machines. Wish I
knew where to get some CRT 5027 chips at a reasonable price, though.
There was also a TI clone whose p/n does not come to me directly.
- don
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David Vohs, Digital Archaeologist & Computer Historian.
Home page: http://www.geocities.com/netsurfer_x1/
Computer Collection:
"Triumph": Commodore 64C, 1802, 1541, FSD-1, GeoRAM 512, MPS-801.
"Leela": Macintosh 128 (Plus upgrade), Nova SCSI HDD, Imagewriter II.
"Delorean": TI-99/4A, TI Speech Synthesizer.
"Monolith": Apple Macintosh Portable.
"Spectrum": Tandy Color Computer 3, Disto 512K RAM board.
"Boombox": Sharp PC-7000.
"Butterfly": Tandy Model 200, PDD, CCR-82.
"Shapeshifter": Epson QX-10, Titan graphics & MS-DOS board, Comrex HDD.
"Scout": Otrona Attache.
____________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
1:36 p.m.
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, David Vohs wrote:
Does anyone know where (if?) there are any sites
devoted to the Otrona
Attache? I am asking because I not too long ago picked up one of these
great little machines (I know, lucky me!) & was wondering how large
(small?) the remaining user base is.
I've only ever seen two of these out in the wild, and both are part of the
Alameda County Computer Resource Center collection (where I am moving my
collection to).
I'd like to get my hands on my own :)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
13 Jun
13 Jun
4:16 a.m.
> Does anyone know where (if?) there are any sites
devoted to the Otrona
> Attache? I am asking because I not too long ago picked up one of these
> great little machines (I know, lucky me!) & was wondering how large
> (small?) the remaining user base is.
For those not familiar, the Otrona was one of the most compact portable
CP/M machines.
The base model had a 400K floppy format, but there was an upgrade to 96TPI
drives for 800K. There also was an 8088 upgrade with MS-DOS.
To promote the concept of a portable machine, Otrona had an ad showing
Charlie Chaplin trying to carry an IBM PC on a card table down stairs in
front of a building. IBM, however, had actually LICENSED the use of
Chaplin's character from his estate. (Chaplin himself would have HATED
doing business with IBM!)
The late Frank Hatfield loaned me one to play with while it was a current
product.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
15 Jun
15 Jun
10:52 a.m.
XenoSoft skrev:
> > Does anyone know where (if?) there are any
sites devoted to the Otrona
> > Attache? I am asking because I not too long ago picked up one of these
> > great little machines (I know, lucky me!) & was wondering how large
> > (small?) the remaining user base is.
For those not familiar, the Otrona was one of the most
compact portable
CP/M machines.
My Jap Panasonic Mini-5 wordpro is certainly rather compact, and it's got a
sticker on the back saying it's got a CP/M licence from DR. I doubt you can do
anything on it besides running the integrated word processor on the LCD.
I haven't sourced a suitable adapter, so I haven't tried it out yet. =/
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start making vacuum cleaners" - Ernst Jan Plugge
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