29 Apr
2001
29 Apr
'01
10:47 a.m.
It occurs to me that there are several PDP-8'ers here. Quite some time ago,
at least 1992, I got involved with a group of people, and one of them was
Charley Lasner. As far as reptutation went, he was the guru of -8s. He lived
in NYC at the time, and I visited him for the weekend. Actually, it was the
very same weekend that ST:TNG premired, because I was little disappointed
that I missed it, but I figured hacking was more important!
So, does anyone remember him or know how to reach him?
azog at azog dot org
"Fools! You have no possible idea of what power you toy with! Release the
pig!"
2:29 p.m.
TNG premiered in 1987, a couple weeks after IBM introduced the PS/2 with
those ridiculous fake-Charlie-Chaplin ads.
Peace... Sridhar
On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, John Allain wrote:
it was the
very same weekend that ST:TNG premired
I believe that TNG premiered in 1988-89.
I remember getting all excited because it looked alot
like CGI SFX. Turned out it was just digitally mastered
model shots. Great results though.
John A.
4:53 p.m.
New subject: Chaplin (was: Charley Lasner
On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Vance Dereksen wrote:
TNG premiered in 1987, a couple weeks after IBM
introduced the PS/2 with
those ridiculous fake-Charlie-Chaplin ads.
IBM started using Chaplin's character from the beginning of the PC
(8/11/81). They actually licensed the character from Chaplin's estate.
Can you IMAGINE how Chaplin, with his politics (communist?), would have
felt about endorsing IBM?? The licensing gave IBM some extra leverage;
when Otrona did a commercial with a Chaplin look-alike IBM was able to
force them to back off. Does anyone here have a copy of the Otrona ad?
I thought that the PS/2 (model 30? and 50?) was intro'd in 1986 - does
anyone have the exact date?
1:16 p.m.
New subject: Chaplin (was: Charley Lasner
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 21:53:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Chaplin (was: Charley Lasner
Reply-to: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Vance Dereksen wrote:
> TNG premiered in 1987, a couple weeks after IBM introduced the PS/2 with
> those ridiculous fake-Charlie-Chaplin ads.
Snip
I thought that the PS/2 (model 30? and 50?) was intro'd in 1986 - does
anyone have the exact date?
IBM intro'd these two models including 70 and 80 in '87 after closing
out XTs, ATs.
Also 25, 25 286 and 30 286 came out later on, as well as tuned up
50Z. Much better 70's and P70s, faster 80s for two generations more.
I find 30 and 55SX far common boxens then 35, 40 and 56.
Lots of inbetween models based on
386sx, more efficient SLC, SLC2 and SLC3, some MCA some ISA. And
more serious MCA machines such as P75, 85 and 90, 95 in early to mid
90's as well as famous 77's. During that periods, IBM came out with
wimpy non-standard PS/1s then turned into better machines and
standardized parts, more consumer machines that we know now and deal
with daily.
The MCA faded away after '95.
Cheers,
Wizard
30 Apr
30 Apr
2:13 a.m.
New subject: Chaplin (was: Charley Lasner
I have a Type-4 upgraded Model 95, a Type-A Model 80 with the Blue
Lightning upgrade, an original Model 50 (not a 50z) with an AOX
Micromaster upgrade, and two dual-pentium PCI/MCA PC Server 320's which,
incidentally, are REALLY nice machines which I highly recommend. I will
look up the exact date, but the PS/2s which were released in the first
line were the 25/30, 50/60, and the 70/80. All the others came later,
including the 35/40 (rare), the P70/P75, L40SX/N51SX/CL57SX, the 56/57,
76/77, etc.
Peace... Sridhar
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
Date:
Sun, 29 Apr 2001 21:53:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Chaplin (was: Charley Lasner
Reply-to: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Vance Dereksen wrote:
> TNG premiered in 1987, a couple weeks after IBM introduced the PS/2 with
> those ridiculous fake-Charlie-Chaplin ads.
Snip
I thought that the PS/2 (model 30? and 50?) was intro'd in 1986 - does
anyone have the exact date?
IBM intro'd these two models including 70 and 80 in '87 after closing
out XTs, ATs.
Also 25, 25 286 and 30 286 came out later on, as well as tuned up
50Z. Much better 70's and P70s, faster 80s for two generations more.
I find 30 and 55SX far common boxens then 35, 40 and 56.
Lots of inbetween models based on
386sx, more efficient SLC, SLC2 and SLC3, some MCA some ISA. And
more serious MCA machines such as P75, 85 and 90, 95 in early to mid
90's as well as famous 77's. During that periods, IBM came out with
wimpy non-standard PS/1s then turned into better machines and
standardized parts, more consumer machines that we know now and deal
with daily.
The MCA faded away after '95.
Cheers,
Wizard
29 Apr
29 Apr
12:20 p.m.
--- Billy D'Augustine <azog(a)azog.org> wrote:
It occurs to me that there are several PDP-8'ers
here...
Yep.
I got involved with... Charley Lasner. As far as
reptutation went, he was
the guru of -8s. He lived in NYC at the time...
Queens, specifically. I visited him in 1994 and copied a stack of
RX50s for my DECmate II.
So, does anyone remember him or know how to reach him?
Remember him? Yes. I haven't spoken with him in years. We were
going to play with OMNIBUS SCSI cards, but it never came about.
There was something to do with multiple versions of the ROMs on
the cards he had, and how they controlled floppies was subtly
different.
Sorry I can't help you find him. I'd like to say "hello" to him
and see if he still wants to tweak those boards, or if it's worth
just designing an OMNIBUS SCSI board from scratch.
-ethan
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30 Apr
30 Apr
1:25 a.m.
At 05:20 PM 4/29/01 -0700, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Lasner, Charles
7255 Metropolitan Ave,
Middle Village, NY 11379-2107
(718)894-6499
Thanks to www.switchboard.com and "How many Lasners could there
be in NYC?"
- John
I got involved
with... Charley Lasner. As far as reptutation went, he was
the guru of -8s. He lived in NYC at the time...
Queens, specifically. I visited him in 1994 and copied a stack of
RX50s for my DECmate II.
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