31 Oct
2006
31 Oct
'06
7:58 p.m.
All:
Since I couldn't find much on the web about it, I decided to snap a
couple of photos and put the information on my Durango F-85 system on
a web page.
http://www.sydex.com/durango/durango.html
I've actually got two of these things; the second has the integrated
hard disk but is otherwise the same. Does anyone think a photo of
the external hard drive (SA-4008) would be worthwhile including?
How about an old (and worthless) Durango stock certificate?
Cheers,
Chuck
31 Oct
31 Oct
8:07 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 9:58 PM
Subject: "All in one" Early PCs
All:
Since I couldn't find much on the web about it, I decided to snap a
couple of photos and put the information on my Durango F-85 system on
a web page.
http://www.sydex.com/durango/durango.html
I've actually got two of these things; the second has the integrated
hard disk but is otherwise the same. Does anyone think a photo of
the external hard drive (SA-4008) would be worthwhile including?
How about an old (and worthless) Durango stock certificate?
Cheers,
Chuck
I collect old stock certificates from old computer companies that have gone
forever, plus some of the ones still with us like IBM.
1 Nov
1 Nov
2:06 p.m.
--- Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
All:
Since I couldn't find much on the web about it, I
decided to snap a
couple of photos and put the information on my
Durango F-85 system on
a web page.
http://www.sydex.com/durango/durango.html
Thanks for that :)
I've actually got two of these things; the second
has the integrated
hard disk but is otherwise the same. Does anyone
think a photo of
the external hard drive (SA-4008) would be
worthwhile including?
Sure, what the heck.
How about an old (and worthless) Durango stock
certificate?
Hey, it's history.
But I totally misunderstood the intent of the thread.
I thought that there would be a, or an attempt to,
list all the groovy early AI1 peecees. Dang. But
anyway, I'm looking for information on an early AI1
peecee (not!) by NCR. I saw it in a thrift shop in
Long Island about 12 years ago. Many are familiar with
the Decision Mate and the PC4 (z80 and 8088 based
respectively). I met some Mormons...and the lady of
the pair, who used to work for NCR, said that they had
an "addendum" to the Decision Mate called the
Compumate 4 or 5 or something. It was sort of a scaled
down DM, more then a terminal, but less then a
computer (?). If anyone knows what I'm talking about,
or knows anyone who worked for NCR, I'd like to hear
from you.
And if anyone used to rummage at
Eldie's in Levittown
LI years ago, I'd like to hear from you too.
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3:11 p.m.
On 1 Nov 2006 at 14:06, Chris M wrote:
But I totally misunderstood the intent of the
thread.
I thought that there would be a, or an attempt to,
list all the groovy early AI1 peecees. Dang. But
anyway, I'm looking for information on an early AI1
peecee (not!) by NCR. I saw it in a thrift shop in
Long Island about 12 years ago. Many are familiar with
the Decision Mate and the PC4 (z80 and 8088 based
respectively). I met some Mormons...and the lady of
the pair, who used to work for NCR, said that they had
an "addendum" to the Decision Mate called the
Compumate 4 or 5 or something. It was sort of a scaled
down DM, more then a terminal, but less then a
computer (?). If anyone knows what I'm talking about,
or knows anyone who worked for NCR, I'd like to hear
from you.
Are you perhaps thinking of the Z80-based InteracTV or InteracTV-2?
Or perhaps the FirstStep?
Cheers,
Chuck
4:08 p.m.
--- Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
Are you perhaps thinking of the Z80-based InteracTV
or InteracTV-2?
Or perhaps the FirstStep?
Nah, it was an NCR AI1 peecee I saw. At the time I
had thought it was some weird pseudo-compatible (I
knew of the PC4, but assumed they had something Intel
based prior to that, as alot of other outfits did.
First tries don't count ;). It had an a> prompt,
that's all I knew, so I assumed it had an 8088/86. And
like I said, this lady knew what I was talking about
right off. I have her e-mail addy somewhere too. Got
to grill her for more info ;)
Some of the stuph you could get real cheap from the
place, but they wanted $25 for the thing, and although
I found it mildly interesting at the time, it seemed
too optimistic a price. Either some fool bought it, or
it got chucked I would imagine. Sorry
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On 1 Nov 2006 at 16:08, Chris M wrote:
Nah, it was an NCR AI1 peecee I saw. At the time I
had thought it was some weird pseudo-compatible (I
knew of the PC4, but assumed they had something Intel
based prior to that, as alot of other outfits did.
Well, it's not listed in my PC Tech Journal 86/87 or 87/88 product
guides, so it either was later than that, stillborn, or very rare.
Cheers,
Chuck
4:40 p.m.
--- Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
Well, it's not listed in my PC Tech Journal 86/87
or
87/88 product
guides, so it either was later than that, stillborn,
or very rare.
It was more or less contemporary with the Decision
Mate, yet prior to the PC4 I guess. According to the
dame, they made about ~2500.
Unless you're referring to the PC4. You can stare at
it here:
http://old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=539
I have 3 of the mono versions, and like a fool passed
up a barely used color unit. Alot of them wound up in
POS applications (duy doi don't that make sense).
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2 Nov
2 Nov
12:59 a.m.
On 2/11/06 00:25, "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 1 Nov 2006 at 16:08, Chris M wrote:
For us Yurpeens how about the Schneider EuroPC, an Intel 8088 based wedge
running DOS. I've realised the pictures on my website are small and poor!
Simply add monitor for all your DOS based needs.
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Schneider/europc.php
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Nah, it was an NCR AI1 peecee I saw. At the time
I
had thought it was some weird pseudo-compatible (I
knew of the PC4, but assumed they had something Intel
based prior to that, as alot of other outfits did.
Well, it's not listed in my PC Tech Journal 86/87 or 87/88 product
guides, so it either was later than that, stillborn, or very rare.
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