23 Jul
2008
23 Jul
'08
10:39 p.m.
Looking at the image on the linked page, I'm wondering what kind of a dual
drive setup that is. Mine doesn't look like that.
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Date: Thursday 24 July 2008 00:39
From: "Steve Gunhouse" <svgunhouse at woh.rr.com>
To: "fidoguns at fidoguns.org" <fidoguns at fidoguns.org>
<http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/16-08/ff_wargames>
Was it really 25 years ago?
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Steve Gunhouse
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
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23 Jul
23 Jul
11:17 p.m.
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I find this comment in the comments area interesting as well:
"Punked by WIRED! We provided the original "WarGames IMSAI" and related
props
with promise of proper credits and reimbursement for expenses. Neither has
happened. Sleaziness and manipulation at its higher level.
Credits for providing the equipment considered "so vital" for this article
should have been given to Thomas "Todd" Fischer and imsai dot net, as well as
Sellam Ismail at vintage dot org (for loan of the IMSAI Dual Disk Drives).
Conde Nast at its nastiness!"
Quoting "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason at verizon.net>:
Looking at the image on the linked page, I'm
wondering what kind of a dual
drive setup that is. Mine doesn't look like that.
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Subject: [FG] WarGames: A Look Back at the Film That Turned Geeks and Phreaks
Into Stars
Date: Thursday 24 July 2008 00:39
From: "Steve Gunhouse" <svgunhouse at woh.rr.com>
To: "fidoguns at fidoguns.org" <fidoguns at fidoguns.org>
<http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/16-08/ff_wargames>
Was it really 25 years ago?
--
Steve Gunhouse
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--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
24 Jul
24 Jul
1:40 p.m.
I find this comment in the comments area interesting
as well:
"Punked by WIRED! We provided the original "WarGames IMSAI" and related
props
with promise of proper credits and reimbursement for expenses. Neither has
happened. Sleaziness and manipulation at its higher level.
Credits for providing the equipment considered "so vital" for this article
should have been given to Thomas "Todd" Fischer and imsai dot net, as well
as
Sellam Ismail at vintage dot org (for loan of the IMSAI Dual Disk Drives).
Conde Nast at its nastiness!"
Conversely, the people at Esquire (Hearst) treated us in MARCH quite well.
They were a pleasure to work with, including their subcontractors, and
everything was handled with professionalism, from the contract to the
schlepping to getting us our paycheck. We had a fine-print credit in the
physical magazine, and a big red hyperlink here:
http://www.esquire.com/style/fashion-story/suits-0708 ... so we're happy
campers. (I asked if I could write a sidebar noting the Esquire link to
Crunch, etc., but they declined. Oh well.)
8:54 a.m.
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Is that not a standard IMSAI floppy subsystem, the one that uses
the same drives as the DEC RX01?
-Dave
On Jul 24, 2008, at 1:39 AM, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Looking at the image on the linked page, I'm
wondering what kind
of a dual
drive setup that is. Mine doesn't look like that.
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Subject: [FG] WarGames: A Look Back at the Film That Turned Geeks
and Phreaks
Into Stars
Date: Thursday 24 July 2008 00:39
From: "Steve Gunhouse" <svgunhouse at woh.rr.com>
To: "fidoguns at fidoguns.org" <fidoguns at fidoguns.org>
<http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/16-08/
ff_wargames>
Was it really 25 years ago?
--
Steve Gunhouse
-------------------------------------------------------
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet
Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by
lies. --James
M Dakin
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
6:19 p.m.
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Imsai drives were typically Calcomp 140K types, same as DEC used with some
PDP's
I have the same type for my Imsai. If I recall there were two S100 Cards
IFM/IFB??
and in the drive case was a data separator??. I would have to look again..
Dan Snyder
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Subject: Fwd: [FG] WarGames: A Look Back at the Film That Turned Geeks and
Phreaks Into Stars
Looking at the image on the linked page, I'm
wondering what kind of a
dual
drive setup that is. Mine doesn't look like that.
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Subject: [FG] WarGames: A Look Back at the Film That Turned Geeks and
Phreaks
Into Stars
Date: Thursday 24 July 2008 00:39
From: "Steve Gunhouse" <svgunhouse at woh.rr.com>
To: "fidoguns at fidoguns.org" <fidoguns at fidoguns.org>
<http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/16-08/ff_wargames>
Was it really 25 years ago?
--
Steve Gunhouse
-------------------------------------------------------
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by
lies. --James
M Dakin
25 Jul
25 Jul
10:46 a.m.
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On 24 Jul 2008 at 21:19, Daniel Snyder wrote:
Imsai drives were typically Calcomp 140K types, same
as DEC used with some
PDP's
I have the same type for my Imsai. If I recall there were two S100 Cards
IFM/IFB??
and in the drive case was a data separator??. I would have to look again..
2-board 8080-based controller, 2708 EPROM, 2111-4 SRAMs, independent
PSUs, one per drive in the box. A little LED array behind the
plexiglas on top of the drives to show status. I don't recall that
there was a data separator in the case, however. I've got the docs
for the thing somewhere, if it matters.
Cheers,
Chuck
11:08 a.m.
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On Friday 25 July 2008 13:46, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 24 Jul 2008 at 21:19, Daniel Snyder wrote:
It was that little LED array that caught my attention. Blinkelights are
cool. :-)
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Imsai drives were typically Calcomp 140K types,
same as DEC used with
some PDP's I have the same type for my Imsai. If I recall there were two
S100 Cards IFM/IFB?? and in the drive case was a data separator??. I would
have to look again..
2-board 8080-based controller, 2708 EPROM, 2111-4 SRAMs, independent
PSUs, one per drive in the box. A little LED array behind the
plexiglas on top of the drives to show status. I don't recall that
there was a data separator in the case, however. I've got the docs
for the thing somewhere, if it matters. 
30 Jul
30 Jul
8:39 a.m.
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And thusly were the wise words spake by Roy J. Tellason
Subject: [FG] WarGames: A Look Back at the Film That Turned Geeks and Phreaks
Into Stars
Date: Thursday 24 July 2008 00:39
From: "Steve Gunhouse" <svgunhouse at woh.rr.com>
To: "fidoguns at fidoguns.org" <fidoguns at fidoguns.org>
<http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/16-08/ff_wargames>
Was it really 25 years ago?
On the 24th WarGames was also being shown at theatres across the
country.. It was *awesome* to finally see it on the big screen! :-)
Cheers,
Bryan
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