2 Aug
2004
2 Aug
'04
4:59 a.m.
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 23:32:18 -0400
From: "Chandra Bajpai" <cbajpai(a)comcast.net>
Subject: Xerox Alto Restoration + Emulation
Has anyone every heard of these guys.they seem to up in
Canada and are
painstakingly restoring an Xerox Alto I since April 2003.
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That would be the Bordynuiks, Heather & John IIRC. They had a bunch of stuff
on ebay a while back, bought some pdp-11/20 memory from them. Other than
that my contact with them has been minimal.
They own pdp8.com - they had some nice stuff, including a nice pdp-15 with
drum IIRC. Think Robert Garner has that one now...
The Alto restoration is one *very* impressive bit of work, they're serious
hardware engineers - seem to recall they also (according to rumour) had
something to do with Paul Allen and his KL...
Mike
http://www.corestore.org
2 Aug
2 Aug
8:14 a.m.
On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Mike Ross wrote:
The Alto restoration is one *very* impressive bit of
work, they're serious
hardware engineers - seem to recall they also (according to rumour) had
something to do with Paul Allen and his KL...
They have a *very* well done restoration page. Cool project! However, I
don't believe their claim to have the only original Alto left in existence
is accurate.
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8:38 a.m.
Robert Garner also has a working Alto...
Lyle
On Monday 02 August 2004 10:14, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Mike Ross wrote:
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Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
The Alto restoration is one *very* impressive bit
of work, they're
serious hardware engineers - seem to recall they also (according to
rumour) had something to do with Paul Allen and his KL...
They have a *very* well done restoration page. Cool project! However, I
don't believe their claim to have the only original Alto left in existence
is accurate.
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