29 Jan
1999
29 Jan
'99
12:56 p.m.
Hi,
I new to the list and recently decided to persue my 'new' old hobby.
I was wondering if anyone has any of these old systems:
Gavilian
Fortune 32:16
Momenta
Anything with the Go OS
I'm fortunate to have an old Go OS system...an IBM Thinkpad. Stupidly
several years ago let a friend throw away the entire Go documentation set as
well as SDK. About the same time I threw away one of the first notebooks
made - an old Bondwell 8088 machine (mid-80's it was a real clunker of a
machine)...my Mom wouldn't let me keep it due to space constraints....it
went along with all my Creative Computer and Interface age issues! It pains
me to think about all that stuff (including all the prototype systems I had,
some which were never sold). I didn't know...honest.
-Chandra
29 Jan
29 Jan
1:15 p.m.
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Chandra Bajpai wrote:
I new to the list and recently decided to persue my
'new' old hobby.
I was wondering if anyone has any of these old systems:
Gavilian
Check, but only one of the models.
Fortune 32:16
I found one and left it where I found it. So sue me :-)
Momenta
Check.
Anything with the Go OS
How about a GO Lombard prototype. There is a lurker on this list who has
both a Lombard and a Hyde.
I'm fortunate to have an old Go OS system...an IBM
Thinkpad. Stupidly
The IBM 700T? Check. :-)
-- Doug
1:29 p.m.
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Chandra Bajpai wrote:
Hi,
I new to the list and recently decided to persue my 'new' old hobby.
I was wondering if anyone has any of these old systems:
[Snip}
I'm fortunate to have an old Go OS system...an IBM
Thinkpad. Stupidly
several years ago let a friend throw away the entire Go documentation
set as well as SDK. About the same time I threw away one of the first
notebooks made - an old Bondwell 8088 machine (mid-80's it was a real
clunker of a machine)...my Mom wouldn't let me keep it due to space
constraints....it went along with all my Creative Computer and Interface
Age issues! It pains me to think about all that stuff (including all
the prototype systems I had, some which were never sold).
I didn't know...honest.
Chandra - Not exactly the BEST first message to send to THIS group 8-)
<sounds of whips and chains being brought out from storage>
Fortune 32:16
I remember these - ain't got one tho 8-(
Gavilian
Lot's of talk lately about them - maybe someone can 'find' ya one.
You should also mention some kind of location - it helps us know if
we find something we don't want - but know you do - to remember to
consider it.
BC
10:11 p.m.
What the history/specs behind the Fortune 32:16....I remember reading an
article years ago that they burned through a lot of VC money and produced
few machines. I think they competed against the Victor 9000.
-Chandra
-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu
[mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner@u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Brett Crapser
Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 10:29 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: Old Notebooks
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Chandra Bajpai wrote:
Hi,
I new to the list and recently decided to persue my 'new' old hobby.
I was wondering if anyone has any of these old systems:
[Snip}
I'm fortunate to have an old Go OS
system...an IBM Thinkpad. Stupidly
several years ago let a friend throw away the entire Go documentation
set as well as SDK. About the same time I threw away one of the first
notebooks made - an old Bondwell 8088 machine (mid-80's it was a real
clunker of a machine)...my Mom wouldn't let me keep it due to space
constraints....it went along with all my Creative Computer and Interface
Age issues! It pains me to think about all that stuff (including all
the prototype systems I had, some which were never sold).
I didn't know...honest.
Chandra - Not exactly the BEST first message to send to THIS group 8-)
<sounds of whips and chains being brought out from storage>
Fortune 32:16
I remember these - ain't got one tho 8-(
Gavilian
Lot's of talk lately about them - maybe someone can 'find' ya one.
You should also mention some kind of location - it helps us know if
we find something we don't want - but know you do - to remember to
consider it.
BC
30 Jan
30 Jan
4:31 a.m.
Chandra Bajpai wrote:
What the history/specs behind the Fortune 32:16....I remember reading an
article years ago that they burned through a lot of VC money and produced
few machines. I think they competed against the Victor 9000.
-Chandra
Fortune produced the first viable and marketable BSD-ish/SysIII/V7 Unix
micro of any importance; it was embraced by developers like Tandy
(Filepro/Profile) and I've seen it installed serving many terminals
in Gov't agencies, Universities, etc.
The machine entered this world running on an MC68000 at 5MHz (IIRC)
and a hard disk was optional. Dates ca. 1982 although most machines
I've seen had internal datecodes of 1984.
See the Datapro report for much more details.
Michael Grigoni
Cybertheque Museum
4 a.m.
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Chandra Bajpai wrote:
I new to the list and recently decided to persue my
'new' old hobby.
I was wondering if anyone has any of these old systems:
Gavilian
Fortune 32:16
Momenta
Anything with the Go OS
Yes.
I'm fortunate to have an old Go OS system...an IBM
Thinkpad. Stupidly
several years ago let a friend throw away the entire Go documentation set as
well as SDK. About the same time I threw away one of the first notebooks
made - an old Bondwell 8088 machine (mid-80's it was a real clunker of a
machine)...my Mom wouldn't let me keep it due to space constraints....it
went along with all my Creative Computer and Interface age issues! It pains
me to think about all that stuff (including all the prototype systems I had,
some which were never sold). I didn't know...honest.
The magazines are replaceable but what prototypes did you throw out?
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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