23 Mar
1999
23 Mar
'99
5:08 a.m.
On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Lawrence Walker <lwalker(a)mail.interlog.com> wrote:
Would stand to reason AES would be a Canadian
company. Dorsey now heads
Voice and Data Systems. A major player in packet technology. Sounds like a
minor version of Corel's Cowpland. Yes Virginia ,Canada does have a
computer
aristochracy.
Here in Ottawa, old AES boxes used to turn up fairly often. But I don't
recall if they were the 7100 model that Doug described. I think the
Canadian government must have used hundreds of the things for word
processing, and they used to show up in junk stores and even the occasional
garage sale. Haven't seen one for a while, Doug, but I will keep my eyes
open for boot disks or anything else AES, just in case. Also, if you need a
blank hard-sectored floppy to test-feed your uncooperative new house-guest,
send me your address and I'll pop one in the snail-mail.
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Arlen Michaels amichael(a)nortelnetworks.com
23 Mar
23 Mar
2:14 p.m.
On 23 Mar 99 at 11:08, Arlen Michaels wrote:
On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Lawrence Walker
<lwalker(a)mail.interlog.com> wrote:
Sounds like Doug has a head-startt in collecting Canadian-made computers
what with the Hyperion and the AES. Now to get an ICON and a MCM 70. I
have a couple of clone types. A Tryllium 286 and another, a MAX , a 386 with
dreadfull physical attributes, looks like an oversized XT, but nice internal
architecture, OEMed by a Quebec company whose name escapes me at the moment.
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
Would stand to reason AES would be a Canadian
company. Dorsey now heads
Voice and Data Systems. A major player in packet technology. Sounds like a
minor version of Corel's Cowpland. Yes Virginia ,Canada does have a
computer
aristochracy.
Here in Ottawa, old AES boxes used to turn up fairly often. But I don't
recall if they were the 7100 model that Doug described. I think the
Canadian government must have used hundreds of the things for word
processing, and they used to show up in junk stores and even the occasional
garage sale. Haven't seen one for a while, Doug, but I will keep my eyes
open for boot disks or anything else AES, just in case. Also, if you need a
blank hard-sectored floppy to test-feed your uncooperative new house-guest,
send me your address and I'll pop one in the snail-mail.
--
Arlen Michaels amichael(a)nortelnetworks.com
28 Mar
28 Mar
5:52 p.m.
New subject: Canadian Computers (was: Re: AES 7100)
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Lawrence Walker wrote:
Sounds like Doug has a head-startt in collecting
Canadian-made computers
what with the Hyperion and the AES.
Don't you have a MICOM or something that is Canadian-made?
Does my "Made in Canada" VIC-20 count? ;)
Now to get an ICON and a MCM 70. I have a couple of
clone types. A Tryllium
286 and another, a MAX , a 386 with dreadfull physical attributes, looks
like an oversized XT, but nice internal architecture, OEMed by a Quebec
company whose name escapes me at the moment.
Is the MAX related at all to the Comterm Max? The high school I attended
added some Comterm Max machines in '85 or '86, and there's a photo of
another Walker using one in the 1986 yearbook (any relation of yours? ;) ).
I still can't remember the name of the Quebec Government's French imports,
so maybe these are them.
When it comes to clone machines, there must be scores of cheesy little
Canadian Apple ][ clones about. Like my Microcom. I've passed up at
least 10 Microcoms over the years (all with slightly different keyboards).
A friend of mine has a Unitron II+ clone, there were Granny Smiths,
Oranges, McIntoshes, Lemons, etc...
And there are always the "here today, gone the same day" PC clones that
aren't really worth mentioning. My father had a "TEC MASTER Advanced
System AT+" (<- from front plate) from "Canadian Data", which I think
was
just a run-of-the-mill-who-cares IBM-AT clone. It died when the batteries
(four AA cells stuck to the power supply with double-sided tape that
gave-way) leaked onto the motherboard.
Were there any other _real_ computer companies up here? Companies that
did something original instead of just slapping a badge on a Korean
clonebox? (I'm not asking about expansion card companies for PCs (e.g.
Matrox), just about companies that did something classic, genuinely
interesting and/or historically important.)
We could probably make a claim on Commodore the same way we claim
Alexander Graham Bell, but the computer business was mostly based
elsewhere. :)
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
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