New subject: Altair 8800 kit?

31 Oct 1997

Sorry it took so long.  I tried mailing you, but there was an error.

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From: PG Manney &lt;manney(a)nwohio.com&gt;
To: photze(a)batelco.com.bh
Subject: Re: The link you sent
Date: Thursday, October 30, 1997 6:01 PM

...
 It's really comforting to know that some people
have consionace. 
...
 Thanks. I'm trying to raise my children with
consciences, too. We're
Christians, and we feel that treating people *right* is very important Those people
will be the future leaders of our world. 
...
 I hope
that you're not in a hurry: A friend's giving me a new board, and they say
that it could take some time to get it, but as soon as I get it, they new
board will get shipped to you.  Don't worry, I won't give it to anyone
else. 
I always need motherboards and drives (got any old IDE drives around?),
because I buy and sell computers. We're out here in the wilds of Ohio
(USA),
where many people have older systems...I even sold a Commodore the other
day!
I have an old IDE drive, it's a Segate 41 MB.  It says ST-251, then on a
seperate sticker it says -1 right next to the first one.  Serial number is
25534738.  It's the large kind, like they had back in the early 80's.  
  If you repair computers, I have a additional 486/SX 33 that I could throw
in.
...
 remember the XT being the first IBM, but I might be
wrong. 
The IBM PC (model 5150, IIRC was the first PC...you can tell that one from
the TX sinc the PC had a small funny keyboard (very small, oddly placed
"Enter" key), 5 slots (the XT had 8) and a Cassette plug next to the
keyboard one. Also, the case said "IBM Personal Computer" instead of "IBM
Personal Computer XT". The motherboard was redesigned in the XT (the PC,
for
example, had 2 banks of DIP switches on the motherboard, instead of one).
The XT counted out memory when it booted up, the PC just gave you a
flashing
cursor  to stare at.

Actually, the IBM 5100 was the first desktop computer. It had 8" drives, a
dedicated printer and all that...it bombed, and IBM didn't try again until
the PC.

...
 Lessee...I have several Commodores, a couple of
VIC-20's (one in original
box with original packaging, used once.), a couple of Apples... two or three
...
 PC's and an XT (I think). It would be better to
send *anything* but the
IBM's, because everything else is plastic-cased, and therefore lighter.
Still, you're the customer!   I'm new at collecting classics.  What is a
VIC-20?  And what model of
Comodore, and Apple?  I have a TV screen, I even have one in the guest
bedroom that's used once in a blue moon.  Didn't the older Apples up to the
IIGS have attached monitors?  (I remember a few Macs that had one later
than that...)
...
 The Post Office tells me that 44 lbs will cost $89 US
to send to you. If you
...
 have a TV screen, you can save on the cost of shipping
a monitor for an
Apple/Commodore/anything else. (The IBM will work a TV screen with the right
...
 card, but colors are funny). 
Thanks, 

Tim D. Hotze

Sorry, I need to get this to PG Manney, there was an error when I sent it direct....