19 Aug
2002
19 Aug
'02
11:51 a.m.
Noval 760 desk/computer on eBay. Like something out of Our Man Flynt,
half the desk tilts up to expose the CRT and cassette drive! Z80 based
and still working, somewhere in Kansas.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2047467277
No affiliation, and this one's so big I wouldn't even be interested if
it were nearby.
--Steve.
Steve Jones smj(a)spamfree.crash.com Arlington, Mass.
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19 Aug
19 Aug
12:28 p.m.
I've seen this in a 197X Byte magazine, it was
(obviously) extremely expensive when new, first class.
Probably pretty rare - I doubt if they made many.
--- "Steven M. Jones" <classiccmp(a)crash.com> wrote:
Noval 760 desk/computer on eBay. Like something out
of Our Man Flynt,
half the desk tilts up to expose the CRT and
cassette drive! Z80 based
and still working, somewhere in Kansas.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2047467277
No affiliation, and this one's so big I wouldn't
even be interested if
it were nearby.
--Steve.
Steve Jones smj(a)spamfree.crash.com
Arlington, Mass.
CRASH!! Computing (One domain element should be
removed)
"Your information doesn't sleep. Why should
your programmers?"
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2:28 p.m.
I just received some 1977 Bytes magazines the other day and there was an
ad + review of this monster. I can't imagine how you ship this thing.
-Chandra
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Steven M. Jones
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 7:51 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Gnarly Z80 based desk/computer on eBay
Noval 760 desk/computer on eBay. Like something out of Our Man Flynt,
half the desk tilts up to expose the CRT and cassette drive! Z80 based
and still working, somewhere in Kansas.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2047467277
No affiliation, and this one's so big I wouldn't even be interested if
it were nearby.
--Steve.
Steve Jones smj(a)spamfree.crash.com Arlington,
Mass.
CRASH!! Computing (One domain element should be removed)
"Your information doesn't sleep. Why should your programmers?"
22 Aug
22 Aug
5:13 a.m.
Wow!!! That is just gorgeous, true embodiment of the 70's computer
workstations that I remember seeing on TV long before I got to finally work
on computers in person. I remember seeing articles and even TV shows where
you saw computer systems that were integrated right into desks, I remember
seeing a lot of images of computers in brown faux wood desktops with
orange/yellow ascent drawers and such, true 70's look & feel.
Again... WOW!!!!! Cool!
Curt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chandra Bajpai" <cbajpai(a)attbi.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 10:26 PM
Subject: RE: Gnarly Z80 based desk/computer on eBay
I just received some 1977 Bytes magazines the other
day and there was an
ad + review of this monster. I can't imagine how you ship this thing.
-Chandra
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Steven M. Jones
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 7:51 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Gnarly Z80 based desk/computer on eBay
Noval 760 desk/computer on eBay. Like something out of Our Man Flynt,
half the desk tilts up to expose the CRT and cassette drive! Z80 based
and still working, somewhere in Kansas.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2047467277
No affiliation, and this one's so big I wouldn't even be interested if
it were nearby.
--Steve.
Steve Jones smj(a)spamfree.crash.com Arlington,
Mass.
CRASH!! Computing (One domain element should be removed)
"Your information doesn't sleep. Why should your programmers?"
19 Aug
19 Aug
3:52 p.m.
At 07:51 PM 8/19/02 -0400, Steve wrote:
Noval 760 desk/computer on eBay. Like something out of
Our Man Flynt,
half the desk tilts up to expose the CRT and cassette drive! Z80 based
and still working, somewhere in Kansas.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2047467277
No affiliation, and this one's so big I wouldn't even be interested if
it were nearby.
Damm! That looks cool! FWIW Olathe is just south of Kansas City. My wife is out at her
company's headquarters in KC right now and she stays in Olathe. But I know she
wouldn't bring this beauty back! But it's within range of Gary Hildebrand, Jim
Willing, Jeff Kaneko and a couple of others.
Joe
20 Aug
20 Aug
4:42 a.m.
On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Joe wrote:
Damm! That looks cool! FWIW Olathe is just south of
Kansas City. My
wife is out at her company's headquarters in KC right now and she stays
in Olathe. But I know she wouldn't bring this beauty back! But it's
within range of Gary Hildebrand, Jim Willing, Jeff Kaneko and a couple of
others.
It's also within reach of any shipper who runs service in that area to
California ;)
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4:37 a.m.
On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Steven M. Jones wrote:
Noval 760 desk/computer on eBay. Like something out of
Our Man Flynt,
half the desk tilts up to expose the CRT and cassette drive! Z80 based
and still working, somewhere in Kansas.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2047467277
Wow! It's from 1971! This is a rare find that will change the history of
microcomputers as we know it.
I don't know, maybe it's because it is my business to know dates and
timelines with regards to computer history, but why do people tend to
think their old computers are older than they actually are?
I always run into people who say something like "Oh yeah, I have a TRS-80
from 1974!"
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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6:22 a.m.
Looks a bit like the Grundy-Superbrain (UK) systems
I once had. Those were from the beginning of the '80
rather than the 71-period.
Still got one though but it's now housed in a
DEC-case ...... The desk-assembly was a
bit to cumbersome..........
The Z80 saw the light around '76 IIRC so
'71 is impossible .............
Sipke de Wal
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo(a)siconic.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: Gnarly Z80 based desk/computer on eBay
On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Steven M. Jones wrote:
Noval 760 desk/computer on eBay. Like something
out of Our Man Flynt,
half the desk tilts up to expose the CRT and cassette drive! Z80 based
and still working, somewhere in Kansas.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2047467277
Wow! It's from 1971! This is a rare find that will change the history of
microcomputers as we know it.
I don't know, maybe it's because it is my business to know dates and
timelines with regards to computer history, but why do people tend to
think their old computers are older than they actually are?
I always run into people who say something like "Oh yeah, I have a TRS-80
from 1974!"
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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