23 Mar
2010
23 Mar
'10
8:54 p.m.
23 Mar
23 Mar
9 p.m.
That's a cool looking machine. I wonder what it is really called...
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Evan Koblentz <evan at snarc.net> wrote:
9:50 p.m.
What's not so funny is, the article could've mentioned a telco# or
(looks like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are
hurting for $$$ I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they have any of
their X-117C computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy
those up and those guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that is
a damned cool looking computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I can't
find ANY reference or a Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one
until today. Judging from that alone, looks like these guys biggest
problem is they didn't know how to market themselves very well.
Curt
Evan Koblentz wrote:
9:53 p.m.
You've never heard of The Onion, which is a satirical newspaper that
features little, if any truth.
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
What's not so funny is, the article could've
mentioned a telco# or (looks
like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are hurting for $$$
I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they have any of their X-117C
computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy those up and those
guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that is a damned cool looking
computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I can't find ANY reference or a
Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one until today. Judging
from that alone, looks like these guys biggest problem is they didn't know
how to market themselves very well.
Curt
Evan Koblentz wrote:
>
>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/computer-company-started-in-garage-30-year…
>
>
10:01 p.m.
Its a small Greenwich Village paper in Manhattan, it has some fun
articles from time to time, but its highly slanted and often tends to
OpEd more then accurately report things truthfully... it does however
have a good backpages area for techjobs and such - or at least it used to.
Joe Giliberti wrote:
You've never heard of The Onion, which is a
satirical newspaper that
features little, if any truth.
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
What's not so funny is, the article
could've mentioned a telco# or (looks
like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are hurting for $$$
I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they have any of their X-117C
computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy those up and those
guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that is a damned cool looking
computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I can't find ANY reference or a
Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one until today. Judging
from that alone, looks like these guys biggest problem is they didn't know
how to market themselves very well.
Curt
Evan Koblentz wrote:
>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/computer-company-started-in-garage-30-year…
>
>
>
10:03 p.m.
Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
Its a small Greenwich Village paper in Manhattan, it
has some fun
articles from time to time, but its highly slanted and often tends to
OpEd more then accurately report things truthfully... it does however
have a good backpages area for techjobs and such - or at least it used to.
Uh, no. This is a purely comedic enterprise that originated in Madison, WI.
Peace... Sridhar
11:04 p.m.
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
Its a small Greenwich Village paper in Manhattan, it
has some fun articles
from time to time, but its highly slanted and often tends to OpEd more then
accurately report things truthfully... it does however have a good
backpages area for techjobs and such - or at least it used to.
Curt, for as long as I've known about it (10+ years) it's NEVER published
factual news stories. It's ALL fake. Take a look for a book called "Our
Dumb Century". Insanely great stuff.
This was my introduction to The Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/clinton-deploys-very-special-forces-to-ira…
g.
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24 Mar
12:05 a.m.
Curt, for as long as I've known about it (10+
years) it's NEVER published
factual news stories. It's ALL fake. Take a look for a book called "Our
Dumb Century". Insanely great stuff.
MAN WALKS ON THE #$%&ING MOON
ObCC: There is also a priceless article with the TI 99/4A in there.
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9:54 p.m.
For those unfamiliar with The Onion?s style of humour, this is a joke. :)
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
What's not so funny is, the article could've
mentioned a telco# or (looks
like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are hurting for $$$
I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they have any of their X-117C
computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy those up and those
guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that is a damned cool looking
computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I can't find ANY reference or a
Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one until today. Judging
from that alone, looks like these guys biggest problem is they didn't know
how to market themselves very well.
Curt
Evan Koblentz wrote:
>
>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/computer-company-started-in-garage-30-year…
>
>
9:58 p.m.
The machine in the fake advert looks as though it could have existed at one
point
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Marcin Wichary <mwichary at gmail.com> wrote:
For those unfamiliar with The Onion?s style of humour,
this is a joke. :)
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
What's not so funny is, the article
could've mentioned a telco# or (looks
like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are hurting for
$$$
I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they
have any of their X-117C
computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy those up and
those
guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that
is a damned cool
looking
computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I
can't find ANY reference or
a
Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one
until today. Judging
from that alone, looks like these guys biggest problem is they didn't
know
how to market themselves very well.
Curt
Evan Koblentz wrote:
>
>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/computer-company-started-in-garage-30-year…
>
>
10:02 p.m.
If it is a joke, it was very convincing... certainly had me going, the
machine is pretty cool looking though. Little early for April Fools,
isn't it?
Joe Giliberti wrote:
The machine in the fake advert looks as though it
could have existed at one
point
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Marcin Wichary <mwichary at gmail.com> wrote:
For those unfamiliar with The Onion?s style of
humour, this is a joke. :)
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
What's not so funny is, the article
could've mentioned a telco# or (looks
like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are hurting for
$$$
I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they
have any of their X-117C
computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy those up and
those
guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that
is a damned cool
looking
computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I
can't find ANY reference or
a
Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one
until today. Judging
from that alone, looks like these guys biggest problem is they didn't
know
how to market themselves very well.
Curt
Evan Koblentz wrote:
>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/computer-company-started-in-garage-30-year…
>>
10:03 p.m.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
If it is a joke, it was very convincing... certainly
had me going, the
machine is pretty cool looking though. Little early for April Fools,
isn't it?
Joe Giliberti wrote:
The machine in the fake advert looks as though it
could have existed at
one
point
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Marcin Wichary <mwichary at gmail.com>
wrote:
For those unfamiliar with The Onion?s style of
humour, this is a joke. :)
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
What's not so funny is, the article
could've mentioned a telco# or
(looks
like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are hurting for
$$$
I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they
have any of their X-117C
computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy those up and
those
guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that
is a damned cool
looking
computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I
can't find ANY reference or
a
Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one
until today. Judging
from that alone, looks like these guys biggest problem is they didn't
know
how to market themselves very well.
Curt
Evan Koblentz wrote:
>
>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/computer-company-started-in-garage-30-year…
>
>>
> 
10:16 p.m.
They seem to have a decent budget for props/photoshop work.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt @ Atari Museum" <curt at atarimuseum.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: Laugh, it's funny
If it is a joke, it was very convincing... certainly
had me going, the
machine is pretty cool looking though. Little early for April Fools,
isn't it?
Joe Giliberti wrote:
> The machine in the fake advert looks as though it could have existed at
> one
> point
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Marcin Wichary <mwichary at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>> For those unfamiliar with The Onion?s style of humour, this is a joke.
>> :)
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum
>> <curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
>>
>>
>>> What's not so funny is, the article could've mentioned a telco# or
>>> (looks
>>> like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are hurting
>>> for
>>>
>> $$$
>>
>>> I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they have any of their X-117C
>>> computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy those up and
>>>
>> those
>>
>>> guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that is a damned cool
>>>
>> looking
>>
>>> computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I can't find ANY reference
>>> or
>>>
>> a
>>
>>> Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one until today.
>>> Judging
>>> from that alone, looks like these guys biggest problem is they didn't
>>>
>> know
>>
>>> how to market themselves very well.
>>>
>>>
>>> Curt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Evan Koblentz wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/computer-company-started-in-garage-30-year…
>>
>>>>
>
>
10:58 p.m.
Marcin,
I agree. This group can be dumber than a stick at times.
They will never get it.
Randy
From: teoz at neo.rr.com
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Laugh, it's funny
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:16:49 -0400
They seem to have a decent budget for props/photoshop work.
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To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: Laugh, it's funny
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If it is a joke, it was very convincing...
certainly had me going, the
machine is pretty cool looking though. Little early for April Fools,
isn't it?
Joe Giliberti wrote:
> The machine in the fake advert looks as though it could have existed at
> one
> point
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Marcin Wichary <mwichary at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>> For those unfamiliar with The Onion?s style of humour, this is a joke.
>> :)
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum
>> <curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
>>
>>
>>> What's not so funny is, the article could've mentioned a telco# or
>>> (looks
>>> like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are hurting
>>> for
>>>
>> $$$
>>
>>> I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they have any of their X-117C
>>> computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy those up and
>>>
>> those
>>
>>> guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that is a damned cool
>>>
>> looking
>>
>>> computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I can't find ANY reference
>>> or
>>>
>> a
>>
>>> Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one until today.
>>> Judging
>>> from that alone, looks like these guys biggest problem is they didn't
>>>
>> know
>>
>>> how to market themselves very well.
>>>
>>>
>>> Curt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Evan Koblentz wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/computer-company-started-in-garage-30-year…
>>
>>>>
>
>
24 Mar
24 Mar
8:34 a.m.
was yesterday international top-posting day or something? ;-)
Teo Zenios wrote:
They seem to have a decent budget for props/photoshop
work.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Curt @ Atari Museum"
<curt at atarimuseum.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: Laugh, it's funny
If it is a joke, it was very convincing...
certainly had me going, the
machine is pretty cool looking though. Little early for April
Fools, isn't it?
Joe Giliberti wrote:
> The machine in the fake advert looks as though it could have existed
> at one
> point
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Marcin Wichary <mwichary at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>> For those unfamiliar with The Onion's style of humour, this is a
>> joke. :)
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum
>> <curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
>>
>>
>>> What's not so funny is, the article could've mentioned a telco# or
>>> (looks
>>> like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are
>>> hurting for
>>>
>> $$$
>>
>>> I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they have any of their X-117C
>>> computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy those up and
>>>
>> those
>>
>>> guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that is a damned cool
>>>
>> looking
>>
>>> computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I can't find ANY
>>> reference or
>>>
>> a
>>
>>> Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one until today. Judging
>>> from that alone, looks like these guys biggest problem is they didn't
>>>
>> know
>>
>>> how to market themselves very well.
>>>
>>>
>>> Curt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Evan Koblentz wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/computer-company-started-in-garage-30-year…
>>
>>
>>>>
>
>
23 Mar
23 Mar
11:58 p.m.
For The Onion, April never stops. Specifically, April 1.
________________________________________
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of
Curt @ Atari Museum [curt at atarimuseum.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:02 PM
To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Laugh, it's funny
If it is a joke, it was very convincing... certainly had me going, the
machine is pretty cool looking though. Little early for April Fools,
isn't it?
Joe Giliberti wrote:
The machine in the fake advert looks as though it
could have existed at one
point
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Marcin Wichary <mwichary at gmail.com> wrote:
For those unfamiliar with The Onion?s style of
humour, this is a joke. :)
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
What's not so funny is, the article
could've mentioned a telco# or (looks
like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are hurting for
$$$
I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they
have any of their X-117C
computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy those up and
those
guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that
is a damned cool
looking
computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I
can't find ANY reference or
a
Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one
until today. Judging
from that alone, looks like these guys biggest problem is they didn't
know
how to market themselves very well.
Curt
Evan Koblentz wrote:
>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/computer-company-started-in-garage-30-year…
>> 
24 Mar
24 Mar
8:16 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Giliberti" <starbase89 at gmail.com>
The machine in the fake advert looks as though it could have existed at one
point
Yep. It looks like an Oki if800. It was also sold under the BMC and Sumicom
brands. They probably photoshopped an old ad.
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Marcin Wichary <mwichary at gmail.com> wrote:
For those unfamiliar with The Onion?s style of humour,
this is a joke. :)
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
What's not so funny is, the article
could've mentioned a telco# or
(looks
like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are hurting for
$$$
I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they
have any of their X-117C
computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy those up and
those
guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that
is a damned cool
looking
computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I
can't find ANY reference or
a
Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one
until today. Judging
from that alone, looks like these guys biggest problem is they didn't
know
how to market themselves very well.
Curt
Evan Koblentz wrote:
>
>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/computer-company-started-in-garage-30-year…
>
>
8:49 p.m.
Nice design!
Michael Nadeau wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Giliberti" <starbase89 at
gmail.com>
The machine in the fake advert looks as though it could have existed
at one
point
Yep. It looks like an Oki if800. It was also sold under the BMC and
Sumicom brands. They probably photoshopped an old ad.
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Marcin Wichary <mwichary at gmail.com>
wrote:
For those unfamiliar with The Onion?s style of
humour, this is a
joke. :)
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
What's not so funny is, the article
could've mentioned a telco# or
(looks
like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are
hurting for
$$$
I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they
have any of their X-117C
computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy those up and
those
guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that
is a damned cool
looking
computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I
can't find ANY
reference or
a
Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one
until today.
Judging
from that alone, looks like these guys biggest
problem is they didn't
know
how to market themselves very well.
Curt
Evan Koblentz wrote:
>
>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/computer-company-started-in-garage-30-year…
>
>
9:29 p.m.
On Wed, 24 Mar 2010, Michael Nadeau wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Giliberti" <starbase89 at
gmail.com>
The machine in the fake advert looks as though it could have existed at one
point
Yep. It looks like an Oki if800. It was also sold under the BMC and Sumicom
brands. They probably photoshopped an old ad.
Way back in the day I had a Sumicom System 330. Interesting little x86
machine. Kind of IBM compatible. Used an 8251 for the serial board
instead of an 8250.
g.
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25 Mar
9:53 a.m.
The only "real" part of The Onion are it's media reviews, called the Onion
A.V. Club. It has really excellent music and movie reviews.
Don't worry about getting fooled, Curt:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion#The_Onion_taken_seriously
The best is when Pravda reproduces Onion articles, nearly verbatim, as real
news from the U.S.
<http://www.theonion.com/content/node/32797>
10:13 a.m.
Has anyone even noticed which type of computer this is really. I checked
about 300 images that I have saved and haven't matched it yet, so I'm
stumped --unless this was photoshop'd too.
Aside from the obvious bogus features, such as 28K Ram, it still does
have 3.5" floppy drives, so it can be as early as 1982, which covers a
lot of ground for microcomputers.
=Dan
10:51 a.m.
Has anyone even noticed which type of computer this is
really. I checked
about 300 images that I have saved and haven't matched it yet, so I'm
stumped --unless this was photoshop'd too.
Aside from the obvious bogus features, such as 28K Ram, it still does have
3.5" floppy drives, so it can be as early as 1982, which covers a lot of
ground for microcomputers.
It is easy to spot that this is a photo"chop" and/or bogus
- 8" monitor
- 3 1/2" drives
Look at the drives besides the monitor. Have you seen door-operated 3
1/2" drives? What about the size of the monitor besides the drives? If the
monitor is an 8" one, the drives are surely 5 1/4".
And I found it not to be funny :)
1:51 p.m.
Alexandre Souza - Listas wrote:
It is easy to spot that this is a photo"chop" and/or bogus
- 8" monitor
- 3 1/2" drives
Look at the drives besides the monitor. Have you seen door-operated
3 1/2" drives? What about the size of the monitor besides the drives?
If the monitor is an 8" one, the drives are surely 5 1/4".
After checking the scale in the image, given that is a standard size
keyboard, a 5-1/4" floppy slot is the same length as 7 keys --so it's
definitely not 3-1/2" . And a 8" monitor is about the length of 11 keys.
So these specs are all fictitious.
Although this machine could still exist if when the correct features are
described.
=Dan
8:54 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Alexandre Souza - Listas
<pu1bzz.listas at gmail.com> wrote:
? And I found it not to be funny :)
Yes, that's my normal reaction to The Onion, as well.
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10:54 a.m.
It looked similar to what someone mentioned about an Oki machine.
Dan Roganti wrote:
Has anyone even noticed which type of computer this is really. I
checked about 300 images that I have saved and haven't matched it yet,
so I'm stumped --unless this was photoshop'd too.
Aside from the obvious bogus features, such as 28K Ram, it still does
have 3.5" floppy drives, so it can be as early as 1982, which covers a
lot of ground for microcomputers.
=Dan
11:01 a.m.
On 25 March 2010 14:54, Curt @ Atari Museum <curt at atarimuseum.com> wrote:
It looked similar to what someone mentioned about an
Oki machine.
http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/computer.asp?st=1&c=94
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10:53 a.m.
Tell ya, that was damned good, got me cold - I bought that story fully,
very believable, I just started digging around for Xalaga, its contact
info, more history on the 117 computer and when nothing was showing up
at all, that was when I was wondering, are these guys either so far off
the grid that they had no marketing or what... but it was good, very
good fool on me.
Jason McBrien wrote:
The only "real" part of The Onion are
it's media reviews, called the Onion
A.V. Club. It has really excellent music and movie reviews.
Don't worry about getting fooled, Curt:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion#The_Onion_taken_seriously
The best is when Pravda reproduces Onion articles, nearly verbatim, as real
news from the U.S.
<http://www.theonion.com/content/node/32797>
23 Mar
23 Mar
11:01 p.m.
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
What's not so funny is, the article could've
mentioned a telco# or (looks
like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are hurting for $$$
I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they have any of their X-117C
computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy those up and those
guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that is a damned cool looking
computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I can't find ANY reference or a
Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one until today. Judging from
that alone, looks like these guys biggest problem is they didn't know how to
market themselves very well.
Curt
Uhhhh.
Curt, have you spent any time reading The Onion?
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24 Mar
24 Mar
9:55 a.m.
Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
What's not so funny is, the article could've
mentioned a telco# or
(looks like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are
hurting for $$$ I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they have any of
their X-117C computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help buy
those up and those guys would make a few bucks, I for one think that is
a damned cool looking computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M box... I can't
find ANY reference or a Xalaga computer anywhere, and never heard of one
until today. Judging from that alone, looks like these guys biggest
problem is they didn't know how to market themselves very well.
Curt
Evan Koblentz wrote:
>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/computer-company-started-in-garage-30-year…
>
>
Sorry Curt if this is at your expense, but it's responses like yours
that make the onion so funny.
At first, I thought you were furthering the joke along --- which would
have also been funny, if that was truly the case. (from the subsequent
replies, I don't think so.)
hahaha.
Keith
10:06 a.m.
Nope, I got caught on this one - I was fooled...
Keith wrote:
Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
What's not so funny is, the article
could've mentioned a telco# or
(looks like these guys don't have one - a website) --- If they are
hurting for $$$ I'm sure enough of us calling to see if they have any
of their X-117C computers or parts still lying around, we'd all help
buy those up and those guys would make a few bucks, I for one think
that is a damned cool looking computer, I wonder if it was a CP/M
box... I can't find ANY reference or a Xalaga computer anywhere, and
never heard of one until today. Judging from that alone, looks
like these guys biggest problem is they didn't know how to market
themselves very well.
Curt
Evan Koblentz wrote:
>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/computer-company-started-in-garage-30-year…
>
>
Sorry Curt if this is at your expense, but it's responses like yours
that make the onion so funny.
At first, I thought you were furthering the joke along --- which would
have also been funny, if that was truly the case. (from the
subsequent replies, I don't think so.)
hahaha.
Keith
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