8 Oct
2008
8 Oct
'08
4:24 a.m.
This isn't my auction, and I don't know the seller. This thing
is totally over the top, however, for lots of screens and buttons.
Looks like the helmsman's station for a starship. It's in
Mineapolis, and, as of this writing, its $9.99 with no bids.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170268552316
Aesthedes computer system vintage - eBay (item 170268552316 end time Oct-09-08 10:38:33
PDT)
8 Oct
8 Oct
6:17 a.m.
William Maddox wrote:
This isn't my auction, and I don't know the
seller. This thing
is totally over the top, however, for lots of screens and buttons.
Looks like the helmsman's station for a starship. It's in
Mineapolis, and, as of this writing, its $9.99 with no bids.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170268552316
Aesthedes computer system vintage - eBay (item 170268552316 end time Oct-09-08 10:38:33
PDT)
Hmm, anyone know anything more about the internals of these (e.g. are they
based on any kind of stock system with extended graphics capabilities)?
Consider me irritated about the timing - I suspect a trip to go get it might
be asking a bit too much of our truck this side of Christmas, or I'd jump at
the chance. Sounds like the seller wants it gone ASAP, unfortunately :-(
Anyway, I can offer enclosed storage for it in one of our sheds over winter
(almost certainly longer if needed) if that ends up being useful to anyone -
I'm about 5 hours NW from Minneapolis.
cheers
Jules
6:40 a.m.
Jules Richardson wrote:
William Maddox wrote:
> This isn't my auction, and I don't know the seller. This thing
> is totally over the top, however, for lots of screens and buttons.
> Looks like the helmsman's station for a starship.
A few specs here:
http://www.science.uva.nl/museum/aesthedes.html
Pretty impressive for early 80s.
So near, and yet so far! I've just prodded the seller to see what's going to
happen to it if it doesn't sell, but no reply (unsurprisingly) yet.
cheers
Jules
7:59 a.m.
On Wednesday 08 October 2008 07:24, William Maddox wrote:
This isn't my auction, and I don't know the
seller. This thing
is totally over the top, however, for lots of screens and buttons.
Looks like the helmsman's station for a starship. It's in
Mineapolis, and, as of this writing, its $9.99 with no bids.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170268552316
Aesthedes computer system vintage - eBay (item 170268552316 end time
Oct-09-08 10:38:33 PDT)
Yeah, that sure does look cool... :-)
No way am I gonna drive to Minneapolis to pick that up, though.
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9:13 a.m.
At 06:24 AM 10/8/2008, William Maddox wrote:
This isn't my auction, and I don't know the
seller. This thing
is totally over the top, however, for lots of screens and buttons.
Looks like the helmsman's station for a starship. It's in
Mineapolis, and, as of this writing, its $9.99 with no bids.
Dutch!
http://www.science.uva.nl/museum/aesthedes.html
- John
12:11 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:24 AM, William Maddox <wmaddox at pacbell.net> wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170268552316
Aesthedes computer system vintage - eBay (item 170268552316 end time Oct-09-08 10:38:33
PDT)
Please, someone buy this and give it a home so I don't have to. I'm
experiencing an awesome overflow right now from that pic alone.
12:14 p.m.
Jason T wrote:
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:24 AM, William Maddox
<wmaddox at pacbell.net> wrote:
If it weren't so far away, I would've picked it up.
Peace... Sridhar
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170268552316
Aesthedes computer system vintage - eBay (item 170268552316 end time Oct-09-08 10:38:33
PDT)
Please, someone buy this and give it a home so I don't have to. I'm
experiencing an awesome overflow right now from that pic alone.
12:17 p.m.
Jason T wrote:
Please, someone buy this and give it a home so I
don't have to.
Would love to, and I have the space - I just can't figure out a sensible way
of getting it here (what with one thing and another it's a really expensive
time of the year for us, which makes paying for a full courier service not a
sensible option).
I'm experiencing an awesome overflow right now
from that pic alone.
eww. :-)
12:33 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Jules Richardson
<jules.richardson99 at gmail.com> wrote:
Would love to, and I have the space - I just can't
figure out a sensible way
of getting it here (what with one thing and another it's a really expensive
time of the year for us, which makes paying for a full courier service not a
sensible option).
Well, one thing that would be really helpful is to know the
dimensions, and just how much of it can be disassembled. My tiny
truck has carried many things, but the desk looks about 8' wide, maybe
3-4' deep. The monitors clearly are just sitting on top of it, but
will still take up lots of space.
That probably moves it into rental truck territory, which increases
the cost quite a bit...
12:31 p.m.
In article <23118.79266.qm at web82607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>,
William Maddox <wmaddox at pacbell.net> writes:
This isn't my auction, and I don't know the
seller. This thing
is totally over the top, however, for lots of screens and buttons.
Looks like the helmsman's station for a starship. It's in
Mineapolis, and, as of this writing, its $9.99 with no bids.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170268552316
Aesthedes computer system vintage - eBay (item 170268552316 end time Oct-09-0
8
10:38:33 PDT)
*major drooling*
I'm investigating acquiring this... Jules, I may take you up on the
storage offer!
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