19 Mar
19 Mar
9:53 p.m.
Nah, it says it's not working, and it doesn't appear to have any modules,
let alone the cool ones. Working ones aren't hard to find.
Blatant commercial message: the story behind the LK-3000 is explained on my
site at http://www.snarc.net/pda/pda-treatise.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Guzis [mailto:cclist at sydex.com]
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 1:42 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Nixdorf LK-3000 on Yahoo! auctions
Maybe of interest to the HHC folks? $10 right now.
20 Mar
20 Mar
1:36 p.m.
Nah, it says it's not working, and it doesn't appear to have any modules,
let alone the cool ones. Working ones aren't hard to find.
Is this the machine that can't work without a module because there's no
processor in the main machine? Each module contains a microcontroller.
Just out of curiousity, what are the 'cool modules' (and if any joker
dares to suggest one for refrigeration / air conditioning calculations, I
will not be responsible for my action :-))
-tony
4:24 p.m.
>> Is this the machine that can't work
without a module because there's no
processor in the main machine?
Yes. By itself, the machine is just a one-line LED screen, a chicklet
keyboard, and a cartridge slot. All of the computation is done in the
modules. Most of the modules are for language translation. But two of the
modules are really interesting -- Electronic Notepad (#LK-3500) and Filing
System (#LK-1001) which give the system primitive word processing and a
flat-file database. There was a scientific calculator module as well, and
the system was used by spooks as an encryption device when connected to an
acoustic modem. LOL, I don't have that module... But I have almost every
other module including the two PDA-like ones mentioned above.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell [mailto:ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk]
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 5:37 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Nixdorf LK-3000 on Yahoo! auctions
Nah, it says it's not working, and it doesn't appear to have any
modules, let alone the cool ones. Working ones aren't hard to find.
Is this the machine that can't work without a module because there's no
processor in the main machine? Each module contains a microcontroller.
Just out of curiousity, what are the 'cool modules' (and if any joker dares
to suggest one for refrigeration / air conditioning calculations, I will not
be responsible for my action :-))
-tony
21 Mar
21 Mar
3:30 p.m.
>> Is this the machine that can't work
without a module because there's no
processor in the main machine?
Yes. By itself, the machine is just a one-line LED screen, a chicklet
keyboard, and a cartridge slot. All of the computation is done in the modules. Most of the modules are for language
translation. But two of the
modules are really interesting -- Electronic Notepad (#LK-3500) and Filing
System (#LK-1001) which give the system primitive word processing and a
flat-file database. There was a scientific calculator module as well, and
Ah, nothing _that_ exciting, then.
I was hoping for soemthing that was user-programmable (even a
programmable calculator). I assume the calculator module is not RPN,
which instantly meakes it unusable for me.
-tony
4:19 p.m.
That's a matter of opinion. :) I happen to think it's very exciting,
because even though it's not a handheld computer in the modern sense, it was
one of the most direct ancestors of what came just a couple years later.
Right. Any chips at all ? (LED drivers, for example). I asusme this means
that unrepairable faults are likely to be in the modules (e.g. a dead
microcontroller, which will be custom programmed) and not in the machine
itself?
>> Ah, nothing _that_ exciting, then.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell [mailto:ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:31 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Nixdorf LK-3000 on Yahoo! auctions
>> Is this the machine that can't work
without a module because
>> there's no
processor in the main machine?
Yes. By itself, the machine is just a one-line LED screen, a chicklet
keyboard, and a cartridge slot. All of the computation is done in the modules. Most of the modules are for language
translation. But two
of the modules are really interesting -- Electronic Notepad (#LK-3500)
and Filing System (#LK-1001) which give the system primitive word
processing and a flat-file database. There was a scientific
calculator module as well, and
Ah, nothing _that_ exciting, then.
I was hoping for soemthing that was user-programmable (even a programmable
calculator). I assume the calculator module is not RPN, which instantly
meakes it unusable for me.
-tony
22 Mar
22 Mar
2:57 p.m.
>> Ah,
nothing _that_ exciting, then.
That's a matter of opinion. :) I happen to think it's very exciting,
because even though it's not a handheld computer in the modern sense, it was
one of the most direct ancestors of what came just a couple years later.
4:27 p.m.
So was I. :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell [mailto:ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:57 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Nixdorf LK-3000 on Yahoo! auctions
later.
I was refering to the available modules, not the machine itself. I don't
think any of the modules you've mentioned are particularly interesting.
-tony
>> Ah,
nothing _that_ exciting, then.
That's a matter of opinion. :) I happen to think it's very exciting,
because even though it's not a handheld computer in the modern sense,
it was one of the most direct ancestors of what came just a couple years 
9:29 p.m.
New subject: Any RCS/RI folks on the list?
Hi,
Are there any folks from The Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island
on this list? I haven't been able to raise anyone at their normal e-mail
address and would like to chat with one of the curators.
Please e-mail me off-list.
Thanks!
Cheers,
Dan
23 Mar
23 Mar
5:54 a.m.
New subject: Any RCS/RI folks on the list?
Are there any folks from The Retro-Computing Society
of Rhode Island
on this list? I haven't been able to raise anyone at their normal e-mail
address and would like to chat with one of the curators.
Typical. Sometimes one needs to get their attention with a air raid siren.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org
29 Mar
29 Mar
6:44 p.m.
New subject: Any RCS/RI folks on the list?
try geoff at pkworks.com
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Dan Veeneman wrote:
Hi,
Are there any folks from The Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island
on this list? I haven't been able to raise anyone at their normal e-mail
address and would like to chat with one of the curators.
Please e-mail me off-list.
Thanks!
Cheers,
Dan
--
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
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