15 Oct
2016
15 Oct
'16
10:02 p.m.
Congratulations! Fun to find some of the wooden generation of computers. Keep us posted on
the restoration efforts (if any) :-)
-------- Original message --------From: "Mark J. Blair" <nf6x at
nf6x.net>
?the deal to be completed in a little over a week
15 Oct
15 Oct
10:25 p.m.
On Oct 15, 2016, at 19:02, Sam O'nella
<barythrin at gmail.com> wrote:
Congratulations! Fun to find some of the wooden generation of computers. Keep us posted
on the restoration efforts (if any) :-)
I don't think I have any other wooden computers yet. The seller had an interesting
tale about the origin of the wood in these particular computers. As the legend goes, the
father of one of the principals of Processor Technology had a contract to remove wharfs
from along the Mississippi river, which happened to be made of black walnut. And thus, the
SOL-20 received stylish black walnut side panels, hopefully without too much lingering
wharf smell. I don't know if the tale is true, but I have chosen to believe it.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
16 Oct
16 Oct
6:54 a.m.
On Oct 15, 2016, at 10:25 PM, Mark J. Blair <nf6x
at nf6x.net> wrote:
That's a new story to me, I always heard they came across a bunch of gunstock wood and
were looking for a project. The wood is very good condition for reclaimed wood that made
up a dock that was near water and in sun. I have seen old docks and that wood is good for
kindling and not furniture.
Still would be good to try to confirm the story.
Cheers.
Corey
On Oct 15, 2016, at 19:02, Sam O'nella
<barythrin at gmail.com> wrote:
Congratulations! Fun to find some of the wooden generation of computers. Keep us posted
on the restoration efforts (if any) :-)
I don't think I have any other wooden computers yet. The seller had an interesting
tale about the origin of the wood in these particular computers. As the legend goes, the
father of one of the principals of Processor Technology had a contract to remove wharfs
from along the Mississippi river, which happened to be made of black walnut. And thus, the
SOL-20 received stylish black walnut side panels, hopefully without too much lingering
wharf smell. I don't know if the tale is true, but I have chosen to believe it.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
12:01 p.m.
On 10/16/2016 5:54 AM, Corey Cohen wrote:
I agree. Even if the wharfwood was
useable, the amount of working
it would need over other forms would not
usually be considered worth
the time, especially for such small
pieces. Also, walnut is not
a preferred wood for dock building.
- J.
On Oct 15,
2016, at 10:25 PM, Mark J. Blair<nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:
I don't think I have any other wooden computers yet. The seller had an interesting
tale about the origin of the wood in these particular computers. As the legend goes, the
father of one of the principals of Processor Technology had a contract to remove wharfs
from along the Mississippi river, which happened to be made of black walnut. And thus, the
SOL-20 received stylish black walnut side panels, hopefully without too much lingering
wharf smell. I don't know if the tale is true, but I have chosen to believe it.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X<nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
That's a new story to me, I always heard they came across a bunch of gunstock
wood and were looking for a project. The wood is very good condition for reclaimed wood
that made up a dock that was near water and in sun. I have seen old docks and that wood is
good for kindling and not furniture.
Still would be good to try to confirm the story.
Cheers.
Corey
1:22 p.m.
The gunstock wood origin story sounds more plausible, but less fragrant.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
4:49 p.m.
I don't think I have any other wooden computers
yet. The seller had an
interesting tale about the origin of the wood in these particular
computers. As the legend goes, the father of one of the principals of
Processor Technology had a contract to remove wharfs from along the
Mississippi river, which happened to be made of black walnut. And thus,
the SOL-20 received stylish black walnut side panels, hopefully without
too much lingering wharf smell. I don't know if the tale is true, but I
have chosen to believe it.
"This was real. This was more real even than reality. This was history. It
might not be true, but that had nothing to do with it." - Terry Pratchett
"Wyrd Sisters"
On the other hand, the wood top for the Northstar Horizon was plywood from
Ashby Lumber.
5:22 p.m.
On 10/16/2016 01:49 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
"This was real. This was more real even than
reality. This was
history. It might not be true, but that had nothing to do with it." -
Terry Pratchett "Wyrd Sisters"
On the other hand, the wood top for the Northstar Horizon was
plywood from Ashby Lumber.
Fred, you're forgetting the "People's World Computer", out of Berkeley,
I believe. Wood case complete with brass plaque. I had a chance years
ago to get one and I passed it up.
I still have the boot disk, however.
--Chuck
6:41 p.m.
> "This was real. This was more real even than
reality. This was
> history. It might not be true, but that had nothing to do with it." -
> Terry Pratchett "Wyrd Sisters"
> On the other hand, the wood top for the Northstar Horizon was
> plywood from Ashby Lumber.
On Sun, 16 Oct 2016, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Fred, you're forgetting the "People's
World Computer", out of Berkeley,
I believe. Wood case complete with brass plaque. I had a chance years
ago to get one and I passed it up.
I still have the boot disk, however.
Don't know that one.
There was also "Community Memory" (Lee Felsenstein), which had a coin-op
wood housed terminal, but the computer that it communicated with wasn't
wood.
There were a LOT of tiny computer companies that got started in Berkeley,
such as "Thinker Toys" (Morrow) and "Kentucky Fried Computers"
(Northstar). Once they started to grow, they moved out of Berkeley as
fast as they could.
(My business never grew that much)
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