27 Jan
2001
27 Jan
'01
8:41 a.m.
Hey folks, who's got one of the above subject machines? I found one over
at the Salvation Army store.
Looks very clean and complete: has the Operator's manual in a slipcase,
MSDOS manual (DOS v.2.1), keyboard, printer, vinyl slipcover, cables, some
floppies of s/w. They want $50 for it which is probably a little high.
Maybe I can negotiate it down to something better.
Found several hits on a NorthernLight search. One good photo to help show
what I'm talking about is at:
http://home.plex.nl/~hwrsoft/11.htm
Some list members' collections show as hits too, but no descriptive info
was to be found in those links.
Anybody have any comments about this machine? How was the screen clarity?
Regards, Chris
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Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA cfandt(a)netsync.net
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL: http://www.antiquewireless.org/
29 Jan
29 Jan
12:05 p.m.
On 27-Jan-2001 Christian Fandt wrote:
Hey folks, who's got one of the above subject
machines? I found one
over at the Salvation Army store.
Looks very clean and complete: has the Operator's manual in a slipcase,
MSDOS manual (DOS v.2.1), keyboard, printer, vinyl slipcover, cables,
some floppies of s/w. They want $50 for it which is probably a little
high. Maybe I can negotiate it down to something better.
Way to much. While that's a nice looking computer (I have a fondness for
lunchbox style "portables") it is "worthless" in that you won't be
able to
run a "modern" OS on it. Offer to free up the wasted space it's
occupying. :)
Flame preventer: I know that one could do a lot of useful work/play with
this computer (DOS, wordstar, kermit, telemate, Zork, Pirates!). It
probably runs Xenix and Minix pretty well.
-Philip
30 Jan
30 Jan
11:42 a.m.
Upon the date 09:05 PM 1/29/01 -0500, liste(a)artware.qc.ca said something like:
On 27-Jan-2001 Christian Fandt wrote:
Of couse it's understood that I couldn't go "modern" except for Minix
and
perhaps one or two other interesting small systems of recent release. I
would try to try to get it cheaper if I get a chance to visit again before
closing time as it's been there since 4 January. They often will come down
nicely after an object's been on the floor for several weeks or more.
Hey folks, who's got one of the above
subject machines? I found one
over at the Salvation Army store.
Looks very clean and complete: has the Operator's manual in a slipcase,
MSDOS manual (DOS v.2.1), keyboard, printer, vinyl slipcover, cables,
some floppies of s/w. They want $50 for it which is probably a little
high. Maybe I can negotiate it down to something better.
Way to much. While that's a nice looking computer (I have a fondness for
lunchbox style "portables") it is "worthless" in that you won't be
able to
run a "modern" OS on it. Offer to free up the wasted space it's
occupying. :)
Flame preventer: I know that one could do a lot of useful work/play with
this computer (DOS, wordstar, kermit, telemate, Zork, Pirates!). It
probably runs Xenix and Minix pretty well.
I would likely indeed run DOS and my good old Wordstar on it if I nabbed it.
Regards, Chris
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Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA cfandt(a)netsync.net
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL: http://www.antiquewireless.org/
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