15 Aug
2002
15 Aug
'02
10:27 a.m.
Hi - Firing up an old Dynalogic Hyperion I have here, anyone into those
here? Thanks!
Mark
15 Aug
15 Aug
12:42 p.m.
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Mark Willis wrote:
Hi - Firing up an old Dynalogic Hyperion I have here,
anyone into those
here? Thanks!
I've got one but haven't had a chance to play with it.
Neat machine. Beat's Compaq by a few months for the first PC-compatible
luggable (although I suppose someone will come out and say it wasn't 100%
compatible).
Looks like a miniature Lisa 1 :)
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2:56 p.m.
> Hi - Firing up an old Dynalogic Hyperion I have
here, anyone into those
> here? Thanks!
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
I've got one but haven't had a chance to play
with it.
Neat machine. Beat's Compaq by a few months for the first PC-compatible
luggable (although I suppose someone will come out and say it wasn't 100%
compatible).
Looks like a miniature Lisa 1 :)
Wasn't that one of the ones that IBM shut down for being TOO compatible?
The only one from that period that approached 100% compatability would be
the Coby (luggable case resembling an Otrona for holding an IBM
motherboard)
5:11 p.m.
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
Wasn't that one of the ones that IBM shut down for
being TOO compatible?
I think that was the Corona Data Systems one. They just copied the ROMs
from what I've been told.
The only one from that period that approached 100%
compatability would be
the Coby (luggable case resembling an Otrona for holding an IBM
motherboard)
Never heard of it.
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5:24 p.m.
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
That was a 'Colby' I think...
Wasn't that one of the ones that IBM shut
down for being TOO compatible?
I think that was the Corona Data Systems one. They just copied the ROMs
from what I've been told.
> The only one from that period that approached 100% compatability would be
> the Coby (luggable case resembling an Otrona for holding an IBM
> motherboard)
Never heard of it.
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Peter Wallace
16 Aug
16 Aug
3:48 p.m.
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
Never heard of it.
http://www.lowendmac.com/clones/colby.html
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On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)
wrote:
That was a 'Colby' I think... Wasn't that one of the ones that IBM shut
down for being TOO compatible?
I think that was the Corona Data Systems one. They just copied the ROMs
from what I've been told.
> The only one from that period that approached 100% compatability would be
> the Coby (luggable case resembling an Otrona for holding an IBM
> motherboard)
7:30 a.m.
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
Corona Data Systems was ONE of about half a dozen that IBM went after in
one particular infringement fit. They survived long enough to become
Cordata and make other products. Several of the other recipients of IBM's
wrath did NOT survive. One of those was a "Hyperion".
[I think that that should have been CoLby?]
Ah HA! another machine that Sellam doesn't have!
I think that I saw one a few years ago. You're not going to like
WHERE. (VCF)
Wasn't
that [Dynalogic Hyperion] one of the ones that IBM shut down
for being TOO
compatible?
I think that was the Corona Data Systems one. They just copied the ROMs
from what I've been told. The only one
from that period that approached 100% compatability would be
the Coby (luggable case resembling an Otrona for holding an IBM
motherboard)
Never heard of it.
4:09 p.m.
On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
Corona Data Systems was ONE of about half a dozen that
IBM went after in
one particular infringement fit. They survived long enough to become
Cordata and make other products. Several of the other recipients of IBM's
wrath did NOT survive. One of those was a "Hyperion".
Ok, cool.
[I think that that should have been CoLby?]
Ah HA! another machine that Sellam doesn't have!
I think that I saw one a few years ago. You're not going to like
WHERE. (VCF)
Oh man, I've had to pass up a lot of good stuff that I saw come through
the VCF. First, I am normally way too busy running around to stop and
take a moment to haggle, no matter how juicy. Second, and most
importantly, I would rather the attendees get the good stuff so they want
to come back next year. So no, I don't take advantage of first dibs when
vendors start showing up at the VCF (in case you were wondering, and Fred
can probably confirm this). I've passed up on some exceedingly cool
stuff.
Like the $2,000 Apple-1, if you haven't heard that rumor ;)
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