45 yrs. ago last month, mid-July, Dick Heiser started a new industry, the
retail computer store. It opened in West L.A. under the name Arrow Head
COmputer Company. aka, The Computer Store. This began the direct marketing
of microcomputers to hobbyists, later to the masses of the middle class,
albei
On 8/22/20 8:52 AM, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
> 45 yrs. ago last month, mid-July, Dick Heiser started a new industry, the
> retail computer store. It opened in West L.A. under the name Arrow Head
> COmputer Company. aka, The Computer Store. This began the direct marketing
> of microcomput
he direct marketing
> of microcomputers to hobbyists, later to the masses of the middle class,
> albeit a small market 45 yrs. ago.
>
> Happy computing.
Claiming "First" in computer "anything" is just about always a dangerous thing
;)
But for sure, several personal comput
in computer "anything" is just about
> > always a dangerous thing;)
> But for sure, several personal computer stores existed 45 years ago!
> Personal Computer Corporation (whom Stan Veit wrote created the term
> "PersonalComputer") was formed by Everett Holland on
On 8/22/2020 9:53 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 8/22/20 8:52 AM, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
45 yrs. ago last month, mid-July, Dick Heiser started a new industry, the
retail computer store. It opened in West L.A. under the name Arrow Head
COmputer Company. aka, The Computer Sto
When dozens or hundreds start up within weeks or months of each other,
every one is important, and most are interesting, but "FIRST" or "STARTED
THE TREND" (implying being the "first") cease to really mean anything.
It's generally better to never use the word "FIRST"; there is almost
always a
When dozens or hundreds start up within weeks or months of each other,
every one is important, and most are interesting, but "FIRST" or
"STARTED THE TREND" (implying being the "first") cease to really mean
anything.
It's generally better to never use the word "FIRST"; there is almost
always a
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> When dozens or hundreds start up within weeks or months of each
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On 8/22/20 8:52 AM, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
> 45 yrs. ago last month, mid-July, Dick Heiser started a new industry,
> the retail computer store. It opened in West L.A. under the name
> Arrow Head Computer Company. aka, The Computer Store. This began the
> direct marketing of microcom
On Tue, 25 Aug 2020, Alan Frisbie via cctalk wrote:
Dick was a regular fixture at meetings of the Southern California
Computer Society (SCCS), often making deliveries and taking orders
there. In those days, SCCS monthly meetings were *the* place for
computer geeks to get together and exchange ne
Kind of hopping in in the middle of an ongoing discussion that I haven't been
following, but:
> On Aug 25, 2020, at 10:51 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> Q: although WE call it "Apple I", did the Steves call it "Apple I" or "Apple
> Computer"?
> The answer tells us whether they were e
Q: although WE call it "Apple I", did the Steves call it "Apple I" or "Apple
Computer"?
The answer tells us whether they were explicitly planning on making other
models later!
Wikipedia (a terrible choice of citation in anything DISPUTED) says that the
'1' came later, and says that the first d
Fred Cisin wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Aug 2020, Alan Frisbie via cctalk wrote:
> > A few months later, two guys named Steve showed up at a meeting
> > with a kit they called the "Apple I", for the grand price of
> > $666.66. I wish I had had the foresight to buy one!
> Q: although WE call it "Apple
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 10:28 PM Hagstrom, Paul via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> The circuit boards say "Apple Computer 1" on them. So they had the
> optimistic "1" in the name originally.
>
The user manual, schematic, and some but not all advertisements also say
"Apple 1" or "Apple-
Contacts have been made to secure disposition of Bill Dawson and Mike
Holley's site/contents. As part of that effort, I pointed swtpc.org to what
used to be swtpc.com (and also swtpc.org). So if you go to swtpc.org you can
traverse both sites. But that is not why I'm posting..
So in doing this
On 2020-08-23 21:06, John Klos via cctalk wrote:
> Relatedly, I have what I think is the only 1U VAX in the world. I've
> mentioned this in many places, but if someone says I'm wrong and shows
> me an example of another, it would please me, not upset me. I'll have
> learned of another :)
OK, I'll
I haven't been in the San Francisco area in about 30 years.
I remember a number of used computer/electronics stores back then, can't
remember any names except Weird Stuff Warehouse.
Are there any stores that are worth a visit?
What about outside of the SF area?
Doug
OK, I'll bite ;-)
What is it exactly?
There was a rtVAX on VME, which could be easily configured as 1U, but
what do you have?
https://twitter.com/AnachronistJohn/status/1291815674570891264
It's a VAXstation 4000/30 (also known as VLC) with a 500 gig SATA drive in
a 1U case. It's colocated in a
On Aug 24, 2020, at 7:06 AM, John Klos via cctalk wrote:
>
>> OK, I'll bite ;-)
>> What is it exactly?
>> There was a rtVAX on VME, which could be easily configured as 1U, but
>> what do you have?
>
> https://twitter.com/AnachronistJohn/status/1291815674570891264
>
> It's a VAXstation 4000/30 (
On 24/08/2020 21:34, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
On Aug 24, 2020, at 7:06 AM, John Klos via cctalk wrote:
OK, I'll bite ;-)
What is it exactly?
There was a rtVAX on VME, which could be easily configured as 1U, but
what do you have?
https://twitter.com/AnachronistJohn/status/129181567457089126
On 2020-08-24 16:06, John Klos via cctalk wrote:
>> OK, I'll bite ;-)
>> What is it exactly?
>> There was a rtVAX on VME, which could be easily configured as 1U, but
>> what do you have?
>
> https://twitter.com/AnachronistJohn/status/1291815674570891264
>
> It's a VAXstation 4000/30 (also known a
On 2020-08-24 23:21, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote:
> On 24/08/2020 21:34, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
>> On Aug 24, 2020, at 7:06 AM, John Klos via cctalk
>> wrote:
OK, I'll bite ;-)
What is it exactly?
There was a rtVAX on VME, which could be easily configured as 1U, but
I was going to comment that the only way I could see a 1U VAX was if
someone rack mounted a 4000/VLC. Is that the stock VLC power supply?
My cluster doesn?t even have that much space.
What do you use to go from SATA to SCSI (SCSI-1 even)?
It's a standard 1U power supply with a custom adapter
On Aug 25, 2020, at 11:46 AM, John Klos via cctalk
wrote:
>
>> I was going to comment that the only way I could see a 1U VAX was if someone
>> rack mounted a 4000/VLC. Is that the stock VLC power supply? My cluster
>> doesn?t even have that much space.
>>
>> What do you use to go from SATA t
On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 at 19:46, John Klos via cctalk
wrote:
>
> > I was going to comment that the only way I could see a 1U VAX was if
> > someone rack mounted a 4000/VLC. Is that the stock VLC power supply?
> > My cluster doesn?t even have that much space.
> >
> > What do you use to go from SATA t
On 8/25/2020 3:00 PM, David Brownlee via cctalk wrote:
On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 at 19:46, John Klos via cctalk
wrote:
I was going to comment that the only way I could see a 1U VAX was if
someone rack mounted a 4000/VLC. Is that the stock VLC power supply?
My cluster doesn?t even have that much spac
If you are after components Arrow Electronics and Jameco are good.
David Collins
> On 7 Feb 2018, at 10:23 am, Douglas Taylor via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> I haven't been in the San Francisco area in about 30 years.
>
> I remember a number of used computer/electronics stores back then, can't
> r
http://www.junktronix.com/svss/
but I've been told ACE has gone out of business
that pretty much just leaves Anchor, Excess Solutions, Halted, and Weird Stuff
On 2/6/18 3:23 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> I haven't been in the San Francisco area in about 30 years.
>
> I remember a number
d.
Dwight
From: cctalk on behalf of Al Kossow via cctalk
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 4:50:02 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Good Electronic/computer stores SF area
http://www.junktronix.com/svss/
but I've been told ACE has gone out of business
that pretty much just leaves
/computer stores SF area
If you are after components Arrow Electronics and Jameco are good.
David Collins
> On 7 Feb 2018, at 10:23 am, Douglas Taylor via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> I haven't been in the San Francisco area in about 30 years.
>
> I remember a number of used comp
On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 04:50:02PM -0800, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> but I've been told ACE has gone out of business
Their website is now owned by a squatter.
mcl
On 2/6/2018 9:13 PM, Mark Linimon via cctalk wrote:
On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 04:50:02PM -0800, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
but I've been told ACE has gone out of business
Their website is now owned by a squatter.
mcl
Thanks to all who responded, I'm going to try and visit some of them
when I
Weird Stuff Warehouse? On Jamaica or Caribbean, iirc.
On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 10:02 AM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk
wrote:
> On 2/6/2018 9:13 PM, Mark Linimon via cctalk wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 04:50:02PM -0800, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
>>>
>>> but I've been told ACE has gone out of
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