Re: Palm usage was Re: Modems and external dialers.

I was curious about the opinion and reply :-) Sent from my Apple /c >> >> Cameron, how did you like Plua and what did you do with it? >> > > Oops, sorry for sending this out to the list

Re: DLC Company "Cowculator"

Searching quickly on google I see a reference to the one at the CHM in mountain view. Also found this https://trademark.trademarkia.com/cowculator-72119112.html which acknowledges the company. Not sure if it would link to additional info. Interestingly there are newer ones also seem to be

Re: VMS versions

Not sure if it's that easy but if the file on CD-ROM had a consistent name, a specific google or ftp search engine may actually be useful to find other copies out there. Sent from my Apple /c >> There used to be an article about OpenVMS release history, naturally it's >> been wiped. >>

Re: Plane of core memory

I'll be curious to hear what you end up getting. I've also meant to acquire one over the years just for historical education and display sake. One thing to keep in mind, but I'm sure you're aware is the physical size. Often they're quite small. However I think eBay sellers recent years have

Re: "arx-149" computer. .. what Is?

Is there a specific reference you have for this? Sent from my Apple /c > On Apr 14, 2019, at 2:16 AM, ED SHARPE via cctalk > wrote: > > "arx-149" computer. .. what Is?thanks ed#

Re: Yes there is a PDP 10 front panel and Kenbak on Ebay

Are these yours Bill? Interesting to see the Kenbak and story behind buying most of the Nova Scotia museum. Lots of interesting other things seller has as well. Prices vary like a lot of eBay sellers but some neat stuff the collector has. Color me jealous. ;-) Sent from my Apple /c >

Re: HELP needed on a vocabulary problem ;-)

Sent from my Apple /c > On Mar 18, 2019, at 7:34 AM, Phil Blundell via cctalk > wrote: > >> On Mon, 2019-03-18 at 13:03 +0100, GerardCJAT via cctalk wrote: >> The TECHNICAL problem : I am repairing a not so old electric typewriter. >> I need to replace what I call : a flexible printed

Re: Amiga, AtariST, soft repos [was: Re: Looking for: 68000 C compilers]

> > tl;dr: Is there a software repository for AtariST comparable to Aminet? > > I don't follow it much, so I can't really say for sure what systems or software are in the archive. But there was an effort for collecting "all" games and software for many systems called TOSEC. Unfortunately,

Re: Houston stash sorting this coming Saturday

Was this John that had a computer museum in Houston? I hadn't really caught what the back story was on this collection and collector. Albeit, i know of a lot of Johns who are collectors. Myself included. Sent from my Apple /c > On Jan 24, 2019, at 5:02 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk >

Re: Osborne-1 with prototype-based motherboard

Maybe too easy but have you asked the seller if they know anything about it's origins? I'd also guess maybe an employee or it could just be one of the 6 motherboard types as someone else commented. Pretty awesome though with the low serial. Thanks also for the blog. I had no idea about the

Re: More old stuff incoming

>> SGI desktops made for home use, > > Whoah whoah whoah, what? > > SGI made home computers?! I don't know that I saw a reply to this but I'm guessing the reference is the SGI Indy? And maybe indigo could count as well for smaller systems that could fit on a desk instead of desk-side

Re: DG Nova 4 for pickup on Lon Gisland

That's pretty awesome in a desk unit. Always wanted to get a trs or altair desk unit. Hadn't realized there were many more. Unfortunately distance and wife would be prohibitive for my collection. :-( Sent from my Apple /c > On Dec 10, 2018, at 6:10 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: >

Re: IBM junk

Oops. *Roswell not Atlanta. Sent from my Apple /c > On Jun 28, 2018, at 7:15 AM, Sam O'nella wrote: > > It's Lonnie in Atlanta. Spoken to him a few times in email and he/they are a > serious investor in computer history. They also helped vintage computer > festiva

Re: IBM junk

It's Lonnie in Atlanta. Spoken to him a few times in email and he/they are a serious investor in computer history. They also helped vintage computer festival southeast get a location originally. It's a good home for that gear. Sent from my Apple /c > On Jun 28, 2018, at 2:55 AM,

Re: Sparc Laptops

Yes the IBMs are worth tracking down. I always keep my eye out but rarely see them come up for sale but it'd be fun to have an RS/6000 that doesn't cause a hernia to move. My only similar one is a tadpole but I don't recall the version. I used a universal power supply to get it to run for a

Re: Amusing IBM test system model

Wow. Pretty awesome museum gear. It'll be interesting to see how the bids go and if a museum bids like several in the past. Original message From: cctalk via cctalk Date: 4/22/18 11:21 AM (GMT-06:00) To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Amusing IBM test

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

The post on vcf wasn't on 4/1 but you're saying the picture was from it? Have they done that before? (It does sound sorta familiar). I hope its the joke. Us remote folks can't handle this! ;-) Original message From: alan--- via cctalk Date: 4/6/18 10:20

Re: WeirdStuff going out of business

Wow. That's unfortunate. Only been in town twice but was definitely part of my scheduled geekdom tour. So any local stores left for that type of thing? Any word on why the closure? I've always seen a lot of folks in the store (well my 2 times) but i don't know how many purchased. null

Re: Remnants of local Commodore Users' Group being offered for free

Whoever or whichever group does get it, i hope if they have any files or interesting info the rest of the clubs can help store. null

Re: Sneak peak: this year's VCF PNW/East/West shirt design

For extra credit was it drawn in any particular vintage software or computer?

Malware history was: Spectre & Meltdown

Enjoying the virus/malware history as its always interesting to see what people thought. Tricks, boredom, etc cause interesting results. For punch cards i thought someone was going to mention punching all the holes and jamming the reader. I'm not sure if thats real but heard some folks had to

Re: R: Large discs (Was: Spectre & Meltdown

You're one of the first people I've heard quote that. Do you know where that is said? Years ago several friends and myself all picked up 64mb usb thumb drives so we could have multiple backups of a game and few other projects we were coding.  Maybe it was an extended period of time (we ended up

Re: Lisa Source Code

https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/lisalist/aIo6cNu54xM/_Ck_CsmSBgAJ They may still be getting approvals, but here is the announcement implying both OS and some applications may be included. Original message From: Christian Corti via cctalk Date:

Re: Lisa Source Code

Saw the announcement via slashdot also the other day.  Definitely a kudos to the CHM team! null

Types of corrosion on computers

I've seen rust and dust, but there's an old vaxstation II at Goodwill Computers in Austin right now (very cheap, anyone welcome to buy it and get it off my mind) but as most things, I checked out the back and see some circles of white corrosion on the back where the cards? are contacting the case.

Re: Slightly Meta: Travel tips for people traveling internationally with vintage equipment?

I'm curious about this idea as well. Feels less fun to take a favorite kim-1 on field trips lately. null

Re: Computing Pioneer Dies

Can ya blame him? Back in his day 2s were *real* 2s.. bigger and tougher. You try and add 'em up, assuming they'd stay still long enough and stop wrastlin' with ya and who knows how big they'd be. Original message From: Evan Koblentz via cctalk My own

Re: looking at buying a pocket PC / PDA

et PC / PDA On Fri, 3 Nov 2017, Sam O'nella via cctalk wrote: > I could have sworn there was a newer black colored m100 type system that > someone was selling a bunch of on ebay. Iirc they were calling it the > tandy killer and i thougbt it was a "slate". Convergent Technol

Re: looking at buying a pocket PC / PDA

I could have sworn there was a newer black colored m100 type system that someone was selling a bunch of on ebay. Iirc they were calling it the tandy killer and i thougbt it was a "slate". I did forget about the m100 pc expansion though (price is always higher than desirable). But best of both

Re: looking at buying a pocket PC / PDA

It could also be from the popular article about George RR Martin using a vintage dos computer with wordstar 4.0 for his writing rig. Similar to some other authors I've heard look for a machine that doesn't offer distractions. My own mis-remembrance though for some reason I thought it was a

Re: looking at buying a pocket PC / PDA

I'll add a few more problem specs than answers but the down side of a lot of devices is lack of backlit screen so working in a dark space can be a problem, and I'd be quite interested to see real battery life reviews.   So many devices that can work only last a few hours on battery. Could be age

Re: PDP8.org

The wayback machine sorta of details the end of the site. Not sure how much data is archived in archive.org. null

Re: Is it really that quiet out there?

Yes, but the irony if us replying on-list isn't lost. Original message From: Robert via cctalk Date: 10/24/17 11:40 AM (GMT-06:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Subject: Re: Is it really that quiet out

Re: I REALLY need a scrounger in Richmond, VA

Just a friendly bump. Did anyone post this on vcfed or any mac collector forums?  Original message From: Electronics Plus via cctalk Date: 9/22/17 1:01 PM (GMT-06:00) To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"

Re: HP 2108A key

Should be easy but my mobile google fu is failing. Didn't Jay and a few others know if a vintage computer key database/site somewhere? Would that possibly have or benefit from getting afterwards? null

Vcfmw/ECCC any chance of streaming/telecommuting?

Figured I'd wait until it's too late ;-) is anyone thinking of streaming talks or for brownie points a Commodore mud chat, etc? 8-bit audio stream? I see some previous talks have been uploaded to YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu3UDdi0llxiSaFKq-p5gYQ so thanks for that! 

Re: Floppy rescue: media separation from hub

An uninteresting answer but is this proprietary data or something another collector may have and could provide?  null

Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.

http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/1344/Texas-Instruments-TI-99-4A/ has interesting knowledge of the serial for dating.  I don't know if it was my newb brain/false memory but i thought I saw someone post a ti-99/2 prototype before (vcfed search can probably prove me right or wrong). But the

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

Since it wasn't said already, i think (if its the same user) they've posted similar auctions several times in the past also (over several years). You can see some of us discuss it in vcfed.org forums. No affiliation or bad blood myself. I know i bought my working Columbia Data Products luggable

Viva Amiga documentary on Hulu

I haven't watched the entire thing yet but Hulu correctly identified it as an item of interest for myself. http://amigafilm.com/ It may be available other platforms (I did notice some copies seem to be on youtube although not sure if that's legitimate). Either way seems like a fun watch if

Re: Fw: oh, this is great news!

Morbid curiosity but decoded its spam for some movie url. null

Re: recent ebay lot of assorted ICs - did somebody on the list win this?

I don't know the etiquette but if you had the auction saved you might be able to ask the seller a question and see if theyd be opposed to putting you in contact with rhe buyer.  null

Re: IBM 5110 with 5114 & 5103 on Pittsburgh Craigslist

Theyre always out of my reach but is there a way to upgrade or convert 5100/5110s to IPL or basic or are you stuck with what you get? Original message From: Robert via cctalk  Not mine and way too far for me to go, otherwise I'd be all over it. Looks like the BASIC only version

Re: IBM 5280

What are the 4 games? null

Re: The first CD

I dont think I've heard if the history of the technology behind cds. Was it SRI? I only thought the first cdrom software at least was that encyclopedia on CD? This being 14" just sounds like a disk platter.  null

Re: Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

Im guessing its pottstown, PA  https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/sys/d/ibm-system/6157580080.html but thats a guess. Only aware of it from an incorrext location tag making it show up near Austin also. null

Re: Diskette size (was: Repurposed Art (ahem...)

Extremely interesting Fred. I hadn't heard of half of those experimental disk sizes.  Are those stories from your experience or from that article? (Yes I'll rtfm shortly). The only odd one i have is a backup cartridge? that resembles around a 3.5" but is in fact closer to the mythical 12"

Re: Xerox stores

Out of my own ignorance, did Xerox have models geared towards the home? Or was this a store front for business/Altos types? null

Re: Thousandth data book uploaded to bitsavers

Celebrate with a cake with 8 candles (1000)  Thats great. I guess i should scour the archives and maybe im holding on to original books that arent as important anymore. null

Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

The assumptions pouring in could use a quick follow up. Date joke aside, did they already try reading them? My guess would be yes hence the recovery request possibly needing flux or more advanced recovery. null

RE: DEC archives

Ok revising my overly simple thought of vounteers showing up.  What about a class on document archival at VCFw (or other) and then an archive party?  Not trying to push a non-issue, but if that gets past any legal requirements id still absolutely help out any of the local museums if in their

Re: DEC archives

I never did query about that. I've only been twice in 10 years but if i was there I'd certainly volunteer time if its something i either know or can quickly learn to do. VCF West Al nighter party :-) Original message From: Mark Linimon via cctalk Well

Re: FOLKS LOOK! - In Case you have some Radio Shack Vintage interest also... - -

It's an interesting set of emotions to see another giant pass.  Interesting prices lol (the irony of some seeming high). Of course thanks for the post. I think everyone went hush since it would mostly attract attention to anything of bidding interest. Seems like some good stuff for museums

Re: Corona Data Systems PC available

I have a similar but think mine says cordata which i guess yours is an early model? Is there no model number or serial or was that edited out? Just curious.  If you post on vcfed.org some younger collectors will find the historical significance interesting of a potential unauthorized IBM

Re: Micral N (1974) for sale

That's a starting bid at 20,000 euros? Original message From: Stéphane Tsacas via cctalk Date: 5/30/17 5:56 PM (GMT-06:00)Subject: Micral N (1974) for sale If it happens you're in Tours (in France, https://goo.gl/maps/BXNZ4YJixYq) June 11 2017, a

Re: Identify Panel

Any story on where it came from that might help? Original message From: william degnan via cctech Date: 5/12/17 12:59 PM (GMT-06:00) To: cctech Subject: Identify Panel From what hardware is this panel ?

Re: Key for Intel MDS-800

Is this a thing? There's an archive of vintage physical computer keys? This would be very cool. Heck one could potentially even 3d print a key for short term usage. Original message From: Dennis Boone via cctalk Date: 5/10/17 4:13 PM (GMT-06:00) To:

Re: test, please ignore

(Waits for Jay's next email "This has been a test of the new auto banning system. Thank you.") Original message From: Alexandre Souza via cctalk Date: 4/27/17 1:58 PM (GMT-06:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"

Re: Bitsavers size

Lol that quote. I guess i can google it but was this from one of his books? "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway."–Andrew Tanenbaum, 1981 Original message From: Fred Cisin via cctalk Date: 4/22/17

Re: bitsavers rsync server down

Tape backup lto would do it easily, at this point probably incremental backups to an external drive would be a cheap alternative too. On 4/20/2017 12:15 PM, Jay West wrote: > Ben wrote... > > Just how big is the server? > > Bitsavers that is publicly visible is around 275gb  How does

Re: Apple 1, Commodore 65, Enigma Machine, Inventor of C++

Original message From: Christian Corti via cctalk Date: 3/29/17 3:29 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Evan Koblentz >On Tue, 28 Mar 2017, Evan Koblentz wrote: >> "What do an Apple 1, Commodore 65, >>Enigma Machine, and the inventor of C++ >> all

RE: Trip to CHM - Hotel/Restaurant Advice

I thought the Vintage Computer festival west link might have recommended hotels but I couldn't find anything for you. I did a similar trip but needed to be quite a few hours south for my actual destination. I didn't find a very cheap hotel either, and the under $100 one I did find near long

Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

For the record, I and I'm sure lots of others look forward to this blog of experience. Original message From: Terry Stewart via cctalk One other question regarding using this MS-DOS 486 to run an 8 inch floppu

Re: Any faithful VT100 Emulators?

This had kept the prices on that model a bit higher. The serial port while smaller is easy to hack a cable for most connections you need. I guess it's not that way for the other models? I hear it very often for the lx-200 pretty exclusively. Original message From: Robert

Re: FTGH Large amount of DEC/Misc Classic computer hardware

Original message From: jim stephens via cctalk On 3/17/2017 9:01 PM, Peter C. Wallace via cctalk wrote: >>also significant pressure from SO to >> "get rid of that junk" >So far noone that matters has said anything >that dumb to me. It happens when your

Re: Pair of Twiggys

This statement is hurting my brain. I was never an Apple (company) user or fan but personally felt the Apple product line was hacker friendly before the Apple II c threatened to void your warranty if opened, then the Mac seemed to follow similar unfriendly EULAS. But then again I wouldn't have

Re: Pair of Twiggys

Original message From: Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: >> >> www.ebay.com/itm/122383386508 >> >> still a few hours to go, hovering at $20K > > >And the answer is $32,100.52 (plus $20.95 >shipping) Ugh.. they always get ya on the shipping.

RE: AIX documentation

As others said, we're not lawyers so ymmv but I would take it as the same as selling a used cd, dvd, software or books. The usual law is we can't copy it. So scanning it, if that company or company's intellectual property is still in existence they might care. But selling originals is usually

Re: need (physical) key for Sun SPARCserver 1000e

Perhaps a silly question but have you poked around local social media for a local unix group? Or a local craigslist ad for someone to borrow a key? I wouldn't think they'd be thst uncommon although admittedly I also stopped/paused a project for similar lack of results a while back (much

Re: How do you clean your vintage computers?

Am I misremembering or wasn't denatured alchohol the recommended type when cleaning rubber type computer parts (i.e. rollers in laser printers). I thought isopropyl dried them out.  I don't know the affects on either other than that though.

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/85127208@N05/7799377360/in/photostream Not sure if this URL will share properly but this is one item I'd love to hear if anyone knows about. Definitely one of my most unusual prices however I bought it from a fellow collector and he got it from a friend's pawn shop

RE: Aliens film set equipment identification

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/feature.html?f=728 Not the system she seems to be looking at but one item noted by some collector out there were grid compass laptops.

RE: GMAIL accounts suspended.

On a side note Dave, incase you hadn't already you should change your password since that was included in the original post.

Altair 8800 name Was: Re: Altair 680 Expansion Boards?

On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 5:54 PM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: > > > On 12/17/2016 1:23 PM, Stephen Pereira wrote: > >> I was (finally) lucky enough to acquire an Altair 680 back in November... >> > > Is there any logic to the naming of these Altairs? Wonder why it wasn't > "Altair

RE: looking for keytronics keyboard pad replacement kit

Did you ask on vcfed forums? I do recall a few years ago one or two folks offering to make sets although being years ago you may have been one of them :-) Original message From: william degnan Date: 12/11/16 4:17 PM (GMT-06:00) To: cctech

Re: Zenith Z160 Luggable PC aquired

I'm not sure specifically on the z-160 but my z-150 had it (iirc and it's been a while ctrl+alt+ins or ctrl+alt+enter) I think put you in the diagnostic rom which had a debugger. Curiously though i dont know if that is a hardware function or a feature of zdos? Original message

RE: Base 64 posts to the list

I'm not sure if it would make a difference but in your membership options to the list you can choose the format of the messages and how you'd like to receive them. I know my settings are plain text but I haven't played with the others to know if they have an option like that. The only time I've

RE: Thinking about acquiring PDP stuff

Argument goes both ways. Does anyone really do practical things with any home computer?  On the vcf forums I enjoyed two folks who eventually got their two PDP models running chess and had them play eachother.  I'd like to see a rematch or maybe some new vintage competitors approach :-) If they

RE: Macintosh Portable

Did you end up trying anything yet? Isn't there some requirement for a working battery for it to power on or was that just the power routing through the battery so a corroded one isn't a simple run without it fix? Original message From: Chris Pye Date:

Re: Membership disabled due to bounces

Ditto although my timing was odd and I may have gotten the notice prior to replying.  I emailed Jay off list but understandably he should be having some family time during this holiday break and not having to worry about us right now :-) Hopefully there's a log or something noting what the mail

Happy turkey day to the list

Should we do some sort of tradition of what vintage computing item we're thankful for? If  that's too much of a repeat it could be a vintage project this year that you're thankful for. I know we're all thankful for Jay and classiccmp.org. I'm thankful for my recent successful visit to San Jose.  

Novell was Re: TRIAD

I think it's the hardware or server company folks might have an attachment towards. I only saw novell 3.x and up but it was all standard x86 arch. Did they support other platforms? Original message  Not many here seem to be into preserving Novell servers and such.    I could be

RE: Various Software and Documentation for shipping + donations (round 2, much delayed)

Cindy as in electronic plus? Original message From: "Tapley, Mark" I'm trying to help Cindy find homes for some of what's left from her warehouse. I can hold them only temporarily ( :-) )

Re: Altair, IMSAI, SWTPC, etc. for sale in Philly

Out of curiosity and ignorance what's with the solder joints on the cards in the pictures? That orange color seems like it's everywhere around cold looking solder joints.  Is that rust, some sort or protection, or acid corrosion? Original message From: Mark G Thomas

Re: Imaging Old Disks Advice Needed

Out of curiosity, since I've never done this either but have heard most folks suggest it. How do you seal the newly made jacket? Is it not necessary or folks using scotch tape? 

Re: Archived viruses, was Re: Reasonable price for a complete SOL-20 system?

I wouldn't dismiss it if you're using images or any used software. Yes some platforms are more susceptible than others but unless you have no hard drive, power your system off after every use, and never switch disks while system is running it's still something that can infest your originals or

OT: Excessive bounce notices?

Just curious, I probably could have just asked Jay but incase this was wider spread I received a message that my subscription at my Gmail was suspended due to bounces. I was wondering if that may have been only today and more widespread from the Dyn dns ddos that happened? If so others may want

Re: Altair, IMSAI, SWTPC, etc. for sale in Philly

No idea why this ended up in my spam folder, but replying just to get it one more look as-if it needed any help ;-) I'm surprised he doesn't ebay it to be honest. The last sentence, is that Rick asking or you Steven asking? On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 3:44 AM, steven stengel

Re: Reasonable price for a complete SOL-20 system?

Does that archive on classiccmp.org have the infected images removed or cleaned? (Just curious as I remember this came up in a couple other forums that I think one or two of the images did have a virus). On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 11:17 AM, James Attfield wrote: > > From:

Re: Reasonable price for a complete SOL-20 system?

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" 》the deal to be completed in a little over a week

Re: Where are the cctech archives before November 2014 ?

Good find on archive.org even in .gz format still. I'm fairly positive the incident was discussed on the mailing list and vcfed. Issues happen and it was a perfect storm. I like to chock it up to new technology failing us. ;-) Kudos to Jay for keeping this alive as well as he does. Lots of great

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

I don't get the lack of love here. Every good hacker knows the answer is because it can. I think it adds to the charm and shows the power of the Amiga quite well. Also it shows off the technology of a computer on a card technology.  For the architecture wars fans it also reflects that they

Re: Unexpected Apple Lisa display - what is it?

Lol well crap. I was trying to remember which member here owned that site but figured it out. So where'd you find the picture Steven? Original message > From: steven stengel > > What is this unusual Apple Lisa display - some sort of diagnostics? > >

Tips for getting to CHM from SJC airport without a car?

A bit off topic other than tips for anyone else trying to travel cheaply. I have a trip to California in a month although the final destination isn't San Jose. I can fly in to SJC and Google is sounding like I might be able to get a few bus hops from the airport and find my way there? Any tips,

RE: Large Mac liquidation in Denver, 8/21

Interestingly? The trading post area on the forum is login required. Original message From: John Ames Date: 8/15/16 9:29 PM (GMT-06:00) To: cctalk Subject: Large Mac liquidation in Denver, 8/21

Another pdp-8 auction at 25k

http://m.ebay.com/itm/DEC-PDP8-I-MINICOMPUTER-PDP8-PDP-8-PDP-8-/201627112300 Did someone already post this other pdp-8 auction? Same semi-ridiculous starting price as other straight 8 but i honestly don't know enough about PDP to know what this is or if its not a straight version.  Seems like a

Re: Straight 8 up on Ebay just now

There may be some archives here or vcf with enough prices.  Iirc i thought i remember one selling for something pretty high (8000/12000?) X years ago although i think like this it's a calculated price of doubling the last sale they saw. Although apple 1s seem to accomplish whatever that law is

RE: DOS code in CP/M? Revisited...

I thought it had said CP/M code in DOS? Revisited..." Sometimes I really think I'm dyslexic. > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Evan Koblentz > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 10:45 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and

RE: Reproduction micros

Original message The thing about the Amiga was its wow factor -- I remember walking into Compucentre (Canadian chain) in the mid-80s.. and there's all the computers from 8 bit heaven and their 16 color graphics (if you were lucky).. and then there's this one computer on a

RE: Reproduction micros

I haven't built or marketed anything myself but i believe if i understood   correctly from several folks who have that vga was a cheaper choice due to licensing costs for dvi or hdmi at the time.  Not sure if vga is past that point or open but when keeping home brew kits cheap for us hobbyists

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