Re: apples vs oranges (was Re: computer video (was Re: Free IBM AT))

2006-03-09 Thread Chris M
rather then respond item by item to that barrage of gibberish, moron, remember what prompted your original response - I had said it was unfortunate that Apple didn't build the MACINTOSH with a crt controller. Then you went on to eat up unnecessary bandwidth with a reply that meant next to nothing.

Re: apples vs oranges (was Re: computer video (was Re: Free IBM AT))

2006-03-09 Thread Marcin Wichary
While I could get either an IBM PC 5150 with a CGA card, and color monitor, or a Mac 128 for the $2.5K you mention, these are two different products, in two different markets that have very little to do with each other, other than both being personal computers from the 1980's. The PC was w

Re: apples vs oranges (was Re: computer video (was Re: Free IBM AT))

2006-03-09 Thread Ray Arachelian
Eh? Somehow I think you're being a troll. I'm not sure how converting a modern MPG, which was not available back in 1982, into a bunch of 80x25 or 40x25 color attributes and requiring a sound blaster card, which did not exist at the time of the introduction of the PC somehow proves that one s

Re: computer video (was Re: Free IBM AT)

2006-03-08 Thread Chris M
> Of course not, neither Mac, nor Lisa could display > 80x25x16 or 40x25x16 > color text mode Maybe that's the whole point, hmmm? The PCs have dedicated crt controllers...the Mac didn't. These were highly programmable, had diverse textual and graphical modes. >which the video makes it hard to >

Re: computer video (was Re: Free IBM AT)

2006-03-07 Thread Ray Arachelian
Of course not, neither Mac, nor Lisa could display 80x25x16 or 40x25x16 color text mode which the video makes it hard to distinguish between. It's nice that someone bothered to write the assembly code to do that, but, meh. Truth be told, that's either a 2K or 4K display. Compare that to digi

Re: computer video (was Re: Free IBM AT)

2006-03-07 Thread Chris M
let's see if I'm allowed to post to Lisa list today. I don't know about all that. Could an early Mac do this: http://www.oldskool.org/pc/8088_Corruption --- Ray Arachelian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris M wrote: > > >But Apple made a mistake with > >the Mac by not supplying a distinct vide

computer video (was Re: Free IBM AT)

2006-02-28 Thread Ray Arachelian
Chris M wrote: But Apple made a mistake with the Mac by not supplying a distinct video ic, allowing the 68k to do all the work, and therefore was lacking in speed. That's not quite true. Both the original Mac and the Lisa shared memory access with the video hardware. The video hardware was

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-28 Thread Chris M
gt; would better understand this CPU's capabilities. > > - David Craig > > ------ > >From: Chris M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "LisaList" > >Subject: Re: Free IBM AT > >Date: Tue, Feb 28, 2006, 6:30 PM > > > > > I thin

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-28 Thread Shirl
ine but with a very focused audience, i.e. scientists. I assume IBM used the 68000 CPU for this machine as a research project so it would better understand this CPU's capabilities. - David Craig -- >From: Chris M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "LisaList" >Subject:

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-28 Thread Chris M
I think the main thing was the price. IBM had a couple of debacles in it's time too. I picked up, which required considerable effort, a System 23/Datamaster recently. Released almost simultaneously with the PC. Cost about 10 grand. Then there was the 68000 based lab computer (O so you didn't know

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-24 Thread J Worgan
too late and there is no longer a Edison record lable in the current market - only in record museums - as has the Lisa. - Original Message - From: "Justaname" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LisaList" Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 6:44 PM Subject: Re: Free IBM A

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-23 Thread Jerome Vernet
Le 24 févr. 06, à 04:15, Chris M a écrit : Im sure some of those stories would prove very interesting. How about publishing memoirs ;)? What could be said, and this will seem in stark contrast to my prior rambling, is that the AT was THE machine for its time. The Lisa was the machine for ANOTHE

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-23 Thread Jerome Vernet
Le 24 févr. 06, à 03:44, Justaname a écrit : My opinion as an Apple employee at the time (79 to 86 in MIS) supports your opinion. It was just plain hubris that John Couch's team thought they knew what people needed (not what they wanted). I just don't have the energy to regale the list with

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-23 Thread Chris M
> and the AT was a huge success (not knocking Lisa's > >>> though - I own one of each :). > >>> > >>> --- Jerome Vernet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Le 23 févr. 06, à 18:50, Jason Perkins a é

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-23 Thread Justaname
Lisa's though - I own one of each :). --- Jerome Vernet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Le 23 févr. 06, à 18:50, Jason Perkins a écrit : I don't know if you guys are into collecting vintage PCs at all, but I just got a free IBM AT that I simply don't have the time to mess with o

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-23 Thread sauersr
uch as an AT (at least), >> and the AT was a huge success (not knocking Lisa's >> though - I own one of each :). >> >> --- Jerome Vernet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > >> > Le 23 févr. 06, à 18:50, Jason Perkins a écrit : >> >

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-23 Thread Chris M
> > Le 23 févr. 06, à 18:50, Jason Perkins a écrit : > > > > > I don't know if you guys are into collecting > > vintage PCs at all, but I > > > just got a free IBM AT that I simply don't have > > the time to mess with > > > or room t

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-23 Thread Chris M
écrit : > > > I don't know if you guys are into collecting > vintage PCs at all, but I > > just got a free IBM AT that I simply don't have > the time to mess with > > or room to store. It's got 512k of ram, a 286 (w/ > the co proc I think, > >

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-23 Thread Jerome Vernet
Le 23 févr. 06, à 18:50, Jason Perkins a écrit : I don't know if you guys are into collecting vintage PCs at all, but I just got a free IBM AT that I simply don't have the time to mess with or room to store. It's got 512k of ram, a 286 (w/ the co proc I think, I'll have

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-23 Thread Peterson, Wade D.
Looking for a IBM PC Jr, if ya got one. Any tablets, and could use a good Apple Wallstreet laptop battery too. Wade -Original Message- From: LisaList [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Rogers Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:04 PM To: LisaList Subject: Re: Free IBM AT

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-23 Thread Aaron Rogers
WOO HOO ... HOOK ME UP JASON!!! I'm interested!!! What do you want for the AT? Aaron - Original Message From: Jason Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LisaList Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 9:50:17 AM Subject: Free IBM AT I don't know if you guys are into collec