Hey to the group, I had a conversation with Paul back in 2009 and this is the e-mail for your information.
"Wow, Lee! LONG time ago!! I am not sure it is true, but have been told the Smithsonian has a Mikrokolor in a early computer display somewhere! (they would never answer when asked about it) I doubt I have any data but the original prototype (handmade) with a home made, single sided, etched board. I kept it as a momento, as we lost our butt selling them. Olivetti came to us about licensing the design, then went back overseas and just copied it, part by part, for their European Commodore. Radio Shack did license it, but then produced their own black & white version. I just retired (owned a computer repair shop for 25 years) at the end of the year. I plan on doing some garage cleaning, and might find some of that stuff. I think I actually may have "archived" some drawings, and everything, but the only software would be a hard copy printout (on a dot-matrix printer!) that I wouldn't retype for all the money on the planet!! Keep bugging me and maybe I will see. (It's a little scary thinking about going up top of my garage!) It won't be for several months, but keep jogging me every few months, and we will see. You could build it, as all the parts are available still, even though scarce. hell, maybe I have some of them too! I haven't been on the list for years. I DID get a never unwrapped M100 at a garage sale last fall for $1, and when I popped in 4 AA's, it booted right up! Quality WAS available once!! Send me the info on the mailing lit and the New Age stuff if you would. Maybe with time on my hands again, I might enjoy playing with my "past"! I plan on getting "back" into ham radio, and there have been a lot of things done with it there. Those days were FUN! Someone would say "I wish you could...", and we would start breathing hard and go do it! Wound up with several patents, and LOTS of money from Tandy for improvements we made to the Model 1 (but weren't allowed to admit then) Now, you just pull out more money! Where's the fun in that? Paul Andreasen, TSgt, USAF (Ret) ROMAD, 601st DASS (another unit that "never was") (There's no such thing as an Ex-ROMAD!) Oh, yeah! Also K1JAN (www.k1jan.com, www.mdw.us, www/en500.us" <http://en500.us/> -- *"I will never in my lifetime make a film that cannot be seen by the whole family"* Arther P. Jacobs <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
