ROMADs - There's a blast from the past... ...
On 5/17/19, Lee Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> >
