Is he still around? Sent from my iPhone
> On May 17, 2019, at 8:33 PM, 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" > > -- > "I will never in my lifetime make a film that cannot be seen by the whole > family" Arther P. Jacobs > > Virus-free. www.avg.com
