John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
So I should hang on to my LED watch, Timex 1000 and VZ200 computers, and a
very early PC clone then?
Hang on to it. I've sold my Sinclair pocket calculator way too early.
Ralf
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So I should hang on to my LED watch, Timex 1000 and VZ200 computers, and a
very early PC clone then?
I remember lugging the Osborne portable around, the thing was as heavy as
lead, but it ran about three times as fast as the then current IBM PC2 -
lovely orange duotone screen too!
John Coyle
Christie's auction house is auctioning an Apple I computer. It's expected
to
bring more than $200,000. Not a bad buck for an old computer:-).
Paul
might be worth rooting around the house to see if there are any old vases
too:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11745808
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From: Brian Walters
On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:28 +1000, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
I remember lugging the Osborne portable around, the thing was as heavy as
lead, but it ran about three times as fast as the then current IBM PC2 -
lovely orange duotone screen too!
Yes -
Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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So I should hang on to my LED watch, Timex 1000 and VZ200 computers
paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
I saw a short piece on a television newscast. They reported it
as an apple 1, complete with the original instruction manuals.
I still have an Amiga 1200 with the original manuals. Yours for a mere
20,000. ;-)
Ralf
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From: John Francis
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:01:26PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote:
On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:55 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: P. J. Alling
On 11/12/2010 7:40 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
Christie's auction house is auctioning an Apple I
computer. It's expected to bring more than
Wish Ihad my Commodore 64
Bill
t 4:35 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
From: John Francis
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:01:26PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote:
On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:55 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: P. J. Alling
On 11/12/2010 7:40 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
I had a Vic 20;.:-)
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Bill Owens wmbow...@gmail.com wrote:
Wish Ihad my Commodore 64
Bill
t 4:35 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
From: John Francis
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:01:26PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote:
On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:55 PM,
Texas Instruments 99/4, Schneider Joyce, Apple MacIntosh and Powerbook
145 is how I started. First language to code in was Pascal.
Ecke
2010/11/13 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com:
I had a Vic 20;.:-)
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Bill Owens wmbow...@gmail.com wrote:
Wish Ihad my
2010/11/13 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com:
First language to code in was Pascal.
not on any of those of course. ibm box in school.
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2010/11/13 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com:
First language to code in was Pascal.
not on any of those of course. ibm box in school.
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Old computers has been my hobby for a long time.
I started in the late 70s with a RS Model 1 and Netronics ELF II.
(Imagine, 256 bytes of memory.)
In the interim I've owned an Imsai 8080, Heath H8, Commodore PET, and
many other computers of the era.
Apple's second computer, the Apple ][ (no plus
Oh, and I also had a Lisa.
But it was a 3.5 inch drive. Not a twiggy drive.
Sincerely,
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On Nov 12, 2010, at 19:01, P. J. Alling wrote:
On 11/12/2010 7:40 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
Christie's auction house is auctioning an Apple I computer. It's expected to
bring more than $200,000. Not a bad buck for an old computer:-).
Paul
I've never actually seen an Apple 1 computer. I
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:48 AM, John Mullan k...@hotmail.com wrote:
My first language to code in was Fortran.
Same here. Took it in College in 1972. I'm pretty sure i failed it as
the teacher and I ad a major blow out one day, i I left the class.
Dave
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On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 01:21:46PM -0500, David J Brooks wrote:
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:48 AM, John Mullan k...@hotmail.com wrote:
My first language to code in was Fortran.
Same here. Took it in College in 1972. I'm pretty sure i failed it as
the teacher and I ad a major blow out one
On 2010-11-13 08:48 , John Mullan wrote:
My first language to code in was Fortran.
in high school i had a charter subscription to Byte, read a lot of Basic
programs, and coded on a TI SR-56 calculator; in college my first
computer class was with Alan Perlis who had a fairly radical approach
2010/11/13 Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com:
I saw one, I think, in some computing museum in California. The same place
that has a Cray supercomputer out in the lobby to serve as a bench.
The company my dad worked for from 1974 to his retirement in 1998 had
several Thinking Machines
My first programming task was on an IBM 402 using a plug board
(http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/402.html). Do click the link to the
Control Panel.
When I was an undergraduate, a professor hired me to run the statistics on a
research project he was doing for Xerox; this involved
Wow. I had a C-64 and I remember that dancing mouse program. That's
a memory I hadn't touched in a while.
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Stan Halpin
s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
My first programming task was on an IBM 402 using a plug board
Brisbane, Australia
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Old computers has been my hobby for a long time.
I started in the late 70s
On 2010-11-13 20:50 , Steven Desjardins wrote:
Wow. I had a C-64 and I remember that dancing mouse program. That's
a memory I hadn't touched in a while.
i had one post-college, borrowed from a coworker who shortly afterward
retired to drink himself to death in Hawaii; i don't remember the
On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:28 +1000, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au
wrote:
I remember lugging the Osborne portable around, the thing was as heavy as
lead, but it ran about three times as fast as the then current IBM PC2 -
lovely orange duotone screen too!
Yes - 'portable' was really
Christie's auction house is auctioning an Apple I computer. It's expected to
bring more than $200,000. Not a bad buck for an old computer:-).
Paul
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On 11/12/2010 7:40 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
Christie's auction house is auctioning an Apple I computer. It's expected to
bring more than $200,000. Not a bad buck for an old computer:-).
Paul
I've never actually seen an Apple 1 computer. I expect not many were
manufactured and not many of
I nonetheless fail to see why anyone would shell out that much money
for what is essentially an old chunk of electronic junk...
2010/11/13 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com:
On 11/12/2010 7:40 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
Christie's auction house is auctioning an Apple I computer. It's
On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:01 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
On 11/12/2010 7:40 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
Christie's auction house is auctioning an Apple I computer. It's expected to
bring more than $200,000. Not a bad buck for an old computer:-).
Paul
I've never actually seen an Apple 1 computer. I
Nor indeed the £53 million that somebody spent on an old vase the other day.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1329308/How-53million-Chinese-vase-kept-wobbly-bookcase-semi-insured-just-800.html
Supply and demand, the Apple 1 was basically a DIY kit sold to a very small
group of people
From: P. J. Alling
On 11/12/2010 7:40 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
Christie's auction house is auctioning an Apple I computer. It's
expected to bring more than $200,000. Not a bad buck for an old
computer:-). Paul
I've never actually seen an Apple 1 computer. I expect not many were
On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:55 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: P. J. Alling
On 11/12/2010 7:40 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
Christie's auction house is auctioning an Apple I computer. It's
expected to bring more than $200,000. Not a bad buck for an old
computer:-). Paul
I've never actually seen an
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:01:26PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote:
On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:55 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: P. J. Alling
On 11/12/2010 7:40 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
Christie's auction house is auctioning an Apple I computer. It's
expected to bring more than $200,000.
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