IWETHEY v. 0.3.0 | TODO
1,095 registered users | 0 active users | 0 LpH | Statistics
Login | Create New User
IWETHEY Banner

Welcome to IWETHEY!

IWETHEY Home / IWETHEY Board / News Picks Forum / History redux
Post #20,753
by wharris2
12/7/01 10:30:21 PM
Reply
New History redux
When was the Tandy 1000 and PC Jr? I thought the T1000 predated the Jr, but in my confused memory, I do remember a fellow college guy (who later went on to the NASA JPL) talking about his PC Jr. That pre-dates my acquisition of my Tandy 1000.

Norm, I work with a guy who has stacks of old computers in a warehouse. He's got Kaypro's. He's got ozbournes. Actually, it would be better to list those computers he doesn't have. He regrets that he doesn't have a copy of Microsoft Bob.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
Post #20,853
by nking
Picture of nking
12/9/01 9:01:26 PM
Reply
New Is he selling any of them?
If so, he may be able to move some of them if he listed them on online auction sites?

But then it depends on how much he is selling them for, if over $100, you might as well pick up a cheap "Pentium 1" box for that much.
Post #20,914
by wharris2
12/10/01 1:39:58 PM
Reply
New That's not his purpose
He's talked about setting up some sort of microcomputer museum, though that sounds like a pretty ambitious project.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
Post #20,963
by nking
Picture of nking
12/10/01 10:42:07 PM
Reply
New What is his purpose?
He could make a lot of money selling to user groups for those older systems. I know there are local TI, Apple, Commodore, Atari, groups here that would love to get a supply of replacement parts for their systems.

The Museum sounds cool, I thought of doing that myself once but decided it would be better to have a Cybercafe instead with a showcase of older computer systems and parts.
Post #21,013
by wharris2
12/11/01 12:51:44 PM
Reply
New What's money?
He's near retirement age and (from what I can tell) is okay for money. Might as well have a hobby after retirement, I suppose. (He stops at almost every computer show or ham radio convention he passes, it seems; most of them, I've never heard of.)
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
     Intel and Rambus out to jointly screw the PC world - (tonytib) - (28) - Dec. 5, 2001, 11:41:29 AM EST
         Intel-free... - (inthane-chan) - (14) - Dec. 5, 2001, 01:47:58 PM EST
             Well, Intel is also litigation happy (e.g. suing VIA) - (tonytib) - Dec. 5, 2001, 03:44:05 PM EST
             MeToo (tm) come to think of it. - (Meerkat) - Dec. 5, 2001, 05:05:20 PM EST
             Never owned an Intel based PC - (Silverlock) - (11) - Dec. 5, 2001, 05:08:26 PM EST
                 You mean the NEC V20 chip, an improvement on Intel 8088? -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (10) - Dec. 5, 2001, 05:30:41 PM EST
                     Don't think so. - (Silverlock) - (7) - Dec. 6, 2001, 08:44:54 AM EST
                         Z10? Not Z80? - (broomberg) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2001, 09:24:38 AM EST
                             Am I sure? - (Silverlock) - Dec. 6, 2001, 09:47:54 AM EST
                         Well, the V20 was compatible with Intel 8088 used by IBM... - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Dec. 6, 2001, 12:03:22 PM EST
                             Z80 - 8088 - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 6, 2001, 12:19:48 PM EST
                             Damn. I used to have a memory that worked. - (Silverlock) - Dec. 6, 2001, 12:28:15 PM EST
                             Sigh... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2001, 01:03:32 PM EST
                                 Another machine from the earlier days... - (Another Scott) - Dec. 6, 2001, 02:24:39 PM EST
                     NEC V20 - (nking) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2001, 02:31:05 PM EST
                         Well, you would have had to change the crystal as well. - (a6l6e6x) - Dec. 6, 2001, 03:04:09 PM EST
         I thought Microsoft was...? - (static) - Dec. 6, 2001, 05:32:21 AM EST
         Since we're going all nostalgic - (wharris2) - (11) - Dec. 6, 2001, 08:01:36 PM EST
             I remember a rash of "upgradable" PCs. - (Andrew Grygus) - (9) - Dec. 7, 2001, 12:23:45 AM EST
                 Wasn't upgradable PC - (wharris2) - (8) - Dec. 7, 2001, 02:34:04 AM EST
                     I remember - (nking) - (7) - Dec. 7, 2001, 08:16:27 AM EST
                         It's been on-going - (wharris2) - (6) - Dec. 7, 2001, 12:08:50 PM EST
                             Tandy 1000 series - (nking) - (5) - Dec. 7, 2001, 04:18:18 PM EST
                                 History redux - (wharris2) - (4) - Dec. 7, 2001, 10:30:21 PM EST
                                     Is he selling any of them? - (nking) - (3) - Dec. 9, 2001, 09:01:26 PM EST
                                         That's not his purpose - (wharris2) - (2) - Dec. 10, 2001, 01:39:58 PM EST
                                             What is his purpose? - (nking) - (1) - Dec. 10, 2001, 10:42:07 PM EST
                                                 What's money? - (wharris2) - Dec. 11, 2001, 12:51:44 PM EST
             Similar - (hnick) - Dec. 7, 2001, 07:29:47 AM EST

(This message was left blank.)
59 ms