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Post #20,963
by nking
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12/10/01 10:42:07 PM
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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
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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

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