Thanks for the clarity and the extra info - as I said I haven’t opened it or fired it up much less had a good look at it.
Kevin Parker -----Original Message----- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ian Finder Sent: Sunday, 31 July 2016 17:28 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Mall directory computers That is certainly not a C= 64 as the title in your link suggests but rather an Amiga 500. These were quite popular for "video billboard" sort of purposes- I imagine they had it running SCALAMultimedia or a similar authoring environment. My local high school district channel ran on a similar setup for many years. I recall seeing it stuck on the Amiga Workbench one day... On Sunday, July 31, 2016, Kevin Parker <tras...@internode.on.net> wrote: > Just spotted this Brad clearing up email after a 4 week break. I can't > answer your question but it reminded me of something that other list > users may be able to help with or it might just be of interest. > > Quite some time ago a friend of mine bought a travel agent in a > shopping mall, did a refit of the shop and then later went bust. > Fortunately before the refit and going bust he gave me his old shop > display which was run on a modified Commodore. > > I haven't opened it up or powered it up but if anyone knows what this > is I'd be grateful. I've posted some photos: > > > http://koken.advancedimaging.com.au/index.php?/albums/shop-mall-commod > ore-64/ > > > > Kevin Parker > > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org <javascript:;>] On > Behalf Of Brad H > Sent: Thursday, 14 July 2016 12:25 > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' < > cctalk@classiccmp.org <javascript:;>> > Subject: Mall directory computers > > Been wondering about this for a while. Just one of those odd childhood > memories. > > > > When I was a kid growing up in Oakville, Ontario, I remember Oakville > Mall getting one of those very early mall directory computers. > This would have been like, 1982-84, somewhere thereabouts. From what > I remember, they had kind of CGA-sh graphics and a chiclet 'keyboard' > you used to browse the directory. I'm wondering, were they just PCs, > most likely? Or some kind of custom job? > > -- Ian Finder (206) 395-MIPS ian.fin...@gmail.com
