On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 18:27 -0800, Marc Perkel wrote: > > jdow wrote: > > From: "Charles Gregory" <cgreg...@hwcn.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, 2009/December/16 07:49 > > > > > >> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > >>> Marc Perkel wrote: > >>>> http://www.vintage-computer.com/asr33.shtml > >>> There was actually a time when I had one of those in my house. > >> > >> For your amusement: > >> > >> I still have my old Commodore 64 and 1541 drive sitting in the basement. > >> > >> One year my daughter's school had a project to construct exhibits for > >> a show called 'working class treasures' for the local Worker's > >> Heritage Museum. The idea was to put on display 'precious' possesions > >> from their parents' childhood. Baseballs, old toys, favorite tools, > >> whatever. > >> > >> Well, the only thing I had of any 'meaning' to me was my C-64. So she > >> put that in her exhibit. > >> > >> So yes, my Commodore 64 has actually been displayed in a museum. > >> Not just figuratively, but *literally* a 'museum piece'. :) > > > > > > How many do you want? I believe Loren might still have several. > > > > {O.O} > > > > > I don't know if anyone still remembers this but this is what I had for > my first computer back on 1979. > > http://www.scotthodson.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/imsai8080.jpg > > IMSAI 8080 - except I had a Z80 board for it. > "War Games" anybody? I remember The Kid had an IMSAI 8080 and, judging by the flashing lights, it was faster than the SAC's supercomputer by several orders of magnitude.
Martin
