[Robotgroup] collectors hardware [was Amiag 2000 needs agood home...]

Fri Apr 11 00:03:04 PDT 2008

   I use to have around 12 TI 994As that I used for a video graphic wall and occasional sound source. Most died after about 20 years. So Andre....Do you want to do a haptic telepesence thumb wrestling match for the Amiga?
-brooks

-----Original Message-----
>From: Andre Lamothe <ceo at nurve.net>
>Sent: Apr 10, 2008 10:35 PM
>To: The Robot Group Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] collectors hardware [was Amiag 2000 needs	agood	home...]
>
>I never liked the sinclair, too small to work with, but $99 for a computer 
>was definitely cool. I do need one for my collection, the color verison of 
>course. And I need a TI, and that's more or less the main ones from the 80's 
>era that were dominant.
>
>Andre'
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Michael Boswell" <Michael at hilltopcafe.net>
>To: "'The Robot Group Mailing List'" <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] collectors hardware [was Amiag 2000 needs agood 
>home...]
>
>
>I booted up my Apple II about 4 years ago and it all worked just fine. It
>was probably 1978 or 1979 model and therefore around 22 years old (if I am
>remembering all the dates right).  I was more worried that the floppy drives
>would loose their data but every game I tested worked fine.
>
>Michael Boswell
>Austin End Of the Line Kite Team - Kite #4
>http://Austineol.com
>Picture Gallery at http://www.pbase.com/mboswell
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: robotgroup-bounces at puremagic.com
>[mailto:robotgroup-bounces at puremagic.com] On Behalf Of Gray Mack
>Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 3:47 PM
>To: The Robot Group Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] collectors hardware [was Amiag 2000 needs a good
>home...]
>
>Its cool that these things are still around. I once
>read that EEPROM from that time were guaranteed for 10
>years and not expected to live much past 25. Is that
>true? If so, then many species of collectors hardware
>may be near extinction. Although I don't think the
>eeproms were code-locked so they could potentially be
>refreshed if that alone was the main failure point.
>
>When I was a teenager, my parents supported my
>computer addiction, but made a point never to buy a
>pure gaming console. It was ok to play games, but he
>wanted me to have a choice for learning, it had to
>have a keyboard and at least one programming language.
>
>I really don't remember what happened to my Sinclare
>1000.
>-Gray
>
>
>--- Andre Lamothe <ceo at nurve.net> wrote:
>
>> I will take good care of it if it works?
>>
>> My Amiga 500 was damaged in a flood, along with my
>> Atari 800. 10 or so years
>> ago, it was like 4 in the morning, huge rain just
>> happened, I look outside,
>> and I see a reflection of the moon on the ground, I
>> am like "what the
>> heck?". Then I realize there is 6 feet of water
>> outside, cars are floating
>> outside. What happened was the rain level got up to
>> 2-6 inches on the
>> ground, the idiots that designed the pumping station
>> for the creek, put the
>> pump at GROUND level, thus it shorted out, the creek
>> overflowed and broke,
>> and presto 100 million gallons of water are in my
>> yard. My garage was full
>> of 18 inches of water, luckily didn't get into my
>> house, but all my
>> computers on the ground in boxes were wrecked with
>> mud.
>>
>> But, currently my collection consists of:
>>
>> Atari 400/800XL/800/130XE (1-2 of each)
>> Apple II
>> TRS 80 Model 3 (2)
>> Commodore 64 (1 + spares for chips that burn out)
>> TRS 80 Color Computer (1)
>> Vic 20 (1)
>>
>> I think that's it :)
>>
>> Andre'
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Vern Graner" <vern at txis.com>
>> To: "The Robot Group Mailing List"
>> <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:58 PM
>> Subject: [Robotgroup] Amiag 2000 needs a good
>> home...
>>
>>
>> Dear Roboteers:
>>
>> A good friend of mine (and fellow Amiga enthusiast
>> of old) has an Amiga
>> 2000 that he is looking to place in a loving home.
>> Though I would have
>> snapped this up, most of you know I am in the
>> process of moving and must
>> divest of things rather than collect them. :(
>>
>> So, please contact me if you can take delivery of a
>> A2000 and a few
>> boxes of software and accessories. :)
>>
>> NOTE: He's pretty insistent that this go to a home
>> and not a landfill or
>> recycle center. So, if you're looking for a
>> well-cared for vintage
>> computing machine, its yours no cost. If you're
>> looking for something to
>> rip into pieces for recycle or other purposes, never
>> mind.. :)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Vern
>>
>> -- 
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>> down, then you're
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>> so why are we
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>> if the network
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