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

Fri Apr 11 07:48:57 PDT 2008

Man, all those thumb workouts for nothing.
-brooks

-----Original Message-----
>From: Andre Lamothe <ceo at nurve.net>
>Sent: Apr 11, 2008 3:45 AM
>To: The Robot Group Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] collectors hardware [was Amiag	2000needs	agood	home...]
>
>No, you take it, seems like you are going to use it immediately for stuff -- 
>
>Andre'
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "brooksdesign" <brooksdesign at peoplepc.com>
>To: "The Robot Group Mailing List" <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 2:03 AM
>Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] collectors hardware [was Amiag 2000needs agood 
>home...]
>
>
>   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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