[rescue] Be and NeXT kit

erie patsellis erie at shelbyvilledesign.com
Thu May 5 20:39:50 CDT 2005


wow, now that's memories, playing lunar lander on a VT05 attached to a 
8e (had to hand toggle the bootstrap..)

erie

Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 10:04, Wes Will wrote:
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>>Yes, I/we both knowit runs on Intel junk, but Jeff is interested in the
>>hardware.  It's not just the OS, but the entire experience.  This guy is
>>truly a candidate for this crew.  He still has an Atari 400xl running....
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>bzzt... no such critter.... Atari 400/800/600XL/800XL/1200XL/65XE/130XE
>were the 8 bit Atari computers (My first home computer was an Atari 400
>and I still have it... (and several more)).  
>
>Unfortunately mine is not setup anywhere.... a problem I have to
>rememdy someday.  Some of the games on the Atari (and C64/128 too)
>were really great games (despite the 'limited' graphics of the 
>day).
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>>We just need to upgrade his ambitions a little, get him an Octane or SS1,
>>or some really nice PDP or vax gear, maybe something Cray....
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>mmmm... PDP... an 8/e, 8/f, or 8/m would be nice.  a small PDP-11
>running UNIX would be cool too.
>
>Got me an Octane, but someday would like better procs and graphics
>(225mhz single R10K and SI? video).  I have better graphics on my
>Indigo 2 (Max Impact).
>
>I too would love to get a nice NeXT in the collection and a BeBox...
>someday...
>
>-- Curt
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>>--
>>wes will
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