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All-- Consider this a sampler of items I've catalogued while trolling the web over the last couple of weeks: WWNC: The World-Wide Newton Conference will be...
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the_illiac
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Aug 12, 2004
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The Virtual Machine article was pretty interesting. Looks to be a far cry from the original SoftWindows for Mac and V-Mac (but hey, it is cool to run an old...
Pelzig
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Aug 30, 2004
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ed-- saw this auction on ebay for a complete working system with lots of software & peripherals: <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ite ...
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the_illiac
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Aug 30, 2004
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Wellllllllllll, methinks I won't be able to get to Vegas. But thanks for taking the time to look it up! I actually have a Tandy 1000 case which I saved from...
Pelzig
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Aug 30, 2004
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Was the Tandy 1000 similar to the Tandy Color Computer? I used to have a Co Co, with no hard drive but DUAL disk drives! It was hooked up to an old tv in my...
Doug Dangler
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This one is not an "all-in-one" like some of the Tandy machines. It is a white case with the dual drives to the right when you face it. I haven't cracked the...
Pelzig
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Aug 30, 2004
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Quoted from _Wired News_: "This weekend, fans of Apple's long-discontinued Newton will gather in Paris to celebrate the PDA that will never ever die. Six years...
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the_illiac
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Sep 7, 2004
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All-- I'm in the midst of dissertating/searching for a job, so the postings have been rather sparse as of late...however, here are a few items of interest that...
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the_illiac
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Oct 26, 2004
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Hmmm...that article on the Linux box is cool. I have a pile of older hardware which might fill the bill. Been meaning to fiddle with Linux but for one reason...
Pelzig
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Oct 28, 2004
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Methinks the list moderator needs to snuff out a spammer. :) - Ed On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:02:52 -0700, Tanya Tchaikovsky <krystal6985@...> wrote:...
Pelzig
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Oct 30, 2004
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Reminder from the Calendar of columbusconsortium http://groups.yahoo.com/group/columbusconsortium/cal archive records Wednesday December 15, 2004 12:00 pm -...
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Reminder from the Calendar of columbusconsortium http://groups.yahoo.com/group/columbusconsortium/cal archive records Wednesday December 15, 2004 12:00 pm -...
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does anyone have experience with these things? i'm thinking about playing around with the "automated house" concept, and was wondering about the feasability...
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the_illiac
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Jan 21, 2005
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http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66397,00.html Here's an interesting story about a British artist, Richard Bolam, who networks old Macs together...
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the_illiac
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Jan 26, 2005
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It is pretty cool. The same article popped up on the Cyberpunk LiveJournal group as well. Huzzah for old Macs! On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:35:44 -0000, 11011...
Pelzig
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Jan 26, 2005
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Red Herring has an article about MIT's Nicholas Negroponte and his plans to develop a cheap PC for the developing world (places like China or Africa)with a...
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the_illiac
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Jan 31, 2005
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I seem to recall there is a inexpensive Linux laptop being sold through Wal-Mart for like...what...$400 something? On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:19:22 -0000, 11011...
Pelzig
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Jan 31, 2005
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Sho' nuff. It's called "Balance," and is currently going for $498. There's also an expanded line of peripherals, PC cards, monitors, and beefier laptops. I'm...
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the_illiac
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Feb 1, 2005
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If you think about their target market and income level (low to middle), it makes sense to offer a lowcost laptop. Linux is very cheap and with the GUI...
Pelzig
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Feb 2, 2005
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BoingBoing is full of them today. A quick list: * Mac Mini controlled by Newton (the Apple Newton: PWnZED!-ing new tech, since 1991) ...
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the_illiac
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Feb 8, 2005
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all-- scraped the blogs for a couple of interesting old-tech tidbits. ... GBADev has an annual competition to create home brewed GameBoy games. Instead of...
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the_illiac
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May 1, 2005
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...from _WIRED_ magazine's "jargon watch" column: *** BottleNets Wi-Fi antennas and networks built largely of recycled materials - plastic water bottles,...
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the_illiac
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Jun 2, 2005
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Huh. That is pretty cool. Seems like something you'd see in some post-apocalypse world. :)...
Pelzig
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Jun 3, 2005
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not the ipod table, although it's pretty cool, too. But the motherboard coffee table. Leah actually made one of these once. She posted an ad on Craig's List...
Ashley
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... http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/18/howto_convert_an_nes.html ... http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/17/1976_computer_rerele.html ... ...
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the_illiac
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Aug 18, 2005
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Go here: http://www.quantum-link.org/ I'm going to try this with the C-128 I have in my basement......
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the_illiac
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Sep 20, 2005
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Awesome! Hope you have success with the project. :)...
Pelzig
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How's the c-128 coming? ... __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com...
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Oct 5, 2005
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[i've posted on this in the past, so for those interested, the $100 laptop has come to pass...] MIT Design of $100 Laptop for Kids Unveiled The MIT Media Lab...
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the_illiac
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Oct 5, 2005
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Classic-Vintage-PC-Collection_W0QQitemZ8706273723QQcategoryZ4193QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Only 4 days left...get your bids in. :)...
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