[plug] New member with a few questions/problems

Steve Boak sboak at westnet.com.au
Sun May 30 09:34:50 WST 2004


On Sun, 30 May 2004 12:54 am, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 10:28, Jim wrote:
> > In the "Misty Eyes" department, I have a working Altair 680b which I
> > assembled in 1976.  M6800 cpu (.0005Ghz), 1KB, serial interface,
> > front-panel switches, all for US$300.  A 16KB memory board was $400, but
> > I never got one.
>
> I just found a dual Motorola 68000-based board at work, complete with a
> great many little full memory chip sockets, etc. It's pretty cool. It's
> from our old typesetting system (and I mean _old_), "EPIC". I have no
> idea what it ran, or even in detail what it was - but it's cool to see
> those _long_, heatsinkless Motorola CPUs.
>
> Craig Ringer

This is the third copy of this message on the list - something going haywire 
with your mailer Craig?

Steve

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