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Every few years, it's been fun to dig out my old Newton MessagePads and just poke at them, but this year a couple of things are different.
Not least, or greatest, of the changes is that I now have an iPhone 3G to compare the Newton to. Newt is clearly the grandfather: older, slower, and grayer; the iPhone is clearly the grandchild: colorful, fluid, playful, and better at video games than grandpa is.
Also found in the same attic box: two even-older MessagePad 100's!
A computer made to showcase Commodore's latest graphics chip, the VIC. Looks almost exactly like the Commodore 64 which replaced it, except for the colour scheme.
The CP-200S was the second-generation Sinclair ZX-81-compatible computer made by Brazilian company Prológica
Teletype model 33 ASR I bought at the DeAnza Electronics Flea Market. Taken with my phone cam, horrible quality.
Oh Teletype. I love you. I've wanted one of these for many years. And now I have one!
I have no idea if it works or not. It's in remarkably good shape inside, so we'll see if I can coax it to be usable.
EDIT: It works fine! Just needs a good cleaning. I have better pictures now, too.
Vintage graphics I made in 1997 for a version of the 'El Diablero' Adventure Game.
Screen Text:
'I AM IN THE DESERT, CACTUS ALL AROUND.
I SEE:
A BLIGHTED CACTUS
OBVIOUS EXITS ARE:
WEST, EAST SOUTH.
WHAT DO I DO NOW?'
The Original game was based on the Castenada books and was written for the Dragon 32 by Ken Kallsh and is available online to play using a Dragon32/64 emulator.
Vintage graphics I made in 1997 for a version of the 'El Diablero' Adventure Game.
Screen Text:
NEARBY SITS A LARGE FLAT ROCK. THERE IS A GREAT MOUNTAIN FAR OFF IN THE WEST. I AM IN THE DESERT, CACTUS ALL AROUND.
I SEE:
A LIZARD
OBVIOUS EXITS ARE:
EAST.
WHAT DO I DO NOW? GO ROCK
I AM ON A HUGE, FLAT ROCK. SOMEHOW, I BEGIN TO FEEL ANXIOUS.
I SEE:
NOTHING.
OBVIOUS EXITS ARE:
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH.
WHAT DO I DO NOW? GAZE ROCK
IT HAS A SUBTLE YELLOW GLOW TO IT!'
The Original game was based on the Castenada books and was written for the Dragon 32 by Ken Kallsh and is available online to play using a Dragon32/64 emulator.
Look at the Nikon D200 screen. You will see a picture of the HP Computer the camera is sitting on ;-)
Cassette box for "The Diabolical Tower", an adventure game for the 48K Oric 1 or Oric Atmos. It was produced by the French software company No Man's Land and released in 1984. The authors were Laurent Larbalette and Ann Fournier.
The Nixdorf 820 family had a unique core memory, which acted as ROM and was quite simple to produce. The picture shows a device for threading those memorys. Only the lit green cores needs to get wired. The system was controlled by a punch tape. There is only a German entry in Wikipedia to the system: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixdorf_System_820
Vintage graphics I made in 1997 for a version of the 'El Diablero' Adventure Game.
Screen Text:
'I AM IN THE DESERT, CACTUS ALL AROUND.
I SEE:
NOTHING.
OBVIOUS EXITS ARE:
NORTH, EAST.
WHAT DO I DO NOW?'
The Original game was based on the Castenada books and was written for the Dragon 32 by Ken Kallsh and is available online to play using a Dragon32/64 emulator.
Walther originally built weapons (and does so again nowadays). After end of WWII, German companies were forbidden to built weapons, so Walther moves towards mechanical calculators in order to keep their highly skilled mechanics in work.
HP 19C and HP 29C calculators and their data sheet 1978. They share the same function set but only the HP 19C has a tiny build in thermo printer.
The Oric Atmos Handbook by Peter Lupton and Frazer Robinson. This alternative to the official Oric Atmos manual was published in 1984 by Century Communications.
Vintage graphics I made in 1997 for a version of the 'El Diablero' Adventure Game.
Screen Text:
'I AM NEXT TO A SMALL POOL OF YELLOW WATER; I AM IN THE DESERT,AT THE UPPER EDGE OF A DEEP CANYON.
I SEE:
NOTHING
OBVIOUS EXITS ARE:
WEST, EAST, SOUTH.
WHAT DO I DO NOW?'
The Original game was based on the Castenada books and was written for the Dragon 32 by Ken Kallsh and is available online to play using a Dragon32/64 emulator.