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August 7, 2012
Commodore Dynamic Total Vision, aka CDTV, nowadays a collectors' item, was in many ways, the first attempt at a set-top box, such as an AppleTV, Roku, TiVO, etc. No, it didn't interface with TV programs, but it was meant to connect to your TV, so you could play games, and use multimedia apps. It was basically an Amiga 500 inside. Check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_CDTV for more info.
And, yes, that is a NeXT workstation above it. :-)
As seen on www.vjl365.com
The Z8 was a microcontroller introduced by Zilog in 1979, competing with the Intel 8048. Note that the Z8 is entirely unrelated to the better-known Z80.
This is the side of the QUIP package that is down (toward the printed circuit board) when inserted into the socket. On each side two staggered rows of contacts are seen. The legends are printed on the kovar lid which seals the die cavity. The on-centerline oval and off-centerline round hole match plastic posts in the socket used for keying.
Note that Intel labeled their QUIP parts on the other side, along the probe contacts, so that the labeling was visible when the part was socketed.
For more info on ceramic leadless QUIP:
presentazione dell'Osborne 4 (a in fondo) e dell'Osborne 1 (in primo piano) Foto di Vittorio Giordano - www.cameraconvista.org
Tomy Tutor, games, "joy stick", and data recorder. I'm missing three games and the joy controllers, and that's about it...
Two PhD students at a physics department wanted a computer on their own, and started to build a PDP-8 clone, based on what was available in the 1970. The system is built based on the Intersil IM6100 CPU. They had access to documentation via university. Everything is built by themselfes, beginning with the board layout, exposition, etching and soldering. They have extensive documentation on their work. There exist exactly two of those systems worldwide. Both still working.
Packing the interdata onto a truck to go straight from Operations to the Powerhouse Museum. The boxes are all full of "software". I'm glad software is now package in .deb bundles now.
recupero di un sistema Unisys e alcuni RS/6000 al CEA (centro elaborazioni ed applicazioni) del universita' di Catania
Two PhD students at a physics department wanted a computer on their own, and started to build a PDP-8 clone, based on what was available in the 1970. The system is built based on the Intersil IM6100 CPU. They had access to documentation via university. Everything is built by themselfes, beginning with the board layout, exposition, etching and soldering. They have extensive documentation on their work. There exist exactly two of those systems worldwide. Both still working.
recupero di quattro sistemi SGI Onyx, tre Reality Engine2 con cpu r4400 e una Infinite Reality con processori R10000
Two PhD students at a physics department wanted a computer on their own, and started to build a PDP-8 clone, based on what was available in the 1970. The system is built based on the Intersil IM6100 CPU. They had access to documentation via university. Everything is built by themselfes, beginning with the board layout, exposition, etching and soldering. They have extensive documentation on their work. There exist exactly two of those systems worldwide. Both still working.
I have an old InnerDrive 40MB hard drive that wouldn't spin up. I cut it out of the old power supply enclosure and used a 3rd party power supply (from a firewire enclosure) to power the drive. You can see how I've connected the chassis of both the hard drive to the IIGS so the grounds don't float from each other and screw up the data transfer. The hard drive fortunately is a PC compatible MFM or RLL drive, pre-IDE, but using the same 4-pin power supply. The second IIGS is a loaner from a friend. I'm using a CFFA CompactFlash Apple II board to replace the hard drive.
Spotted in the window of a computer shop in Frankfurt (Oder), a vintage 1980s DDR office computer. According to the sign next to it, the Robotron K8924 was introduced in 1982, was based on a Z80-clone processor, had 64Kb of memory (the maximum address space for a Z80-compatible), and ran a CP/M-a-like operating system. I am intrigued to notice that it has a QWERTY keyboard, rather than the QWERTZ keyboard more common in German-speaking countries.
Pentium 200 PC with Windows 95 and a Philips monitor. The screen reads "It's now safe to turn off your computer" in Polish. Also featured Bratek, a Polish commie-era telephone.