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# witchy!
I just had a wee trawl through binarydinosaurs...

You really have a helluva lot of stuff there! Your loft must be huge. And full.

Real trip down memory lane though. Respect.
(I helped save b3ta! chaotic_illuminator proud spacehopperist, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 21:39, archived)
# Heh;
can't put stuff in the loft 'cos we haven't converted it an' I can't stand upright up there :)
Stuff's spread between the room showed earlier in the timespaz and a big fuck off storage room....fortunately wifeof doesn't take the piss too much! Well, not that much anyway. Well. Um.
(witchy_downstairs, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 21:46, archived)
# Do you have a DEC Rainbow?
One of the few computers I regretted selling. I'd really like another, c/w twin discs and CP/M of course.
(I helped save b3ta! moonbadger Doesn't judge a fish by its ability to climb trees, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 22:05, archived)
# yup.
No pix of it though, 'cos it came out of dusty mcdusty's loft and looks like it's been on fire :)
Got a few other bits too, 'cos I used to work for a DEC reseller....
(witchy_downstairs, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 22:11, archived)
# Woo!
Mine was a dual CPU model 100 c/w loads of memory, a HDD and dual wierd as fsck floppies.
Should you ever wish to sell it, please let me know.
Ahh, memories come flooding back.
(I helped save b3ta! moonbadger Doesn't judge a fish by its ability to climb trees, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 22:23, archived)
# They were
all dual CPU models weren't they? I thought the main difference was the 100 had the RX50 twin floppy while the 100+ had a 5 or 10mb HDD (RD50 or RD51, can't remember) and extra memory.
The colour screen from the Rainbow is still my favourite Amiga monitor 'cos it hummuses just nicely! No chance of selling but if I come across one in better nick than mine you can have the old one.
BTW, the RX50 floppy drive was v.successful and used in several other PDP, Professional and MicroVAX products....
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 22:29, archived)
# you got the manual for your
bbc advanced teletext receiver?
(minoltion, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 22:40, archived)
# Nope!
And so far I haven't plugged it in, 'cos I wasn't sure if it needed the ROMs from the first teletext decoder.
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 22:46, archived)
# do you want one?
the covers a bit scuffed, but apart from that its nice
(minoltion, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 22:49, archived)
# Ho yus;
mail me at



:)
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 22:54, archived)
# ...
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(minoltion, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 23:05, archived)
# Yup.
8080 + Z80
I had the green screen monitor, twin floppies and a 10MB HDD. I used it for graphics stuff, displaying on a BBC Micro( code in the advanced user guide for the beeb, well, about 10% of what you actually need ).
Can you remember what the killer app was that shipped with it that allowed you to create a document that contained spreadsheet cells, charted info and formatted text?, when that was combined with the superb keyboard it really is a wonder that the IBM PC took off at all.
I am now kicking myself ( metaphorically ) for getting rid of it.
(I helped save b3ta! moonbadger Doesn't judge a fish by its ability to climb trees, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 22:47, archived)
# Rrrrrrrrrr......<wrings brain>
Arseburgers....the stuff that could do that on PDPs was called AtoZ but AFAIK it didn't get onto the Rainbows. The natural followup to the Rainbow was the DECwriter, so it must've been similar s/w to that. I suspect Doogle will come up with the answer while I'm dealing with kangaroo cocks (see other posts :)
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 22:52, archived)
# I started a couple of ideas with the roo's cock,
but I couldn't face taking any of them through to completion...

It's just too unpleasant a set of pixels to deal with...
(I helped save b3ta! chaotic_illuminator proud spacehopperist, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 22:55, archived)
# Heh
If I had the money and the space, my collection would be just as big, if not bigger...

I'm not doing too badly though :)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 21:48, archived)
# I was thinking of you when
I took one of the pix down in the timespaz, left the C65 in there deliberately :o))
(witchy_downstairs, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 22:00, archived)
# Yes, I did notice you taunting me like that :)
I think I deserve a C65 for my years of being a hardcore Commodore fan :)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 22:03, archived)
# That's the *other*
reason I put the PET 2001 in there too.....hehe. Now when my new RAM chips arrive I can get her working again without having to cannibalise other machines.....
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Sun 2 Jun 2002, 22:22, archived)