*laugh You too? I was bidding on that weird thing too. I asked the
seller to find any chips that looked different from the rest and let
me know what their markings were. They did (and posted them to the
item description on eBay as well), but they didn't mean much to me. I
was hoping for something interesting as well, but considering the size
of the thing, and that fact that it was up to $50 without any info to
speak of, I dropped out of the race. I did write the winning bidder,
though, and asked him if he would be so kind as to e-mail me when he
gets it, to let me know what it was. My curiosity is aroused. I'm
thinking maybe a TV typewriter, or the guts to something like an ADM3
mounted in a rack-mount case, with a separate keyboard? It didn't
look like there was much to it, though. The power leads were marked
+5V and something else I couldn't read; probably the standard +/- 12V
as well. If you hear anything, let me know, and I'll do the same.
On Fri, 29 May 1998 19:48:23 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:
>Somebody outbid me in the final seconds for this thing:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=15344547
>
>My guess was that it might be a "TV Typewriter", hopefully 8008-based, but
>now I'll never know. Anybody want to venture a guess?
>
>-- Doug
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