SYM-1

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Thu Apr 29 17:36:47 1999

Synertek, by the way, was the earliest of several companies to produce
really high-speed 650x family members. Their 4 MHz parts, which I routinely
used at nearly 5 MHz in order to support async serial comm's, were the cat's
pajamas back in 1980-81.

Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Sellam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, April 29, 1999 3:20 PM
Subject: SYM-1


>On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Dwight Elvey wrote:
>
>> I can't understand why anyone would expect too high
>> a price for these, though. Although not common, many
>> were just tossed out.
>
>Such is the incomprehensible ebay market for vintage computer items these
>days. It indeed makes no sense.
>
>Anyway, Ray Holt, the same guy that designed the F14 CADC, also designed
>the SYM-1. Synertek was his company before it was bought out by
>Honeywell. He'll probably be at VCF 3.0 if you'd like to speak with him.
>
>Sellam Alternate e-mail:
dastar_at_siconic.com
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