PERQs (was: Get up on the...)

From: William von Hagen <vonhagen_at_vonhagen.org>
Date: Mon May 29 20:24:49 2000

Sorry I missed this discussion when it was "live." Being in Pittsburgh, I
was lucky enough to be able to get tons of PERQ stuff (literally) that no
one else was in a geographic position to pick up. I have one of all of the
PERQ models, including obscurities like a T1 (T2 with an 8" drive), a
working MPOS system, a working 24-bit PERQ, a working PERQ-3A (which I had
shipped here from the UK in a fit of obsession), and more.

 From what I can remember, the Japanese guys used PERQs for animation
purposes. They didn't really get anything "interesting," just lots of spare
boards.

One bit of PERQ trivia that few people on this list may know about is that
my collection was used in the legendary Apple/Microsoft lawsuit, as
evidence by both sides. Both uSoft and Apple flew lawyers and camera crews
here to Pittsburgh to film me demoing old window managers

I'll be glad to write more later - it's getting late here!

    Bill
Received on Mon May 29 2000 - 20:24:49 BST