On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, George Leo Rachor Jr. wrote:
> I remember the first machine I seriously tried to come up with the money
> to buy.
>
> Anybody else remember the Compucolor?
>
> I'm not sure I ever learned the technical details of the machine.
>
> Seems like they disappeared from the scene as fast as they came on.
>
> Wouldn't mind adding one of those to my inventory but I'm not sure I could
> afford to ship it from Timbuck2....
Is this the same as the Compucolor? I have an Intecolor 8001 which is a
huge beast: integrated CRT but the keyboard was separate (and I am
currently missing it). Definitely a rare beast. This is the only one
I've ever come across.
The only other one I've known anyone to have was the same guy who had that
Sphere 1 I referenced previously (he seemed good at finding rarities). He
said he found it lying at the side of a road. He thought it was just a TV
at first but when he stopped to check it out he found it was a computer.
So let this be a lesson to you: check those "TV"s you find in thrift
stores and flea markets.
Perhaps they are abundant, but we just pass them by out of ignorance? :)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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