Intecolor was based in Georgia (Norcoss?) if I remember correctly. We
were given some Intecolor parts, but lack a full machine.
On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Michael Nadeau wrote:
> The early Intecolor and Compucolor ads use the same photo and the specs are
> the same. The Intecolor 8001 and Compucolor 8001 are the same. Compucolor
> Corp. seems to have been a separate company located near Intelligent
> Systems, which produced the Intecolor. I think it might have been either a
> private-label deal or a separate company set up by Intelligent Systems to
> sell the system. I'd appreciate any information that anyone on the list
> might have on this.
>
> --Mike
>
>
> Michael Nadeau
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo_at_siconic.com>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 9:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Hardest to Find Classic Computers
>
>
> > 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
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> >
>
>
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
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