"Mindset" machine?

From: Curt Vendel <curt_at_atari-history.com>
Date: Wed Feb 13 08:14:02 2002

Hi Doc,

   Sure, its a Mindset M1001 System. 80186 processor, BitBltr custom
graphics processor, custom expansion bus. IBM compatible, incredible
graphics for its time (1983) The company was founded by Roger Baderscher,
the former head of Atari's Home Computer Division (1981-1982) the machine
was partially conceived while at Atari and then Baderscher left along with
several Atari marketing and engineering people. They designed a phenomenal
machine, but lacked capital to stay afloat. JVC bought the company and
ended up using all of it internally and Mindset disappeared from the
public's eye and the technology was used up till the early 90's, with
revisions to the system original on the M1001 design, then a later design
the M3000 which was specifically a rack mounted video processing station.
The key software product on the Mindset that fully exploited its high end
graphics was the Luminere software packages.


Curt


----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc Shipley" <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
To: "Classic Computers" <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 11:38 PM
Subject: "Mindset" machine?


> I came across a desktop something-or-other today with radiused front
> and rear faces, about 18"x13"x2.25", 2 1.5"x2"x5" sokets in the front
> edge with some kind of cartridge in one, and "MINDSET" embossed on the
> front side. I didn't have a flashlight, so I couldn't read the FCC
> label.
>
> Does that sound familiar to anyone?
>
> Doc
>
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