> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctech-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-admin_at_classiccmp.org]On
> Behalf Of Peter Turnbull
> Sent: 26 November 2002 08:11
> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Superb Exidy System on Ebay in Holland
>
>
> On Nov 25, 21:28, Curt Vendel wrote:
> > Anybody who is into this system should check it this auction I found on
> > Ebay:
> >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=2
> 074514971
> >
> > The guy also has some nice Commodore stuff, a Sony (MSX?)
> System and some
> > other cool stuff too.
>
> The coolest item there, for me, is his Jupiter Ace. For those who don't
> know, it's a FORTH machine, and fairly rare. It's based on a Sinclair
> ZX81, and named after the Pilot ACE computer built in 1950 at the National
> Physical Laboratory.
Not strictly true; it was designed by Richard Altwasser (hardware) and
Steven Vickers (ROMs) after they'd left Sinclair and formed Jupiter Cantab;
both had previously worked with the ZX80 (Richard) and 81 (Richard/Steven)
and I think Steven also wrote some of the firmware for the Spectrum. It's
design is more ZX80 than 81 in that it's a single board machine with the
membrane keyboard incorporated on the mainboard.
I don't think there were any differences between the Ace and the Ace 4000,
though I'm sure US ones had a slightly modified case in that it had an extra
'bump' in it!
It's typical that all that stuff comes up when I don't have a job - I'd have
all of it :)
--
adrian/witchy
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the online computer museum
www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - monthly gothic shenanigans
Received on Thu Nov 28 2002 - 17:59:33 GMT