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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: trievalot on Thu, 08 April 2010, 07:57:45

Title: old school. apparently.
Post by: trievalot on Thu, 08 April 2010, 07:57:45

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Vintage-old-school-industrial-computer-not-Apple-or-IBM_W0QQitemZ300415678559QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Computers_Vintage?hash=item45f22b785f

WTF is this thing?????

Title: old school. apparently.
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 08 April 2010, 08:05:13

A piece of ****.

Title: old school. apparently.
Post by: didjamatic on Thu, 08 April 2010, 08:25:50

That could be a fun project... I have way too many "fun" projects that I have yet to start.

Title: old school. apparently.
Post by: hyperlinked on Thu, 08 April 2010, 08:48:37

How nice, it comes with an added bonus gift of potting soil.

Title: old school. apparently.
Post by: Rajagra on Thu, 08 April 2010, 08:55:29

I do hope mswindows doesn't miss this chance to upgrade his main system.

Title: old school. apparently.
Post by: skcheng on Thu, 08 April 2010, 09:31:15

I'd buy, but it doesn't look like he's willing to ship.....

Title: old school. apparently.
Post by: ch_123 on Thu, 08 April 2010, 11:45:21

The terminal looks like an ADM-3A clone.

Two words: boring linears.

Title: old school. apparently.
Post by: trievalot on Thu, 08 April 2010, 16:52:49

Quote from: ripster;170603

I thought ALL Aussie computers looked like that.

Only those owned by the Packer and Murdock families.

The rest of us have an abacus, to share.

Title: old school. apparently.
Post by: EverythingIBM on Thu, 08 April 2010, 17:47:29

(http://i.ebayimg.com/13/!BqW8s7g!2k~$(KGrHqMOKj0EuuHFc0soBLvcI9st,!~~_12.JPG)

I'm skeptical as to whether that thing would even turn on.