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Re: Apple 1

Mike Morton wrote:
> 
> At a thrift store up here, we have a vic-20 in its original box for 10 bucks.
> 
> Steve Mentzer wrote:
> 
> > Try deperately, but ultimately failing to sound intelligent, Mark C Spaeth
> > said...
> > >
> > >In article <34CD18E0.5749C275@pcpros.net>, Noah Vail  <jtous@pcpros.net>
> > wrote:
> > >)Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> > >)) wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com (Will Smith) writes: chop
> > >)) )|)IMSAI in the movie "War Games".
> > >)) )hehehehe...  is THAT what they used for the WOPPER?  <evil grin)
> > >)) No, they used the IMSAI as the computer that sat on Matthew Broderick's
> > desk.
> > >)If I remember right, the WOPPR was a big hulking thing with one
> > >)tiny screen for the launch countdown.
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> >
> > smentzer@ecom.net
It looked a lot like the old IBM card accounting system, without
the printer. Programmed with patch cords. Relay logic.
JimD.