Re: Apple 1

[Mike Morton <mdragon@eagle.ptialaska.net>]

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:
> >)) )On 14 Jan 1998 07:51:34 GMT, "FredEE" <fred_lisa_nospam@sprynet.com)
> >)) )|)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.
> >)Now, I could be wrong, but it had very large letters that were about,
> >)let's say... 22 characters across. I wonder if it had 3.5K RAM and the
> >)ability to run Omega Race?
> >
> >It didn't have the vector display and buttons needed to play omega race :)
> >
>
> No, a 3k machine with a 22column display was the commodore vic20. It played
> omega race as well as a bunch of other "catridge" games.
>
> smentzer@ecom.net