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Sat Jul 8 01:07:08 PDT 2006

To Thomas,

yeh i'm in england - the money discussion was meaning that if it cost
about AU$100 to ship it to me, and that was about £60GBP - then it
would be hardly worth it really....you can get a p1 for that much-ish
on ebay so...but the 286 cpu would be better than the 8086 so its
tempting but i have no way to pay and its rather un-economical aswell.

ok right - veganalex is what i used to call meself - my name is alex
and i am vegan...so it went nicely till some other vegan's called alex
decided to come and use the same username is some places - and then
awave stands for first letters in first name (a)lex - and then the
surname (asterisked out ;) ) - (wa)******* (ve)*********** (not right
letters...so no guessing =D lol - and the -|- is decoration so..

-|- awave

On 06/07/06, Thomas Clayton <topcatdrc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear veganalex:
>
> Are you in England (as I thought) OR in Australia - or elsewhere???
>
> (Your money discussion leads me to wonder ..  .)
>
> What's "veganalex" that you chose it as a 'screen name'?
>
> My thought about the PS/2 25-'286 was to find it a 'good' home - as
> one says about orphans. Anyway, for GEM 'work', it'd be
> appropriate.  multi-ple 30MB HDDs used one at a time
>
>
> Friends of mine got a second one at the same time as I did. I
> wonder what they did with theirs?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Thomas Clayton
>
>
>
> --- veganalex <veganalex at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > hmm....yeh i'd love that....dunno what its like but yeh i'd love
> > it...i could no-way afford to pay over $100 (US/AUS?) - so thats
> > about
> > £60 (GBP)...hmmm....i could actually get one off ebay for less
> > than
> > that i thinks...so nope sorry dude!
> >
> > hope you find someone that does want the computers ;)
> >
> > veganalex
> >
> > PS. - is there a java dos environment for mobile phones
> > (preferably
> > sony ericsson), i would love to work on something like this to
> > have
> > gem running on a phone (weird it may be...but probably rather
> > useful
> > ;) )
> >
> >
> > On 21/06/06, Thomas Clayton <topcatdrc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Dear Veg:
> > >
> > > In my case, an IBM PS/2 Mdl 25-286 was the first PC-compatable
> > > BOUGHT(!). (I'd had PC-PCs and PC-XTs in the house earlier.
> > They
> > > were scavenged from dump-bins - the 30ft x 12ft x 8ft tall
> > 'trays'
> > > that fit onto truck trailers - from firms moving out of the
> > office
> > > park.) Still have it but not for much longer! What would it
> > cost to
> > > get it to you, I wonder? ~40lbs to England. Over 100$, I'd
> > guess.
> > > Oh well. Loved to have found a GOOD home for it.
> > >
> > > Got a PS/2 55sx upgraded to an 80488x2 MCA system as well. Its
> > > going, too, fairly soon.
> > >
> > >
> > > TomC
> > >
> > > --- veganalex <veganalex at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > hmmm...i know that it would have cost a hell of alot...but
> > that
> > > > does
> > > > secure it that it was the total wrong computer at the time to
> > > > buy...but its happened...and it can't be changed
> > now...so....i'll
> > > > have
> > > > a good look on it when i get it out in the autumn (far too
> > hot to
> > > > be
> > > > playing with old eletricals that could end up going up in a
> > pile
> > > > of
> > > > smoke because of the heat!), to find a date of purchase/date
> > when
> > > > made.
> > > >
> > > > hehe that's a difference of...47years! - thats a big age gap
> > > > anyway
> > > >
> > > > veganalex
> > > >
> > > > On 21/06/06, Peter Green <pspete1 at pnc.com.au> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >  G'day!
> > > > >
> > > > >  I had an Amstrad briefly, but can't remember if it was a
> > 1512
> > > > or a 5086.
> > > > > Both were sold in Australia. Someone rescued it from a skip
> > and
> > > > passed it on
> > > > > to me, but I sent it off soon afterwards to some recycling
> > or
> > > > charity
> > > > > organisation because I had no use for it. It worked, but
> > wasn't
> > > > a patch on
> > > > > my 286 with an SVGA monitor and a 40MB HDD. I also have
> > 5-1/4"
> > > > floppies
> > > > > containing Amstrad's GEM (v1.2?), but got those separately.
> > I
> > > > sent the
> > > > > content of these disks to Robert Avis (anyone know what
> > became
> > > > of him?) who
> > > > > posted them to his site.
> > > > >
> > > > >  I was interested to hear that Amstrads were sold in the US
> > > > under the
> > > > > Sinclair brand. My first contact with Sinclair was through
> > a
> > > > semi-kitform
> > > > > stereo amplifier, which used an unconventional audio output
> > > > system.
> > > > > Unfortunately, it was not protected against high current
> > draw
> > > > under no load
> > > > > conditions, and one channel spectacularly died when a
> > speaker
> > > > lead was
> > > > > accidentally dislodged.
> > > > >
> > > > >  386 computers were certainly becoming available here by
> > around
> > > > 1987, as I
> > > > > remember an exhibition in that year of computers and the
> > use of
> > > > computers at
> > > > > the Theological College I was attending, and a couple of
> > > > students were
> > > > > already using 386-based machines. Back then, though, even a
> > 286
> > > > was worth
> > > > > about a fortnight's salary for an average professional
> > > > (engineer, architect
> > > > > etc) which hindered the uptake of the 386.
> > > > >
> > > > >  When the 386sx came out, which was able to use a variant
> > of
> > > > the less
> > > > > complex architecture of the 286-style motherboard, it
> > became a
> > > > quite viable
> > > > > purchase.
> > > > >
> > > > >  I'm one of the older contributors, I think... 60 this
> > year.
> > > > >
> > > > >  Peter
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >  Thomas Clayton wrote:
> > > > >  Dear Veganlex:
> > > ...<cut out>...
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Thomas Clayton
> > >
> > >
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