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[veganalex]

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:
>
> With regards to 80386 market entry dates, my Byte magazine (which
> just re-surfaced while cleaning the basement) collection has 1988
> issues discussing upgrading older systems to, programming, and
> pricing of 386's. So they WERE 'out' (on the market) by then.
>
>
>
>  i'm only 13! youngest on the mailing list i bets :~P
>
>  I think so. It seems to beat the college kid in Scotland by a FEW
> years!
>
> TomC
>
>
> --- veganalex <veganalex at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>  On 19/06/06, Ben A L Jemmett <ben.jemmett at ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>  Quoting veganalex <veganalex at gmail.com>:
>
>
>  nope its not the pc1512...its got better specs than the
>
>  pc1512 - its
>
>
>
>  def. the pc5086
>
>  In that case, it's not a 1986-vintage machine -- closer to
>
>  1990, 1991 I think.
>
>
>  The PC1512 was launched in 1986 (shipping with GEM/2), so they
>
>  wouldn't have
>
>
>  released a 5000-series for quite a while :)
>
> BTW, hope you get that Psion working -- the Organiser II was a
>
>  nice machine,
>
>
>  although my Model XP has sadly conked it (the power supply
>
>  probably pushed a few
>
>
>  too many volts at it, and it let the magic smoke out shortly
>
>  afterwards).
>
>
>  Unfortunately you'll probably find it doesn't recognise dates
>
>  past 1999, but I'm
>
>
>  sure that won't be much of an issue :)
>
>  as for the date problem...there is a fix that someone
> wrote....just
> the fact that it would take me years to input it, so i was going
> to
> wait untill i could send it down the comms-link i have for it,
> its
> hardly been used actually....bought on a basic shopping spree by
> my
> grandad years ago, then passed to my dad seeing as my grandad
> didn't
> want his wife (my nanny who is now deceased), and then about
> 2weeks
> ago it was passed on to me...i am just using a regular 9v battery
> in
> it at the moment because otherwise i'm scared of blowing it up
> (not
> that much power needed for the machine). I know that the higher
> end
> psion II (the LZ) which had a 4 line screen and was basically
> better,
> had no bug2k problem.
>
> as for the date of the PC5086, thinking about it...yes it would
> be
> later, but i am sure that i have seen earlier than that...it was
> pushed at (my grandad yet again), because basically the shop
> needed it
> gone, but the reasons they pushed rather than getting an intel
> 286
> machine, was the fact it had a decent gfx card/colour
> monitor...even
> though its an 8086. nearer to 1990 probably, but i thought the
> 386 was
> out by then? not too good on the dates of older
> computers/hardware -
> i'm only 13! youngest on the mailing list i bets :~P
>
> veganalex
>
>
>  --
> Regards,
> Ben A L Jemmett.
> (http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett/,
>
>  http://www.deltasoft.com/)
>
>
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