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Re: Lamenting the Long Edit
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:28:03 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Iain Hendry wrote:
> Buddy. I've been looking at that 1994 dacta catalogue for almost 10 years
> now, dreaming about that set. I even built a mock up of the greenhouse with
> a motor. I was obsessed with just even looking at the *manual* to the
> Control Lab set.
I borrowed one from the Faculty of Education library once, back in 1994. I took
the giant box home, and had to borrow a Macintosh Classic II in a bag just to
run it. I ran into rtlToronto-Founding-Syndrome with it, and couldn't figure
out what to make. So I made a...desk fan with it. It was a rather stupid use
of the machine.
> the 4.5 volt one! And then I GOT THE 9V ONE. AND IT WAS BETTER, AND STUFF.
The 4.5V one has the neatness of having a 8 bit ISA slot card with, get this,
an etched Lego logo on it AND the numbers "9771" in Helvetica. I lent mine to a
guy and forgot to ask for it back :(
> Hold me.
Uh, no. But I'll wait with you for the 9751's patiently...
Calum
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| (...) Buddy. I've been looking at that 1994 dacta catalogue for almost 10 years now, dreaming about that set. I even built a mock up of the greenhouse with the giant tessalated translucent blue panels from the 6990 Monorail, a thermistor, relay, and (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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