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Re: Lamenting the Long Edit
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Date: 
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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  Re: Lamenting the Long Edit
 
(...) 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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