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Osborne 1 computer
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:27 pm
by knufjuf
Can I interest anybody in a portable computer? It's in running order, all you have to do is collect it.
http://oldcomputers.net/osborne.html
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:41 pm
by Timbob
ah!
just what i needed! a cool laptop to play some cool games while traveling
but seriously, that's a cool thing.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:44 pm
by knufjuf
It's for free, and I still have all the software (I think)
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:00 pm
by Dog
You have no idea how much I'd love that!!!!!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:12 pm
by Timbob
It's a really cool thing yes, but i wouldn't know what the hell i'd do with it
one of those things you want to have, and place it in your closet to gather dust.
Dog seems to be interested
does it make music?
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:27 pm
by knufjuf
Phil, I'll try to find out how much it would be to ship it over. If it's affordable ... early X-mas present for you! Or I can keep it until the next time you visit? Any ideas on this? It has your name written on it!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:31 pm
by knufjuf
Phil? What was I thinking of? LOL ... I meant Dog. Phil ... Dog ... same thing!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:34 pm
by philmanns
Bloody well isn't!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:35 pm
by knufjuf
well ... you two smell alike!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:38 pm
by Dog
She's got a point there
Timbob, it doesn't make music, but it would look pretty cool sitting there in a Chemical Brothers synth rack kinda way... i.e. lights flashing, but doing bugger all...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:42 pm
by knufjuf
Erm, it says ''Hello, I'm Ozzie'' when you start it ... and it has the cutest little monitor ... I wouldn't call that bugger all.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:02 pm
by Timbob
Dog wrote:She's got a point there
Timbob, it doesn't make music, but it would look pretty cool sitting there in a Chemical Brothers synth rack kinda way... i.e. lights flashing, but doing bugger all...
or just let it display a nice sine wave.. for the visual effect of it..
maybe pimp it with some neon
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:33 pm
by Dog
I was thinking more along the lines of maybe incorporating some sort of MIDI control device into it and using it that way...
Either way, it's cool...
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:10 pm
by knufjuf
cool idea! I'm keeping it
We will have to think of some way to get the bloody thing to yours, it only weighs about 10 kg. Perhaps by elephant.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:20 pm
by Timbob
Dog wrote:I was thinking more along the lines of maybe incorporating some sort of MIDI control device into it and using it that way...
Either way, it's cool...
or you could build a hamster cage into it
maybe it can play some sort of tracker, then you can make all those cool chiptunes