Recent content by Colonel Mustard

Hi Everyone, I'm a curator at the Computer History Museum and we're planning a major exhibition on AI and chatbots, to open this Fall. We'd like to show one of our TTYs (an ASR-33) with the text of "ELIZA Talks to PARRY" (RFC 439, written by none other than Vint Cerf!). If I send you a .txt...

Thank you for the relay to the UK group! I was thinking maybe it was a hack/mod, but then there's that brochure... looks legit. I'll see if I can get inside shots of it. Thanks again!

Hi -- Sorry no other numbers. The three-way plug seems to have electrical tape on it (?) or looks similarly kludge-y? But then the brochure looks proper, so it appears to have been mass produced?

Hello Hive Mind! This mystery system comes from someone in the United Kingdom. They are seeking any information on these all-in-one game/controller combos with associated TV set. Note three-prong connectors on game units that mate with similar connectors on right hand side of TV. Thanks for...

Anyone interested in some Victor 9000 materials? We have an offer this week of software and manuals that are looking for a home. -- Dag Spicer, Computer History Museum

Hi Everyone, I should have identified the game system as the Channel F, not the F8, which was the CPU used in that system.

Hi everyone, I'm trying to help a documentarian who is working on a history of the Fairchild F8 game system. His name is Jake McNeil and he provides the following plea (which I said I'd pass on to the Forum): Dear members of the Vintage Computer Federation Forum, I am currently in the...

Thank you Chuck -- as usual, you go way beyond the call of duty! Have a great weekend! -- Dag.

Wow -- amazing. Could I put you in touch with the person I am trying to help? My email is: spicer@computerhistory.org. Thank you Viking!!

Perfect -- thanks Jafir. I did recommend Chuck at Sydex -- who is amazing. Very much appreciate you responding!

Wonderful -- thank you! -- Dag.

Hi guys, A person who reached out to me at the Museum is trying to recover important documents he created decades ago on a 500-series Exxon word processor. Note -- these are not PCs but some kind of Z80-based system running Vydec word processing software, I believe in a turnkey configuration...

Pls see photos. Thanks for any insights! -- Dag.

Hi there, Looking for examples of the software (and boxes) shown in this ad. Other items related to the PLATO system (of any vintage), might also be of interest. Thanks! D.S.