[u-u] Computer stuff to go

Doug Lee douglee at vex.net
Thu Aug 20 21:24:27 EDT 2015


On Thu, 20 Aug 2015, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:28:41 -0400 (EDT)
> "D. Hugh Redelmeier" <hugh at mimosa.com> wrote:
>> I don't remember hearing of a "CYCLOID" computer (Google doesn't seem
>> to find it either).  Looks like it is your CP/M machine.  On top are
>> two orange boxes, each with a 5.25" floppy and 5.25" HDD.  I'm
>> guessing those are for the CYCLOID.  What's the story of CYCLOID?
>
> The two orange boxes are Morrow CP/M machines.
>
> The Cycloid is a replacement front panel for the Altair which had poor
> quality silk screening but other than the label it's an Altair.

When I bought my first house, I was torn between that and buying an 
Altair.

>
>> What's the yellow box with Google(TM) on it?
>
> It's a decommissioned Google search engine.  Not sure what's wrong with
> it.  We can fire up any of those servers if anyone wants.
>
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