<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>Hi,...<br>My ancient Hyperion and a possible old computer show... I really didn't think that my email would create this much interest! <br><br>Let's get the show on the road! <br><br>BTW, my old Hyperion had a video out as well as a built in 300 baud modem, and phone dialler. I could put the video out to my 32 inch (tv) flat screen monitor.<br><br>I haven't tried it yet, but it should work. Wouldn\u2019t that freak the hell out of... won't go there, I'm plugging in my old Hyperion again. and about to try the phone dialler tomorrow.<br><br>Could we do it at a mall?<br><br>Cheers, Stacey F.<br><br> <br><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Cy Schubert" <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com><br><b>To: </b>discuss@vlug.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, August 18, 2015 10:06:53 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Discuss] Free Commodore 64<br><br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Just Googled, Linux won't run on it. :(<br>
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On 08/18/2015 18:21, Murray Strome wrote:<br>
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<pre>I have a Commodore 64, Vic20 with extra memory (maybe more than one of each). I
am not sure, but I might also have an old Atari. If someone organizes such a
show, I could probably loan what I have
Murray
On 2015-08-17 01:40 PM, Stacey F wrote:
> VLUG-
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> I just plugged in, and turned on my old (first) computer, a Hyperion. It cost
> me some $4,405 in 1983. It still works, just as it did when I bought it.
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> JFTHOI, I ran a simulation of my two favourite lottery numbers for about a
> million years on this Hyperion in GWbasic. It concluded that it would take at
> the minimum after about three or more simulations about 34,000 years to win
> the lottery.
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> There would possibly be a real interest in a show of old computers. I would
> most certainly bring my old Hyperion, and if I can find the parts, the Timex
> Sinclair, WITH the extra RAM module.
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> Cheers, Stacey F.
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> *From: *"Adam Parkin" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pzelnip@gmail.com" target="_blank"><pzelnip@gmail.com></a>
> *To: *discuss@vlug.org
> *Sent: *Monday, August 17, 2015 11:35:55 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [Discuss] Free Commodore 64
>
> Your definition of free differs from mine as the ad indicates it's $30.
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> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 7:27 PM, Andrew Burgess <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:greydragon@gmail.com" target="_blank"><greydragon@gmail.com
></a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:greydragon@gmail.com" target="_blank"><mailto:greydragon@gmail.com></a>> wrote:
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> Its funny but I have a c64 and power supply but no printer or floppy drives.
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> On Aug 16, 2015 5:45 PM, "KF" <<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kf@foord.ca" target="_blank">kf@foord.ca</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kf@foord.ca" target="_blank"><mailto:kf@foord.ca></a>> wrote:
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> In case anyone is interested\u2026
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> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/FREE-Commodore-64_25795727" target="_blank">http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/FREE-Commodore-64_25795727</a>
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