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--- Adrian Graham <witchybinarydinosaurs.co.uk>
wrote:

> Of course, the drives were only sold in france so
> they still fetch a premium
> over there. It's still possible to get Stratos
> machines but only if you've
> got deep pockets.

 So what do some of the starrier UK and mainland
European machines go for? Heck which are they? All I
want is a little ol' Nimbus :(. Oh and an Atari PC2.
And and...


 
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>n 27/11/06 23:51, "Chris M" <chrism3667yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
>  So what do some of the starrier UK and mainland
> European machines go for? Heck which are they? All I
> want is a little ol' Nimbus :(. Oh and an Atari PC2.
> And and...

I'm sure you can fill in the etchings of the nimbus I've got
with your name
on! Atari PC2 type stuff is a bit more unobtanium as far as
I can see on
this side of the pond - I've only ever seen one and it's the
machine I've
got, ditto PC1 and PC3.........

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Chris M wrote:

>  So what do some of the starrier UK and mainland
> European machines go for? Heck which are they? 


ETH Lilith's : 2901 based machine with Modula-2 M-code as
machine 
language. Developed and deployed at the ETH in Switzerland,
build in Utah !

ETH Ceres : 32000-based machine for Oberon development

I have yet to see one on any auction site.

Also Philips minis are rare indeed.

And then there is this C64 based laptop with a 3"
floppy and a EL high 
resolution flatscreen, build into a suitcase. It used an
actual C64 
motherboard..... ( PDC Clipper)

However somehow the rarer European machines do not seem to
command a 
premium when they sell. The clipper goes for less than  a
SX64





					Jos Dreesen

> And then there is this C64 based laptop with a 3"
floppy and a EL high 
> resolution flatscreen, build into a suitcase. It used
an actual C64 
> motherboard..... ( PDC Clipper)

I have never heard of this. Who made it?

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In article <456BD13D.7090802bluewin.ch>,
    Jos Dreesen / Marian Capel <jos.marbluewin.ch>  writes:

> ETH Lilith's : 2901 based machine with Modula-2 M-code
as machine 
> language. Developed and deployed at the ETH in
Switzerland, build in Utah !

Got 3 of 'em with a bunch of spare boards in a 4th... I
wouldn't mind
having more information on them, I don't have the right
monitor and
keyboard for it.
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> And then there is this C64 based laptop with a 3"
floppy and a EL high
> resolution flatscreen, build into a suitcase. It used
an actual C64
> motherboard..... ( PDC Clipper)

3"?
or 3.5"?
a european machine could be either.


Along similar lines, back in the USA, Elcompco built TRS80s,
then IBM
5150s, into Halliburton attache cases, along with
5"-8" monitors, drives,
etc.
Adam Osborn drank a glass of our champagne at our Computer
Faire booth
and admired the machine, a few hours before announcing that
his machine
was the first ever portable microcomputer.  (Even if he
didn't take the
Elcompco machine seriously, what about the IBM 5100?)

Hi,

Jos Dreesen said:
> 
> ETH Ceres : 32000-based machine for Oberon development
> 
> I have yet to see one on any auction site.
> 

If one of those turns up, you'll have to fight me for it


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Cameron Kaiser wrote:
>> And then there is this C64 based laptop with a
3" floppy and a EL high 
>> resolution flatscreen, build into a suitcase. It
used an actual C64 
>> motherboard..... ( PDC Clipper)
> 
> I have never heard of this. Who made it?
> 
PDC, a Hamburg based startup ca. 1984
They went bust as soon as the first machines hit the market.
The machines were made by a Siemens branch in Belgium, which
was 
desparate for work.
The machine was in no way ready for production. Imagine a
suitcase with 
a C64 motherboard and around 60 wires soldered to it....

					Jos Dreesen

On 28 Nov 2006 at 13:01, Fred Cisin wrote:

> Adam Osborn drank a glass of our champagne at our
Computer Faire booth
> and admired the machine, a few hours before announcing
that his machine
> was the first ever portable microcomputer.  (Even if he
didn't take the
> Elcompco machine seriously, what about the IBM 5100?)

The first time I saw an Osborne I was as a bunch of parts
scattered 
across a tabletop at Sorcim.  I had no idea of what they
were going 
to put the electronics in, though I complained immediately
about the 
small CRT.

Cheers,
Chuck

> >> And then there is this C64 based laptop with a
3" floppy and a EL high 
> >> resolution flatscreen, build into a suitcase.
It used an actual C64 
> >> motherboard..... ( PDC Clipper)
> > 
> > I have never heard of this. Who made it?
> > 
> PDC, a Hamburg based startup ca. 1984
> They went bust as soon as the first machines hit the
market.
> The machines were made by a Siemens branch in Belgium,
which was 
> desparate for work.
> The machine was in no way ready for production. Imagine
a suitcase with 
> a C64 motherboard and around 60 wires soldered to
it....

How many of these were made? Do you have a picture?

Compared to the hernia inducing SX-64 it sounds nicer,
though. Was it
in colour?

Despite this, I love SX-64s and have four of them. They make
the rounds
at shows since it's easier to carry than a computer,
monitor, disk drive
and power supply.

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