What I found at work today...

[Sherlock]

I sort recycling for a living at present and we have a few interesting items come through sometimes... Today I found a Texas Instruments Compact Computer 40 (CC-40), ca. 1983

Anyone remember them?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_Compact_Computer_40 An interesting old computer I plan to hang onto for the time being just as a curio of the olden days of computing... :thumbsup:

 

[JPSmit]

neat! (though it's a slippery slope collecting old computer stuff)

 

[Grantura_MKI]

Takes up too much room for me!

 

[DrEntropy]

Yeah, I've a TR-994A in original packaging under th' bed and a Zylog 8086 chip ~with~ manuals in reserve.

Worth what?

Mostly naught.

 

[Gliderman8]

Yeah, I've a TR-994A in original packaging under th' bed and a Zylog 8086 chip ~with~ manuals in reserve.

Worth what?

Mostly naught.

I have the same doc... all in original packing with manuals and voice recognition. Got it for my son when he was three. He actually learned to read on the thing.
What's it worth? Maybe a cupa coffee.

Edit: Also have a spare keyboard... never used.

 

[Sherlock]

Believe me, I don't plan to become a computer collector, I'm already enough of a pack rat with my vintage photo collection...

Just an item of interest that I may or may not ultimately keep, just for the heck of it...

 

[aeronca65t]

Geeze, I remember all these old computers. Fun to be reminded of them.

I still have a Commodore PET. And a Timex Sinclair 1000. A few years ago, I brought the Timex into school and put it in our engineering display cabinet. Interestingly, my boss saw it and realized he had one too. So now we have two of these things in our display cabinet.

But maybe the best computer artifact I have is one of the first transistors ever made. My office mate, Dom, is an elderly EE who retired from Bell Labs. He worked at nearby Murray Hill, NJ where the transistor was invented. In fact, he was one of the junior engineers working with Bardeeen, Brattain and Shockley when they devised the transistor (and won the Nobel Prize). After they made and tested a variety of custom prototypes, they decided to run a small production batch of about 500 in a Bell Labs production facility (in Allentown, PA). After the first batch was tested they went on to produce improved versions. That first batch was disposed of.....except of a handfull that Dom kept. He gave me one of those first production transistors a few years ago. Kinda cool.

 

[Guest]

I sort recycling for a living at present

I believe the correct job description for that is "homeless".

 

[Sherlock]

I sort recycling for a living at present

I believe the correct job description for that is "homeless".

It's all about caring for the environment, and yes it's a real job

Although lots of "other" things come through as well, what some people think is recyclable I can't tell you how many heavy disc brakes I've hauled off the line...

 

[GB1]

Geeze, I remember all these old computers. Fun to be reminded of them.

I still have a Commodore PET. And a Timex Sinclair 1000. A few years ago, I brought the Timex into school and put it in our engineering display cabinet. Interestingly, my boss saw it and realized he had one too. So now we have two of these things in our display cabinet.

But maybe the best computer artifact I have is one of the first transistors ever made. My office mate, Dom, is an elderly EE who retired from Bell Labs. He worked at nearby Murray Hill, NJ where the transistor was invented. In fact, he was one of the junior engineers working with Bardeeen, Brattain and Shockley when they devised the transistor (and won the Nobel Prize). After they made and tested a variety of custom prototypes, they decided to run a small production batch of about 500 in a Bell Labs production facility (in Allentown, PA). After the first batch was tested they went on to produce improved versions. That first batch was disposed of.....except of a handfull that Dom kept. He gave me one of those first production transistors a few years ago. Kinda cool.

Way Cool Pat