rarest computers. was: RE: Xerox Alto Restoration + Emulation

[Antonio Carlini]

> > >   RML 480Z metal-cased system
> > 
> > And one of those _somewhere_...
> 
> I'm not sure how many ended up with the metal cases; a 
> guesstimate would
> be somewhere above 50 though.

Only 50 worldwide? Why didn't you say a year os so ago -
then I'd have asked for the one stuffed in a cupboard
at my daughter's school :-) We are talking about a 480Z
in a black metal case (and black keys) that is otherwise
identical to the beige plastic case variant that 
I already have?

>                              But then 380Z's were common as 
> muck at one
> time and all seem to have vanished too.

Am I being greedy in having two then? I bet there are
many of these stuffed in school cupboards up and down 
the land.


> I found an RML advert in an old comp magazine at Bletchley of 
> a pair of
> cream 480Z's along with a *white* 380Z at the weekend. I'm assuming it
> was a mock-up as I've never known of a white 380Z before. 


I've never seen a 380Z that was anything other than
black. That's the way they should be ... otherwise
you might miss the white button on the front :-)

Antonio

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Antonio Carlini arcarlini at iee.org