rarest computers

ed sharpe esharpe at uswest.net
Tue Aug 3 02:43:18 CDT 2004


That is too cool!
let me know if you find another... I can see a display with it and some of
the NRI coursework.    We have some ancient NRI stuff going back to the 20's
and 30's too.... ( pre computer!)

Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC

Please check our web site at
 http://www.smecc.org
to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
buy, and by all means  when in Arizona drop in and see us.

address:

 coury house / smecc
5802 w palmaire ave
glendale az 85301



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JimD" <jimmydevice at verizon.net>
To: <General Discussion :>; "On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: rarest computers


> JimD wrote:
>
> > ed sharpe wrote:
> >
> >> what is the trainer?  send me a picture sounds neat!
> >>
> >> Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
> >>
> >> Please check our web site at
> >> http://www.smecc.org
> >> to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff
we
> >> buy, and by all means  when in Arizona drop in and see us.
> >>
> >> address:
> >>
> >> coury house / smecc
> >> 5802 w palmaire ave
> >> glendale az 85301
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "JimD" <jimmydevice at verizon.net>
> >> To: "ed sharpe" <esharpe at uswest.net>; <General Discussion :>;
> >> "On-Topic and
> >> Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> >> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 7:36 PM
> >> Subject: Re: rarest computers
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> ed sharpe wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> PARTS OF SAGE and parts of the Honeywell datamatic 1000
> >>>> but those are parts.... does this count?----- Original Message
> >>>> ----- From: "Bryan Pope" <bpope at wordstock.com>
> >>>> To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> >>>> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 11:15 AM
> >>>> Subject: Re: rarest computers
> >>>>
> >>>> <snip>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I was given a National Radio Institute 832 trainer about 15 years ago.
> >>> Needs some work now.
> >>>
> >>> Jim Davis.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > It looks like this:
> > http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=884
> > except that there is a  incandecent 7 segment octal display installed
> > in the
> > center of the console, "the middle of the display panel" and a rotary
> > switch for CPU clock select in the lower right..
> > Jim Davis. I'll post some pictures.
> >
> You have motivated me to write an emulator for this beast. But I think
> I  would like to
> add an extended memory option that will  allow the implementation of
> some simple language.
> Jim Davis.
> Maybe use the 2 high memory registers as a page register? 14 byte code
> pages?  Ouch!
>
>
>





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