Waaay off topic, vintage computer (companies) LONG

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For those of you that were in on the earlier 'scene' of computers, things were new and exciting, what with all the brands and models, such as Atari, Aquarious, Timex-Sinclair, Ohio Scientific, etc, etc. For those of us getting on-line, (before the internet) we had 300 baud modems, (or worse, the dreaded 'acoustical coupler' excuse for a modem.

My introduction to computers was a Commodore 64, and at the time, I thought it was wonderful, what with a whopping 64 K-bytes of memory. (with an actual 32K of usable memory.)

Well, this started a love affair with all things CBM, (Commodore, and Amiga)

I eventually owned all kinds of related Commodore/Amiga computers, ending with my favorite, an Amiga A3000T (T is for tower.) (What about you, Rod?)

Ok, on to the reason for my note.

I was browsing at a DAV thrift store in Oceanside, when I found a piece of CBM history I had no idea existed. it's called a "Citizen VCP-5MU, and it's made by "Japan CBM Corporation." (manufacture date, December 1986)

What the hell?

It is an early attempt at a portable vcr, with 5" color monitor built-in!

It looks to me that they probably used the same monitor as the famous Commodore SX64 portable. Btw, it weighs a hefty 20 lbs, so lightweight it isn't. Oh, it came with a battery pack also.

It works great, if you like a 5" screen. All I need to go camping with, who knows what size crowd I can entertain?

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Topic - Waaay off topic, vintage computer (companies) LONG - tesla 04:18:20 08/05/12 (5)

RE: Waaay off topic, vintage computer (companies) LONG - pictureguy 00:12:56 08/10/12 (2)

RE: Waaay off topic, vintage computer (companies) LONG - tesla 16:48:06 08/15/12 (1)

RE: Waaay off topic, vintage computer (companies) LONG - pictureguy 17:33:11 08/15/12 (0)

RE: Waaay off topic, vintage computer (companies) LONG - robert920rogers@gmail.com 16:09:40 08/07/12 (0)

Commode Door 64 ? - AbeCollins 13:49:45 08/05/12 (0)

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