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Russell

[SOLVED] #138 Blue - Geek Antiques

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can someone scan the card?

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:51 am

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londubh

Can you tell us what the card says? Not all of us were inthe lucky 333... Sad

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:51 am

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Zogger · Boot Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Posts: 14 Location: Canterbury

No idea what's on the card - but ... Amstrad?

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:53 am

Russell

Hang on just installing my scanner!

Having huge compatibility issues, anyone else got a scanner?

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:54 am

Der_loki

what the hell is number 9 - its a pc looks like a shuttle pc or something...

i must be old - ive used or have had every one except the apple IIe and number 9 of course,lol

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:34 am

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Der_loki

oh hang for got to mention its Altair 8800b

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:36 am

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Salkunh

sorry my fault left two scans on the desktop and forgot to shove them up Embarassed

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:08 am

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Russell

A pic of the Charles Babbage difference engine mentioned on the card.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:07 am

Varin

Is number 9 the bottom of a Sega Genesis (the original version)? The scan isn't clear enough to tell.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:30 am

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I've been searching for it for hours now... and I dont think its a genesis/megadrive. Sad

It looks like its a PC of some sort, I say this because it looks to be too large to be a console, and it seems to have an RJ45 style port, aswell as serial and perhaps a parallel port. Also, if that is a 3-Pin 'Kettle' lead style plug hole, it means the unit is about 2 ft tall - so most likely incorporates a screen.

... At first I thought it was a Vectrex - but now i've got no idea, but a good place to start looking would be http://www.old-computers.com/museum/default.asp

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:44 am

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Russell

I agree, no consoles I can find would have all those connection ports.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:44 am

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omg I dont believe it - SO STUPID that I didnt think of it before - ladies and gentlemen, number 9 is called the ' NeXT Cube' LOL - Does this mean I win the game?

Made in 1988 by 'Next Computers' : read the writeup here.
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=277

I found the cube! - wooo! lol ... and it only took about 3 hours of google image searching and website trawling - ouch Smile

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:18 am

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openfly · Boot Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Posts: 33 Location: GU4

Well found - [SOLVED]

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:54 am

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And if they need to be more precise - thats an Apple IIe isnt it?

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:02 pm

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