Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers From: dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) Subject: "Bondi blue" and other color names Message-ID: Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:20:35 GMT Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Lines: 31 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.new-york.net!uunet!ffx.uu.net!in2.uu.net!world!dpbsmith Everyone seems to have simply adopted Apple's name for their aqua color. Apparently nobody is willing to admit ignorance on this, but... what _is_ "Bondi Blue?" Did Apple invent this name? Or is there any decorator's color chart somewhere that shows "Bondi Blue" on it (along with the infamous "China Red," that sick orangey-salmon color Digital used to use for all of its manuals?) One assumes it has something to do with color of the sea at Bondi Beach in Australia, but does it? The only Web site I've found that addresses this question, http://www.newwws.net/epn-33313.html, is in Dutch. Wouldn't you just know? This is truly the _first_ time I've found a non-English-language page I really wanted to read and couldn't figure out for myself, and it's in a language that Alta Vista can't translate. Moving right along... I'm having an argument with a colleague over the "official" name of the color that Apple CPU's had for the three or four years preceding the current line. I say it's just plain beige and refer to "beige G3's" to distinguish them from the blue-and-whites. My colleague says that the name "beige" was retired and verboten since the release of the grey, I mean platinum Macs in the late eighties. If so, what is the right name for the color of the beige G3's? Finally, am I the only person who has noticed a similarity between Apple's iMac fruit colors and the Radio Shack "FlavorRadios" of a few decades ago--a line of cheap-o transistor radios that came in a choice of four colors that were cleverly named after fruit flavors... -- Daniel P. B. Smith dpbsmith@world.std.com ###### From: pg@sff.net (Paul Guertin) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:51:00 GMT Organization: Amalgamated Karma Lines: 18 Message-ID: <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p-234.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!newspump.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!pln-e!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!news1 dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote: > Finally, am I the only person who has noticed a similarity between Apple's > iMac fruit colors and the Radio Shack "FlavorRadios" of a few decades > ago--a line of cheap-o transistor radios that came in a choice of four > colors that were cleverly named after fruit flavors... No, you're not. (And I think they were called "Flavoradios"; that was before the MultiCapitalizationPlague.) I had no idea at the time why people would care more about the color of an electronic device than what was inside, and I still have no idea now. I believe Flavoradios were initially offered in 8 colors, but after a short time Radio Shack quietly stopped selling 4 of them, probably due to lack of sales. Paul Guertin pg@sff.net ###### From: ab528@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Heinz W. Wiggeshoff) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names Date: 14 Mar 1999 19:14:15 GMT Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Lines: 18 Message-ID: <7ch1q7$pgh@freenet-news.carleton.ca> References: <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com> Reply-To: ab528@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Heinz W. Wiggeshoff) NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet5.carleton.ca X-Given-Sender: ab528@freenet5.carleton.ca (Heinz W. Wiggeshoff) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!europa.clark.net!198.138.0.5!newshub.northeast.verio.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!204.181.4.141!xcski.com!freenet-news.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!ab528 Paul Guertin (pg@sff.net) writes: > > No, you're not. (And I think they were called "Flavoradios"; that was > before the MultiCapitalizationPlague.) I had no idea at the time why > people would care more about the color of an electronic device than > what was inside, and I still have no idea now. You'll never succeed in marketing then. B-) > > I believe Flavoradios were initially offered in 8 colors, but after > a short time Radio Shack quietly stopped selling 4 of them, probably > due to lack of sales. Looking at the latest Radio Shack flyer here in Ottawa, I believe they've metamorphised into clock radios, "available in grey, white, green, cranberry, or dark blue." Just one fruit today. ###### From: Eric.Vandermeer@net.HCC.nl (Eric v/d Meer) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:27:21 +0100 Organization: NLnet Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 1cust49.tnt1.dial.ams3.nl.uu.net Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!bofh.vszbr.cz!remarQ-uK!remarQ.com!supernews.com!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!193.78.240.23.MISMATCH!newsfeed.amsterdam.nl.net!sun4nl!Leiden.NL.net!1cust49.tnt1.dial.ams3.nl.uu.net!user In article , dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote: > Everyone seems to have simply adopted Apple's name for their aqua color. > Apparently nobody is willing to admit ignorance on this, but... what _is_ > "Bondi Blue?" Did Apple invent this name? Or is there any decorator's > color chart somewhere that shows "Bondi Blue" on it (along with the > infamous "China Red," that sick orangey-salmon color Digital used to use > for all of its manuals?) > > One assumes it has something to do with color of the sea at Bondi Beach in > Australia, but does it? > > The only Web site I've found that addresses this question, > http://www.newwws.net/epn-33313.html, is in Dutch. Wouldn't you just > know? This is truly the _first_ time I've found a non-English-language > page I really wanted to read and couldn't figure out for myself, and it's > in a language that Alta Vista can't translate. Hi. The web site you mention just says that the colour is named after the Beach. It also refers to the Bondi Beach Home Page (http://www.voyeurmagic.com.au/index.htm). A picture shows that the sea indeed partly has the famous colour. BTW, 'Bondi' or 'Boondi' is an Aboriginal word meaning "(sound of) water breaking on the rocks." HTH Eric van der Meer > > Moving right along... I'm having an argument with a colleague over the > "official" name of the color that Apple CPU's had for the three or four > years preceding the current line. I say it's just plain beige and refer > to "beige G3's" to distinguish them from the blue-and-whites. My colleague > says that the name "beige" was retired and verboten since the release of > the grey, I mean platinum Macs in the late eighties. If so, what is the > right name for the color of the beige G3's? > > Finally, am I the only person who has noticed a similarity between Apple's > iMac fruit colors and the Radio Shack "FlavorRadios" of a few decades > ago--a line of cheap-o transistor radios that came in a choice of four > colors that were cleverly named after fruit flavors... ###### From: Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:16:04 -0500 Organization: Kettering University (formerly GMI E&MI) - Flint MI Lines: 63 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: nova.kettering.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!204.210.251.99!storm.twcol.com!cyclone.rr.com!denws01.mw.mediaone.net!news.gmi.edu!nova.kettering.edu!lee1089 On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Eric v/d Meer wrote: > In article , dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. > B. Smith) wrote: > > > Everyone seems to have simply adopted Apple's name for their aqua color. > > Apparently nobody is willing to admit ignorance on this, but... what _is_ > > "Bondi Blue?" Did Apple invent this name? Or is there any decorator's > > color chart somewhere that shows "Bondi Blue" on it (along with the > > infamous "China Red," that sick orangey-salmon color Digital used to use > > for all of its manuals?) > > > > One assumes it has something to do with color of the sea at Bondi Beach in > > Australia, but does it? > > > > The only Web site I've found that addresses this question, > > http://www.newwws.net/epn-33313.html, is in Dutch. Wouldn't you just > > know? This is truly the _first_ time I've found a non-English-language > > page I really wanted to read and couldn't figure out for myself, and it's > > in a language that Alta Vista can't translate. > > Hi. > The web site you mention just says that the colour is named after the > Beach. It also refers to the Bondi Beach Home Page > (http://www.voyeurmagic.com.au/index.htm). A picture shows that the sea > indeed partly has the famous colour. BTW, 'Bondi' or 'Boondi' is an > Aboriginal word meaning "(sound of) water breaking on the rocks." Jonathan Ive, the designer of the iMac, is from Australia IIRC. He named the color Bondi Blue because it reminds him of the color of the water there. > Eric van der Meer > > > > Moving right along... I'm having an argument with a colleague over the > > "official" name of the color that Apple CPU's had for the three or four > > years preceding the current line. I say it's just plain beige and refer > > to "beige G3's" to distinguish them from the blue-and-whites. My colleague > > says that the name "beige" was retired and verboten since the release of > > the grey, I mean platinum Macs in the late eighties. If so, what is the > > right name for the color of the beige G3's? The color you are referring to (which Apple has used since 1986 or so) is "Platinum". Before that they used "Beige" which is, well, beiger (think Apple ][ although the 128k and 512k Macs were Beige as were the first Pluses). > > Finally, am I the only person who has noticed a similarity between Apple's > > iMac fruit colors and the Radio Shack "FlavorRadios" of a few decades > > ago--a line of cheap-o transistor radios that came in a choice of four > > colors that were cleverly named after fruit flavors... ____________________________________________________________________________ | "A little nonsense now and then, | "If it walks out of the fridge, let Is relished by the wisest men." | it go" -- John Dougherty --W.W. | "If it loves you it will come back." | -- Ian Davis __________________________________|_________________________________________ Theta Xi Kappa Sigma ###### Message-ID: <36EC8A1E.8DFB311D@net66.com> From: Mark Statzer Organization: Helena Handbasket X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names References: <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 32 NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.214.226.88 X-Trace: news3.ispnews.com 921471518 208.214.226.88 (Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:18:38 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:18:38 EDT Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 22:18:38 -0600 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!hub1.ispnews.com!news3.ispnews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Paul Guertin wrote: > > dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote: > > > Finally, am I the only person who has noticed a similarity between Apple's > > iMac fruit colors and the Radio Shack "FlavorRadios" of a few decades > > ago--a line of cheap-o transistor radios that came in a choice of four > > colors that were cleverly named after fruit flavors... > > No, you're not. (And I think they were called "Flavoradios"; that was > before the MultiCapitalizationPlague.) I had no idea at the time why > people would care more about the color of an electronic device than > what was inside, and I still have no idea now. > > I believe Flavoradios were initially offered in 8 colors, but after > a short time Radio Shack quietly stopped selling 4 of them, probably > due to lack of sales. Flavoradios were necessary equipment for the TRS-80 Model 1, as sometimes it was the only way to assure your cassette load was progressing nicely... Mark "Clinging Tenaciously to the Trailing Edge" Statzer -- Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology is indistinguishable from a Rigged Demo. ###### From: raphael@research.canon.com.au Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names Date: 15 Mar 1999 02:27:06 GMT Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia Lines: 16 Message-ID: <7chr5q$jp5$1@cass.research.canon.com.au> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: cass.research.canon.com.au X-Trace: cass.research.canon.com.au 921464826 20261 203.12.174.231 (15 Mar 1999 02:27:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@research.canon.com.au NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Mar 1999 02:27:06 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!netnews.com!newspeer1.nac.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.research.canon.com.au!not-for-mail In article dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) writes: >Everyone seems to have simply adopted Apple's name for their aqua >color. Apparently nobody is willing to admit ignorance on this, but... >what _is_ "Bondi Blue?" >One assumes it has something to do with color of the sea at Bondi Beach >in Australia, but does it? If so, it must have been named that by someone who isn't from Sydney, where the word "Bondi" is paired with the words "tram", "cigar", and "icebergs". The Bondi Icebergs are a strange club of winter swimmers. To "shoot through like a Bondi tram" means to depart in haste. A Bondi cigar is a floating turd. ###### From: Chris Vail Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 11:10:33 -0600 Organization: Airnews.net! at Internet America Lines: 29 Message-ID: X-Orig-Message-ID: <36ED3F09.6D59@airmail.net> References: <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com> Reply-To: /dev/null@airmail.net Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at airmail.net to report improper postings NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Time: Mon Mar 15 11:14:13 1999 NNTP-Posting-Host: !XP_M1k-VnaN%Vu (Encoded at Airnews!) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-KIT (Win95; U) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!WCG!news.airnews.net!cabal12.airnews.net!cabal1.airnews.net!news-f.iadfw.net!usenet Paul Guertin wrote: > > dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote: > > > Finally, am I the only person who has noticed a similarity between Apple's > > iMac fruit colors and the Radio Shack "FlavorRadios" of a few decades > > ago--a line of cheap-o transistor radios that came in a choice of four > > colors that were cleverly named after fruit flavors... > > No, you're not. (And I think they were called "Flavoradios"; that was > before the MultiCapitalizationPlague.) I had no idea at the time why > people would care more about the color of an electronic device than > what was inside, and I still have no idea now. > > I believe Flavoradios were initially offered in 8 colors, but after > a short time Radio Shack quietly stopped selling 4 of them, probably > due to lack of sales. I worked at The Shack during this era (I'm not proud). We sold 100's of them around Christmas time for stocking stuffers--their main advantage: they were cheap at $5.95. We couldn't give them away the rest of the year. Chris (sold more than $400K worth of TRS-80) Vail -------------------------------------------------------- (Remove "/dev/null" from my email address, and substitute "a0008573" for my correct reply-to address) ###### From: jvarela@mind.spring.com (John Varela) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names Date: 15 Mar 1999 21:12:39 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com> <36EC8A1E.8DFB311D@net66.com> Reply-To: jvarela@mind.spring.com NNTP-Posting-Host: a5.f7.42.48 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: ProNews/2 Version 1.00 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!feed2.news.luth.se!luth.se!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!firehose.mindspring.com!not-for-mail On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 04:18:38, Mark Statzer wrote: > Flavoradios were necessary equipment for the TRS-80 Model 1, as > sometimes it was the only way to assure your cassette load was > progressing nicely... > > Ah! So that's what I was doing wrong! -- John Varela (delete . between mind and spring to e-mail me) ###### Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers From: dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names Message-ID: Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:26:33 GMT References: <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com> Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Lines: 33 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!howland.erols.net!newspeer.monmouth.com!newsfeed.atl!uunet!ffx.uu.net!in1.uu.net!world!dpbsmith In article <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com>, Paul Guertin wrote: >dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote: > >> Finally, am I the only person who has noticed a similarity between Apple's >> iMac fruit colors and the Radio Shack "FlavorRadios" of a few decades >> ago--a line of cheap-o transistor radios that came in a choice of four >> colors that were cleverly named after fruit flavors... > >No, you're not. (And I think they were called "Flavoradios"; that was >before the MultiCapitalizationPlague.) Yes, of course you're right. Silly of me. >I had no idea at the time why >people would care more about the color of an electronic device than >what was inside, and I still have no idea now. Why would anybody care about the color of their car? Doesn't it go just as fast and carry just as much cargo regardless of color? Why would anybody ever _wash_ their car? Why would anybody care about the color of their clothes? Their skin? >I believe Flavoradios were initially offered in 8 colors, but after >a short time Radio Shack quietly stopped selling 4 of them, probably >due to lack of sales. A few years ago, I noticed they were down to two, blue and red I think... -- Daniel P. B. Smith dpbsmith@world.std.com ###### From: love2run@clearwater.net (Andy) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names Reply-To: love2run@clearwater.net Message-ID: <36f2afff.70572508@news.rmci.net> References: <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 16 Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 13:38:28 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.107.177.182 X-Trace: newsfeed.slurp.net 921678258 206.107.177.182 (Wed, 17 Mar 1999 07:44:18 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 07:44:18 CDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!bofh.vszbr.cz!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.slurp.net!not-for-mail On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:26:33 GMT, dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) wrote: >Why would anybody care about the color of their car? Doesn't it go just >as fast and carry just as much cargo regardless of color? Why would >anybody ever _wash_ their car? Why would anybody care about the color of >their clothes? Their skin? I think, at least when it comes to consumer goods, that different colors are a meager way we can attempt to express our individuality in a mechanised and impersonal world. Not that there's anything WRONG with that... andy ###### From: "LSDemon" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names Date: 17 Mar 1999 16:08:05 GMT X-ELN-Insert-Date: Wed Mar 17 08:15:26 1999 References: <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Organization: None of your business X-Posted-Path-Was: not-for-mail Lines: 5 NNTP-Posting-Host: sdn-ar-003txdallp255.dialsprint.net X-ELN-Date: 17 Mar 1999 16:08:05 GMT Message-ID: <01be7090$52d8e420$258ec998@main> Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!feed2.news.luth.se!luth.se!news-peer-europe.sprintlink.net!Sprint!news-peer1.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!nntp.earthlink.net!posted-from-earthlink!not-for-mail > I believe Flavoradios were initially offered in 8 colors, but after > a short time Radio Shack quietly stopped selling 4 of them, probably > due to lack of sales. Actually, they tasted terrible! ###### Date: 17 Mar 99 10:31:09 -0800 From: "Charlie Gibbs" Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names References: <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com> <01be7090$52d8e420$258ec998@main> Message-ID: <467.745T468T6314125@sky.bus.com> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Lines: 15 X-Newsreader: THOR 2.5a (Amiga;TCP/IP) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.skybus.com X-Trace: 17 Mar 1999 12:29:15 -0800, news.skybus.com Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!newspump.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!news-peer-east1.sprintlink.net!Sprint!news-peer1.sprintlink.net!news-in-west1.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.westel.com!news.skybus.com!204.244.247.124 In article <01be7090$52d8e420$258ec998@main> nospam@nospam.com (LSDemon) writes: >> I believe Flavoradios were initially offered in 8 colors, but after >> a short time Radio Shack quietly stopped selling 4 of them, probably >> due to lack of sales. > >Actually, they tasted terrible! Yeah, it just hasn't been the same since they stopped using germanium in transistors... -- cgibbs@sky.bus.com (Charlie Gibbs) Remove the first period after the "at" sign to reply. ###### From: dspicer@mindspring.com (Dave Spicer) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 13:56:26 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 15 Message-ID: <36ff33cb.43886340@news.mindspring.com> References: <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com> <36f2afff.70572508@news.rmci.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cf.cd.86.cb Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 28 Mar 1999 13:59:28 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!firehose.mindspring.com!not-for-mail A while back, Mark Statzer wrote: >Flavoradios were necessary equipment for the TRS-80 Model 1, as >sometimes it was the only way to assure your cassette load was >progressing nicely... > > > >Mark "Clinging Tenaciously to the Trailing Edge" Statzer A Flavoradio would also be useful with the Processor Technology SOL when running the Trek game, which was *designed* to produce its sounds through a radio placed nearby... - Dave, remembering when S100 boards containing 16K of RAM cost $395 ###### Message-ID: <36FE9A97.E5B@compuserve.com> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 13:09:43 -0800 From: Sam Yorko X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names References: <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com> <36f2afff.70572508@news.rmci.net> <36ff33cb.43886340@news.mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: exosecure-symbol.psd.symbol.com X-NNTP-Posting-Host: exosecure-symbol.psd.symbol.com Organization: news://newsread.exodus.net : Crossing the Invisible Line Lines: 7 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!WCG!kiowa.exodus.net!207.82.39.214.MISMATCH!newsread.exodus.net!exosecure-symbol.psd.symbol.com Dave Spicer wrote: > > - Dave, remembering when S100 boards containing 16K of RAM cost $395 Newby. I remember 256 byte S-100 memory boards... Sam ###### From: dspicer@mindspring.com (Dave Spicer) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 03:02:54 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 8 Message-ID: <3701ec2b.42118609@news.mindspring.com> References: <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com> <36f2afff.70572508@news.rmci.net> <36ff33cb.43886340@news.mindspring.com> <36FE9A97.E5B@compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cf.cd.85.d5 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 29 Mar 1999 03:05:56 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!firehose.mindspring.com!not-for-mail On Sun, 28 Mar 1999 13:09:43 -0800, Sam Yorko wrote: >Newby. I remember 256 byte S-100 memory boards... Interesting... got any scans of literature describing them? - Dave, who still has the brochures from Processor Technology ###### Message-ID: <36FFBA6C.70DE@compuserve.com> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 09:37:48 -0800 From: Sam Yorko X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names References: <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com> <36f2afff.70572508@news.rmci.net> <36ff33cb.43886340@news.mindspring.com> <36FE9A97.E5B@compuserve.com> <3701ec2b.42118609@news.mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: exosecure-symbol.psd.symbol.com X-NNTP-Posting-Host: exosecure-symbol.psd.symbol.com Organization: news://newsread.exodus.net : Crossing the Invisible Line Lines: 15 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.idt.net!WCG!kiowa.exodus.net!207.82.39.214.MISMATCH!newsread.exodus.net!exosecure-symbol.psd.symbol.com Dave Spicer wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Mar 1999 13:09:43 -0800, Sam Yorko > wrote: > > >Newby. I remember 256 byte S-100 memory boards... > > Interesting... got any scans of literature describing them? > > - Dave, who still has the brochures from Processor Technology IIRC, the original memory boards for the Altair were 256 bytes. Sam ###### From: dspicer@mindspring.com (Dave Spicer) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: "Bondi blue" and other color names Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 19:46:17 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3709d645.12611367@news.mindspring.com> References: <36ebe73d.12014166@news.newsguy.com> <36f2afff.70572508@news.rmci.net> <36ff33cb.43886340@news.mindspring.com> <36FE9A97.E5B@compuserve.com> <3701ec2b.42118609@news.mindspring.com> <36FFBA6C.70DE@compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.8a.81.17 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 29 Mar 1999 19:49:19 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!isdnet!newsfeed.cwix.com!4.1.16.34!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!firehose.mindspring.com!not-for-mail On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 09:37:48 -0800, Sam Yorko wrote: >IIRC, the original memory boards for the Altair were 256 bytes. Google found an "Altair 800 Simulator" at http://members.aol.com/~altair88b/ mentioning this, but it seems unreachable. Well, as a microcomputer "latecomer" (1977), at least I can take comfort in an "Annals of the History of Computing" article referring to the SOL-20 as "Perhaps the most handsome personal computer ever made." :-) Quote taken from http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~hl/c.photochart.html - Dave, whose SOL also had a Computalker speech synthesizer in it