Re: [9fans] Blit

[Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com>]

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I remember Stephen doing a demo call through the 1ESS. I thought we had a
9fans field trip to the museum during IWP9 2010 (but can't recall exactly).

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:24 PM Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:

> I guess Stephen should update his webpage. He's quite a specialized
> tinkerer. He built a huge analogue synthesizer for the Smashing Pumpkins,
> so big the photo he showed me was taken in a car lot. I had test audio of
> his S&H module as a ring-tone on my old nokia, which drove the nurses in
> hospital nuts. brucee has epilepsy.
>
> I still have a working 5630 in storage. It's quite a shame when the labs
> tries to productize a neat invention.
>
> Skip. Have you made a phone call on the 1ESS with it's two storey rails?
>
> brucee
>
> On 27 April 2017 at 14:12, Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> From a recent twitter thread -- droppings?! :) -- I got the impression
>> that smj wasn't at Comm. Museum anymore.
>>
>> Coincidentally,  on the same thread I found out that by a series of happy
>> accidents my old 5620 ended up in a nice home, restored to its original
>> beauty. The same guy has done some amazing restoration of old and exotic
>> computers.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 5:57 PM Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> For those interested in the Blit and other stuff from the labs,
>>> particularly if you are in the Seattle area, you might like to contact
>>> smj@sdf.lonestar.org who is the Associated Curator of the
>>> Communications Museum. He gave me a tour and I introduced him to
>>> games/crabs.
>>>
>>> Big old telephone exchanges in working order are fun!
>>>
>>> brucee
>>>
>>
>

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