KnobsNSwitches Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 Thanks for posting the 'before' pics. What a mess! Great job with a really unique bit of hardware Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pinto_guy Posted October 13 Author Report Share Posted October 13 One of my friend in crime found this old Infoworld article. So it does appear that this model was destined to be commercialized. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
olePigeon Posted October 14 Report Share Posted October 14 Oooo. Additional screen? Looking at the price for it, I wonder if they were planning to make a portable flat-screen external plasma display. That would have been awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bibilit Posted October 14 Report Share Posted October 14 I like the grille mesh around the plasma screen. Have one one of those hard drive enclosures as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pinto_guy Posted October 28 Author Report Share Posted October 28 Gents: I was able to fix all three of the 2nd generation Mac Plus Walkmacs that we had (see photo of the three brothers below). I sold one privately, and keeping one for myself. We have just listed the third one on eBay here FYI Quote Link to post Share on other sites
olePigeon Posted October 29 Report Share Posted October 29 Wow, those look gorgeous. Is it me, or is the middle one a bit smaller than the other 2? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pinto_guy Posted October 29 Author Report Share Posted October 29 No, same size. Probably an optical effect Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinnai Posted October 29 Report Share Posted October 29 Wow, super cool, thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pinto_guy Posted November 11 Author Report Share Posted November 11 And here are the two cousins after restoration. We'll put one up for auction on eBay soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mighty Jabba Posted November 11 Report Share Posted November 11 These are such fascinating machines. Love this thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pinto_guy Posted November 12 Author Report Share Posted November 12 If anyone interested, it's now on eBay https://www.ebay.com/itm/193747790896 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDW Posted Sunday at 09:07 AM Report Share Posted Sunday at 09:07 AM When did Mr. Colby pass away? There is no detailed Wiki containing that information. The video below, dated 2016, shows him alive at that time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pinto_guy Posted Monday at 02:55 AM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 02:55 AM Nobody is quite sure when he passed away, but we estimate it was about 2 years ago. Actually this week-end, we held a huge estate sale and disposed of all the remaining stuff from the 400 boxes that he left behind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDW Posted Monday at 05:16 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 05:16 AM Since you are not privy to the date of his death, I take it you were hired by the family to liquidate his estate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pinto_guy Posted Monday at 04:10 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 04:10 PM I now have some credible information that he passed away in September 2018 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDW Posted Monday at 09:00 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:00 PM @pinto_guy Were you hired, directly or indirectly, by the family of Chuck Colby to liquidate some or all of his estate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cheesestraws Posted Monday at 09:21 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:21 PM 20 minutes ago, JDW said: @pinto_guy Were you hired, directly or indirectly, by the family of Chuck Colby to liquidate some or all of his estate? I'm not convinced that enquiring forcefully about someone's employment or hiring on the Internet is either polite or good behaviour. This post comes across as aggressive, and if I were on the receiving end of it, it would make me extremely disinclined to give you any information at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDW Posted Monday at 09:33 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:33 PM @cheesestraws Aggressiveness is in the eye of the beholder. For example, your own post takes a rather aggressive stance against mine, despite the fact that I have been a long term veteran of this forum (from it's very beginning, actually) and am asking a simple question. Asking how someone rather new to this forum came to have access to a famous-yet-deceased person's possessions is a legitimate question. It is rather bold and direct, perhaps, but legitimate nonetheless. No one is suggesting the merchandise was stolen, but I am curious about the connection to the Colby family, as it would have taken their consent for the sale of these items to have happened. Chuck Colby was a CSU Fresno Alumni, and that is my Alma Mater too. Like Colby, I was in the engineering program. I have followed his inventions through the years. I am not a friend of the family, but I am interested in knowing details. It is no crime to ask. Indeed, many questions in life remain unanswered only because we are too timid and silly to just ask. Ask and ye shall receive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cheesestraws Posted Monday at 09:36 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:36 PM 3 minutes ago, JDW said: For example, your own post takes a rather aggressive stance against mine, despite the fact that I have been a long term veteran of this forum (from it's very beginning, actually) and am asking a simple question. Oh, I forgot that people who have been around in a group for a long time can't possibly be rude or misbehave. How remiss of me for insufficiently respecting my elders. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniël Oosterhuis Posted Monday at 09:43 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:43 PM 20 minutes ago, cheesestraws said: I'm not convinced that enquiring forcefully about someone's employment or hiring on the Internet is either polite or good behaviour. This post comes across as aggressive, and if I were on the receiving end of it, it would make me extremely disinclined to give you any information at all. I agree. It's also not the first time he's done this, either to other posters or the admins. While I'm guilty of the latter as well (which I still regret), it's even worse to do it to your fellow 68kMLA'ers, no matter how veteran or noob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDW Posted Monday at 09:46 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:46 PM (edited) 10 minutes ago, cheesestraws said: Oh, I forgot that people who have been around in a group for a long time can't possibly be rude or misbehave. How remiss of me for insufficiently respecting my elders. Do you honestly consider your reaction to what I wrote the very “polite and good behavior” style of writing you suggested was lacking in my own writing? Whether someone is new or old to this forum does matter because trust is earned. That is not a new concept. Lastly, I abide by “do unto others as you would have done unto you.” If I was rather new to a forum in the same situation, I would happily answer the question and be done with it. If he wishes not to answer my question, he has every right not to answer. Edited Monday at 09:47 PM by JDW Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cheesestraws Posted Monday at 09:50 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:50 PM 6 minutes ago, Daniël Oosterhuis said: I agree. It's also not the first time he's done this, either to other posters or the admins. No, quite. Thanks for corroboration. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDW Posted Monday at 09:53 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:53 PM Just now, cheesestraws said: No, quite. Thanks for corroboration. And now we have you two gentlemen choosing to gang up on me for simply having asked a simple and quite innocent question that neither of you would have asked. Wherefore art thou, Diversity of Thought? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Byrd Posted Monday at 10:05 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:05 PM Surely, as a "forum veteran", you'd understand that asking for personal, sensitive information about a deceased person in a public forum is inappropriate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cheesestraws Posted Monday at 10:07 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:07 PM (edited) 15 minutes ago, JDW said: Wherefore art thou, Diversity of Thought? 'Wherefore' means 'why', not 'where'. In the famous scene in R&J, Juliet is noting with despair that if Romeo had any other name, none of the disaster would be happening, hence 'wherefore art thou Romeo' (as opposed to someone else who wouldn't matter) Edited Monday at 10:09 PM by cheesestraws Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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