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 Vintage Apple peeler works great green $9.95 |
 VTG APPLE LASERWRITER IINT PRINTER UPGRADE BOARD FOR IISC Tested Works $29.99 |
 APPLE BROOCH Vintage PIN SILVERTONE Open Work $7.99 |
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*Vintage* Apple External HDD 20MB M0135 HD20 - Works!! $487.27 |
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*Vintage* Apple M351 Macintosh LC w/ HDD & FDD -Works! $482.41 |
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Vintage Mac Classic II Model M4150, works fine, 4MB RAM, 40MB HD,Quicken, WP $329.00 |
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*Vintage* Apple iBook G3 12" M6497 Mac Notebook - Works $190.04 |
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*Vintage* Apple External 3.5" FDD 400KB M0130 - Works!! $194.90 |
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*Vintage* Apple External 3.5" FDD 400KB M0130 - Works!! $194.90 |
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*Vintage* Apple M5011 Macintosh SE w/ HDD & FDD -Works! $170.55 |
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Vintage Apple Computer LISA 1 "Works the way you do" Brochure/Booklet, May 1983 $219.99 |
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*Vintage* Apple M5011 Macintosh SE - Works! $145.00 |
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Vintage Microsoft Works version 1.00 for Apple 1986. Rare first retail version!! $176.00 |
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VTG Apple Macintosh LC Computer Keyboard Mouse System Disks Books Manuals Works $149.99 |
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Vintage Rare Antique Working 1993 Macintosh Powerbook 145B! A Must See! $145.00 |
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Apple PowerBook Duo 270c VINTAGE Mac with Classic OS 7.5.5 Tested Works (L134) $79.99 |
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Vintage Apple 40MB SCSI HARD DRIVE QUANTUM 40S WORKING $65.00 |
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Macintoch Apple Performa 6200CD Vintage Package WORKS!!! $70.00 |
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Powerbook G3 vintage apple mac laptop working $50.00 |
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Vintage Working Apple IIC Computer, Monitor & Stand, and 150 software disks $41.00 |
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Vintage Working Apple IIe II e Computer w/ Monitor and Dual Disk Drives A2S2064 $36.00 |
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Macintosh 512K M0001W working Mac BCG9GRM0001 vintage collector computer $1.25 |
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Macintosh SE/30 M5119 working Mac BCG9GRM5119 vintage collector computer SE30 $0.01 |
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Macintosh SE FDHD M5011 working Mac BCG9GRM5011 vintage collector computer FD HD $0.01 |
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Macintosh Classic II WORKS PERFECTLY with NEW CAPS Apple keyboard mouse Vintage $15.00 |
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VINTAGE (1983) RARE BROCHURE: APPLE LISA "IT WORKS THE WAY YOU DO" $39.99 |
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Apple Computer Newton Messagepad "Newton Works" Manual c.1997, Vintage 2000/2100 $39.99 |
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VINTAGE (1980) RARE APPLE BROCHURE: "FOR THE WAY YOU LIVE AND WORK" $29.99 |
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VINTAGE (1985) APPLE BROCHURE: "AT LAST: AN ALTERNATIVE TO WORKING HARD" $29.99 |
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Vintage Apple IIGS Computer Model: A2S6000 WORKS $9.95 |
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Skinit Ford Vintage The Working Man Skin for Apple New iPad $29.99 |
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Vintage Apple Macintosh Plus Logic Board Tested & Working 661-0321 Motherboard $24.99 |
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VINTAGE EASY WORKING SOFTWARE COMMODORE IBM APPLE $14.99 |
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How A MAC Works - Vintage Book about the early Apple Mac Computers Work - NEW $19.50 |
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VINTAGE APPLE iMAC G3 USB KEYBOARD BONDI BLUE M2452 (WORKS GREAT!) $7.99 |
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Vintage Apple II 2 game PHM Pegasus EA Folio (complete, non-working) $7.99 |
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Macintosh Classic II 2 Vintage Working (4MB RAM 40MB HD) $194.90 |
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Apple Macintosh SE Vintage desktop computer WORKS!!! $175.00 |
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Apple iMac G3 Bondi Blue M6709LL/B 233 mhz MATCHED vintage collector WORKS $77.97 |
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Vintage Apple MAC Macintosh SE Computer w/ Disk Keyboard Mouse Modem-Needs Work $69.99 |
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iMac - Lovely, Working, Flower Power G3 Vintage iMac $56.00 |
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Vintage APPLE IIc COMPUTER, Model A2S4000, with Power Supply -STILL WORKS GREAT! $49.99 |
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Apple iMac G3 Bondi Blue M6709LL/B 233 mhz MATCHED vintage collector WORKS $48.73 |
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Vintage Working Apple IIC Computer, Monitor & Stand, and Disk IIc $41.03 |
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VTG APPLE LASERWRITER IINT PRINTER UPGRADE BOARD FOR IISC (Tested & Works) $29.99 |
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Vintage Apple Power Macintosh Desktop Computer 6100/60 M1596 NO HD, Working! $29.99 |
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Vintage Apple ImageWriter Dot Matrix Serial Printer, Model A9M0303 -Still Works! $19.99 |
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Vintage Apple Macintosh Quadra 610 - still working! $10.00 |
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VINTAGE MACINTOSH CLASSIC COMPUTER APPLE WORKING $9.99 |
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A little Vintage Computer Monitor History by Arthur Felon
Until the early 1980's most monitors were terminals. They were boxy video display terminals (VDT's) combined with an attached keyboard. A terminal could be configured to work with just about any computer on the market. (Not that there was a wide selection of personal computers for you to choose from.)
Terminals were attached to computers by a serial interface. In those days, the VDT was commonly referred to as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube).
Before DOS, the dominant operating system (OS) for 8 bit computers was CP/M (Control Program for Microprocessors). Early CP/M machines were originally designed to use separate memory-mapped video display devices and discrete keyboards that plugged into the machines - not unlike video display cards used later. The most well known was the VDM-1. Terminal manufacturers recognized this "lost market "and began to market mainframe and mini-style terminals to the CP/M community. The sales pitch of "just like a real (mainframe at the time) computer" paid off. CP/M computers soon used terminals almost exclusively.
Apple II computers and the early game machines (such as those made by Atari, Coleco or Nintendo) hooked to a monitor not a terminal. (The Apple II was built with a keyboard as part of the system. All that was missing was a monitor once the Apple II was plugged in).
These monitors - unlike terminals - looked like television sets without the tuner. In some cases they actually were television sets. (Many early computers - such as the Commodores Vic 20, 64 and 128, could be used with any television set with a special RF adapter that hooked to the antenna of the TV).
Then IBM came out with PC-DOS computers, which were dubbed "three-piece computers.' One explanation according to a prominent used car dealer Moonie Bronstein was that many of the early marketers / hucksters advising the techies of the early computer era,had their start in the competitive world of auto sales where such terms as " 3 piecers " and " 4 piecers" were popular marketing and sales terms. Other explanations for this marketing term was because the computers included three main components i.e. - the monitor, the keyboard and the CPU "box".
Ironically, when the IBM PC-DOS computers arrived on the scene with separate monitor and keyboard - the monitor connected directly to the computer. Just like the earliest personal computers) through a display device connection. These new monitors used video cards that were either IBM monochrome (MDA), IBM color graphics cards9 CGA), or Hercules (the first third party ad on cards).
About the Author
Arthur Felon
Vintage Computer Manuals.
Interest in vintage computers
artfellon@yahoo.com.
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