This contest will run for one week (Oct 4 – Oct 9, 2008) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments.
Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with "Name the Thing Contest" as the subject, and the message body consisting of:
- The name of the item in the above picture
- An example of what the item pictured above can be used for
The winner will be chosen at random from all of the correct entries.
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Added October 17, 2008
The item to guess was a Timex/Sinclair 1000
The winner is Thijs K.
Thanks to all who entered (there were 61 entries).
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Below is a picture of the prize.
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That heatsink is not standard 🙂
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This is another one of those “either you know it, or you don’t” things; so I’m going to say…
It’s not your father’s 6BE6.
(or 12BH7A, 6K6GT, 12BA4…)
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Good eye Mike, the chip heatsink may not be stock. Hopefully this doesn’t confuse anyone.
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I know what this is. I even saw it in my junk pile the other day. Now, if only I could remember what I got it out of…
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The heatsink is stock 🙂 I have seen one before when I opened mine up to see what was inside.
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To clarify, the heatsink on the lower left is stock. The one on the 40-pin DIP is an addon
(or maybe they started including them on later versions). It certainly isn’t on mine.
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Almost_There, I disagree. I found out what it is, but it took some lucky guess-and-check.
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The contest ended more than a week ago. Is there a result? I wouldn’t mind knowing if I was right or not. 🙂
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OK, I guess it has been long enough… It’s the board from the Timex Sinclair ZX81 computer.
http://www.1000bit.net/lista/dati/sinclair/zx81/Sinclair%20ZX-81%20board.jpg
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Hi Troy,
The winner will be announced later today.
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Winner announced.
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Yihaa ! Thanks ! Just wondering, were there many correct answers ?
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About half were correct.