[wplug] OT: Down Memory Lane
terry mcintyre
terrymcintyre at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 14 19:24:53 EDT 2005
back in '81, I worked on a curious little HP machine.
It was portable, had a keyboard and a tiny screen and
a cartridge tape drive, all in one unit. About the
size and weight of the electric typewriters which were
common in those days. Had a thermal printer too. I did
some cool graphics just for fun, including a little
animation of a coin being tossed in the air.
in '82, I worked on a Kaypro 10, one of the first
portable computers, about the size of a sewing
machine,
the keyboard latched on to the computer, the screen
was maybe 5 or 7" diagonal, and it had, wonder of
wonders, a 10 megabyte hard disk drive. don't laugh,
it was hot stuff back then, we couldn't keep enough
in stock.
Terry McIntyre
UNIX for hire
software development / systems administration / security
213-291-5169 or 2132915169 at tmomail.com ( text )
terrymcintyre at yahoo.com
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