[wplug] OT: Down Memory Lane
Diana A. Clarion
dclarion at fnordnet.net
Fri Oct 14 20:28:04 EDT 2005
Yes, indeed, I remember the Kaypros. A friend got one; used it for working up
manuscripts (she was a published author)...
Speaking of 10 meg hard drives... I have fond memories of filling one of those
with assembler source (It was on a Mitsubishi/Leading Edge 8088. I even hung
an EPROM burner on it).
DAC
On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 04:24:53PM -0700, terry mcintyre wrote:
> 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.
>
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Diana A. Clarion, Goddess of the Network
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