4 Sep
2023
4 Sep
'23
8:31 a.m.
On 2 Sep 2023, at 15:07, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 9/1/2023 11:45 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote:
The Singer Link F-16 simulator used Norsk Data superminis (initially ND50, but later
ND500). This is not really relevant to S-100 and video monitors, but I like to mention
Norsk Data whenever the opportunity arises.
My first computer was a Poly-88. I had no monitor
and no keyboard.
I read and understood the instructions about finding a TV that used a transformer power
supply. Many newer TV's of that day were not using a transformer for the main supply.
I went to several secondhand stores and found one that would work.
The keyboard was from a surplus Singer data entry machine ( I thought they only made
sewing machines ).
Believe it or not, at one time they even made Flight Simulators. Early 70's I wanted
to work at their Binghamton, NY facility but like IBM in Endicott I couldn't even get
my
foot in the door.
bill