20 May
2024
20 May
'24
1:26 p.m.
On May 20, 2024, at 6:08 AM, Nico de Jong via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
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I used to work on the P6000 series, and they had a very interesting architecture. For
those who want to know a bit more about Philips' history, I can recommend an e-book
written by one of the guys in Sweden, where the P6000 series was developped. The P6000 was
based on the P800, but extended into a system appropiate for bookings, airline
reservations, banking etc.
(Link below).
The author is Mats Danielson. By the way, the James Bond film "For your eyes
only" shows a lot of Philips hardware. The "atomic comb" is a PTS 6272
keyboard with (I think) a display boltet to the back of it. Hilarious, just like the
book.
/Nico
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Read my new history book (free e-book)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377777427_The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Phi…
Nice!
I just flipped through it briefly, and spotted what was the Electrologica headquarters
(page 143). And a few pages later there is a bit of history that explains the French
origin of the PR8000 (or P8000), which was where I learned assembly language programming.
Quite a neat machine but very little documentation of it still exists.
paul