14 Mar
2007
14 Mar
'07
9 a.m.
On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 15:38 -0800, Hex Star wrote:
> Sorry guys, I didn't mean to spam the
list...I simply thought it might be
> something of interest to the list since it was a terminal of sorts...but now
> I know it's not a type of terminal anyone here finds of interest and I will
> not be mentioning any others I may for one reason or another come upon in
> the future...sorry, won't happen again
<sarcasm>
...and don't you ever forget it! This list doesn't want to talk
about any of those stinkin' word processors, credit-card terminals or
calculators--only REAL COMPUTERS!
</sarcasm>
Personally, I find little widgets with embedded processors
fascinating. Consider a credit-card terminal--it has a modem,
display, keyboard, can interface to a printer and most have some non-
volatile memory. The difference between many word processors and
general-purpose computers is one of nomenclature more than anything.
Yet no one's really interested in them. An old Artec, CPT or AES WP
box has the same basic components and vintage as most early
microcomputer systems, but no one's interested in collecting them.
Cheers,
Chuck