27 Sep
2012
27 Sep
'12
4:36 p.m.
(A little late, but...)
On Aug 23, 2012, at 2:02 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
For plain 'odd' the HP120 / HP125 come high up the list (those machines
have very simialr hardwre, just physically built differently). A paiur of
Z80s, one running CP/M, the other acting as a text termninal,
communicting via a parallel interface. And it uses those HP HPIB drive
untis.
I liked the HP 125 (and 120) ... my favorite CP/M machines.
But the 125 had two big problems:
1. it was *heavy*. In fact, carrying one from home to HP on my last
day of work at HP in 1983 gave me a hernia.
2. the power switch on was located in the worst place ... on the front of
the main unit, where the keyboard would turn off the computer if you
pushed the keyboard away from you and toward the base. Did that twice :)
Stan