4 Jul
2012
4 Jul
'12
8:48 p.m.
On 7/4/2012 12:27 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
I thought the first computer to use the 3.5" drive was Sony's own, the
SMC-70 (http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=362)362).
Introduced in 1982, and though I'm not 100% sure you couldn't add on a
5.25" drive to it, it didn't come with one. The HP150 was late 1983, IIRC.
- Josh
I think the Terak may fit here, as well (1976/77). Had the ability to
display text, but I think it was drawn as a bitmap (and was customizable).
- Josh
On Tue, Jul 3,
2012 at 4:07 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Was it? I thoght
the HP150 predated it (although I guess you could
configure an HP150 with 5.25" drives). Can anyone give a resonable justification fo
that answer. I actualyl
can';t think of anythign the Mac was 'first' for.
First consumer
machine with a 3.5" floppy (and/or no 5.25" floppy in the era of
floppies being standard)? First consumer machine with
bit-mapped-only video (no text mode)? First consumer machine that
What do you
mean by 'consumer' here? I you mean 'sold to anyone who'd buy
it' then the PERQ certain;y predates it.