12 Jan
2004
12 Jan
'04
9:17 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of John Mustain
Sent: 12 January 2004 18:47
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: CPT 8000
Hi John,
I thought that you might be interested to know that I
used to work for
CPT (from 1980 - 1987) and was there (and worked in production) while
the 8000 series was being manufactured.
Excellent! You're the 2nd CPT employee that's found me. Someone called Josh
on another messageboard said his Mum worked for CPT and wrote a lot of their
applications - does a woman like that jog any memory for you?
A couple of corrections to your information:
1. CPT was based in Eden Prairie Minnesota, not Michigan.
2. CPT was founded by Dean Scheff, not Dick Eichorn. Dean started the
company in 1971, and the original product was a cassette tape base
memory add-on for IBM Selectric typewriters (The name CPT originally
meant Cassette Power Typing).
Thanks :) I know I shouldn't believe what I read in the online press, which
is where my info came from, but when it's all you've got.....
shared disk system, the Phoenix (word processing with
graphics) and the
9000 series (a low profile replacement for the 8000 series that utilized
the Intel 8086 processor.
I've added that to my CPT page but I'll need your go-ahead to put it on the
web. I was planning to pass this machine onto another collector but now that
more and more info is coming in about it I have to keep it :) Hells, one of
these days I might even find a keyboard for it!
If I dig into my archives I could probably find
printed articles and
sales brochures, let me know if you would be interested in any scanned
images of this information.
Yes please, John. That'll be great.
PS, as I was writing this email to you I was enjoying
some coffee from
my 1986 vintage CPT 1971-186 15 Years of the Best cup that was given to
all CPT employees at the time. I've used it nearly every working day
since it was given to me.
Heh! I still rue the day an unfortunate incident meant one of my Digital
mugs became an 8-bit item :-/
Thanks!
--
Adrian/Witchy
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer museum
www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(