11 Apr
2007
11 Apr
'07
9:21 a.m.
Hi,
Chris Halarewich said:
I doubt it was the first home computer, from
wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatung_Einstein
The *Tatung Einstein* was an eight-bit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-bit>
home <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_computer>/personal
computer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer>produced by
Taiwanese <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan> corporation
Tatung<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatung_Company>ny>,
designed and assembled in Telford <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telford>,
England. It was aimed primarily at small businesses.
The Einstein was released in the United
Kingdom<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom>in the summer of
1984 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984>
As well as Tatung's own cp/m-like os there was cp/m 2.2 and zcpr3 available
for it, best used with a 80-column monochrome attachemnt. I had all that,
but it went to a cp/m enthusiast who would make more use of it than me!
I think I've still got some of the 3-inch floppies somewhere.
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Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb at dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!