20 Aug
1998
20 Aug
'98
11:14 p.m.
At 12:36 PM 8/20/98 -0400, you wrote:
In the 60s, there were business-type programmable
machines from Monroe (EPIC 3000), Olivetti (Programma 101),
Smith Corona Marchant (Cogito 516 PR), and Canon (Canola 164P).
There is also the Burroughs C3660 business programmable, but
I don't know if it's a 60s machine or not,
I'm not sure when the Burroughs machine first came out but I worked on
HUNDREDS of them when I worked for Burroughs in the mid '70s. They used
LSICs and SSICs, core memory, PanaPlex display and had a mag card reader.
The printer looked the same as that used in the HP 46 and HP 81.
and Sony made
a programmable Sobax but I'm not sure when. All of
these
machines were very large and were probably either transistorized
or used early Small-Scale integrated circuits.
That really wasn't an accessory, it was a custom modified 9100. I've
never heard of ANY third party accessories for the 9100.
Joe
I have an HP9100A manual and the first HP _Keyboard_ that describes it. I
think I recall at least four people on the list having a 9100. It was not
the first programmable, but it was the first HP, and it is pretty cool
with its built-in CRT and expansion bus.
Apparently there were also aftermarket accessories made for the 9100
by other companies. I recall seeing something on the net from
one company that took a 9100 and modified it to become an instrument
controller.