Xerox 850 / 860 hardware differences

Zane H. Healy wrote: :-) You know, we get a few comparisons on here between general-purpose computers (large and small) as to what they were like to actually use. Ditto with terminals. I'm not sure if I've ever seen the equivalent for more "specialised" hardware such as word-processor boxes, though. Anyway, the 860 is nice in terms of build, looks, condition and ephemera - I couldn't comment on what it was like from the UI point of view! :) I only used this particular one for about five minutes; the UI seemed a bit clunky but then that's hardly surprising or any different to most software of that timeframe (i.e. little consistency across products and you had to actually read the manual before seriously using) I believe this particular machine was still in active use up to the mid-'90s; the owner used it for some pretty heavyweight stuff before it finally got replaced by a PC. (Adrian may be able to contribute more it he's reading this; he actually collected the machine from the owner and I transported it to the museum from Adrian's at a later date) cheers Jules