26 Jun
2007
26 Jun
'07
2:08 p.m.
I find the
http://www.hpmuseum.net/ site to be more
useful for these
larger machines. Not as many pictures, but plenty of
useful manuals.
Er, actually that was the one I meant :) Err, I've
got a PDP8/e + TU56 DECtape + PC04 paper
tape on my desk...
An 8/e? Meant to be rackmounted I would think. You I wasn't commenting on *user friendliness* so
much as
the *introduction* of the term "off the shelf".
Actually it was first introduced in the original post
I guess! So I stand to be corrected. So if we go back
and ask if the TRS-80 was the first OTS micro...truth
is the assumption may be correct. But it wasn't the
first micro (pre-packaged, easy to use, complete,
woteva, etc.).
What is the definition of 'off the shelf'? I don't take it literally to
mean you could necessarily go into a shop and take one 'off the shelf'.
To me, if the machine came ready-to-use in a standard configuration,
that's ;off the shelf' even if it was only available by mail order.
The TRS-80 did in fact introduce a great many people
to the micro due to it's wide availability, but
Ture. As I said earlier, it was the first computer I ever programmed. I
do have something of a soft spot for TRS-80s, but equally, I don't like
to see history re-written.
probably not as wide as it could have due to a stigma
often associated with them. The line was so stagnant -
besides the CoCos (that must have carried the TRS-80
badge) the only other unit that had color capability I
guess was the model 2000. None of the "classic"
I really don't see this love of colour or graphics....
TRS-80s had color or even graphical capability IINM.
Well, they all had the block graphics (128*48). IIRC, there was an
optional high-resolution board for the Model 3 and 4 (and maybe the M1),
but I never owned it.
-tony