3 Sep
2009
3 Sep
'09
10:59 a.m.
From: Ben
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 10:28 AM
Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 2 Sep 2009 at 16:22, tp wrote:
> Tom, there's a product announcement of the
8030 in the September 1976
> IEEE Computer magazine. Says it's 8080 based, with editing features
> (e.g. protected fields) and two display pages. The announcement
> claims a top speed of 9600 bps, however.
This is 1976 ... did they have 9600 modems back then
that a human could
afford!
This would have been an acceptable speed on a hardwired terminal line into,
for example, a DEC-20. Terminals aren't always connected to modems.
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