24 Jun
2004
24 Jun
'04
1:18 p.m.
On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 03:08:27AM +0800, Wai-Sun Chia wrote:
I know what's a Rainbow, but what's a Robin?
It's a bit of a downer that the PDPs don't have cool code names like the
VAXens. :-)
The Rainbow was DEC's 8-bit competitor to the IBM PC. It runs DOS, but
is not 100% compatible - more available DOS memory than the real thing,
which screws with some programs that depend on a precise memory map. It
also has RX50 drives. At least it can format blank media.
The Robin was a CP/M machine built into a VT100 chassis (external drives).
It's also called a VT180.
-ethan
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