7 Aug
2002
7 Aug
'02
8:04 a.m.
On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Roger Merchberger wrote:
My brain wants to say '86 or '87, but having
just moved, it's packed
somewhere... I'll see if I can find it in the next day or two & find out...
Found one timeline that places it at Nov. '85... According to the Tandy 600
FAQ, it was announced on 28 Oct. '85, so my memory was close... but I've
always been a bit off... [ ba-da-bum. Splat.]
If it was, indeed '86 or '87, or even '85, then it was absolutely NOT the
first to have a built-in floppy drive! No matter what Radio Shack might
claim. They also have, at various times, claimed to have invented the
"clamshell" design, RS-232, modems, and microcomputers.
Think Gavilan and Grid!
And, should we consider the "built-in" tape drive of the Epson HC-20
followed by the HX-20 in that?, or just those using a floppy disk?
I'd even say that the [not previously mentioned]
Tandy 600 wouldn't be
Wintel... It runs an 8088 & uses an MS operating system called HH/OS (short
for HandHeld OS - which is a serious misnomer due to the weight of the
thing...) It had a flip-up 80x16 screen, and was the first laptop with a
built-in floppy drive. It was a Zenith OEM but shared a few characteristics
Really?
What year did this come out?