24 Apr
2020
24 Apr
'20
6:58 p.m.
Does anybody have a wp made by AES?
In the late 70's, they were experimenting with voice recognition for
their systems. We were a nearby DEC Components OEM and had a hundred or
so LSI11/23 modules in stock.? They sent an engineer over to our plant,
took out the whole stock, and replaced the 13.824 MHz clock crystal
module with the output of a function generator to see how high they
could overclock it to get the response they needed for voice
recognition. I think they bought the 4 or 5 that passed diagnostics with
the highest clock speed, somewhere near 40 MHz IIRC.
cheers,
Nigel
On 24/04/2020 21:50, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
It really is a shame that little attention is paid to
the early WaPro
vendors. I remember that we had an Artec system, with a floor-standing
dual 8" drive box and a Diablo KSR Hitype with an attached one-line display.
Artec was acquired by Dictaphone, who was then swallowed by Pitney
Bowes, who then got out of the rather crowded word processor market.
I can't find a photo of the original blue Artec box on the web; only the
later PB "Dual display" models.
I mean, who remembers Qyx or Vydec?
--Chuck
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