11 Dec
2006
11 Dec
'06
10:26 a.m.
On 11 Dec 2006 at 9:54, Richard wrote:
As others pointed out, once you get a microprocessor
based terminal
you're only a storage system away from a microcomputer. Hell, the
ZX81 feels like this -- it has just enough CPU power to keep the
screen refreshed. When you made the CPU work harder, the refresh
suffered.
...and if you've got a box with floppy drives in it, you're only a
processor away from a minicomputer. The point is that there are some
5.25" drive boxes with little that would give you a clue that there
was also a CPU board in the same box.
I've got several sample diskettes in my collection that show that
they're for an Ampro board buried in someone else's box.
Cheers,
Chuck