On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Max Eskin wrote:
Today, I saw an interesting typewriter from the late
'70s/early '80s
called a Hermes 51 Level 4. It's an enormous 135-column daisy wheel with
erasing tape. What is interesting about it is that it has an external disk
drive, connected to it with an extremely thick cable. The drive is called
a 'microdisk' according to the reference card. It allows storage of text.
Looks like a scaled-down VHS tape rewinder. I have never seen any disk
that might fit it. Does anyone know anything about this machine? This
Hmmm...I think I know exactly what disks this uses. A local surplus shop
has a ton of those for sale at $1 per 10. They look like 8" disks but are
more rectangular as they are more like 8" x 7".
BTW: I also saw a Rainbow 100. Anything distinguishing
it from any other
CPM/MS-DOS machine?
It's a DEC for one. Dual processor (8086 and Z80, or is that 8088 and
8085? maybe 8088 and Z80?)
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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