13 Jul
2013
13 Jul
'13
2:19 p.m.
I was lucky enough to find a DEC rainbow 100 in all original boxes, with
all the documentation and software with the winchester 5MB HDD and
controller installed. Anyone know what it can be used for, other then a
nice VT-100 terminal. Its a darn nice machine.
Thanks
Steve
13 Jul
13 Jul
3:13 p.m.
* On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 05:19:58PM -0400, Steven Landon <slandon110 at gmail.com>
wrote:
I was lucky enough to find a DEC rainbow 100 in all
original boxes,
with all the documentation and software with the winchester 5MB HDD
and controller installed. Anyone know what it can be used for, other
then a nice VT-100 terminal. Its a darn nice machine.
That's amazing, and I'm really jealous! If you have a picture gallery to
share I'd love to see it. I don't know what the original packing looke
like.
They're not bad CP/M and DOS machines. They were dual processor, both
Z80 and 8088, so they kind of straddled the line in the early 80s PC
world.
If you're interested in the history, DEC made a documentary about the
development process (not just of the Rainbow, but the Professional 350
as well) It's light on tech details, but heavy on corporate culture and
general historical interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKbnbvF_2Ew
As for "use", I can't tell you. Just enjoy having it. It'd make a
pretty
good Wordstar box if you're into that kind of thing. :)
-Seth
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