And what were the 80s like for you? (Was: z80 timing... - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

21 Apr 1999

In '76 a couple of my friends and I were ogling at ads for Alpha Micro and
some self-contained Z-80-based unit from CompuTrol or some such
manufacturer.  The latter had a built in display and printer, though I don't
recall what kind of display and printer.  It might have been an
EPN9120-based printer, but it appeared it was a small CRT from the ads.  It
might have been a small, e.g. 20-character alpha-numeric LED display,
though.

Dick

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Strickland &lt;jim(a)calico.litterbox.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: And what were the 80s like for you? (Was: z80 timing...

...
 >
> No, I was referring to your comment of the TRS-80 M1 being the "first
> personal computer".  We won't argue about the definition of "personal
> computer", but for the sake of this discussion, the Apple ][ and
Commodore
...
   PET were both
introduced in April 1977 at the first West Coast Computer
 Faire.  The TRS-80 M1 was introduced in August of 1977. 
Really?  I stand corrected then.  I always assumed the TRS-80 came out before
...
 the A2 and the PET.  And I should have specified first
commercially sold
ready-to-use personal computer.  And I might have been wrong even with that.
...
 Would you believe first computer I ever saw for sale?
:)

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Jim Strickland
jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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