New subject: Old mini computer

26 Sep 2007

Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:26:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Roger Ivie <rivie at ridgenet.net>
Subject: Re: Old mini computer

...
 On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
> I am about 200 miles away. I looked up the area code
> too, and I emailed her - she sent me some pictures of
> the machine. It's definitely an interesting beast. I
> have no experiance with Burroughs machines, but still
> - I'm really tempted. 
...
 I have no experience with the B80, but used a B800 for
a couple
of years in high school. I think the B80 is a modernized, snazzy
B800. <snip>

Ummm, not really; they were slightly different lines, the B800 being
the smallest of the "real" computers (successor to the B700) with a 
separate processor cabinet and somewhat more power, more
suited to running multiple terminals (although the console was
essentially a  B80/L9000 with no innards).

The B80 (and later the B90) marked Burroughs' transition away from 
ledger cards to disks (either 8" floppies or 14" cartridges as used on 
the B800) and was essentially the successor and replacement of the 
L series single-user integrated accounting computers.

The B80 and B800 were priced differently and aimed at slightly different 
markets, although they did share some peripherals and the system
software (CMS, CANDE etc.)

mike

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