On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
All-in-one HP computers. They've got HP basic
built-in in ROM, built in
monitor, thermal printer and tape drive, etc. Option include an assembler
in ROM, HPIB interface (with disk drives, printers, plotters, etc), other
ROMs, RS232 interface, etc, etc, etc. Being HP they're very custom inside
- even the CPU is custom with a non-standard instruction set.
I just realized that the HP85 is eerily similar to the IBM 5100:
integrated keyboard, display and tape drive, built-in BASIC. The only
thing it had that the 5100 didn't was a built-in printer. I wonder if
there was an APL option for the 85?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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