18 Jul
1998
18 Jul
'98
3:40 p.m.
In a message dated 98-07-18 21:53:03 EDT, you write:
<< A friend of mine called me today and told me that he stopped at a garage
sale and that they had some kind of large Apple laptop computer for sale.
The owner claimed it was some sort of prototype and was asking $100 for it.
Do this sound like anything that you're interested in? >>
i dunno. ive heard that "its a prototype" line before so unless they have
incontrovertible evidence, they are probably lying. it's probably just a mac
portable. i'll pass.
18 Jul
18 Jul
6:14 p.m.
New subject: Seiko S-500
Has anybody heard of the Seiko S-500? Intel mentions it in one of their
ads (from March 1973) as a desktop computer based on the 8008. It has an
integrated display, keyboard, mag card reader, and printer, and probably
predates the Micral and Scelbi. They also mention the Omni 2700 from Omni
Electronics as a micro-based "general-purpose data processing machine",
but it's not clear if it's based on the 4004 or 8008.
BTW, Intel was clearly using the term "micro computer" before March 1973.
I've seen elsewhere where it was said to have been first used to describe
the Micral.
-- Doug
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