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| From | Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: The lure of retro computing |
| Date | 2014-05-07 07:10 +0000 |
| Organization | Piglet's Pickles & Preserves |
| Message-ID | <bsu4j3Fa2s9U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <lkbaa8$61u$1@solani.org> <87k39yy8yx.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> |
On 2014-05-06, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>:
>
>> What's the best computer you ever owned?
>
> I did a lot of fun stuff with my father's office computer: a Xerox
> desktop computer with 64 kB of RAM, two 8" floppy-disk drives, a Z80
> processor running at 4 MHz IIRC, the CP/M OS, a CRT display with
> memory-mapped character display (ASCII + graphics characters) with a
> scroll register for super-fast scrolling, a Diablo 630 daisy wheel
> printer.
That'll be a Xerox 820, then.
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The lure of retro computing RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-06 18:40 +0000
Re: The lure of retro computing Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-06 19:41 +0000
Re: The lure of retro computing Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-06 22:59 +0300
Re: The lure of retro computing despen@verizon.net (Dan.Espen) - 2014-05-06 16:19 -0400
Re: The lure of retro computing Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-07 00:19 +0300
Re: The lure of retro computing "G. Paul Ziemba" <paul+usenet@w6yx.stanford.edu> - 2014-05-07 06:06 +0000
Re: The lure of retro computing Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-07 07:10 +0000
Re: The lure of retro computing David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2014-05-08 20:38 -0700
Re: The lure of retro computing Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-09 10:28 +0300
Re: The lure of retro computing Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-09 10:08 +0100
Re: The lure of retro computing Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2014-05-06 21:09 +0000
Re: The lure of retro computing Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-06 22:29 +0000
Re: The lure of retro computing Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-05-07 06:39 -0700
Re: The lure of retro computing Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-08 18:14 +0000
Re: The lure of retro computing Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-05-09 13:34 +0000
Re: The lure of retro computing Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-09 14:39 +0000
Re: The lure of retro computing Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-09 14:40 +0000
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