Jim -
Are you _sure_ you don't already have a PCS? Maybe it's tucked away behind
Woz and the shrinkwrapped Cray :-)
-- Tony
At 10:12 AM 4/13/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>At 11:51 AM 4/13/01 -0400, Tony Eros wrote:
>>Here's my collection of vintage computing equipment:
>>...
>>Wang Labs had an integrated desktop system that ran BASIC and had a
>>cassette tape for storage. I don't recall the model number and I haven't
>>seen even a reference to one on the web, but I remember it from high
>>school and I want one!
>
>It was probably a Wang 2200 PCS. The PCS-II was similar, except that it
>didn't have the integral cassette drive and instead had a pair of 5.25"
>floppies on top that were really ugly. It might have been one of the WCS
>models (WCS/10 or WCS/20) but I'm not very familiar with those to know how
>they were different from the PCS.
>
>I learned to program on a PCS with 8KB of RAM. It is my #1 wish list, and
>I've actively been looking for a couple of years.
>
>You can find some links on my nascent Wang web site at:
>
> http://www.thebattles.net/wang/wang.html
>
>In particular, there is a picture of a PCS-II here:
>
> http://www.gaby.de/ewang.htm
>
>Check out the two subordinate pages that I've written that compare Wang
>BASIC to MS BASIC and that lists which CPU models had which BASIC
>statements. I hope it brings back some memories for you -- it did for me!
>
>I have a fantasy of writing an emulator for the 2200, but I don't know if
>it will be practical without schematics, as the 2200 used a microcoded TTL CPU.
>
>-----
>Jim Battle == frustum_at_pacbell.net
>
>
Received on Fri Apr 13 2001 - 12:40:58 BST