new addition: grid laptop

From: SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com <(SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com)>
Date: Wed Aug 6 20:32:21 1997

i traded my brother a ncr mca box for something called a grid compass ][
1129. it's a quite large laptop with what seems to be in a metal <!> case
and a 3.5x5 inch screen. it also has an access door with 4 roms installed;
gridrom 3.1.5 write/term/format, gridrom 3.1.0 grid-os system, gridmail
103.2.2 and gridos utility rom, 3.1.0 the machine works, but only from ac
power. it also has a screen saver with bouncing balls! =D my brother says
he got it from a guy who worked in the aerospace industry who said this
machine was supposedly used to compute some kind of vectors or something or
other for the space shuttle program back in the 80's although i have no way
of quantifying that. on the back of the machine there is a proprietary serial
connector and phone jacks and something called a GPIB port; can anyone say
what that is? i'm still trying to figure out the preloaded apps, but i've
stumbled upon a passwoid option which i may have to hack through. i welcome
any info or opinions on this beast. it's esoteric enough to keep in my
collection.

david
Received on Wed Aug 06 1997 - 20:32:21 BST