Finds in Ann Arbor, MI

From: Frank McConnell <fmc_at_reanimators.org>
Date: Tue Dec 9 10:40:06 1997

Neil McNeight <mcneight_at_umich.edu> wrote:
> CPT 8510 (Terminal with 8" floppy, no other information)

I think I have one of these in storage, with a daisywheel printer.
Haven't tried doing anything with it yet.

Mine was used as a dedicated word processor (which was CPT's main
business IIRC). There was no documentation with it; the company that
bought them probably had it but had a staff member train the users,
and the user I got mine from had it installed in her home.

> HP
> 7914 (looked like a computer... maybe...)

There is probably a microprocessor inside, but it was sold as a disc
drive, maybe with a cartridge tape drive that uses the block-formatted
HCD tapes (like 9144s). I think the disc drive has about 130MB
capacity. Good for old HP 9000s and maybe 3000s; in fact it would
look very nice next to a 9000 series 540.

HP 79xx and 91yx (for y>1) are usually storage of some sort. (9111 is
a graphics tablet.)

> Sun
> 3/50 (1 regular and 1 with a scooped out case top for a matching
> monitor)

That's called a "dimple-top".

-Frank McConnell
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