PAM computer, Convergent?

From: Jeff Kaneko <jeff.kaneko_at_ifrsys.com>
Date: Mon Jul 14 09:44:55 1997

> Date: 12 Jul 1997 05:59:37 -0700
> Reply-to: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
> From: Frank McConnell <fmc_at_reanimators.org>
> To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: PAM computer, Convergent?

> Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com> writes:
> > Lastly, I saw this pretty awesome looking Morrow computer which seemed to
> > be of a portable ilk. At first when I saw it from afar it looked like
> > one of those phony props you see in furniture stores. When I got up
> > close I realized it was an actual computer with this funky wide screen
> > built in (it was about 4" high by 8" wide) and two floppy disks.
>
> A Morrow Pivot. Portable, battery-operated MS-DOS machine; I'm not
> sure how IBM-compatible it is. Made by Vadem in Milpitas, OEMd by
> Morrow as the Pivot, Zenith as something (think they sold a bunch to
> the IRS), Osborne as the Osborne 3.
>
> Keep your eyes open, there are others out there. I've seen one at

> Halted in Santa Clara but as usual for Halted they were asking a
  ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^
> bogus price for it, something like $100.
>
> -Frank McConnell
>

Funny you should mention these guys. I don't uderstand how they've
managed to stay in business! I *really* needed a couple of 8" floppy
drives a couple of years ago when I lived in San Jose. They had a
pile of them -- for $75.00 a whack! I didn't bite.

They were gone a couple of weeks later, I asked what became of them,
and they said that nobody wanted them, so they were scrapped!

Have you ever seen a grown man cry?

Jeff
Received on Mon Jul 14 1997 - 09:44:55 BST