Sorry, I need to get this to PG Manney, there

From: Doug Spence <ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca>
Date: Sun Nov 9 06:29:41 1997

On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, PG Manney wrote:

> >>> I'm new at collecting classics. What is a VIC-20?
> >>
> >>The VIC-20 was Commodore's first computer...2K of RAM (I think), did sounds
> >>and color TV screen stuff.
> >
> >Actually it's far from thier first. There was several models of the PET,
>
> Whoops! of course...and didn't they make a calculator or two?

Yes, they made quite a few calculator models. I've only seen one myself.
My father used it in his engineering work many years ago. I now have it,
and although it is functional, a friend that I lent it to smashed the case
up pretty badly by accidentally hurtling it against a cement floor. <s>

It's a PR-100 programmable scientific calculator. It has one of those
very intense orange displays (I forget what the technology is).

My father says that the engineering firm he worked for used to have tons
of Commodore equipment around. Mostly mechanical adding machines and
office furniture. :)

I've been running into far more Commodore furniture recently than
Commodore computers.


Doug Spence
ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca
Received on Sun Nov 09 1997 - 06:29:41 GMT