Burroughs TD-700?

From: Roger Ivie <IVIE_at_cc.usu.edu>
Date: Sun Aug 16 17:49:22 1998

> The TD-800 were CRT based terminals some based on 6800 micros others on
> 8086 (yes indeed) Burroughs claimed that they were the first to use the
> 8086 processor and helped Intel debug it. When the IBM PC came out
> Burroughs were using substantially more powerful hardware just as dumb
> terminals.

One of the fun things about the TD-800 was that it was possible to read
and write the micro's memory. I wrote a Cobol program (the only programming
language I had) on a B800 to let me monkey about with the TD-800's
innards. The ones I was using had a 6800 in them.

Roger Ivie
ivie_at_cc.usu.edu
Received on Sun Aug 16 1998 - 17:49:22 BST

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