Mathatron, 9100, 9830, etc.

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Aug 20 23:14:40 1998

At 12:36 PM 8/20/98 -0400, you wrote:
>In the 60s, there were business-type programmable
>machines from Monroe (EPIC 3000), Olivetti (Programma 101),
>Smith Corona Marchant (Cogito 516 PR), and Canon (Canola 164P).
>There is also the Burroughs C3660 business programmable, but
>I don't know if it's a 60s machine or not,

   I'm not sure when the Burroughs machine first came out but I worked on
HUNDREDS of them when I worked for Burroughs in the mid '70s. They used
LSICs and SSICs, core memory, PanaPlex display and had a mag card reader.
The printer looked the same as that used in the HP 46 and HP 81.

 and Sony made
>a programmable Sobax but I'm not sure when. All of these
>machines were very large and were probably either transistorized
>or used early Small-Scale integrated circuits.
>
>>
>>I have an HP9100A manual and the first HP _Keyboard_ that describes it. I
>>think I recall at least four people on the list having a 9100. It was not
>>the first programmable, but it was the first HP, and it is pretty cool
>>with its built-in CRT and expansion bus.
>
>Apparently there were also aftermarket accessories made for the 9100
>by other companies. I recall seeing something on the net from
>one company that took a 9100 and modified it to become an instrument
>controller.

   That really wasn't an accessory, it was a custom modified 9100. I've
never heard of ANY third party accessories for the 9100.

  Joe
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