On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Bill Yakowenko wrote:
> Saw these things in a second-hand store in Las Vegas the other day:
>
> Coleco Adam
>
> Franklin Ace 1200
>
> Lanier <somethingorother>
> (it had two 5.25" floppy drives, two LEDs, and two
> rocker switches on its front panel)
The Lanier unit is a dedicated word processor based on a Z-80. They came
in several flavors - soft sector disks, hard sector disks, and both
floppy and hard drive. I do not know if there was ever a CP/M version
ported to the machine or not. Lanier is now a part of Harris Corp. and
they , like many large companies, were no too helpful in my queries.
- don
> CoCo 2
>
> Although I was awfully tempted, I ended up deciding they wouldn't fit
> in my luggage, so they are probably still there, at the "Faith Lutheran"
> thrift store, at 707 N. Rancho.
>
> Let the race begin!
>
> Bill.
>
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