Wang 2200

From: jb <jb_at_chromatic.com>
Date: Fri Jun 5 03:59:25 1998

While searching the web for references to machines that I
grew up on, I found a posting of yours:


> Having just received the donation of a Wang 2200 mini for the
> Windsor Science Centre, (no documentation of course,) am wondering
> if anyone can give me any information on it?
> We also received a Kim-1, but lots of info on that.
>
> Thanks
> Charlie Fox

The first machine I programmed on, in 1978 & 1979, were a pair
of Wang 2200 machines; one was a Wang 2200S. Just to be sure,
since I'm not informed on any machine Wang made other than the
2200, it was a "desktop" unit with integrated monitor and a rounded
cabinet design.

I don't know if it will help, but here's what I recall of the
machines. The 2200S was more sophisticated of the pair, as it
had lower-case character generation ability.

Both machines had a 32KB ROM that implemented Wang's dialect of
BASIC. Both had 8KB of RAM. Both used digital cassette tape
drives. The BASIC was/is pretty sophisticated in that it had
a whole host of matrix operations. It was primitive in that, like
most BASICs of the day, all variables were either a single letter
or a letter and number. The only basic types were float and string;
there were no INTs or such.

So, I see you posted that about half a year ago. Did you end up
finding out more? Would you consider selling the machine?

Anyway, good luck.
Received on Fri Jun 05 1998 - 03:59:25 BST