Xerox Daybreak

From: Frank McConnell <fmc_at_reanimators.org>
Date: Wed Jun 24 12:07:39 1998

Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
> > IIRC, the Star had both a custom microcoded CPU and had an 8080 (or 8085)
> > to handle I/O.
>
> I believe 8080 is correct (remember, the design was started in the 1975
> timeframe, but did extend into 1981 when it was released). The 8085 is
> circa 1976. Why didn't I take better notes!? ;)

Yeah, me too. But this is where I stopped: it was an 8085.

...

The Star presentation was certainly well attended -- it was packed to
overflowing! I was out in the lobby watching the presentation on a
monitor, and apparently there were other folks watching other monitors
in the cafeteria. Anyway, that is why I gave up on notes -- couldn't
concentrate on the palmtop keyboard and the monitor at the same time.

Afterward a bunch of us did get together outside the auditorium lobby,
Uncle Roger tried to make me hold up a classiccmp sign, I tried
waving my appendages a bit whenever I saw someone I recognized, and
somehow I think we completely missed Rax. Sorry about that, Rax.
I will try to plan better next time.

So who was there? Roger Sinasohn, Rachel ? (Uncle Roger's girlfriend
-- the schoolteacher who is always on the lookout for Macs), Doug
Yowza, Doug Coward, Paul Coad, Sam Ismail, Edwin El-Kareh, and y'r
humble narrator. Stuff was swapped, stories were exchanged, we moved
to the parking lot, yakked some more, then security came around,
someone made the mistake of asking me where to go and I suggested the
El Paso Cafe in Mountain View. (Hey, I know *I* can get some
good cheap eats there.)

Notes:

(a) At least some of us seem to want to do this get-together
    thing again. Of course we did not reach any consensus w/r/t time
    and date as Roger now wants to check and see whether his tap
    dancing lessons collide.

(b) We need to start earlier, 9:00 PM is late for dinner and
    the El Paso closes at 10:00. Other places close earlier than
    that.

(c) So...fine, here's a time and place for all us Bay Areans to
    argue over: Second Thursday, 09 July 1998, 7:00 PM, El Paso Cafe,
    1407 W El Camino Real, Mountain View. Y'all can flame me about
    this in public or private, and I'm still open to change, but I want
    to announce the real time and place on 30 June.

-Frank McConnell
Received on Wed Jun 24 1998 - 12:07:39 BST