At 06:16 AM 3/13/98 -0800, you wrote:
>because A) I was short on cash and B) I'm really running out of room
>around here and trying not to buy everything I see... I'm not at all
Ah, I'm not alone! 8^)
>
>- Amstrad PCW 8256 (z80/cpm system?)
"Personal Computer Word Processor" I have book 1 of the "User Guide - CP/M
Logo & Word Processor Manual". Seems like it came with "LocaScript" a WP,
DR Logo, and CP/M Plus. A pretty interesting looking machine, actually.
>- Sanyo MBC 550 (straight PC clone?)
Not exactly "straight". Semi-compatible, iirc. Very early in the PC
timeline, and probably pretty significant.
>- Olivetti EVT300 (I may have botched the part number from faulty
>memory, it's a stylish black metal PC-ish box with one 3.5"
>floppy--related to AT&T 6300?)
Could be an AT&T 6300; I seem to remember Olivetti and AT&T worked together
or something.
>All were priced in the 10-15 dollar range. Which, if any, would you
>buy?
Well, depends on your interests. If you're interested in PC (i.e., Intel
x86/MS-DOS) history, definitely go for the Sanyo. If you're more into the
older, more proprietary systems (S-100 stuff/CP/M) go for the amstrad. If
you're a Unix/workstation person (Sun, Apollo, UnixPC, etc.) or perhaps
into foreign stuff or something, go for the Olivetti. (Note, I don't
*know* that the Olivetti runs Unix or anything, just a longshot possibility.)
Me, I'd probably go for the Sanyo first, then the Amstrad. The amstrad,
btw, came with a printer.
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