And what were the 80s like for you? (Was: z80 timing...

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Wed Apr 21 19:09:15 1999

In '76 a couple of my friends and I were ogling at ads for Alpha Micro and
some self-contained Z-80-based unit from CompuTrol or some such
manufacturer. The latter had a built in display and printer, though I don't
recall what kind of display and printer. It might have been an
EPN9120-based printer, but it appeared it was a small CRT from the ads. It
might have been a small, e.g. 20-character alpha-numeric LED display,
though.

Dick

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Strickland <jim_at_calico.litterbox.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: And what were the 80s like for you? (Was: z80 timing...


>>
>> No, I was referring to your comment of the TRS-80 M1 being the "first
>> personal computer". We won't argue about the definition of "personal
>> computer", but for the sake of this discussion, the Apple ][ and
Commodore
>> PET were both introduced in April 1977 at the first West Coast Computer
>> Faire. The TRS-80 M1 was introduced in August of 1977.
>
>Really? I stand corrected then. I always assumed the TRS-80 came out
before
>the A2 and the PET. And I should have specified first commercially sold
>ready-to-use personal computer. And I might have been wrong even with
that.
>Would you believe first computer I ever saw for sale? :)
>
>
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>Jim Strickland
>jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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