CBM 8032 SK (& electronics)

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Sun Aug 26 22:01:17 2001

Richard Erlacher skrev:

>With respect to the Commodore choice to put HPIB on their computers, as
>opposed to a parallel port, there was a fellow here in Denver who cooked up a
>circuit that allowed one to attach a then-common EPSON printer to the HPIB,
>thereby making the computer into a useful tool. He became rich beyond his
>wildest dreams, and started a company called "Progressive Peripherals" which
>may in fact still be in operation.

Could that be the Progressive Peripherals and Software (PP&S) which produced a
lot of different boards for the Amiga?

BTW, Dick, are you allergic towards snipping? You just quoted about twenty-
five times the amount of lines you added. Was that necessary or did you just
do that to make my telco richer and me a little bit poorer?

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