Old stuff found + help identifying...

From: Wayne M. Smith <wmsmith_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Fri Jun 29 00:22:00 2001

> On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Carlos Murillo wrote:
>
> > A few days ago one of the storage rooms at the
university
> > was cleaned up and I grabbed all the computer-related
stuff
> > that I could. Not a lot of variety, though. Besides
> > from the wintel carcasses and Mac plus remains, I found
> > one Datapoint 1550 and several modules from a type
system that
> > I have never seen. The cpu, floppy disk drives and
graphics
> > modules snap onto each other's side very neatly. There
are
> > several of these systems, with the corresponding
monitors and
> > keyboards. Alas, the only power supply unit that I
found
> > is incomplete and badly damaged. Do you guys have some
> > info about these systems? Pics can be found at
>
> The Datapoint 1550 is I believe just a terminal, but it
may well be a
> full-fledged computer. I know the model 1600 and 1800 are
all-in-one
> computers which were actually meant to be the CPU in a
multi-node
> Datapoint network (connected via ARCNET).
>
> Look inside the unit and if there is a card cage then it's
most likely a
> CPU. Late 1970's vintage.

The book "Computer Power for the Small Business" by
Sippl/Dahl (1979) profiles the Datapoint 1500. The 1500
looks a lot like the 1550 you have, except that the keyboard
and CPU/display are separate units. Storage is in a
separate dual side-by-side floppy drive. According to my
specs, the 1500 came with 32K of memory and sold for $5,950.
Datapoint was HQ'd in San Antonio, TX.
Received on Fri Jun 29 2001 - 00:22:00 BST

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