Latest find : IBM display writer

From: Lawrence Walker <lgwalker_at_mts.net>
Date: Fri Aug 2 20:07:00 2002

 I have an old copy of DATAMATION where they mention that IBM was
coming out with CP/M for the DisplayWriter.

 On another note, I have a Displaywriter KB up for grabs. You pay the
shipping.

Lawrence

> I thought it was an 8085. I believe there was CP/M for the
> displaywriter, and I remember seeing a flyer about a DOS upgrade, though
> I dpon't know if it ever materialised.
>
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Jim Kearney wrote:
>
> > > No, the original Display writers were dedicated word processors. FWIW
> > IBM later sold software for the PC that emulated the Display writer. As you
> > might guess it was called Display Write.
> >
> > Not totally dedicated. IBM sold a port of the UCSD Pascal OS, and some apps
> > such as LogiCalc and some accounting software. Somewhere I think I might have
> > a brochure. This would have been around 1982(?). My recollection is that it
> > was an 8086, and the PC drew more than a little from its design.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
>
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>
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>
> "Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
>
> - Ovid
>


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