how time flies...(was Re: Classic Computers vs. Micro$oft 'droids (was: What other lists...)

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Thu May 9 13:50:32 2002

On Thu, 9 May 2002, Stan Barr wrote:
> What surprised me was that even my Sharp 1251 pocket computer that amazed
> everyone at work at the time (Basic and 3.5K in your shirt pocket...)
> is 20 years old now...is this the smallest classic computer??
> 5 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 15/32 inches, 4 ounces, 0.03 Watts...

It's been almost 20 years since I got my Epson RC-20. I had to get
somebody to bring it from Japan, since it was never exported (and all of
the built-in software uses katakana characters).
It is a WRISTWATCH (and not a ridiculously big one like the RUPUTER), that
has a Z80 wannabe (compatible, but not from Zilog), touch screen, RAM, and
a serial port. Although it purports to have ROM, it's actually
non-volatile or low power RAM which can be rewritten using a serial port
accessory (which I don't have) "ROM-Roader"

I don't think that anybody has ever ported CP/M (or Linux) to it.


Even the Atari Portfolio is now ON-topic.
Received on Thu May 09 2002 - 13:50:32 BST