Wang 2200 web site and emulator announcement

From: Jim Battle <frustum_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Thu Oct 17 21:42:01 2002

At 01:24 PM 10/17/02 -0400, Merle K. Pierce wrote:
>No Jim, not VS's - the CS line which has to fairly rare. Sometoime in
>the mid to late 80's Wang was preparing to discontinue the 2200 line.
>The uproar was so great and resistance so determined that the 2200's were
>redesigned with more contemporary technology and offered as CS machines.
>I have never see one, but I have read the article in Access to Wang. I
>believe the machines were completely 2200 compatible.

OK, I probably am very confused about the Wang line after I stopped using
them. However, it still stands that if you want to see one, follow the
link below.


>On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Jim Battle wrote:
>
> > At 09:08 AM 10/17/02 -0400, "Merle K. Peirce" wrote:
> > >Jim, do you have anything on the CS line? I haven't even seen one of
> those.
> >
> > Merle --
> >
> > I don't, and I don't think I ever will. My interest in the Wang is
> > confined to the first generation machines. The VS machines were well
> after
> > my time and were radically different than the first generation
> > machines. Simply, the nostalgia factor is entirely missing.
> >
> > Here is somebody who does have one, though; in fact, he has a lot of
> > different Wangs:
> >
> > http://home.wxs.nl/~janvdv/wang/wangmuseum.htm
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Jim Battle == frustum_at_pacbell.net
> >
> >
>
>M. K. Peirce
>
>Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
>Shady Lea, Rhode Island
>
>"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
>
> - Ovid

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