VCFe Munich report

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Mon May 12 14:54:01 2003

At 12:55 AM 5/11/03 +0100, you wrote:
>I spent last weekend at the European Vintage Computer Fair
>(www.vcfe.org) in Munich. I didn't take anything along for display
>myself, but spent the time looking at what the others had brought.
>
>I guess my favourites were the CP/M portables, since I haven't played
>with one for years. Gaby Chaudry (www.gaby.de) had brought along a
>Kaypro and an Osborne 1. I'm not sure how we ever survived with the
>tiny screen on the latter.

   FWIW, the Osborne CRT were surplus IBM 5100 CRTs! They were a major
reason that AO could build the Osbornes as cheap as he did.


     Joe
Received on Mon May 12 2003 - 14:54:01 BST