Philips Wordprocessor (UK)

From: Nico de Jong <nico_at_farumdata.dk>
Date: Sun Feb 8 00:00:52 2004

From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk>
> Another oddity at the computer museum at Bletchley which I unfortunately
> didn't get much chance to look over (if there is interest I'll get
> better details later in the week).
>
> It's a Philips machine with twin 8" floppy drives - I'm told a dedicated
> wordprocessor, but I'm wondering if it isn't a full-blown CP/M system.
> Looks to be circa 1980 anyway.

Without pictures, I would say it could be a Philips 5002 or 5020. IIRC, both
machines were made by Micon in Canada. Micon is/was at that time a Philips
subsidiary

Nico
Received on Sun Feb 08 2004 - 00:00:52 GMT