ADAM (was Re: [SunRescue] Re: First Computers (was Re: Yay, I don't feel...)

Peter L. Wargo rescue at sunhelp.org
Sat Mar 10 17:03:44 CST 2001


>But the cool thing about ADAM was they advertised the printer speed in
>WORDS per MINUTE whereas everything else was CHARACTERS per SECOND. I
>think it was the slowest printer ever sold at retail. 16wpm, if memory
>serves, which is 80cpm or 1.3cps.

My wife used to work in the Coleco factory putting those shitheaps together...

-P

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Peter L. Wargo
pwargo at basenji.com
Owner/operator of basenji.com.




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