[SunRescue] Re: First Computers

[Ken Hansen]

Ahh, I remember the Xerox 820 - Ionly saw it as a surplus board for $50-100, took 2x floppy drives and a serial terminal IIRC. Used a Z80 CPU?

I also remember the Ampro SBC - 5 1/4" drive form factor, you could actually attach it to a drive and have a stand-alone system...

Never got into CP/M though - too deep in TRS-80s at school...

Ken

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From: Innfomail at aol.com
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Sent: March 12, 2001 12:52:34 AM GMT
Subject: [SunRescue] Re: First Computers


My first was a Litton 1251 with 400K of Drum memory. It consisted of 5 
cabinets 2' X 3' in size, a CPU, Drum, Drum, paper tape IO and printer. It 
took up half the living room. I bought it from the State of Oregon in 1980 
for $25. Was much fun to play with.

Paul Pierce has a Litton 1231 for his museum. He just beat me out of the 
local community college's IBM 1130 a few years later.

My second was a Xerox 820-II and then a DEC Rainbow.

Paxton
Portland, OR
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