[rescue] Bigger Iron at Home (was: SNMP, Baby!)

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Thu Nov 13 02:07:13 CST 2003


On Thursday, November 13, 2003, at 02:55 AM, Francisco Javier 
Mesa-Martinez wrote:
>> ROMP came out in 1981.  It was first used in the RT in 1986.  
>> Originally,
>> it was just used in experimental typewriters and a couple of printers.
>
> Hum... I did not know that, I thought that was the 801... which the 
> ROMP
> was based on.

   The 801 was a big box...not a chipset that could be built into a 
typewriter.  It was built from small-scale integration chips and would 
definitely be classified as a mini.

      -Dave

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Dave McGuire                      "My tummy hurts now, but my soul
St. Petersburg, FL                 feels a little better."     -Ed



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