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03-06-2007, 12:17 PM
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This early Intel 8088-based non-IBM compatible MS-DOS computer was produced by Hewlett Packard in 1983. Distinguishing features: It was the first computer to use a 3.5" rigid diskette. Terminal access to the screen rather than PC-like video-adapter graphics. It was bootable in terminal mode, as an HP2621, no computer. It had infrared touch-screen capability, allowing creation of ATM-like applications. Monochrome 512 x 390 HP2648A (?) graphics on a 9" Sony screen. Built-in thermal printer. Color pen-plotter interface.
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03-06-2007, 12:37 PM
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I had a Macintosh Laptop back in the early 90's I remember playing SIM City on it
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IBM PC, a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor. 16 k of memory. Came with two 160k floppy disk drives.
Remember going to the library and getting "code" out of magazines to take home and program.
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I bought a KayPro PC 8088 w/ 640k, dual floppy drives and an RGB monitor when I started grad school (top picture). Without a hard drive, it was a chore to use. I paid $1200 for that boat anchor, and sold it a year later for $900 to a lady - God bless her - that I'd wager never even turned it on.
At the office (bottom picture) I had a Compaq "luggable" portable unit (pre-laptop) with a small built-in Hercules monochrome screen, a single floppy, 640k and a 10mb hard drive running MS-DOS v2.01. It had just enough room on the hard drive for Lotus 123 2.01, PC-Write, dBase 3.0 and, of course, Tetris This was the one I cut my teeth on, and the one that ignited my interest in computers.Man, that thing must have weighed 40 pounds! It was like a roach. You couldn't kill it. It's probably still around somewhere gathering dust. The fact that it survived a very dusty construction office and being tossed around in the back of a Suburban speaks volumes...and backs up the reputation Compaq computers had back in the day.
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