[cctalk] Re: Silly question about S-100 and video monitors

[Raymond Wiker via cctalk]

> On 2 Sep 2023, at 15:07, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> wrote:
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> On 9/1/2023 11:45 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote:
>> My first computer was a Poly-88. I had no monitor and no keyboard.
>> I read and understood the instructions about finding a TV that used a 
>> transformer power supply. Many newer TV's of that day were not using a 
>> transformer for the main supply. I went to several secondhand stores and 
>> found one that would work.
>> The keyboard was from a surplus Singer data entry machine ( I thought they 
>> only made sewing machines ).
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> Believe it or not, at one time they even made Flight Simulators. Early 70's I 
> wanted
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> to work at their Binghamton, NY facility but like IBM in Endicott I couldn't 
> even get my
> 
> foot in the door.
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> bill
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The Singer Link F-16 simulator used Norsk Data superminis (initially ND50, but 
later ND500). This is not really relevant to S-100 and video monitors, but I 
like to mention Norsk Data whenever the opportunity arises.