Hi,
History?? :-) I repaired two of these only a few years ago and to my
knowledge they still in use. It had a high precision 16bit Analog to digital
converter card installed and software to plot the output and display the
results. Not sure what it booted into so quickly direct from ROM but it took
a long time to boot from the tape which included loading and executing the
software, in fact so long they never switched off the machine unless
absolutely necessary.
I also have some one that still runs a genuine IBM XT everyday also its
never switched off I was the first person in 20 years of its operation to
open the case up abut 5 years ago to repair the 5-1/4" floppy drive, It
literally has 2 inches of dust inside it I peeled it off like a carpet, I
also removed the mouse from inside the power supply and jokingly had him on
that it was properly the earliest XT to have a mouse installed, he was
surprised.
Amazing whats really still in use these days.
Simon.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Smithies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CLUG" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: The Story of the Little Computer That Could
Hi,
And did you notice that it boots in seconds?
Somewhat faster than my tower PCs.
Derek.
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008, Douglas Royds wrote:
The crustier engineers among us (myself included) might enjoy this bit of
steam computer history:
http://www.hp9825.com/
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Derek Smithies Ph.D.
IndraNet Technologies Ltd.
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