Some models (e.g., the 150) supported Multibus. In the early 1980s at Tandem
Austin we used one with a SUN graphics board in a Multibus slot to prototype a
68000 workstation we were building (but that never became a product). Al Kossow
has lots of information about Wicat in bitsavers. Here’s a
On 2023-04-03 7:15 a.m., Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
On April 3, 1973 the first wireless phone call was made and Moore’s Law has
now led to the smart-phone being ubiquitous to our lives: Computer
technology and cell phone technology marching hand-in-hand.
Happy computing and talking
On 4/3/23 08:46, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote:
> Aww the mts phones still find a few places in the world that use em still
Up until wide deployment of cellular communications, you could find an
MTS phone in most Real Estate agent's cars locally.
Recall also, at about this date, Philippe Kahn
Aww the mts phones still find a few places in the world that use em still
Had one at my cabin till that got shut down in 2006 here In manitoba.
Also got one of the ones sherritt exploration had with a range that would
reach to the operator in selkirk from lynn lake mb
On Mon, Apr 3, 2023,
Marty's book is pretty good...
https://www.amazon.com/Cutting-Cord-Phone-Transformed-Humanity/dp/194812274X
On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 8:23 AM Paul Koning via cctalk
wrote:
>
> That would be cell phone, right? Wireless phones have been around for much
> longer, but those earlier ones weren't
That would be cell phone, right? Wireless phones have been around for much
longer, but those earlier ones weren't cellular. The key innovation is
seamless handoff between cells, as opposed to the call being tied to a
particular base station for the duration.
paul
> On Apr 3, 2023,
On April 3, 1973 the first wireless phone call was made and Moore’s Law has
now led to the smart-phone being ubiquitous to our lives: Computer
technology and cell phone technology marching hand-in-hand.
Happy computing and talking about it!
Murray
On 4/3/2023 4:26 AM, Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote:
Is anyone familiar with WICAT Systems?
I came across their ad in BYTE Nov 1981 (page 84), with a claim of
"first family of microcomputers with mainframe capability"
It is a 68000 based system (like the Lisa?), one configuration offers
On Mon, Apr 3, 2023, 4:26 AM Steve Lewis via cctalk
wrote:
> Is anyone familiar with WICAT Systems?
>
> I came across their ad in BYTE Nov 1981 (page 84), with a claim of
> "first family of microcomputers with mainframe capability"
>
> It is a 68000 based system (like the Lisa?), one
Is anyone familiar with WICAT Systems?
I came across their ad in BYTE Nov 1981 (page 84), with a claim of
"first family of microcomputers with mainframe capability"
It is a 68000 based system (like the Lisa?), one configuration offers
400x300 monochrome graphics. Ad also claims 1.5MB main
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