Re: Dixie Canner CPT 8000?

2020-04-25 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
Thank you for the link.  I really enjoyed seeing that video! Maybe there was another one done on the great Volker-Craig/NABU catastrophe, which I believe is another example of government getting involved with business and screwing it up.  I was at their factory when they were trying to

Re: Dixie Canner CPT 8000?

2020-04-24 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 4/24/20 6:58 PM, Nigel Johnson via cctalk wrote: > Does anybody have a wp made by AES? > > In the late 70's, they were experimenting with voice recognition for > their systems. We were a nearby DEC Components OEM and had a hundred or > so LSI11/23 modules in stock.  They sent an engineer over

Re: Dixie Canner CPT 8000?

2020-04-24 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
Does anybody have a wp made by AES? In the late 70's, they were experimenting with voice recognition for their systems. We were a nearby DEC Components OEM and had a hundred or so LSI11/23 modules in stock.  They sent an engineer over to our plant, took out the whole stock, and replaced the

Re: Dixie Canner CPT 8000?

2020-04-24 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
It really is a shame that little attention is paid to the early WaPro vendors. I remember that we had an Artec system, with a floor-standing dual 8" drive box and a Diablo KSR Hitype with an attached one-line display. Artec was acquired by Dictaphone, who was then swallowed by Pitney Bowes, who

Re: Dixie Canner CPT 8000?

2020-04-24 Thread Chris Elmquist via cctalk
Ya. And it’s not from Michigan but Minnesota! You betcha. -- Chris Elmquist > On Apr 24, 2020, at 7:00 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote: > >  >> >>> What in the world is this? > >> On Fri, 24 Apr 2020, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: >> It’s a word processor, pure and simple. I have the

Re: Dixie Canner CPT 8000?

2020-04-24 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
Bitsavers has some brochures on the 8000 and 6000 (cost-reduced 8000): http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/cpt/brochures/ I've got an operator's flip-style book somewhere in my stuff for the 8000. CP/M for the 8000 was announced by CPT in 1979. --Chuck

Re: Dixie Canner CPT 8000?

2020-04-24 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
What in the world is this? On Fri, 24 Apr 2020, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: It’s a word processor, pure and simple. I have the later version and have kind of been collecting tales of the Cassette Power Typing company of Michigan - http://binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/cpt Thank you for a

Re: Dixie Canner CPT 8000?

2020-04-24 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 4/24/20 3:52 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: > >> On 24 Apr 2020, at 23:39, Anders Nelson via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/143536589578 >> >> What in the world is this? > > > It’s a word processor, pure and simple. I have the later version and have > kind of been

Re: Dixie Canner CPT 8000?

2020-04-24 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 4/24/20 3:39 PM, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > https://www.ebay.com/itm/143536589578 > > What in the world is this? Early word processor. There's a bit on the web on it. --Chuck

Re: Dixie Canner CPT 8000?

2020-04-24 Thread Adrian Graham via cctalk
> On 24 Apr 2020, at 23:39, Anders Nelson via cctalk > wrote: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/143536589578 > > What in the world is this? It’s a word processor, pure and simple. I have the later version and have kind of been collecting tales of the Cassette Power Typing company of Michigan -

Dixie Canner CPT 8000?

2020-04-24 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
https://www.ebay.com/itm/143536589578 What in the world is this?