rarest computers

JimD jimmydevice at verizon.net
Tue Aug 3 01:54:09 CDT 2004


JimD wrote:

> ed sharpe wrote:
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>> what is the trainer?  send me a picture sounds neat!
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>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "JimD" <jimmydevice at verizon.net>
>> To: "ed sharpe" <esharpe at uswest.net>; <General Discussion :>; 
>> "On-Topic and
>> Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 7:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: rarest computers
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>>> ed sharpe wrote:
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>>>> PARTS OF SAGE and parts of the Honeywell datamatic 1000
>>>> but those are parts.... does this count?----- Original Message 
>>>> ----- From: "Bryan Pope" <bpope at wordstock.com>
>>>> To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 11:15 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: rarest computers
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
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>>> I was given a National Radio Institute 832 trainer about 15 years ago.
>>> Needs some work now.
>>>
>>> Jim Davis.
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> It looks like this:
> http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=884
> except that there is a  incandecent 7 segment octal display installed 
> in the
> center of the console, "the middle of the display panel" and a rotary
> switch for CPU clock select in the lower right..
> Jim Davis. I'll post some pictures.
>
You have motivated me to write an emulator for this beast. But I think 
I  would like to
add an extended memory option that will  allow the implementation of 
some simple language.
Jim Davis.
Maybe use the 2 high memory registers as a page register? 14 byte code 
pages?  Ouch!




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