x86 non-PeeCees.

Roger Merchberger zmerch at 30below.com
Tue May 10 13:04:26 CDT 2005


Rumor has it that Patrick Finnegan may have mentioned these words:
>On Tuesday 10 May 2005 11:41, der Mouse wrote:
>
>DEC Rainbow. (got one at home)  8088(?) and Z80.  It ran a somewhat
>modified version of DOS IIRC, but isn't really what I'd call a PC.

Off the top of my head:

Zenith(Heathkit) Z100 -- 8085 and 8086, IIRC. Ran both CP/M and a 
specialized MS-DOS.

Tandy 600 "laptop" -- ran Microsoft's HH/OS (Hand Held OS) - don't remember 
if it was an 8088 or 8086; I'll have to look next chance I get, tho it'll 
be a little while.

CompuGraphic PowerView 5 & 10. Computerized typesetting machines; 
monochrome grafix. Very specialized; runs only the built-in OS. Haven't 
touched one in *years* so the memory's a little rusty. IIRC, 1Meg Max RAM, 
80186 CPU. Somewhat "macro" programmable; I did some *weird* things with 
the colon character and the macro loops to make "screened areas" on forms. 
Only good for *small* areas -- else the computer would run out of memory 
(if you're lucky) or totally crash.
;-)

Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger

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