[TUHS] Mine's older than yours

[TUHS] Mine's older than yours

[Norman Wilson]

Larry McVoy:

  In response to old hardware... My first machine was an Okidata CPM machine
  which had a color (!) monitor and a built in printer.  If someone had one
  of these, I'd like it just for old time's sake...

Well, my first computer was a Cardiac.  I'm glad to say that I managed
to grab one from Classic Computing a few years ago, but I don't think
they have any left.  If anyone knows of a source, I'd be interested to
hear about it; every now and then I mention Cardiac to someone who hasn't
heard of it, and they'd like to know where to get one.

I still think Cardiac should be a required tool in freshman programming
courses.

Norman Wilson
Toronto ON

[TUHS] Mine's older than yours

[John Foust]

At 10:51 PM 8/31/2002 -0400, Norman Wilson wrote:
>Larry McVoy:
>
>  In response to old hardware... My first machine was an Okidata CPM machine
>  which had a color (!) monitor and a built in printer.  If someone had one
>  of these, I'd like it just for old time's sake...
>
>Well, my first computer was a Cardiac. 

The Classic Computer Collector mailing list http://www.classiccmp.org/
might be a good source.  They rescue a fair number of PDP, too.

- John