info-cpm (12/04/82)
>From STORK@Mit-Mc Sat Dec 4 05:07:24 1982
To: info-cpm@BRL
Via: Mit-Mc; 4 Dec 82 6:58-EST
Via: Brl; 4 Dec 82 7:09-EST
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Subject: Portable Micros.
My son is off to college soon. He's been doing his work on
a micro for over two years, and I can't expect him to go back to a
typewriter, so am planning to get him a portale micro (like OSBORNE,
KAYPRO, what have you).
Question: What experience have people had with various units? Any
advice of what to get (not to get)? Any reason to wait a
few months because something much better is just around the corner?
Comments will be much appreciated.info-cpm (12/07/82)
>From teklabs!tekcrd!tekmdp!scotth@Ucb-C70 Mon Dec 6 21:19:02 1982
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In-Reply-To: Your news article ucbvax.210 of Sat Dec 4 05:26:56 1982
Via: Mit-Ai; 6 Dec 82 17:21-EST
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From: Scott Herzinger on OTRONA Attache
Just found out that my uucp address is:
tektronix!tekmdp!scotth
for whatever that's worth. I can't give justice to the
OTRONA. It's a beautifully engineered system. I will
be sending my compliments to the engineers. After seeing
the system, you probably will, too.
the system, you probably will, too.info-cpm (12/07/82)
>From teklabs!tekcrd!tekmdp!scotth@Ucb-C70 Mon Dec 6 22:09:18 1982 Received: by UCBVAX.BERKELEY.ARPA (3.227 [10/22/82]) id A01381; 6-Dec-82 22:13:05-PST (Mon) To: azure!tekcrd!teklabs!ucbcad!ucbvax.info-cpm@Ucb-C70 In-Reply-To: Your news article ucbvax.210 of Sat Dec 4 05:26:56 1982 Via: Mit-Ai; 6 Dec 82 17:24-EST Via: Brl; 6 Dec 82 17:39-EST Via: Brl-Bmd; 6 Dec 82 17:46-EST Regarding portables for sons-off-to-college: I have used the Kaypro-II, thought it an adequate solution. The Osborne doesn't please me very much, but I haven't seen it outside the showroom. I do like the Kaypro for what it offers, which is a simple CP/M system, without a whole lot of extra features. If 64K is enough main store, and 200K on each of two drives is enough mass store, then it ought to be adequate for a freshman or sophomore. The best portable (truly defining the term "portable"; the Kaypro and Osborne are merely "moveable") system, at least from my engineering standpoint, is the OTRONA Attache. The Attache is also a 64K CP/M system, 360K per shock-mounted disk drive. But it has a LOT of big pluses, which can't all be listed here, but include: Real time clock Bus extender (S-100, GPIB, STD) DMA Fully interrupt driven Graphics (damn good, too) comes with Wordstar (customized to keyboard), MBASIC(for what it's worth), software to utilize the clock, graphics tools, a RPN calculator, nice version of CP/M... The cost is a little higher ($3995), but it's engineering cost well spent. The system is professional, harddisk, 16-bit processor are planned extensions, battery-pack is available, 12-volt for use in campers etc, high-resolution screen, the list is long. The machine is an 8-bitter that will carry the user a long way into the future (specifically through college and graduate school and them some). I am impressed with the machine and plan to acquire one. You may wish to contact OTRONA at OTRONA Corporation 4755 Walnut Street Boulder, Colorado 80301 (303) 444-8100 My name is Scott Herzinger Software Engineering Microcomputer Development Products Tektronix, Inc PO Box 500, MS 92/525 Beaverton, Oregon uucp: tekmdp!scott ^ |_____ (I think)