From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 17 20:16:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74E0A37B41C for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 20:16:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from pool0289.cvx40-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([216.244.43.34] helo=mindspring.com) by albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16GBgI-0007C7-00; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 20:16:42 -0800 Message-ID: <3C1EC32B.3737FAE0@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 20:16:43 -0800 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Meyer , FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: Early desktop history (Was: Re: UNIX on the Desktop) References: <20011216112759.U16958-100000@localhost> <002f01c1866e$1e4d9510$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C1DB7EB.9232204A@mindspring.com> <15390.41026.585546.798659@guru.mired.org> <3C1EC075.C4ECA2FF@mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Terry Lambert wrote: > The SWTP 6800 (South West Technical Products S100-based machine) > where I wrote my first BASIC program (using front panel switches > to key in the bootstrap, before hand-cranking the patched paper > tape copy of the language) wasn't CP/M, though... but then, that > *was* 1976. 8^). Before people blow a gasket over "front panel switches" because the SWTP 6800 I used looked like: http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/6800_2/6800_2bw640.jpg The switches were on a seperate front panel mounted to that front panel, which someone else had hacked up from parts (paddle toggle switches and LEDs, mostly). Thanks, -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message