> On 2 Sep 2023, at 15:07, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > On 9/1/2023 11:45 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: >> My first computer was a Poly-88. I had no monitor and no keyboard. >> I read and understood the instructions about finding a TV that used a >> transformer power supply. Many newer TV's of that day were not using a >> transformer for the main supply. I went to several secondhand stores and >> found one that would work. >> The keyboard was from a surplus Singer data entry machine ( I thought they >> only made sewing machines ). > > > Believe it or not, at one time they even made Flight Simulators. Early 70's I > wanted > > to work at their Binghamton, NY facility but like IBM in Endicott I couldn't > even get my > > foot in the door. > > > bill > > The Singer Link F-16 simulator used Norsk Data superminis (initially ND50, but later ND500). This is not really relevant to S-100 and video monitors, but I like to mention Norsk Data whenever the opportunity arises.
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