I donated my IBM luggable to Goodwill when we moved two years ago. It came with an 8088, 256kb memory, and dual 5ΒΌ floppies. I had to buy a new BIOS to install an ST225 hardrive in on of the drive bays. I bought it with an AVL board (that had it's own CPU running CPM) and used it for many years programming multi-image shows. Powerpoint and LCD projectors killed that business.
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 12:46 AM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net>wrote: > Yes I remember the "luggable" machines. They ran CPM as I remember, and > the really fancy ones had 5 MB hard drives, partitioned into at least three > partitions. > > Hard to believe people spent thousands of dollars for something with less > capability than a calculator today... > > Peter -- OK Don "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin 1775 "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
