The TRS-80 had a wide choice for the OS, and there were hardware clones
And then there were all the other machines Apple, Sinclair, Atari, Acorn/BBC, Spectravideo, Ohio Scientific/UK101 etc etc etc.
And if you wanted business there were all the CPM based ones Osbourne, Kaypro, Bondwell, Tandy, Panasonic etc etc
It was an incredibly rich time for computing back then, competing hardware, CPUs, OS's, Peripherals.
There we all sorts of variations on Basic (love it or hate it), The Jupiter Ace used Forth.
Var
Yep I own a couple Ohio scientific computers, kaypro 4 and 10, a selection of C64s, a C128, an SX64, 600HD, some older CBM PET stuff.
Have about 400 odd machines, mostly 8bit stuff but have a PDP11, Jacquard J100 (based on an Analog Devices Bit Slice Processor) , PC jr, TI99/4 , etc etc etc etc
Got boxes of new shrink wrapped 8" floppies.
Early Sinclair stuff ZX80, ZX81, QL, Spectrum, Amstrad stuff 464,664,6128,PCW8512.
Played with a compucolour that a friend owned way back when they were new.
Would love to get a Jupiter Ace and an Excidy Sorcerer to add to my collection as well as the TRS80 4, II, 12, 16.
Oh I have a couple of Osbourne 1s too with manuals.
I was in awe of the Osbourne when I saw one at a local computer club meet, the engineer from the local council was busy writing a space invaders game for it in assembler IIRC.
TRS-80 etc (Score:5, Insightful)
And then there were all the other machines Apple, Sinclair, Atari, Acorn/BBC, Spectravideo, Ohio Scientific/UK101 etc etc etc.
And if you wanted business there were all the CPM based ones Osbourne, Kaypro, Bondwell, Tandy, Panasonic etc etc
It was an incredibly rich time for computing back then, competing hardware, CPUs, OS's, Peripherals.
There we all sorts of variations on Basic (love it or hate it), The Jupiter Ace used Forth.
Var
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Have about 400 odd machines, mostly 8bit stuff but have a PDP11, Jacquard J100 (based on an Analog Devices Bit Slice Processor) , PC jr, TI99/4 , etc etc etc etc
Got boxes of new shrink wrapped 8" floppies.
Early Sinclair stuff ZX80, ZX81, QL, Spectrum, Amstrad stuff 464,664,6128,PCW8512.
Played with a compucolour that a friend owned way back when they were new.
Would love to get a Jupiter Ace and an Excidy Sorcerer to add to my collection as well as the TRS80 4, II, 12, 16.
Oh I have a couple of Osbourne 1s too with manuals.
I was in awe of the Osbourne when I saw one at a local computer club meet, the engineer from the local council was busy writing a space invaders game for it in assembler IIRC.
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