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Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 14:04:12 -6
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From: "Gordon A. Lew" <glew@ionet.net>
Subject: Old Computers
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And then of course there was the Monrobot, made by Monroe calculators. 16 bit machine with 1024 words of memory (2048 was an option). All of main memory was on a drum, input was from a modified IBM Selectric model B or from punched paper tape. If one wanted to get real fancy there was a mag card reader which could be used for additional storage. Cards were the same size as standard IBM cards, except no punching - just a magnetic coating on one side.
For further sophistication, you could order a modified IBM 026 card punch which could be wired to the machine and serve as an input/output device.
Darn thing looked like a desk, and had a reasonably complete instruction set considering the time.
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Gordon A. Lew
glew@ionet.net
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From: "Gordon A. Lew" <glew@ionet.net>
Subject: Old Computers
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
And then of course there was the Monrobot, made by Monroe calculators. 16 bit machine with 1024 words of memory (2048 was an option). All of main memory was on a drum, input was from a modified IBM Selectric model B or from punched paper tape. If one wanted to get real fancy there was a mag card reader which could be used for additional storage. Cards were the same size as standard IBM cards, except no punching - just a magnetic coating on one side.
For further sophistication, you could order a modified IBM 026 card punch which could be wired to the machine and serve as an input/output device.
Darn thing looked like a desk, and had a reasonably complete instruction set considering the time.
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Gordon A. Lew
glew@ionet.net
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