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Subject: [OM] Re: OT Computer trivia, was Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 question
From: Tris Schuler <tristanjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 10:10:13 -0800
Interesting. And no, I've no clue what the 8-inch story entails. Please 
fill us in.

Tris

At 01:28 AM 3/2/2004 -0800, you wrote:

>More likely the other way around. I'm sure it was a common phrase in
>computer engineering circles. My brother predates Tanenbaum's volumes.
>He knew the Homebrew folks and is mentioned a couple of times in Fire in
>the Valley. His first products were a clock fix and regulated power
>supplies for Altairs. He made disk drive addons for Trash 80s - 8 inch
>floppies before the 5 1/4s existed. (Do you know the origin and original
>purpose of the original 8" floppies?). Made an S100 bus machine with a
>Morrow designed front board. Was chief engineer then production manager
>for Morrow designs. When Morrow folded, he went with the first LCD
>screen portable, the Morrow 'Lunchbox', to Zenith. There he designed
>portables until going freelance, putting together designs and selling
>them to people like Gateway. Been dead several years now.
>
>Moose


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