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Re: [OM] Reminiscing [was: Re: iPhone et al]

Subject: Re: [OM] Reminiscing [was: Re: iPhone et al]
From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:03:49 -0500
> I built the original H-89, which had a Z80 processor and ran their own HDOS 
> operating system, which was arguably a significant improvement over the 
> dominant CP/M operating system of the day. But I later switched to CP/M when 
> Heath dropped support for HDOS.


I helped build one of those for a friend. Wow, it was great stuff at
the time. It's sad to think that we could do stuff with that old beast
which we can't today with our iThingies.

AG
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