terry gilpin
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How did you go down the rabbit hole?
For me it was in prehistoric times when I worked for a time share that was a dealer for Xerox 820 computers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_820#Disk_storage
Xerox came out with an updated main board and did not want the original one back. So ....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_Big_Board
A home made plywood case, with a power supply and green monochome monitor was coupled with an 8" floppy drive.
Running CPM with the WordStar word processing system and the original Colossal Cave text based adventure game, I was set to go. You could hear the floppy seeking from across the room. Great fun!
For me it was in prehistoric times when I worked for a time share that was a dealer for Xerox 820 computers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_820#Disk_storage
Xerox came out with an updated main board and did not want the original one back. So ....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_Big_Board
A home made plywood case, with a power supply and green monochome monitor was coupled with an 8" floppy drive.
Running CPM with the WordStar word processing system and the original Colossal Cave text based adventure game, I was set to go. You could hear the floppy seeking from across the room. Great fun!