[Coco] Disk Controllers for the Dragon...

Richard E. Crislip rcrislip at neo.rr.com
Mon Oct 26 21:46:58 EDT 2015


On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 16:39:00 -0700
Kandur <k at qdv.pw> wrote:

> Speaking of Burroughs, I bought a used TC500 in the early 1970s.
> Then came an ulimatum from the missus: "Either you, or this monster
> leaves the house!" :) It had a golf ball printer and a 1K (64 bit)
> disk memory. Still have the boot punch tape for it. :)
> 
> Images for Burroughs TC-500
> http://tinyurl.com/pm6w7tg
> 
> Kandur
> 
> Monday, October 26, 2015, 2:41:21 PM, you wrote:
> > On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:23:08 +0100
> > 8k Burroughs B-263 for me 8-), Card in, card and paper out. Ahh the
> > good ol days <sigh> 8-) Oh yeah, don't forget the paper tape
> > carriage control for the printer ;-).
> > didier derny <didier at aida.org> wrote:
> >> I started with punched card on an univac 1110 :)
> >> On 26/10/2015 17:20, Zippster wrote:
> >> > Don’t encourage me…
> >> >
> >> > I already have a serious problem with liking every piece of
> >> > hardware
> >> >
> >> > - Ed
> >> >
> >> >> On Oct 26, 2015, at 11:11 AM, didier derny <didier at aida.org>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> why not a punched tape reader ? :)
> >> >> --
> >> >> didier
> >> >>
> >> >> On 26/10/2015 16:30, Zippster wrote:
> >> >>> But…, is it retro enough?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Who’s interested in a punched tape reader?
> >> >>>
> 

You kidding me!!! You actually caved!!! Actually you probably choose
wisely.


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