And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
The Teleram P-1800! I wonder how many of those got made and sold.
Yep. My secretary had one; patient notes etc into Dictaphone, transcribed onto cassette, draft to me for correction and then into the case notes etc. Frankly, better than the modern systems- fewer errors as a good secretary would understand my mumbles AND spell the somewhat arcane terms without error ("pylorus sparing pancreaticoduodenectomy" anyone?). OK, to be honest that's just being flashy- it's a modified Whipple; only med students and professors bother with the tongue twister.
Circa 1977, bought a Monroe (actually a larger version of their most expensive calculator); printer was an IBM Modified Ball Typewriter. Their tech had to come by every week to attach a keyboard to enter in new customers.
Cost was $14,000,, and the tech's company charged $50/wk. for maintenance.
I acquired an Eagle suitcase 'puter in the 80s. No hard drive, two 5 inch floppies. The CEO of that operation managed to X himself, celebrating his success by wrapping his fresh new Porsche around a tree. End of story.
A callback to another era, for sure.
ReplyDeleteAnyone remember the Cassette Powered Typing word processing equipment (CPT) from that time?
Hooked to the tv! BTDT
DeleteYep. My secretary had one; patient notes etc into Dictaphone, transcribed onto cassette, draft to me for correction and then into the case notes etc. Frankly, better than the modern systems- fewer errors as a good secretary would understand my mumbles AND spell the somewhat arcane terms without error ("pylorus sparing pancreaticoduodenectomy" anyone?). OK, to be honest that's just being flashy- it's a modified Whipple; only med students and professors bother with the tongue twister.
DeleteI bought a CPT ~1984. Noisy AF. Had to have a sound hood; still noisy
DeleteCirca 1977, bought a Monroe (actually a larger version of their most expensive calculator); printer was an IBM Modified Ball Typewriter. Their tech had to come by every week to attach a keyboard to enter in new customers.
ReplyDeleteCost was $14,000,, and the tech's company charged $50/wk. for maintenance.
I still have a Chameleon somewhere in the "stuff I'm gonna get to someday" pile.... Ran DOS and CP/M.....
ReplyDeleteWe went from 4" screens to 50" screens in 25 years, and 50" to 96" in about 12 years, give or take.
ReplyDeleteThe Chameleon! I worked for Seequa when they made those in Annapolis MD and later Odenton MD. Learned how corporate raiding works from them!
ReplyDeleteLooks kinda like my old Kaypro 10. Ran CP/M.
ReplyDeleteIt had a 10 megabyte HDD thast cost about $1,100.00 to replace. Dealer told us we'd never fill it.
He was right.
I was hoping I wasn't the only one that remembered Kaypro. The Navy used them before they went to the SNAP II. Mike
ReplyDeleteI acquired an Eagle suitcase 'puter in the 80s. No hard drive, two 5 inch floppies. The CEO of that operation managed to X himself, celebrating his success by wrapping his fresh new Porsche around a tree. End of story.
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