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Article #621733Re: Osborne 1 with speech synthesis
From: Mike Spencer
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 17:39
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 17:39
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Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> writes: > On Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 9:43:09 PM UTC-6, Mike Spencer wrote: > >> Also interesting that there's very little Osborne 1 traffic on >> comp.os.cpm. > > Since its screen was 56 characters wide instead of 80, software had > to be modified to run on it; it wasn't a *standard* CP/M machine, > unlike the Kaypro. I had 7 Osbornes, 2 loaned to other people that I supported. All but one had an 80 column card and were used with an external monitor. External monitor could be connected by a little device labled EXMON that plugged into the front-panel edge connector and had an RCA plug on one end. Yes, the 56 char limit was very irritating, as was the tiny on-board monitor. Ones with green on-board monitors were better as they had higher contrast and sharpness. -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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