Re: Connecting a Cambridge Z88 to the Internet

2016-03-18 Thread Robert Rissell
Your problem would be finding a suitable host device. Early internet access was serviced by text only portals such as Gopher. Today I would not count on finding one operating other than as a remote termial session on an older machine. On Mar 18, 2016 10:04 AM, "Liam Proven" wrote: > I've been

Re: HP 700lx

2016-01-25 Thread Robert Rissell
I have a like-new OmniGo 120 with all the accessories ( including link to Windows). Apparently it will even boot into DOS. Not the same as the phone-based 700lx though. More of a fold-open HP calculator. On Jan 24, 2016 4:56 PM, wrote: > and after ben gets his we would buy one for S

Re: Display-less computing was Re: TOP POSTING

2015-12-12 Thread Robert Rissell
Mike, One of the key manners of getting information processed was batch jobs run by the computer staff.You never see the computer at all. Individual programs (usually one at a time - using the whole machine for one program) were loaded, pointed at input files, run and then unloaded with the o