Re: [NTLK] eMate vs Alphasmart Dana

From: David Orriss Jr (dave_at_davenet.net)
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 22:39:28 EST


On Wednesday, December 04, 2002 7:18 PM,
John Acuff <jacuff1_at_earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> I'm not sure I would put the Sinclair in the same class as the Apple
> ][. ; - )

Clive Sinclair would have disagreed with you... ;)

> Actually, I still have an old membrane keyboard ZX80. I never had a
> power supply for it, so I have no idea if it works or not. Did they
> have a built-in OS? Or did you have to load it somehow? I don't
> remember seeing any connection for external storage.
> John
>
> "Got Newt!"

There's no OS in that sense. You power it up and it drops into the basic
interpreter.

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