Re: on offer (2 items)

[Leslie Bialler lb136@xxxxxxxx]

mike shupp wrote:

> > Hmm and hmmm . . . I wonder what Xy I was like. Warp speed I suppose.
>
> That takes us back to prehistory. I don't think there ever was a
> released XyWrite I, unless you want to count ATEX. I suspect XyWrite Two
> sounded better for marketing purposes-- when Nonlinear Systems got into
> the computer business in CP/M times, they named their first computer
> the Kaypro Two, to give a misleading impression of prior experience and
> the folks in Billerica may have copied the example.
>

Ah! Thanks.


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