Xref: utzoo comp.protocols.misc:1094 comp.os.cpm:4364 alt.folklore.computers:7063 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!usc!ucsd!hub.ucsb.edu!ucsbuxa!6600raft From: 6600raft@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Michael Wise) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc,comp.os.cpm,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Early microcomputer networks Message-ID: <7228@hub.ucsb.edu> Date: 14 Nov 90 22:25:45 GMT References: <1990Nov12.232142.16577@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1990Nov13.210141.28709@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <1990Nov14.175037.1497@eng.umd.edu> Sender: news@hub.ucsb.edu Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara Lines: 23 In article <1990Nov14.175037.1497@eng.umd.edu> hsu@eng.umd.edu (Dagwood splits the Atom) writes: >In article <1990Nov13.210141.28709@en.ecn.purdue.edu> milton@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Milton D Miller) writes: >>In article jim@baroque.Stanford.EDU (James Helman) writes: >>>I remember people having Corvus disk systems on their Apple II's >>>around 1980. >>Well, let's see what I can rember. We had one of these installed in >>high school... The lab was installed in 1982; I graduated in 1986. I remember using a Corvus Constellation setup in H.S. too. I remember the servers came in 5, 10 and 20 meg versions (correct me if I'm wrong), and that was pretty impressive when at the time an Apple ][ floppy only held about 140K. Remember how when you booted up the Apple the constellation would appear on the screen in ascii "*"s... -- ========================================================================= | Internet: 6600raft@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu | All opinions stated are mine.| | BITNET: 6600raft@UCSBUXA.BITNET | **Save The Earth** | =========================================================================