Xref: utzoo comp.misc:12860 comp.sys.misc:3432 comp.os.misc:1856 comp.sys.apple2:17163 comp.sys.cbm:7171 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!m.cs.uiuc.edu!roundup.crhc.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan) Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.misc,comp.os.misc,comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Ohio Scientific Message-ID: <1991Jun6.204920.14030@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 6 Jun 91 20:49:20 GMT References: <158318@pyramid.pyramid.com> <1991May22.202435.24605@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Jun5.195910.28934@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 17 In article <158318@pyramid.pyramid.com> csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) writes: >>Hmm... The C1P and its caseless cousing the SuperBoard were just about >>the cheapest computers on the market at the time. > >The AIM-65 was available at the same time; as a first computer for a high- >school kid I think it would have been superior. That depends - the AIM seemed more like a bare-bones kit than a full-fledged computer. Did the AIM have BASIC in ROM? From the ads I remember, it looked like a big breadboard with a hex keypad and some 7-segment LED displays. Could you hook a terminal up to it? Mu impression of the AIM was that it was aimed more toward the nuts and volts EE hardware-oriented type, not the more software-oriented type. Of course, I wouldn't mind having am AIM65 *now* to play with, but as a first computer it might have been a bit too much.