Post 9ifmBBORASAt22bL96 by seb_ly@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #9iZquGJgwWJ4CXNBhI by seb_ly@mastodon.social
       2019-05-07T16:53:01Z
       
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       Look at this gorgeous thing. I learned to program on this in 1983. The Sharp PC-1211 #retrocomputinghttps://www.instagram.com/seb_ly/p/BxKyhKdp_XV/
       
 (DIR) Post #9iZquGUKIyoUjWLgH2 by halfbyte@kosmos.social
       2019-05-07T19:52:38Z
       
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       @seb_ly Those things were amazing! My father had a PC-1401 and it's pretty much the first thing I programmed on as well. It's quite fascinating that these were around at the same time as the much bigger home computers and packed so much into these tiny devices.
       
 (DIR) Post #9ibDC9bb1fjIkUe0H2 by seb_ly@mastodon.social
       2019-05-08T11:37:06Z
       
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       @halfbyte right? Kinda mind blowing. I must open it up some time.
       
 (DIR) Post #9ifjg8WXaNmRFPSZeq by halfbyte@kosmos.social
       2019-05-10T15:59:53Z
       
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       @seb_ly From what I can see, it's just ahead of the curve by using a ton of SMD where most 80's home computers still mostly used THM. Wikipedia claims SMD came "widely into use" in the mid 80's, so that makes sense. if you look at both circuit boards of the 1211 and the 1401 you can actually see the development towards SMD in full effect:http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/sharp_pc1211-tandy_trs80_pc1.htmlhttp://mycalcdb.free.fr/main.php?l=1&id=1612
       
 (DIR) Post #9ifmBBORASAt22bL96 by seb_ly@mastodon.social
       2019-05-10T16:27:56Z
       
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       @halfbyte that's so cool I'm really gonna have to open it up now huh :)
       
 (DIR) Post #9ifmHLOIuP2tmFTcyO by halfbyte@kosmos.social
       2019-05-10T16:29:04Z
       
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       @seb_ly Pics or it didn't happen :)(I should dig around in my moms place to see if the 1401 still exists.)
       
 (DIR) Post #9ihKunDey7VMyjRMLQ by seb_ly@mastodon.social
       2019-05-11T10:31:52Z
       
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       @halfbyte hehe if I do it I'll make sure to film it :) And def find yours!