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Subject: Re: Past Blast - "Wonder Woman 1984" - Corp Guy Using PET
Date: 2 Apr 2025 19:08:33 GMT
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On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 05:34:59 -0400, c186282 wrote:

> PETs weren't terrible PCs ... 1Mhz 6502, not much diff from the Apple-II
> performance-wise. Kinda always wanted one. I've got an A2, with
> floppies, but don't dare turn it on lest old capacitors pop.

Sprague Electric, which was a major manufacturer of tantalum capacitors, 
had a number of PETs. They used the HP-IB (GPIB) for their peripherals 
which made them very convenient for connecting to HP instrumentation at 
about a quarter the cost of a HP computer. 

Besides, you could play 'snake' on them.