I actually used Epson HX-20s that formed part of a public library management system I worked on - we used those as terminals to issue and return books in some libraries with a plug-in bar-code reader. I wrote some of the BASIC software that worked in that environment and also software that allowed them to be used in mobile libraries in rural areas. The software in both cases interacted with COBOL software written (some of it by me too!) on DEC VAX hardware. Great times.
Would like to get a closer look at the Osborne and I thought I saw a dedicated Breakout console from Atari? Marvellous stuff.
Keep it coming...like #6 I have a cheek to turn up as rarely as I do but you're doing great work Bill
Excellent work Bill.
Great to see all those old platforms...
I actually used Epson HX-20s that formed part of a public library management system I worked on - we used those as terminals to issue and return books in some libraries with a plug-in bar-code reader. I wrote some of the BASIC software that worked in that environment and also software that allowed them to be used in mobile libraries in rural areas. The software in both cases interacted with COBOL software written (some of it by me too!) on DEC VAX hardware. Great times.
Would like to get a closer look at the Osborne and I thought I saw a dedicated Breakout console from Atari? Marvellous stuff.
Keep it coming...like #6 I have a cheek to turn up as rarely as I do but you're doing great work Bill