[ale] a moment of silence please

[Scott Castaline]

On 04/29/2010 08:34 AM, Thompson Freeman wrote:
> My mother wanted to join in the computer revolution, and in
> consultation with a dealer, her sons, and some other
> information settled on a KayPro lugable with dual floppies
> and DP/M using WordStar. When it was time to retire the
> KayPro about 1987, we shifted her to a Mac, and spent close
> to two years trying to get her to use the mouse instead of
> the WordStar diamond for cursor control.
>
I seem to remember Timex had a small home computer, I think it was 
called Sinclair. My father had gotten one of those things in a give away 
thing when they 1st came out. I believe it was built on the Z80, not 
sure of the OS though.