[Coco] The DOSes

[K. Pruitt]

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>> That's a pretty cool computer.  Very interesting page.
>>
>
> Keeping it cool was just like a Refrigerator works. That was the next step 
> in the plan. I don't think they ran out of money, Paul Allen who owns the 
> Sea hawks has 17.5 billion  net worth.
>
> I am concerned about the date of the report, July 16, 2014.
>
> Reading the report I understood everything that was said and wondered if I 
> still have some of the manuals. The half inch magnetic tapes are not 
> talked about, I do wonder if they are still readable.
>
> From time to time I use the term "Deadstart", that term is in the text. 
> Well, the Deadstart Panel where you have an array of toggle switches to 
> program the initial instructions when the deadstart button is pressed.
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> Didn't one of the first home computers have an array of switches?
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> SHF
>

You thinking of the Altair 8880 perhaps?  It's often brought up in 
connection with the Homebrew Computer Club and the two Steves (Woz and 
Jobs).  I've only seen pictures of it.

I've heard the phrase deadstart used in connection with computers before. 
But for the life of me I couldn't tell you where.