MANUFACTURER: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
PRODUCT NUMBER: PHM 3009
RELEASED: 2Q/1979
PROGRAMMER: DAVID COONS
ORIGINAL
RETAIL PRICE: $29.95
TOUCAN'S TRIVIA: According to David Coons, one summer a "student programmer came in during a weekend and instead of typing IN (INstall volume, the hard disk cartridge on which all of the project's code was located), typed INV (INitialize Volume) which formatted the disk. With no backup, we spent the next week retyping program code from old printouts." This goes to show why you should always backup your work, since you never know when a summer student might be coming in! |