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Originally Posted by BWinmill
Toggle switches. Bank A selects the address. Bank B is the contents that you want to add to that address. No fancy office software like copy con: ... heck, you don't even need a CPU.
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Ah, the days of 8080 programming.
Although I'm usually more nostalgic for the Tek scope days!
We go any more retro will end up back in the chalk and slate era...
Meanwhile, back at the farm...
ZDNET has a second look at the Surface Dog and pony show looking at the fine print:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/...ne-print/12965
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More Surface hardware to come: It seems like the two tablets announced yesterday may just be the first of a number of Microsoft-Surface-branded hardware — at least based on this press release tagline: “Microsoft-made hardware to be available starting with release of Windows 8 and Windows RT.” (emphasis mine) Maybe there will be other Microsoft tablets, PCs… maybe even phones introduced as part of the new Surface family.
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CNET has a highlights article:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57...ostrtcol;posts
And one angsting about MS stepping on the toes of their OEM partners:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57...col;subStories
Yeah, partners like HP that blew a billion bucks on Palm, looking to break away from MS.
If those OEMS delivered better portable hardware, MS wouldn't have to step up and show them up.
And finally, a reminder that channel conflict is hardly new in the tech world:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57...col;topStories