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MicroOffice RoadRunner
The RoadRunner (sold to Original equipment manufacturer, OEMs as the MicroOffice 100) was an early laptop designed by MicroOffice Systems Technology and introduced in 1983. Weighing roughly and featuring a battery able to power it for up to eight hours, the RoadRunner was one of the first clamshell Notebook (laptop), notebook computers ever released. Instead of magnetic disks for fixed and removable storage, the RoadRunner relied on CMOS Random-access memory, RAM and Read-only memory, ROM cartridges for storing and loading data and software. The laptop was equipped with a CP/M-compatible operating system in its built-in ROM, as well as an address book and a scheduler that took advantage of the laptop's ability to keep time with its real-time clock. An external modem allowed it to communicate with a Mainframe computer, mainframe and wake-on-ring to submit data remotely and automatically. Primarily the brainchild of MicroOffice co-founder James P. Dunn, the RoadRunner was release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor Corporation was an United States of America, American Semiconductor manufacturing, semiconductor manufacturer, which specialized in analogue electronics, analog devices and subsystems, formerly headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Santa Clara, California. The company produced power management integrated circuits, display drivers, Audio amplifier, audio and operational amplifiers, communication interface products and data conversion solutions. National's key markets included wireless handsets, displays and a variety of broad electronics markets, including medical, automotive, industrial and test and measurement applications. On September 23, 2011, the company formally became part of Texas Instruments as the "Silicon Valley" division. History Founding National Semiconductor was founded in Danbury, Connecticut, by Dr. Bernard J. Rothlein on May 27, 1959, when he and seven colleagues, Edward N. Clarke, Joseph J. Gruber, Milton Schneider, Robert L. Hopkins, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
