British Computers

[Rod Smallwood]

Well trust me to forget Mentec. They have gone very quiet. 
I doubt they have made (or have had made) any processor boards in a
while.
Pity ... But there it is..

Rod


-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of David Cantrell
Sent: 05 September 2007 12:02
To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only
Subject: Re: British Computers

On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 01:57:12PM +0100, Peter Coghlan wrote:

> Several multinationals had or have a presence in Ireland ...
> 
> Many of these built computers or peripherals here for the European
market.
> However, it is pretty much the same as equipment thats found 
> everywhere else in the world. I am not aware of anything that could be

> regarded as being uniquely Irish in the same way that for example 
> Acorn kit could be regarded as being British.

I'd be inclined to count the Mentec PDP-11s, even though they didn't
create them to start with.

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David Cantrell | Godless Liberal Elitist

   When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life
      -- Samuel Johnson