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Definitely not a home computer. I don't know how much they cost but it was certainly beyond what anyone would do for casual use. I had access to a 5100A in college, and APL made it very interesting. As I recall it used a Tektronix memory CRT that didn't require refreshing.

Mark Ransom
– Mark Ransom

2020-08-24 15:19:12 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2020 at 15:19
@MarkRansom - You might want to play with Norbert Kehrer's Javascript Emulator of the 5110.

Jeff Zeitlin
– Jeff Zeitlin

2020-08-24 17:15:02 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2020 at 17:15
"BASIC in ROM (which IBM called ROS)" ...Of-f$!@ing-COURSE they did. 🙄

FeRD
– FeRD

2020-09-11 01:08:26 +00:00
Commented Sep 11, 2020 at 1:08

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