Lanier LTE-3

Well... I was trash diving earlier and I found 2 Lanier LTE-3's.


I have no clue about them... Anyone have any specs?


I've been googling...

Hey D0pp check out this link [1] the only thing is I cant figure out what language the info is written in ??? Hope that helps ....

[1] LANIER LTE-3

It's German and it's for the printer.


http://www.antionline.com/images/ieimages/2005/12/1.jpg

Hmmmm, seriously old stuff there d0ppy 1980's I would say.

Looks like twin 5.25" drives?

I do know that Lanier stopped making computers a long time ago, and that they had their own operating system. I would guess that their apps would be written in some form of COBOL.

I remember using Mohawk computers around that time..............they used "MOBOL" :)

EDIT: On looking around I would guess that they are NOT computers as such. I think that they are possibly dedicated word processors.

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I think that they are possibly dedicated word processors.

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Well now he's got something to use to type up he's website source code.. ;)

Indeed wierd but a great find you got there D0pp..

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I had another look, but can't seem to find much, they are seriously old :)

I would guess that the OS will be CP/M, probably 80. I found this:

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About ten years ago, I purchased a Harris Lanier Word Processor, a No Problem II and was very happy and satisfied with it. Unfortunately you had to "program" it each time you turned it on, using two diskettes, 5 1/4" size. Being a complete novice and evidently not too bright, I believed it when it said NOT TO MAKE COPIES OF THESE TWO DISKETTES. Unfortunately, one of the diskettes became faulty, thus making my lovely machine a pile of metal junk - a Frankenstein monster with no brains. Being quite determined and hoping to retrieve all of the info stored on my diskettes, I have made innumerable phone calls from Canada to Mexico, from the East Coast to the West Coast and to no avail. Most people expressed - well, I can't think of the feelings they expressed but I was made to feel like a sole survivor of the dinosaur age and had let the last dinosaur expire.

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They may well be boot from floppy? Does anything appear on the screen when you power them up?

:)

EDIT: I can confirm that they are dedicated word processors, the format is listed by this outfit who specialise in data conversion:
http://www.ndci.com/wplist.html

Yeah... crazy green **** appears...


Yeah. It/they have twin 5.25's as well as a separate magnetic storage unit I found.

I haven't been able to hook it up yet


I have no clue. I'm going to attempt to fix the display... between the two machines, I should be able to come up with a single working unit.


EDIT: THis is even better than when I attempted internet access with my commodore.

Hey D0ppy have you got any 5.25" media? you will need 360Kb..............those drives won't run 720Kb or 1.2Mb

I sense a nice project here? am I invited?.................if so you had better send me a reliable snailmail.............I have a whole heap of stuff from around that era...................it would be nice to see one of these puppies fly again?

Cheers,

Johnno :D

Anyone who wants in on this project is welcome. :D


I am checking thrift stores for anything I might be able to use to get one running.


Unfortunately, my internet connection is b0rked at the moment.