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by jeffh＠eleventh.com

At 07:38 PM 5/4/97 -0500, you wrote: >> There is a label on the motherboard (which is huge, >> measuring almost 2 feet square) which says "Corona Data Systems" and then >> "200290-512" which I am guessing means it has 512K. > >Corona Data Systems was an early IBM-PC clone manufacturer from >1983 or so. I thought they went out of business when IBM sued >them big time for infringing IBM's BIOS copyright. Sam, Just in case you're interested, I do have the original Corona-specific versions of MS-DOS for their machines, both 1.25 and 2.11. I would think you'd be able to boot it with just about any 5-1/4" boot disk though, as I know of someone that got a new Pentium to boot with the Corona 2.11 disk, so there doesn't seem to be anything odd in the bios calls at boot up. There do appear to be some Corona-specific utilities on them though. Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Collector of Classic Computers: Amiga 1000, Amiga 3000, Atari 800, Atari 800XL, Atari MegaST-2, Commodore C-128, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore VIC-20, Kaypro 2X, Mattel Aquarius, Osbourne Executive, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer 3, TRS-80 Model IV Plus Atari SuperPong and Atari 2600VCS game consoles

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CLASSICCMP digest 40

by foxnhare＠goldrush.com

Lemme see if I can do some work on the Commodore Portion: (I'll leave the updating to one of you folks -please?-) Commodore--------------------------------------------------------- 128C 8502 w/Z80 128K CBMOS MICRO 85 128D 8502 w/Z80 128K CBMOS MICRO 87 BASIC 2.0 & 7.0 64 6510 64K CBMOS MICRO 82 BASIC 2.0 655 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83 Never heard of it. Amiga 1000 68000 256K AMIGAOS MICRO 86 1.1, 1.2 Amiga 500 68000 512K AMIGAOS MICRO 86 1.2, 1.3 CBM 3008 6502 8K ?? MICRO ?? CBM 3016 6502 16K ?? MICRO ?? CBM 3032 6502 32K ?? MICRO ?? BASIC 2.0 CBM 4004 6502 4K ?? MICRO 79 I strongly doubt this one, a 4004??? CBM 4008 * 6502 8K ?? MICRO 79 BASIC 2.0 or 4.0 CBM 4016 * 6502 16K ?? MICRO 79 BASIC 2.0 or 4.0 CBM 4032 * 6502 32K ?? MICRO 79 BASIC 2.0 or 4.0 * Should have designation for small or large screen such as FF for Fat Forty (large screen models were alway BASIC 4.0, small screen could be 2.0 or 4.0) CBM 8008? 6502 8K ?? MICRO ?? 8k? I don't think there ever was one... I could be wrong. :/ CBM 8016 6502 16K ?? MICRO ?? CBM 8032 6502 32K ?? MICRO ?? CBM 8032 6502 32K ?? MICRO 79 CBM 8096 6502 96k ?? MICRO ?? CBM 8296 6502 96k ?? MICRO ?? BASIC 4.0 CBM B256-40 ?? ?? ?? MICRO ?? CBM B500 ?? ?? ?? MICRO ?? CBM B128-40 ?? ?? ?? MICRO ?? CBM P-500 6509/8086 opt. 128k BASIC 4.0 MICRO 82 Should be CBM P-500 Any 'real' ones have been P-500s. I have one. I never read of a B-128 40 or B-256 40. CBM B128-80HP ?? ?? ?? MICRO ?? CBM B128-80LP ?? ?? ?? MICRO ?? CBM B256-80HP ?? ?? ?? MICRO ?? CBM B256-80LP ?? ?? ?? MICRO ?? 6509/8086 opt. 128k BASIC 4.0 There is a 700 But not sure if it is a repeat. Executive 64 6510 64K CBMOS PORT. 83 BASIC 2.0 PET 2001 6502 ?? ?? MICRO 79 4k,8k BASIC1.0 or 2.0 PET 2001B 6502 ?? ?? MICRO 79 PET 2001N 6502 ?? ?? MICRO 79 8,16,32k BASIC 2.0 16 ---- 16K ?? MICRO 84 Plus 4 ---- 64K ?? MICRO 84 8501 BASIC 3.5 CBM SP9000 ?? ?? ?? MICRO ?? SuperPET 6502 & 6809 96K ?? MICRO 81 Same computer^^^^^^^^^^ BASIC 4.0 & MANY Others VIC-20 6502 5K ?? MICRO 81 BASIC 2.0 Additions: Ultimax 6510 4K BASIC 2.0 MICRO 82 Amiga 2000 68000 1,024k ADOS 1.3/2.0 MICRO 86 Amiga 2500 68020 ? ADOS 1.3/2.0 MICRO 8? Amiga 3000 Amiga 600 68000 1,024k ADOS 1.3/2.0 MICRO 8? Amiga 1200 68020 2,048k ADOS 2.0 3.? MICRO Amiga 4000 68030?40? ADOS 2.0 3.? Amiga 4000T 68030?40? ADOS 3.? Commodore PC-10, PC-20, Commodore Colt, etc. IBM clones, (who cares.) Larry Anderson -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Visit our web page at: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare Call our BBS (Silicon Realms BBS 300-2400 baud) at: (209) 754-1363 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

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by scott＠saskatoon.com

> On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Sam Ismail wrote: > Altair, Imsai and SWTPC? (Especially the last -- I > prefer Motorola to Intel). OOPS! I have a Motorola-based Altair... (Altair 680) Maybe we can feature it? (Just kidding, but I thought I should point out your slight error.) ttfn srw ------------------------------------------------------------ Walde Techonology http://scott.cprompt.sk.ca Box 7284 finger: scott(a)cprompt.sk.ca Saskatoon, SK S7K 4J2 email: scott(a)cprompt.sk.ca CANADA email: walde(a)dlcwest.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s:+>: a- C++++$ UL++++$ !P L++ E- W+++$ N+ o? K? w$ O- M-- V PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP->++ t+ 5 X+ !R tv- b+ DI++++ D+ G e* h r++ y- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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by dlormand＠aztec.asu.edu

Some other comments: The Exormacs from Motorola never, as far as I knew, ever ran Unix. It predated the Unix bit. I don't know that the VME/10 ever ran Unix, either. The preferred OS on those machines was VERSAdos. I like VERSAdos, still use it occasionally. Powerful enough to be quite useful, and clunky enough to be interesting! Apparently, there is enough legacy in VERSAdos that a 3rd party has "inherited" the rights and still sells it as a Real-Time Operating System! The CPU in a CC-40 was not a 9900, but rather a TMS7000. Still an interesting processor from my favorite company, Texas Instruments! There were several makes to the 990 mini line, but I'm not familiar with it. Some used discrete logic, some used the 9900 processor chip for the CPU. The OS of choice was DX-10. -- ********************************************** * David Ormand *** Southwest 99ers * * dlormand(a)aztec.asu.edu *** Tucson, Arizona * **************************** TMS9900 Lives! *

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by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

| > - Add: Apple/Tempest TPI 863T milspec Macintosh, 68000, 1986 | Which company actually manufactured it? Apple shipped the internal components to Tempest, who put it in a milspec housing. | > - Add: Apple/Honeywell "Black Apple" custom manufactured Apple II+ | Same as the Bell&Howell black apple or different? Duh! Of course I meant Bell & Howell. | > - Change: Atari Mega machines were the Mega ST (with 1, 2 or 4MB, 1987) | > and the Mega STE (improved, 1991). I've never heard of a "Mega 1" or | > "Mega 2" | This info came from a 1989 Atari price list - as you can imagine I'm | now slightly confused... Did a quick bit of research - the numbers indicate amount of RAM only. The two Megas are the Mega ST and Mega STe (lower case e). | > - Add: Commodore Amiga 2000/3000/4000 (Too new?) | Yeah - I pretty much stick with the 10 years or older guideline. The A2000 was introduced in March 1987 along with the A500, so I guess they're under the wire :) | > - Add: Data General MicroNOVA series, and Data General portable | Probably going to need a little more data... The portable was called the Data General 1. The original MicroNOVA was the MN601 (by PDP-8 designer Edson DeCastro, who came to Data General from DEC). Trivia: Did you know that AViiON is NOVA spelled backwards with an "ii" (signifying 2) in the middle, as in NOVA II ? | > - Add: Intecolor CompuColor II, 8080A, ~1979 | Are you sure that this is not actually one of the listed model | numbers? The CompuColor II was only referred to as such in any ads I ever saw. It was a 13" color display system with a hard-sectored 5 1/4" drive to the right of the monitor, and a keyboard with multicolored keys. Trivia: CompuColor CP/M had no FORMAT, you had to buy formatted diskettes from Intecolor. | > - Change: "Kaypro Corp" should be Non-Linear Systems | I think you're right (as that's what my Kaypros say) but I've seen it also | listed as Kaypro Corp... was there a name change? Kaypro was founded in 1952 as Non-Linear Systems, the first manufacturer of digital voltmeters. Somewhere along the line they changed to Kaypro Corporation, but I don't think they did so until their Chapter 11 in ~1990. Certainly at the time of the Kaypro II, they were still known as Non-Linear Systems. Trivia: Arthur C. Clarke wrote 2010 on a Kaypro II. By the way, now that I think about it, the KIM-1 was by MOS Technologies, which hadn't yet changed their name to Commodore. I don't know how you want to handle that. | > - Add: NorthStar model with built-in monitor (forget the model, Tim | > Shoppa has one) | And I'm sure he'll be popping up sooner or later... North Star Advantage, as Bill kindly pointed out. There was also a similar IMSAI with built-in monitor, I have a catalog at home with the name. Kai

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Osborne 1 prices (was: On Generations of People and Computers )

by ronaldm＠mars.ark.com

> A ][+ running AppleWorks? You're a sadist. Seems to work reasonably well. Think it's probably the RAM card that saves it. > > What kind of voice recog. card do you have? I have one as well but I > can't recall off-hand who the manufacturer is. I'll check it out and get back to you. -Ron Mitchell

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by scott＠saskatoon.com

> By the way, now that I think about it, the KIM-1 was by MOS > Technologies, which hadn't yet changed their name to Commodore. I don't > know how you want to handle that. If I'm not mistaken, both names are on the board. I have a close-up picture of that somewhere... I'll try to dig it out tommorrow. ttfn srw ------------------------------------------------------------ Walde Techonology http://scott.cprompt.sk.ca Box 7284 finger: scott(a)cprompt.sk.ca Saskatoon, SK S7K 4J2 email: scott(a)saskatoon.com CANADA email: scott(a)cprompt.sk.ca -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s:+>: a- C++++$ UL++++$ !P L++ E- W+++$ N+ o? K? w$ O- M-- V PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP->++ t+ 5 X+ !R tv- b+ DI++++ D+ G e* h r++ y- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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by jimw＠agora.rdrop.com

At 03:58 PM 5/1/97 -0700, you wrote: >Great list! Some additions & changes: ...and yet some more... >- Add: MITS Altair 680, 68000, 1976 Ummm... no. 6800 mpu (not 68000) >- Add: NorthStar model with built-in monitor (forget the model, Tim >Shoppa has one) The NorthStar "Advantage" (I have one too) >- Change: NorthStar Horizons primarily ran NSDOS Interesting... Many I worked with ran OASIS. B^} -jim --- jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw Computer Garage Fax - (503) 646-0174

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by dastar＠crl.com

*** Preliminary Announcement *** First Annual Classic Computer Collector Conference Why? Next question... Where? Livermore, California (tentative...actual venue TBD) When? Late Summer 1997 (possibly August) Who? Organizer: Sam Ismail Sponsors: Pending (targeted sponsors will be Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories and other computer manufacturers in the local area and Silicon Valley). What? The Classic Computer Collector Convention is slated to be the premier computer faire to attend to meet with fellow classic computer collector geeks, buy/sell/trade classic computer stuff, exchange classic computer software and classic computer hints and tips, attend workshops on classic computer preservation and restoration, and of course see classic computers. Some show features: Classic Computer Spotlight - every year a legendary system is chosen to be heralded as the classic computer of the year (nominees for the first show are Altair 8800; Apple ][; Commodore PET; ???). Classic Computer Pioneer - every year an individual from the annals of computer lore will be chosen as the Classic Computer Pioneer of the year. This would be someone who had a lasting legacy or made a historical impact on the computer industry, but is not necessarily active anymore (ie. this precludes Bill Gates from qualifying). Nominees: Gary Kildall, creator of CP/M; Steve Wozniak; ??? Classic Computer Museum - A classic museum will be set-up on-site to allow interested public to see what classic computers are all about. Attendees will be encouraged to submit their favorite classics for display during the show. The success of the show will depend on attendance. Admission will be enough to cover the costs of running the show (including lease of the venue, advertising, etc). Although there won't be much of a vending atmosphere (unless people want to haul their stuff from all over the country) space will be sold for such purposes. More details as I come up with them. I would really appreciate feedback from the patrons of this discussion group. Any ideas, comments, suggestions are welcome (please suggest a better name!) IMPORTANT: Please keep this information within this discussion group until the details have been finalized and the show is a go. I don't want to announce to the general public until I am sure this event will take place. Sam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass

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