25 Apr
2017
25 Apr
'17
7:56 p.m.
On Apr 25, 2017, at 10:52 PM, Jim Brain <brain at
jbrain.com> wrote:
So, the 16B has the KB conn on the machine, but the KB?
And, the 16B has the Z80 motherboard, witht eh 68K in the cage?
16B keyboard is the same as the 12. Cord is on the KB with a male connector. Female is
on the machine.
16B has the same main board as the 12 with 68K in the cage. Notice I use "main
board" as technically the cage board was referred to as the motherboard in these
machines.
The 6000 released in 1985 was a slightly enhanced 16B with the biggest difference being
the upgrade to an 8Mhz MC68000. This system allowed you to run XENIX 3.x and address up
to 1MB of RAM.
I thought the 16B could also do 1MB of RAM?
Can the 6000 still run the Z80 Oses (like TRSDOS II and such)? (I assume so, since you
noted that all units of this entire line used a Z80 for IO)
Yes, the 6000 can run all previous software.
Jim