31 Dec
2002
31 Dec
'02
12:30 a.m.
G'day I hope that I am not interrupting anything but I was browsing through
on just this subject of the Amstrad PPC640 Portable. I was given one of
these machines sometime ago and it has been standing in my garage for a
couple of years. I had been buy on other projects and there was no power
unit. Today I plugged it into the cigarette lighter socket of my 81 Volvo
using the adaptor that was available. It worked first time, and requested
Date and Time. Checking with the manual I inserted the System Disk and away
she booted into DOS. I used to run an Amstrad 1640 ECD which was my first
taste of computing back in the dark days of 1988. If you would like me to I
will copy and forward the SYS disk PPC512 / 640 MSDOS V3.30, which apart
from the Main Op sys also has a programme on it called
PPC ORGANISER. This
has a Word Processor / Data Filing / Diary and Calculator. I
also found
that this computer has a PC200 Modem inbuilt which uses a programme called
MIRROR 2. Speeds of 75 to 2400 bps are quoted using V21, V22, V22bis and
V23 modes. Unfortunately I do not have the driver disk for the modem.
Anyway should you require any further Info Please contact me.
Dave Lott, Eden NSW Australia