It appears that mine is an original 820. I need to look inside to see if it has the double
density
upgrade.
I may take you up on your offer at some point.
--tom
On 8/11/21 9:42 AM, Jonathan Chapman wrote:
There are guides online, the differences are
documented, I believe you can tell from the outside. Bezel color is not always a 100%
indicator.
Floppies are at least easy for them! If no one else can do it, ping me and I can run off
a set.
Thanks,
Jonathan
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On Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 at 10:37, Tom Uban via cctalk <cctalk at
classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I have a Xerox 820. I don't know how to tell if it is a -II or not. It is marked
as U05-013264
>
> September 1984. It powers on and boots the monitor. Looking at the PROMs, they are
labeled:
>
> U33 5.0, U34 5.0, U35 5.0, U36 5.0, U37 4.01, U38 4.01
>
> At some point, I need to ask someone to make me bootable 8" floppies, but I
suppose I need to
>
> determine if it is 820 or 820-II first...
>
> At least some of the ROMs appear to be available here (along with other info):
>
>
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/820-II/firmware/
>
> --tom
>
> On 8/11/21 9:04 AM, Mark G Thomas via cctalk wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm not prepared to lay out $200 for these Xerox ROMs, but if I do manage
>>
>> to get them, I'll read and share them. I did not know there were 5.0 ROMs
>>
>> for the 820-II, but it appears there were, and they are included.
>>
>>
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184980603844
>>
>>
>> Mark