27 Apr
2001
27 Apr
'01
8:29 a.m.
Julian Richardson wrote:
It's possible... I never had a complete XXX
system, but Torch used to be my
local source of PC bits (around 1990 or so) and I knew the guys there via a
friend of mine. I remember piles of XXX machines on the shelves gathering
dust, not sure what happened to those (are Torch still around? Unlikely).
They went under some time ago.
Occasionally I used to get other odds and ends from
there (I have a set of
XXX floppies someplace) so may have had a dead XXX system board or something
from them which I pulled the 68450's from.
I have been lucky to make contact with a couple of ex-employees of Torch
and have acquired quite a stash of stuff from them. This includes the
cases and almost all of the bits for four TripleX's and a QuadX. A
complete and working last time it was used Quad X. I also have a couple
of boxes of spares, documentation and schematics. If anybody needs spare
parts for their Torch then let me know because I may be able to help.
--
Kevan
Collector of old computers: http://www.heydon.org/kevan/collection/