29 Aug
2015
29 Aug
'15
11:09 a.m.
I can not see the picture but could it be an alphabook? Forgive me if this sounds like a
joke,, but there a very short lived hardware called an Alphabook. Ran very hot, to hot
for a laptop and weighed 14 pounds. If you have one I would hold onto it, People have
mistakeny thought it was laptop (same dimensions). A friend picked on up for $25 because
the person thought t was a broken laptop. This is a real Alpha.
On Aug 29, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Jules Richardson
<jules.richardson99 at gmail.com> wrote:
Anyone know anything about this system? Someone on a vintage computer group on Facebook
has one (missing its keyboard[1]), and having seen some photos, although it seems to be
mostly a generic PC-compatible with 8-bit ISA, it's notable for having a "video
in" connector on the back, as well as LAN in/out ports (proprietary? presumably some
kind of ring network though)
Surprisingly, Google's coughing up nothing of any use. I'm guessing someone tried
making a PC-compatible with a few built-in extras as a selling point (not that uncommon
back then), and of course it didn't work out.
[1] Although the keyboard socket is something oddball, I see four wires leading back to
the motherboard and an 8042 near to where the keyboard connects, so there's a
possibility that it can be wired to a standard AT (or possibly XT) keyboard - although of
course maybe the scan codes or even the protocol are completely different, and the owner
has themselves a nice boat anchor...
cheers
Jules
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