4 Jan
2007
4 Jan
'07
5:28 p.m.
Richard wrote:
Does anyone have a machine with an Clipper RISC cpu in
it?
Intergraph's Interpro series (such as the 225) had both a Clipper and
an 80186, and could run CLIX as well as MS-DOS. IIRC, when running with
the 186, the Clipper is programmed to act as an FPU! These machines were
unusual for their time. The keyboard and mouse plug into the monitor,
and the configuration system is mouse-driven. I'm not sure if it's in ROM
or loaded from a reserved part of the hard drive. Their keyboard has a
hard disk access LED and a bunch of extra keys.
These machines seem to have been used mainly by government contractors,
and they're not terribly common, but there are certainly some in the hands
of collectors.
-- Adam