28 Aug
2007
28 Aug
'07
11:48 a.m.
Hi,
Case? What case? Are you sure you're not thinking
of a
Softy-II?
The original Softy is a bare PCB, remarkably similar in
form-factor to the MK14...
Hmm, quite possibly. The one I recall seeing pictures of in Practical
Electronics was the same size as a ZX-80, and in fact appeared to be in a
remarkably similar case (the upper part of the case was rather different).
It also used a standard UHF TV set as its display.
Oddly, Google doesn't turn up anything at all regarding the Softy or
Softy-II (well, other than a link to a PCW archive site which mentions
reviews of the two units from 1980 and 1982, but doesn't actually have the
reviews available....).
Even the "DataMan" site only goes back as far as the S3! :-(
TTFN - Pete.