17 Apr
2009
17 Apr
'09
3:52 a.m.
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 16 Apr 2009 at 17:56, bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
wrote:
As I've mentioned in the past, we had a family friend when I was
growing up that had a Challenger III. I got to go over a few times
and play on it. At one point, I was helping him recode a BASIC
program in 6502 assembler, but my skills at 13 weren't quite up to the
task with his tools (I did OK at home poking out simple stuff).
I've never seen another one, though I'm sure they sold more than one.
In fact, OSI was two hours from my house, and I've only ever seen that
one C3P and a couple of "Superboard"s in the wild.
If I ever saw any OSI stuff at a hamfest, I would have bought it, but,
alas, no. I'm not sure I "need" to own a C3P, but it would be great
to play on one for a day or two. Anyone one the list have one they
could hook up to a serial line that's net-accessible?
-ethan
No. ?I think I read about it in kilabuad, rather
than a early BYTE. I
think they supported a 8080, 6502 and 6100 as add on cards....
The OSI Challenger III was another such system:
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=47