18 Dec
2005
18 Dec
'05
1:34 a.m.
On 12/17/2005 at 5:43 PM Chris M wrote:
The original Amstrad PCWs were Z80-based, and ran CP/M rather nicely.
Gordon.
what sort of cpus do they have? Some specify
ms-dos
file copatibility with their built in floppy. Ive been
seeing them all around the place at thrift stores and
wonder if theyd be the basis for some kind of hack.
Regardless of CPU, since they have a keyboard, display and printer
interface as well as a floppy drive, wouldn't that qualify them for hack
status? Some of the Brother and SCM WPs used 8051-family CPUs. Amazingly
gutless wonders. Some used Z-80 type CPUs, but remember that corners were
cut almost to bleeding to make these things inexpensive.