6 May
1997
6 May
'97
10:17 a.m.
On Thu, 1 May 1997, Bill Whitson wrote:
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MANUFACTURER
MODEL CPU RAM OS TYPE YR
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Apple Computer,
Inc.----------------------------------------------
Apple II 6502 16K ADOS 3.X MICRO 77
Apple II+ 6502 48K ADOS 3.X MICRO 81
I *think* (though I'm not sure) that the ][+ is from 1979. Could just be
fried braincells on my part. ;)
Apple IIc 65C02 128K
PRODOS8 PORT. 85
Apple IIc+ 65C02 128K PRODOS8 PORT. 86
Apple IIe 6502 128K PRODOS8 MICRO 82
Apple IIgs (ROM 01) 65C816 256K PRODOS16 MICRO 86
Apple IIgs (ROM 02) 65C816 256K PRODOS16 MICRO 87
Apple IIgs (ROM 03) 65C816 1.25MB GS/OS MICRO 88
Apple III 6502 128K SOS MICRO 83
The Apple III is definitely earlier than 1983. I have a booklet entitled
"Apple In Depth" from 1981 and it has the Apple III in it. Also, I found
a review of the III in the December, 1980 issue of Popular Science
(p.113).
Actually, the III was visible for a second or so in Tron, wasn't it?
Commodore---------------------------------------------------------
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655 Z80 64K CP/M
MICRO 83
I've never heard of the 655.
Amiga 1000 68000 256K AMIGAOS
MICRO 86
The Amiga 1000 was available in 1985.
Amiga 500 68000 512K AMIGAOS
MICRO 86
1987.
And you're missing the A2000, also from 1987.
PET 2001 6502 ?? ?? MICRO
79
PET 2001B 6502 ?? ?? MICRO 79
PET 2001N 6502 ?? ?? MICRO 79
I don't know about the various flavours of the PET 2001, but the original
model was available in 1977.
Jonos
International-----------------------------------------------
C2000 Z80A 64K ?? MICRO 85
C2100 Z80A w/8085 64K ?? MICRO 85
C2150 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 84
C2500 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 84
C2550 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 84
C2600 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 84
Escort C2100 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82
Escort C2500 Z80 128K CP/M MICRO 83
Jonos also made some portables. Sorry, I don't have the details. You
could get them with various processors, though. Almost made-to-order, I
think.
Kaypro
Corp.------------------------------------------------------
Is it Kaypro Corp. or Non-Linear Systems? My II has the NLS logo on it.
Kontron
Electronics-----------------------------------------------
PSI 80 Z80 32K CP/M MICRO 81
Humm... a book I got out of the library a couple of years back listed the
PS1-80, PS1-98, PS1-908, PS1-980, and PS1-9068. The 9068 was based on the
68000, and came with 256K. It supposedly ran CP/M (I guess it'd be
CP/M-68 :) ), KOS, and UNIX. KOS was probably just a variant of UNIX.
Release date was listed as 1984.
Ohio
Scientific---------------------------------------------------
MasterKey 220 6502 48K OS-65 MICRO 83
MasterKey 230 6502 52K OS-65 MICRO 82
MasterKey 250 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 82
MasterKey 330 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 83
MasterKey 350 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 82
MasterKey 2301 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 83
OSI-710 SuperMicro 68010 ?? ?? MICRO 85
OSI-720 SuperMicro 68010 ?? ?? MICRO 85
WorkSystem 200 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 84
WorkSystem 300 ?? ?? ?? MICRO 84
Also the Challenger.
Sanyo Business Systems
Corp.--------------------------------------
MBC-1000 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 82
MBC-1100 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83
MBC-1150 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 85
MBC-1160 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 85
MBC-1200 Z80 64K CP/M MICRO 83
MBC-1250 Z80 (x2) 64K CP/M MICRO 85
MBC-2000 8085 64K ?? MICRO 82
MBC-3000 8085 64K ?? MICRO 82
MBC-4050 Z80 w/8086 128K ?? MICRO 85
PHC-20 8085 4K ?? ?? 83
PHC-10 ?? 2K ?? Handheld ??
PHC-25 Z80A 16K ?? MICRO ??
I don't know if the above actually made it out the door. They're
mentioned in COMPUTE!, March 1983, p.34.
Sinclair Research,
Ltd.-------------------------------------------
ZX81 Z80A 1K ?? MICRO 85
Also the ZX80, Spectrum, QL, and 2068.
Sord Computers,
Inc.----------------------------------------------
IS-11 Z80 64K ?? MICRO 84
IS-11C Z80A 80K ?? MICRO 87
M 23 Z80 128K ?? MICRO 83
M 68 Z80 w/68000 256K ?? MICRO 83
M 68MX 68000 512K ?? MICRO 87
Also the M343.
Video Technology Computers,
Inc.----------------------------------
Laser 50 Z80 2K ?? PORT. 84
Laser 128 6502 128K PRODOS8 MICRO 87
Laser 128EX 65C02 128K PRODOS8 MICRO 87
Laser 200 6502 4K ?? ?? 83
Laser 3000 6502 64K ?? ?? 83
Laser 3000 6502 192K? ?? MICRO ??
Sorry, don't know how to verify the amount of RAM. It might be able to
run ProDOS, but I don't have a disk drive to try it out. The ad I have
from Computer Direct lists 192K RAM. There are a
couple of graphics modes
that I can't address with simple PEEK and POKE, so I at
least know there's
more than 48K. I wish I could find somebody with docs for the thing.
Xerox
Corporation-------------------------------------------------
System 744-I Z80 64K ?? MICRO 83
System 744-II Z80 64K ?? MICRO 83
16/8 Z80 w/8086 192K ?? MICRO 83
820-II Z80 64K ?? MICRO 82
Also the plain 820, and the 860.
Is the Xerox Star hiding up there under some other name?
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca