2 Apr
2002
2 Apr
'02
12:11 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Smith <csmith(a)amdocs.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2002 8:59 am
Subject: RE: Computers Manufactured in 1986
... if you can find the expansions. :)
Fair bit of stuff still out (I have some strange ones in my own
connection - for eg. a Xetec controller with an extra 2 mb ram & a
weird hard disk connector that plugged into the A1000's expansion
(Zorro) port - same co. used to make Centronics i/faces for VIC's &
64/128's)
As for a more common system (more common than the
Intergraph, not the
Amiga), a UnixPC with 1 meg of ram, and maybe 60MB of disk will give
you access to a really decent subset of available Unix (and possibly
MS-DOS) software. It will also have a decent development environment,
given the installation of a dev kit.
THe A2000UX from Commodore was fairly respecatble (though somewhat
undersold), not sure what version of Unix it ran, have to dig up my old
dealer brochures.
On the other hand, the Atari ST plays quite a few more games. :)
But the Miggy had more & in better quality :-) (And they're still being
written for too.....)
cheers,
Lance
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