22 Jun
2001
22 Jun
'01
3:25 p.m.
Has anyone used a PMC MicroMate? It looks like the old
Ciarcia SBC180
project with a Z80 processor and a 5-1/4" floppy drive in a single case the
size of an external floppy drive for the TRS80. The processor is claimed to
be a Z8400A with Z8430 and Z8470 support chips. All unfamiliar
identifications to me.
Any thoughts on this beastie?
There's one on eBay, so I took a look at the specs. From what I've
found the 101 has 128K of RAM and ran CP/M Plus.
I didn't buy it as I've decided to limit my collecting. While I
used to use CP/M quite a bit (and even wrote a 2.2 and Plus BIOS
for the TRS-80 Model 4), I'm only going to collect DEC stuff. I
have an Ampro LB and a TRS-80 Model 4P, and that's the limit of
my CP/M collection. I don't even have the LB or 4P in a position
to run at this point, and after I get the LB software and docs
together I'll post them for sale here. The 4P will stay until I
decide to offload my TRS-80 collection.
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Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net