3 Dec
2000
3 Dec
'00
7:27 p.m.
On Dec 3, 19:56, Adrian Graham wrote:
I don't know if this'll work since I'm
posting from home, but I just
thought
I'd ask if anyone's come across one of these
before: Apricot XEN-i XD20.
I
got it with an Acorn Archimedes A4000 (nice to have a
working one at
last!)
and it's got some really odd features, like
external power supply (or so
it
would seem), an LED on the front panel labelled
'voice' and more
input/output ports than something with a lot of ports. The keyboard is
also
one with the 'micro display' on with
programmable function keys :)
Since there's a 15 pin D type marked 'DC Input' I assume I need to power
the
box externally, and since there's also a normal
4-pin style 'DC Output' I
also assume I need to feed it +12 and +5V. Pix to come soon.
Did you get a monitor with it? Apricot monitors of that vintage came in
two types, colour and monchrome, and contained the power supply for the
machine. What exactly are the connectors on the box? The ones I remember
had a sort of plstic clip around the monitor video/power connector.
I also got a right odd looking thing - it's a (or
at least looks like a)
ZX81 peripheral. There's a crystal on it as well as 3 chips, 4060, 4040
and
4087 and its marked 'G4IDE' or 'G41DE'
on the front and 'FAX PCB' on the
back. Since I don't believe anyone produced a FAX add-on for the ZX81 I'm
a
bit puzzled!
Given the callsign 'G4IDE', I'd expect this is something like an interface
to a weather fax receiver used by a radio ham.
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