27 Dec
2009
27 Dec
'09
1:45 p.m.
2009/12/27 Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>:
No, not much at all. I own a couple of Philips MSX machines, but
they're all manufactured by Sanyo. The P2000 line of micros was fairly
common in Holland in the early 80's, and they made some rather nice PC
clones for a while (NMS9100 series).
I only ever remember reading an article about the :YES, but somehow,
the fact that it had a 80186 CPU stuck in my mind for all these years.
(I'll be beating everyone silly in Trivial Pursuit again, this new
year's eve!)
On 27 Dec
2009, at 02:33, Chris M wrote:
Do you know anything about the Philips machines? likely there are other worthy additions to this
list.
Philips :Yes As I mentioned in another message, Jules gave me some
kind of Philips
multi-user box. A number of boards each with 2 serial ports (IIRC), some
with Z80As on them , others with 80188s. A large PSU (which I must get
round to repairing) with lead-acid battery backup And what seems to be a
SCSI interface to the disk system and a space for a QIC tape drive.
Any ideas?
Well, apart from the aforementioned home computers, Philips wwere
active in many specialist markets, from medical equipment to
industrial and test equipment. I believe they made midrange to
"biggish" iron office machinery, as well. But I do assume it was all
rather low volume stuff.
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