2 Mar
1998
2 Mar
'98
7:52 p.m.
Russ Blakeman wrote:
Marvin wrote:
Commonplace is a relative term. With the Lobo Max-80 having a production
total of 5000 computers and the Sol-20 production being 10,000, well, I
think you see what I mean.
haven't used them for anything but
curiositys. I have no idea at this
time
how common/rare they might be although I rather
*suspect* there were
quite a
few made (10s of thousands.)
10's of thousands in computers is nothing, you know that. When they get in
the
millions and billions like the PS, XT and AT they become commonplace. What
operating system does the Vector 3 run? Do you have any idea if
it was made for a
specific
purpose such as a graphics workstation (in black and white)? I'd like to
know a
little more about it before I spend the time delving into it more or even
trying to
locate a new home for it (heavy beast).
It runs CP/M and was intended as a business machine. Sorry, but I don't
recall much more than that off the top of my head. They are fairly easy to
work on and a friend of mine used his (now mine!) to do quite a bit of
commercial programming.
The external case is probably the same for ones with
or without a hard
disk but with
added MFM type cabling. If you have the controller card and cabling
already then I'm
sure you could easily add a 506 interface drive.
I appreciate any info you can provide and if you have multiple copies of
the manuals
and may want to part with one, let me know.
I do have multiple copies of some manuals, but except for the Vector 4, I am
not sure of the others. When I get a chance to dig back to where they are
stored, I'll take a look and see what I can find.