6 Mar
1999
6 Mar
'99
12:59 a.m.
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, John Amirault wrote:
Can you use the disks? Just what is Amstrad
"PCW" ?
Yes, I probably can, John, unless someone else has a more urgent
requirement. Once in a while I get a request for a system disk for
one of those machines.
The PCW is a Z-80 based machine by Amstrad of the UK that started out
as a word processor. They were initially sold in the US by Sears IIRC.
Fairly early on, someone took note that with a CP/M system disk it was
a pretty fair microcomputer. The two models that I am familiar with are
the PCW-8256 and the 8512. The last three digits of the model number are
a reflection of the amount of memory installed when built. (Actually,
upgrading an 8256 to be an 8512 is a matter of installing a bank of RAM
and moving a jumper so it is recognized.
They had some frailties such as a serial port being an optional - and
pricey - extra, and a Centronix looking printer port that is not
Centronix. But running CP/M-3.0, they are not a bad machine.
- don
Don Maslin wrote:
donm(a)cts.com
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Don Maslin - Keeper of the Dina-SIG CP/M System Disk Archives
Chairman, Dina-SIG of the San Diego Computer Society
Clinging tenaciously to the trailing edge of technology.
Sysop - Elephant's Graveyard (CP/M) Z-Node 9 - 619-454-8412
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see old system support at http://www.psyber.com/~tcj/
visit the "Unofficial" CP/M Web site at http://www.devili.iki.fi/cpm/
with Mirror at http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~cfs/cpm/
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, John Amirault wrote:
Sounds like Amstrad PCW stuff, John.
- don
Hi All,
I came across a floppy disk that says it is DR. Logo & Help on one side
and Programming Utilities on the other side. The disk is 31/8" wide and
4" long. It also says CP/M PLUS SERIAL # 1006/5000-1232-2732254. Another
on the disk is programs copyright DIGITAL RESEARCH INC. & AMSTRAD
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS. I HAVE NO USE FOR THIS DISK. DOES ANYONE OUT
THERE HAVE A NEED FOR IT? I also came across six CF-2 disks, double
sided, for single sided floppy disk drive. These disks are still
sealed. Can anyone use these disks?
TIA,
John Amirault
donm(a)cts.com
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Don Maslin - Keeper of the Dina-SIG CP/M System Disk Archives
Chairman, Dina-SIG of the San Diego Computer Society
Clinging tenaciously to the trailing edge of technology.
Sysop - Elephant's Graveyard (CP/M) Z-Node 9 - 619-454-8412
*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*
see old system support at http://www.psyber.com/~tcj/
visit the "Unofficial" CP/M Web site at http://www.devili.iki.fi/cpm/
with Mirror at http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~cfs/cpm/