Intel MDS 225 (1st post)

Greetings, I subbed this list because I was given a rather large & heavy old machine which the owner refers to as an "Intel MDS225" and I am totally devoid of any official information about it. It consists of a large, white, main unit, which houses a CRT display, power supply and a bank of slots, several of which are occupied by plug-in cards. The unit also includes a separate keyboard, and a dual 8" floppy drive housed in a cabinet (which is blue in color), and fits underneath the main unit. Also supplied is a set of hardware that I believe is for in-circuit emulation of an i8048 microprocessor. As I understand it, this machine was used to develop firmware for several products which were controlled by 8048 / 8749 micros. The owner also said that it runs (or ran, I have not put power to it) the ISIS operating system. So what have I got here, and to what potentially interesting use might I put it? Was it worth the agony of dragging it home and up the steps? :) Thanks, Bill Layer Sales Technician &lt;b.layer(a)vikingelectronics.com&gt; +----------------------------------+ Viking Electronics, Inc. 1531 Industrial St. Hudson, WI. 54016 - U.S.A 715.386.8861 ext. 210 <http://www.vikingelectronics.com> +----------------------------------+ "Telecom Solutions for the 21st Century"