28 Dec
2007
28 Dec
'07
10:25 p.m.
On Thursday 27 December 2007 22:43, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
A greatly updated history of Alpha Micro, including
their use of
alternative operating systems such as UNIMOS/Unix and Pick, and
the invasion of the clone systems, is now up on the Alpha Micro
Phun Machine. In addition, the models page is tremendously
expanded with corrected chronology and more information on
loadouts. This is all with the help of Bob Fowler, who graciously
allowed me to raid his AMUS document archive and take images.
Great site. Thanks!
I'm an Alpha Micro fan, as well (also DEC and ModComp and
Apple ... ;-)
Years ago I was the angel for "Personal Computer Corp." - and we sold
Alpha Micro AM-100's as our "high end" system :-)
I have a AM-2056 that I restored to "health" about two years ago. One
thing about AM's - once you have 'em running - they seem to stay up
forever...
AM Story: I picked up some AMOS VHS system tapes from a friend -
which had been stored for years in a warehouse - and who know where
before that. I used a new VHS player to read them all successfully
into my AM. Quite amazing after all those years...
I also backed up my AM-2056 to a new VHS tapes - and restored the
tapes to a new HDD - which worked perfectly. AM's use of VHS
technology was a clever and inexpensive backup technique - it
clearly has more "lasting power" than some other backup
technologies.
--snip--
Also, I recently acquired an AM-1200, and there will
be a model
page for that as soon as I get it operational.
I also have a nice AM-1042 that is anxiously awaiting restoration.
It's clean (came from a dentist's office), I've tested the PS, but
it's currently not bootable.
If any of the folks on this list are not familiar with Alpha Micro,
do yourself a favor and check out Cameron's website!!
Cheers,
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"