13 Feb
2013
13 Feb
'13
10:27 p.m.
On 02/13/2013 09:03 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
"It works on a real IBM PC" carries no
weight when a reviewer's machine
is buggy.
Apparently, the Sanyo piece-of-something MBC-550 series machines are now
collectors' items. One of the worst PC-compatibles/non-compatibles
ever. Used a WD17xx floppy controller and ran (by CPU clock) slower
than the 5150. Has a sort of VCR-look to it. No BIOS, except for a
very simple bootloader--the BIOS had to be loaded from your boot floppy.
One wonders what possessed Sanyo to make the thing.
--Chuck