25 Dec
2012
25 Dec
'12
11:05 a.m.
Hi Dave Did you get the M20 on ebay?If so I find it interesting that your having problems
with the 6300.It is too bad that the monitor got damaged.I'm told that the signals are
compatable between this monitorand the M20's monitor. The connectors are completely
different.On the 6300 monitor, is the tube busted? If so, these arerelatively easy to find
a similar size to fit. Even if not, a temporarysetup can be made to use a different
tube.Dwight
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:27:57 -0400
From: mcguire at neurotica.com
To:
Subject: Re: olivetti m20 and CPM8000
On 08/30/2012 05:21 PM, dwight elvey wrote:
Cool. Thanks!
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
From: mcguire at neurotica.com
On 08/30/2012 10:12 AM, dwight elvey wrote:
Hi Dave There is quite a bit of stuff on line. If it uses the 360 drive ( rated at
320 forthe M20 ). We can transfer a lot of software to it from archives.We have many
manuals, some in Italian but most have English versions.We have a schamatic that is mostly
correct.Do a search and you see it all.Dwight The olivetti M20 has a CPM for it. I'm told
it was based on the 68K
CPM that was mostly C code.
If any one is interested, there is an M20 on ebay. Too bad it is missing the
monitor. It was said to use different scan rates and is difficult to find a
replacement. I'm told that the M24 monitor can be made to work.
One can also use the boot sequence to us an external RS232.
I wonder what memory confiuration it has. Most were 224K but
it can use up to 512K.
There is a PASCAL for it as well but that takes +300K to run.
Anyway it is a cool Z8000 machine. I'd love to see someone in
our group get it.
I'll see if I can grab it. I've done a bunch with Z8000s (both chips
and systems built around them) and I like them. I'll see if I can bring
it back to life somehow.