Does anybody else on the list have an MPX-16 system? I recently
acquired one from a list member and am wondering how many of these
systems still exist. I have a large (relatively) collection of
diskettes with mine.
The MPX-16, for those not familiar with it, was published as a project
in Steve Ciarcia's 'Circuit Cellar' column in Byte magazine. It was a
three part 'construction' article and the machine was sold by MicroMint
for a time. What I've heard is that about 500 machines in total were
produced.
It's an early 'IBM Compatible' in that they designed it to be similar to
the PC, but only to a certain degree. It uses a serial console rather
than keyboard/display adapter, and it runs CP/M-86 and supposedly MS-DOS
though I don't have DOS diskettes for mine. It has ISA slots and a
similar architecture to the IBM-PC, coming out of that early era before
there were PC clones from the likes of Compaq.
I'm curious of how many other MPX-16 systems have survived to today.
There isn't a lot about it online. I can share what information I have,
as I have manuals and docs with my system. I'm interested in hearing
from other people with this machine.
Scott