FS: Victor Technologies Computers, Software, Documentation

Please respond directly to victor9000us(a)yahoo.com The Victor 9000 was an impressive early generation 808x based PC designed by Chuck Peddle. With a (for the time) high resolution green screen no glare monitor, large 1.2mb 5 1/4" floppies, and built-in sound capabilities, it was an excellent machine. Indeed, Victor scored many early sales wins with large companies such as Ford Motor Cars. I have a considerable stash of Victor Technologies equipment, software, and documentation that I must part with. Read on... Victor Technologies Vicki Portable System ----------------------------------------- Rare Victor 9000 compatible portable (well, luggable, though smaller and lighter than the original Compaqs) from the early 1980s. This system has dual 1.2 mb 5 1/4" floppy drives, 640KB of memory, keyboard, built-in small green screen (8" or so I think), and built-in serial and parallel ports. (Floppies are NOT PC/AT compatible, as Victors use a variable speed floppy system to achieve 1.2mb.) System is in full working order (I booted it yesterday to make sure), and comes with MS-DOS 2.11 and MS-DOS 3.1 for Vicki and diagnostics diskettes. Victor 9000 System with PlusPC IBM Compatibility Kit ---------------------------------------------------- When Victor realized that PCs and PC clones were going to become the standard, they created the PlusPC kit to retrofit Victor 9000s to become PC compatible. PlusPC systems can boot in either "V" mode, which is fully Victor compatible or "I" mode which is fully PC compatible (with the exception of not being able to format 360K diskettes). System can read and write both PC 360K diskettes and Victor 640K single side or 1.2mb double side diskettes. This Victor 9000 system has had the PlusPC kit installed. It is a dual double-sided floppy system (the PlusPC was installable only on double sided floppy machines) with 512K of RAM and built in serial and parallel ports. It comes with power cables, MS-DOS for PlusPC, MS-DOS for Victor 9000, monitor, keyboard, and manuals. The system works-- I booted it yesterday. Also included are a set of customer built, foam lined, hard sided carrying cases for the system. I also think I have the original controller board that will let you turn this back into a pure Victor 9000-- if I have it, I'll include it with the system. Victor 9000 Networking Equipment -------------------------------- I have a few (4 I think) Victor 9000 Network cards. I also have the network interface boxes, some cabling, software for DOS 1.25 and 2.11, documentation, and device driver software. The hardware was all taken from a working network a few years ago, and I believe it all works, but I won't promise. Just about guaranteed to be incompatible with any other network hardware. ;-) Other Victor 9000 Hardware -------------------------- 1 PlusPC Kit, not installed in a system, with manuals still in shrink wrap. 2 or 3 Victor 9000 memory boards from various manufacturers. May not work (I'm sure one doesn't), but also full of memory chips. 1 Victor clock card. May or may not work. Miniscribe III hard disk. May or may not work. Victor 9000 Software and Tool Kits ---------------------------------- MS-DOS 1.25 for Victor 9000 MS-DOS 2.11 for Victor 9000 MS-DOS 3.1 for Victor 9000 CP/M-86 for Victor 9000 Victor Hard Disk Tool Kit Victor Hard Disk Tool Kit II Victor Graphics Tool Kit Victor Graphics Tool Kit II Victor Programmers Tool Kit Victor Audio Tool Kit with audio amplifier card (Allows voice recording. The victors have a built in voice playback capability.) Victor CP/M-80 system with Z-80 card. Yep, you really can run Z-80 programs on a Victor. Assorted Victor diagnostic disks Word Perfect 4.x (DOS version) for Victor 9000 with manuals Complete VictorPULSE public domain software library- over 70 disks of software, information, and documentation for Victor 9000s. Write Crane RAM disk for Victor 9000 White Crane Brooklyn bridge (PC transfer software) for Victor 9000 Fancy Font (scalable fonts from dot matrix printers) for Victor 9000 Victor Documentation -------------------- Victor Hardware Reference Manual Victor Supplementary Hardware Reference Manual (This is also available in electronic form as one of the disks in the public domain software set.) Victor Field Service Bulletins Valid Technologies Memory Board manual & diagnostics Pretty complete set of Channel 9000 (Victor User Group) newsletters Odds and Ends ------------- US Robotics Courier 2400 (external) modem. (Yes, there is communication software in all that software above-- it's in with the public domain stuff. No, it won't do TCP/IP.) US Robotics Sportster 9600 (external) modem Citizen 120D dot-matrix printer Panasonic KXP1092 dot-matrix printer Large supply of blank 5 1/4" disks. TERMS AND CONDITIONS -------------------- Make an offer. I would prefer to send it all out as one huge load or several large ones, but will consider other proposals. All items are available as is, without warranty. I've powered up the systems to make sure they work. Most other stuff should (and did the last time I used it) work unless I've made a note to the contrary. It would be a real pain to try and install and test it all again now, so I'm not. Shipping from southern New Hampshire is *your* responsibility, though I could probably be persuaded to deliver within a reasonable driving distance (an hour or less). :-) There's a lot here.... if someone wants the works (my first choice), it's probably enough for a small pallet load. You got questions? Just ask. 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