14 Nov
2000
14 Nov
'00
12:20 a.m.
Date: 14 Nov 00 00:21:26 +0100
From: "Iggy Drougge" <optimus(a)canit.se>
Subject: 80186 Nimbus
On the subject of whether the Research Machines 80186 based computer was
called PC1 or Nimbus, I managed to dig out an old issue of Practical
Computing
(March 1985) where the machine is reviewed.
It is actually called RM Nimbus, but is available in two models - PC1 and
PC2.
Thus, both parties were right.
It features 3.5" floppy drives, an 8910 three-voice sound chip (Is this the
same as the YM2149?) as well as an Oki digitised voice chip, and has
dedicated
graphics chips which are quite speedy.
I took some pix of mine last night but my ISP was acting up so I couldn't
upload 'em. Mine is RM Nimbus PC1 and it has 2 cart slots on the front as
well as a bundle of ports on the back including colour AND mono monitors,
keyboard, mouse, RJ11 printer connector, RJ11 'aux' or 'piconet'
connector,
Ethernet connector (BNC) and 4 or 5 expansion slots, one of which carried
the IO board.
Sound and voice you say? Hmmmm :) What OS did it run then? DOS or CP/M? More
importantly, has anyone got spare {whatever} disks?