19 Jan
1999
19 Jan
'99
2:44 p.m.
At 07:44 PM 1/19/99 -0500, you wrote:
I wonder if that's the Gemini that is/was here in Orlando? They were
doing lots of that kind of stuff in the mid '80s.
Joe
> ::Meanwhile, no one's ever heard of a Zorba,
so I don't know why the two
I've
::heard about
sold for over $100.
Okay, I'll bite: what's a Zorba?
OK... it's a slick Z80 box (basically similar to a Kapro).
It could read and write a number of disk formats and could run
software written for a lot of machines, since it was memory mapped video
and H19/Z19/VT52 compatible video you could actually hack it to
do Kaypro video instead with a few changes.
It was first made by Telcon, which made data test equipment.
Telcon got in over their heads and needed bigger $$$ to continue.
They were bought out by Modcomp (Modular Computers) who made mini's.
They created a Modular Micros group. They eventually were sold
to a suplus house called Gemini