26 Jun
2003
26 Jun
'03
11:56 p.m.
That sounds like an interesting machine. I have a United Technologies
Mostek Matrix 800, but it has a 1.2meg 5 1/2 drive and an MFM hard
drive. My machine runs CP/M and has a Z-80. I have the system disks,
albeit on 5 1/4, and I can make copies for you if you need them, but
you'll have to find a way to either convert them to 8" or to hook a 5
1/4 drive to the computer, but even then I don't know if the disks
would be compatible.
Ian Primus
ian_primus(a)yahoo.com
On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 10:58 PM, Erik S. Klein wrote:
Hello all,
I've come into possession of a Mostek computer (I'm pretty sure it's a
computer anyway) with a pair of 8" half height floppy drives (Shugart
860s) and three cards.
The cards are roughly 6x4 inches with a 56 finger edge connector on one
of the long ends and various connectors on the opposite end (I'm not
familiar with these). They are labeled MDX-FLP2 (plugged into the
drives - obviously a floppy controller), MDX-SIO (almost certainly a
serial IO card) and MDX-CPU3. The last card is the processor card.
The
main chip appears to be a MOSTEK Z-80 clone which is labeled MK3801N-4,
Z80-STI AND ENG. PROTO. There are 8 4564s for 64K RAM on the card
along
with what are either connectors for serial and/or parallel ports.
The whole box is about the size of a typical rack-mount machine with a
plastic case around it. Most parts are tagged as Mostek and most date
codes are from the middle of 1982.
Of course it came without software or documentation.
Is anyone familiar with this machine? Does anyone have a boot disk,
other software or documentation for it?
Thanks!
Erik Klein
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