Viatron System 21 on eBay (US only) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 Jun 2007

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Subject: Re: Viatron System 21 on eBay (US only)
   From: James <james at machineroom.info>
   Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:43:19 +0100
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Richard wrote:
  In article
<BAY107-F37BA11B5F1E742034FDEB4D8180 at phx.gbl>,
     "John S" <john_a_s2004 at hotmail.com>  writes:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330130310578

 Obvious question - just what is a Viatron System 21? Hard to believe it is a 
 computer, there is very little information on the web after a quick Google 
 search.  
 Dunno, but I'm not going to up against Al for it :-) 
Al, of course, has docs on line! (http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/viatron/)

In summary, 16 bit CPU built from LSI/MOS parts, 4 or 8 K words core 
memory. Cool :-) 
It's been 29 years since I've seen one.  One of the LICA (LI computer assoc,
LI NY) had one and brought it in. Impressive for it's time when an AMD EV68
(6800 based single board system) was a very big deal.

Allison