29 Nov
2000
29 Nov
'00
8:14 p.m.
On Nov 29, 23:12, Tony Duell wrote:
> > There's also a thing called a Sage II.
I've only ever seen 2 of them. One of my mad
friends (who I happened to
be with) and I got them for a very low price...
This machine has one of the best user manuals I've seen. It's got
schematics, parts lists, etc in it. And, it's easy to repair because
_all_ ICs, even the TTL glue, are in sockets. Apart from the EPROMs
(which contain a machine code monitor and disk bootstrap), every chip is
stnadard.
Yes, they're nice. I have one left -- I had four, but sold or gave the
rest away. All the ones I've seen had one DSDD 80-track 5 1/4" floppy, but
I beleive there was a hard disk option. I never had a manual, though, nor
CP/M 68K.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
30 Nov
30 Nov
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3:12 p.m.
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Tony Duell wrote:
[Sage II]
I have it as a three disk set.
- don
Yes, they're nice. I have one left -- I had
four, but sold or gave the
rest away. All the ones I've seen had one DSDD 80-track 5 1/4" floppy, but
Mine has 2 half-height 80 cylinder floppy drives (side by side -- in
other words you couldn't fit a full height drive instead). I believe one
of the DIP switches sets the machine for either 40 or 80 cylinder drives,
so presumably 40 cylinder drives were used in some machines.
I beleive there was a hard disk option. I never
had a manual, though, nor
From what I remember, the hard disk model was
called a Sage IV. It was
basically the same machine with a hard disk controller
connected to the
expansion bus connectors. The case was taller to accomodate the
full-height winchester (and I assume 1 or 2 floppy drives alongside it.
CP/M 68K.
I don't have it, I just recall reading it existed.
-tony
1 Dec
1 Dec
7:10 a.m.
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:38:20 +0000 (GMT) Tony Duell
<ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
[Sage II]
Mine has 2 half-height 80 cylinder floppy drives (side by side -- in
other words you couldn't fit a full height drive instead). I believe one
of the DIP switches sets the machine for either 40 or 80 cylinder drives,
so presumably 40 cylinder drives were used in some machines.
I have one like that.
From what I remember, the hard disk model was called a
Sage IV. It was
basically the same machine with a hard disk controller connected to the
expansion bus connectors. The case was taller to accomodate the
full-height winchester (and I assume 1 or 2 floppy drives
alongside it.
I have another machine, called a Stride, like that. I was
told that Sage had to change their name -- don't know why
-- and they changed it to Stride. The Stride is wider than
the Sage II and has a hard disk. Some of the (ex-INMOS)
machines had a QIC-02 tape interface and an internal
quarter-inch tape drive.
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
8:51 p.m.
John Honniball skrev:
I have another machine, called a Stride, like that. I
was
told that Sage had to change their name -- don't know why
-- and they changed it to Stride. The Stride is wider than
the Sage II and has a hard disk. Some of the (ex-INMOS)
machines had a QIC-02 tape interface and an internal
quarter-inch tape drive.
Ooh, I've been meaning to ask about that one. There is a Stride at the
usergroup. It's a big tower, grey of colour. Apparently it's 68000 based, but
what kind of system is it, and what OS does it run?
--
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TR?D ANV?NDER MAN TILL M?BLER!
6 Dec
6 Dec
12:02 p.m.
On 02 Dec 00 03:51:59 +0100 Iggy Drougge <optimus(a)canit.se>
wrote:
John Honniball skrev:
If it's a tower-style case, it may be the bigger model of
Stride with a proper MMU. I was told that they run Unix
(BSD I think), but I've never actually seen one running.
I have the parts of a tower-case machine at home, saved
after someone converted it (with a hacksaw) into a PC case.
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
I have another machine, called a Stride, like
that. I was
told that Sage had to change their name -- don't know why
-- and they changed it to Stride. The Stride is wider than
the Sage II and has a hard disk. Some of the (ex-INMOS)
machines had a QIC-02 tape interface and an internal
quarter-inch tape drive.
Ooh, I've been meaning to ask about that one. There is a Stride at the
usergroup. It's a big tower, grey of colour. Apparently it's 68000 based, but
what kind of system is it, and what OS does it run?
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