23 Nov
2006
23 Nov
'06
10:55 p.m.
not the one with the "pop-up" lcd, but didn't Amstrad
make a Atari ST-looking model (essentially a whole
computer in the keyboard) with presumably an 8088?
Can't find it on old-computers.com. Not much but the
above mentioned PPC-640 shows up in an casual google
search.
Actually maybe it had an 8086.
Actually maybe the thing I forgot to bid on (a long
time ago) didn't have an Intel proc at all, and the
auction lied or was misinformed.
Though off the subject, I'm desirous of obtaining the
Franklin PC 5000, 6000, 8000, you know that tawdry
looking brown peecee thing. Offlist please.
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24 Nov
24 Nov
12:31 a.m.
From: "Chris M" <chrism3667 at yahoo.com>
To: "talk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 2:55 PM
Subject: Amstrad's PCs
not the one with the "pop-up" lcd, but
didn't Amstrad
make a Atari ST-looking model (essentially a whole
computer in the keyboard) with presumably an 8088?
Can't find it on old-computers.com. Not much but the
above mentioned PPC-640 shows up in an casual google
search.
Actually maybe it had an 8086.
Actually maybe the thing I forgot to bid on (a long
time ago) didn't have an Intel proc at all, and the
auction lied or was misinformed.
Yep - you're correct - was an 8086 with 512kb of RAM - looked a little like
the Amiga 500.
cheers,
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3:23 a.m.
Lance Lyon wrote:
From: "Chris M" <chrism3667 at
yahoo.com>
To: "talk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 2:55 PM
Subject: Amstrad's PCs
Wasn't that the Schneider EuroPC? I believe Adrian's got one of them.
In fact, a quick google turns up
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Schneider/europc.php
Gordon.
not the one with the "pop-up" lcd, but
didn't Amstrad
make a Atari ST-looking model (essentially a whole
computer in the keyboard) with presumably an 8088?
Can't find it on old-computers.com. Not much but the
above mentioned PPC-640 shows up in an casual google
search.
Actually maybe it had an 8086.
Actually maybe the thing I forgot to bid on (a long
time ago) didn't have an Intel proc at all, and the
auction lied or was misinformed.
Yep - you're correct - was an 8086 with 512kb of RAM - looked a little
like the Amiga 500.
5:50 p.m.
Wasn't that the Schneider EuroPC? I believe Adrian's got one of them.
In fact, a quick google turns up
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Schneider/europc.php
Gordon.
I know Schneider made rebadged Amstrad kit for Germany (and Europe
?). This was a different machine, different processor (8088) and a
different case.
Dan
9:30 p.m.
--- Dan Williams <williams.dan at gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Schneider/europc.php
No I don't think that was it. The unit I'm referring
to was more plain looking.
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Wasn't that the Schneider EuroPC? I believe
Adrian's got one of them.
In fact, a quick google turns up
Gordon.
I know Schneider made rebadged Amstrad kit for
Germany (and Europe
?). This was a different machine, different
processor (8088) and a
different case.
Dan
10:55 p.m.
No I don't think that was it. The unit I'm
referring
to was more plain looking.
i found a picture of the pc20
http://www.1000bit.net/scheda.asp?id=163
I assume it that. When I was looking for the picture I found somewhere
that said it was aimed at the ST market and was the same price. I
don't know the difference between Amiga and ST prices at that time.
Also the Sinclair version had TV out which was rare for PC
compatibles at the time.
Dan
3:23 a.m.
On 24/11/06, Chris M <chrism3667 at yahoo.com> wrote:
not the one with the "pop-up" lcd, but
didn't Amstrad
make a Atari ST-looking model (essentially a whole
computer in the keyboard) with presumably an 8088?
Can't find it on old-computers.com. Not much but the
above mentioned PPC-640 shows up in an casual google
search.
Actually maybe it had an 8086.
Actually maybe the thing I forgot to bid on (a long
time ago) didn't have an Intel proc at all, and the
auction lied or was misinformed.
Though off the subject, I'm desirous of obtaining the
Franklin PC 5000, 6000, 8000, you know that tawdry
looking brown peecee thing. Offlist please.
They had 2 models one was a pc20 which was grey and the pc200 Sinclair
badged which was black. It was an 8086 with a healthy 512Kb ram
Dan
25 Nov
25 Nov
8:52 a.m.
On Fri, November 24, 2006 3:55 am, Chris M said:
not the one with the "pop-up" lcd, but
didn't Amstrad
make a Atari ST-looking model (essentially a whole
computer in the keyboard) with presumably an 8088?
Can't find it on old-computers.com. Not much but the
above mentioned PPC-640 shows up in an casual google
search.
old-computers.com isn't the be-all and end-all of lists you know :) Mind,
I'm surprised they don't have the PC20 and PC200 listed. The PC20 was an
8086-flavoured DOS 5 machine with very limited expandability, ie it had 2
ISA slots but they pointed upwards so if you had something like a 20mb
hardcard it stuck out of the top of the machine! The PC200 was a black
version branded as a Sinclair machine but otherwise identical....
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Amstrad/pc20.php
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Sinclair/pc200/index.php
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6:25 p.m.
--- Witchy <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
old-computers.com isn't the be-all and end-all of
lists you know :) Mind,
I'm surprised they don't have the PC20 and PC200
listed.
I know! No friggin Tandy 2000 or anything. Sylvain
did e-mail me some time ago and said coverage of
certain peecees was going to be added. His intent was
to keep minimal the coverage of typical clones
(understandable of course).
Yes, I think that's the one. Nice looking unit if ya
ask me. It went for a song in that auction too IIRC snifful
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27 Nov
27 Nov
6:42 a.m.
On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 07:55:09PM -0800, Chris M wrote:
not the one with the "pop-up" lcd, but
didn't Amstrad
make a Atari ST-looking model (essentially a whole
computer in the keyboard) with presumably an 8088?
You might be thinking of the CPC+, which was Z80-based can came in two
versions, the 464+ with 64K and a cassette, and the 6128+ with 128K and
a 3" floppy.
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