Challenger 2P - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

31 Aug 1997

I recently aquired a 1040STe and STf as well. It's a great machine, If you
need a monitor for one I know where you can get a color 14inch stereo
monitor for 85.00.  This machine will do Slip, PPP and do just about
anything a PC will do on the web, {with some upgrades} the Atari ST's were
very cool machines I've found. If you need any info or help with the Atari,
don't hesitate to ask, Its a wonderful fun machine.

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  From: Adam Jenkins &lt;adam(a)merlin.net.au&gt;
 To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
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  Subject: Re: Challenger 2P
 Date: Sunday, August 31, 1997 9:45 PM

 >John R. Keys Jr. wrote:
 >
 >> Picked up few new finds this week. 1. A Challenger 2P (Model C2-4P) by
 >> Ohio
 >> Scientific SN5040. Anyone have spec's on this one?
 >
 >Interesting find!  I have the Ohio Scientific Challlenger II, Model C2-4P,
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  >S/N732 and haven't found much info on it.  The
machine was obtained from a
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  >friend of a friend and no docs or anything came
with it.  So I also would be
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  interested in
any information you find out about this machine!  
 I don't have much, but I can give some of what I know.  Ohio Scientific
 made, or so I gather, four 8 bit home computers - the C1P, C2P, C4P and
 C8P. Most of my info seems to be on the C8P, which was regarded as The Home
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  Computer of the Future largely due to its ability to
control your security
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  system, electrical appliances (like lights), smoke
alarms and so on, as
 well as being able to dial up the police when needed.

 The C2P, according to the little I have here, was a CIP with more ports, as
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  the IP had but one. Thus the info I have on specs is
mostly for the 1P, not
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  the 2P, so I will give that in case it helps.

 Anyway, the IP is said to have been the first fully packaged home computer
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  that you could just plug in and use.  It came with
either the MOS 6502 or
 Motorola 6800 cpu as standard (depending on your requirements) and had a
 CPU expansion board, allowing the addition of a Z80 or one of several other
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  popular CPU's.  It had a standard 53 key keyboard,
upper and lower case
 letters, and 64 char by 24 line mono video. 4k or 12K RAM was standard,
 with8k BASIC in ROM.

 Sorry that I don't have more, but my interest tends to lie in the history,
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  rather than the specs.  Just for fun, it is worth
noting that Ohio
 Scientific is noted for being the first PC Company to have a woman (Charity
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  Engel Cheiky, I think) as President.

 Adam.