1 Mar
1998
1 Mar
'98
12:21 a.m.
I've spotted one, owner has original boxes, packaging.
And the technical manuals - condition excellent.
Is this a computer worth salvaging? I'd likely have to pay around US$65
He also has a AT&T 3B1 in great shape, but doesn't know what its worth.
Any comments on these two appreciated.
Cheers
A
1 Mar
1 Mar
12:50 a.m.
On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Andrew Davie wrote:
I've spotted one, owner has original boxes,
packaging.
And the technical manuals - condition excellent.
Is this a computer worth salvaging? I'd likely have to pay around US$65
A quick "power search" of Deja News will tell you that this machine has
sold recently in a range from $0 to $100 (my cursory look yielded 2 for
free, 2 at $50, and one at $100).
It sounds like a nice little CP/M box with bank-switched memory that can
also run VALDOCS (whatever that is).
-- Doug
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12:16 p.m.
On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
Under CP/M you have a simple kind of multiple font
support (although you
really need an expansion card that contains the Font ROMs etc to use
this). There was also an integrated software suite called 'Valdocs'
(VALuable DOCuments, I think) whic hwas rather slow but quite a hack for
the time.
Interesting. Today at the ham fest I found two modules (that I passed on)
that were encased in a black plastic enclosure. One was a DB-25 serial
port adaptor that had a 40 pin header on the bottom edge. The other was a
font adaptor card that had a 20 pin header. These sound suspiciously like
what you describe.
Make sure you get the keyboard and monitor with it -
those are non-standard.
I've seen a couple of these keyboards at thrift stores and always wondered
what VALDOCS was. I figured it was a word processing system. Now I know
for sure. Haven't seen a complete system yet though.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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