At 08:37 PM 5/22/98 -0500, you wrote: in getting rid of it. I think the model number was MBC-5510 (???). She said she also had a printer that came with it. What is it? What would be a reasonable price to offer for it? compatible" (yeah right) that I was speaking of. I believe the 5510 was a CP/M machine that ran a Z80 processor and someone else in the list may hae more exposure to those. The units MBC-555 (2 SSDD drives), MBC-550-2 (one DSDD drive) and MBC-555-2 (2 DSDD drives) and other similar numbers that are three place 55x series model numbers. It ran an 8088 4.77mhz You're mostly right but they had 3.58 MHz crystal. TV color burst crystals were cheaper than 4.77 Mhz crystals. Joe

On Fri, 22 May 1998, Russ/Alice Blakeman wrote: I do not recognize the MBC-5nnn number series as CP/M machines, though I could be wrong. My exposure has been to MBC-1n00, MBC-2n00, and MBC-3000 (which used 8" drives) as the CP/M machines. - don donm(a)cts.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Don Maslin - Keeper of the Dina-SIG CP/M System Disk Archives Chairman, Dina-SIG of the San Diego Computer Society Clinging tenaciously to the trailing edge of technology. Sysop - Elephant's Graveyard (CP/M) - 619-454-8412 *--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--* see old system support at http://www.psyber.com/~tcj visit the "Unofficial" CP/M Web site at http://cdl.uta.edu/cpm with Mirror at http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~cfs/cpm

Sam Ismail wrote: Supposedly so, according to some of the tech data I had and the write ups in the now defunct Soft Sector magaizine put out specifically for the 55x series by Falsoft Publishing in Louisville. The Say-no 55x machines were essentially half Apple/half IBM. If you ran a graphics program on it that was direct address IBM video calls, watch for a lockup. Sanyo eventually came out with a $250 CGA adapter that also increased the ram. It was called a VB something, I don't remember now. I haven't had a silver demon around now since 92 and there are no scars either, other than the mental memories of a machine that makes the Edsel look like a Corvette. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Russ Blakeman RB Custom Services / Rt. 1 Box 62E / Harned, KY USA 40144 Phone: (502) 756-1749 Data/Fax:(502) 756-6991 Email: rhblake(a)bbtel.com or rhblake(a)bigfoot.com Website: http://members.tripod.com/~RHBLAKE/ ICQ UIN #1714857 AOL Instant Messenger "RHBLAKEMAN" * Parts/Service/Upgrades and more for MOST Computers* --------------------------------------------------------------------

Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote: So it's unanimous - all Sanyo MBC-55x machines, working or not, that are not a part of a Camry fender, are to be executed immediately to save our planet. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Russ Blakeman RB Custom Services / Rt. 1 Box 62E / Harned, KY USA 40144 Phone: (502) 756-1749 Data/Fax:(502) 756-6991 Email: rhblake(a)bbtel.com or rhblake(a)bigfoot.com Website: http://members.tripod.com/~RHBLAKE/ ICQ UIN #1714857 AOL Instant Messenger "RHBLAKEMAN" * Parts/Service/Upgrades and more for MOST Computers* --------------------------------------------------------------------

Doug Yowza wrote: Not bad considering you had no ALT key. And that was the first thing I pulled to put into my neat little Taiwan Clone 8088 turbo. Teac drives are still me favorites. Due to the fact it had no card slots, so you had to buy everything from Sanyo. I did take a header/DIP connection that plugs into the chip soket and ran a cable from it to a 15 pin d-sub on the outside of the case and then used a stock IBM analog type joystick from that point on. I have tons of original IBM CGA adapters from XT and AT machines that have composite outputs on them here. Just depended on what you wanted to spend. I bought the clone that replaced the Sanyo for $200 in bare-bones config, new. That was case, power supply, one floppy, 640k memory, motherboard and 4.77/10 mhz processor (which I swapped out for a V20 later), keyboard and I/.O card with floppy and hard drive controller (1:1 interleave). All I had to do is drop in a hard drive, video card and monitor. The clone had a 100w (I think) power supply. I think the Sanyo had a 35w and it had to be modified to handle full RAM, video adapter, serial port and two floppies. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Russ Blakeman RB Custom Services / Rt. 1 Box 62E / Harned, KY USA 40144 Phone: (502) 756-1749 Data/Fax:(502) 756-6991 Email: rhblake(a)bbtel.com or rhblake(a)bigfoot.com Website: http://members.tripod.com/~RHBLAKE/ ICQ UIN #1714857 AOL Instant Messenger "RHBLAKEMAN" * Parts/Service/Upgrades and more for MOST Computers* --------------------------------------------------------------------

Marvin wrote: Well, I wouldn't call them a significant part of computer history, but they _do_ stand out in the memories of those who had to deal with them. (The few, the proud, the ...) -- Ward Griffiths They say that politics makes strange bedfellows. Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else. Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_

Russ/Alice Blakeman wrote: Not to worry, I have been following the discussion, caught the sarcasm, and was just throwing a little wood on the fire :).