25 Jan
2016
25 Jan
'16
2:20 p.m.
Hi all,
Dose anybody know about Mitsubishi Apricots (1990ish)? They are of interest
to me as they were the first PC I used and I now have a few. I'm having
issues with getting them to boot from a floppy. Iv done some reading around
the subject and from what I understand I need a secure boot floppy.
Can anybody help?
Thanks
Peter
25 Jan
25 Jan
2:26 p.m.
Hi all,
Dose anybody know about Mitsubishi Apricots (1990ish)? They are of
interest to me as they were the first PC I used and I now have a few.
I'm having issues with getting them to boot from a floppy. Iv done some
reading around the subject and from what I understand I need a secure
boot floppy.
Can anybody help?
Thanks
Peter,
Which Apricot models do you have? I have lusted after an Apricot VX FT since it graced the
cover of Byte oh so many years ago!
-Ali
11:28 p.m.
Hi, well this is amazing. It's only the second time some one has known what I'm
talking about!
I have 6 LANstations a mix of 16s and 20s. Only one of them will boot which I boot from
its hdd or a Netwear 3.12 server.
Iv tried all sorts over the years (about 15).
These don't have the infrared system but in specs Iv read on the bios there is mention
of a security bit on the boot floppy. I need some one that worked on them back in the
day.
It's SO frustrating, as is the way of playing with old tech.
Peter
On 25 Jan 2016, at 22:26, Ali <cctalk at fahimi.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Dose anybody know about Mitsubishi Apricots (1990ish)? They are of
interest to me as they were the first PC I used and I now have a few.
I'm having issues with getting them to boot from a floppy. Iv done some
reading around the subject and from what I understand I need a secure
boot floppy.
Can anybody help?
Thanks
Peter,
Which Apricot models do you have? I have lusted after an Apricot VX FT since it graced
the cover of Byte oh so many years ago!
-Ali
26 Jan
26 Jan
11:22 a.m.
I too would love to find a vx but I think the chances of that are none existent.
Peter
On 25 Jan 2016, at 22:26, Ali <cctalk at fahimi.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Dose anybody know about Mitsubishi Apricots (1990ish)? They are of
interest to me as they were the first PC I used and I now have a few.
I'm having issues with getting them to boot from a floppy. Iv done some
reading around the subject and from what I understand I need a secure
boot floppy.
Can anybody help?
Thanks
Peter,
Which Apricot models do you have? I have lusted after an Apricot VX FT since it graced
the cover of Byte oh so many years ago!
-Ali
7:22 p.m.
> Hi all,
>
> Dose anybody know about Mitsubishi Apricots (1990ish)? They are of
> interest to me as they were the first PC I used and I now have a
few.
>> I'm having issues with getting them to boot from a floppy. Iv done
>> some reading around the subject and from what I understand I need a
>> secure boot floppy.
>>
>> Can anybody help?
11:46 p.m.
Yes, been through it with a fine "tooth comb". Tried all the boot disks, and
boot disk creators, utility disks. Well the ones related to the LANstations.
Peter
On 27 Jan 2016, at 03:22, Ali <cctalk at fahimi.net> wrote:
BTW: have you checked out http://bbs.actapricot.org/files/Bbs.htm
-Ali
> Hi all,
>
> Dose anybody know about Mitsubishi Apricots (1990ish)? They are of
> interest to me as they were the first PC I used and I now have a
few.
>> I'm having issues with getting them to boot from a floppy. Iv done
>> some reading around the subject and from what I understand I need a
>> secure boot floppy.
>>
>> Can anybody help? 
25 Jan
25 Jan
2:31 p.m.
I have a collection of Apricots including a Qi from about that period.
Haven't played in ages but as I recall one of their selling points was
a strange security system involving an ?infra red? remote key....?
(and I mean *key* - not keyboard!)
Mike
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Peter Faraday <pchatt30 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
Dose anybody know about Mitsubishi Apricots (1990ish)? They are of interest
to me as they were the first PC I used and I now have a few. I'm having
issues with getting them to boot from a floppy. Iv done some reading around
the subject and from what I understand I need a secure boot floppy.
Can anybody help?
Thanks
Peter
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