26 Feb
2006
26 Feb
'06
4:42 a.m.
the talk of a peculiar USR pc made me remember this.
There used to be a (primarily) electronic junk store
in LI called Eldies (Edlies?) on Hempstead Tnpk in
Levittown I guess. Sitting there one day was an all in
one, IIRC, NCR unit that booted up to an a:> prompt.
It struck me as a weirdish dos semi compatible. It
didnt strike me as a PC4 or the nearly identical
Decision Mate (cpm). Pretty sure it was NCR, but eh
maybe it was NEC (definately NOT an APC, not quite
that big and heavy). Anyone have a clue?
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28 Feb
28 Feb
12:12 p.m.
On 2/26/2006 at 4:42 AM Chris M wrote:
the talk of a peculiar USR pc made me remember this.
There used to be a (primarily) electronic junk store
in LI called Eldies (Edlies?) on Hempstead Tnpk in
Levittown I guess. Sitting there one day was an all in
one, IIRC, NCR unit that booted up to an a:> prompt.
It struck me as a weirdish dos semi compatible. It
didnt strike me as a PC4 or the nearly identical
Decision Mate (cpm). Pretty sure it was NCR, but eh
maybe it was NEC (definately NOT an APC, not quite
that big and heavy). Anyone have a clue?
Some of my favorite keyboards are branded NCR (molded into the top) and
come in both XT and AT types. Made in Germany by Cherry. So yeah, there
were NCR XT- and AT-compatible desktop systems. I used to know what they
were called, but now I'd have to dig a bit.
Cheers,
Chuck
1:38 p.m.
NCR had the PC6 - an 8088 box, the PC710, PC8 and PC810, which were 80286
systems, and the PC916, which was an 80386 box.
They also had the 3390 and 3392 workstation PCs, which were 80286 units.
Cheers,
Chuck
1 Mar
1 Mar
1:40 a.m.
Chris M wrote:
the talk of a peculiar USR pc made me remember this.
There used to be a (primarily) electronic junk store
in LI called Eldies (Edlies?) on Hempstead Tnpk in
Levittown I guess. Sitting there one day was an all in
one, IIRC, NCR unit that booted up to an a:> prompt.
It struck me as a weirdish dos semi compatible. It
didnt strike me as a PC4 or the nearly identical
Decision Mate (cpm). Pretty sure it was NCR, but eh
maybe it was NEC (definately NOT an APC, not quite
that big and heavy). Anyone have a clue?
The Japanese NEC PC-9800 series booted with A: as the boot drive even if
it booted off a hard disk. the floppies would become the next drives.
Was the text in japanese?
I did software development on some of these models back around 1990. All
the M$ tools were available for them, but only from Japanese dealers and
only in Japanese.
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1:41 p.m.
On 3/1/2006 at 2:40 AM Tim Riker wrote:
I did software development on some of these models back
around 1990. All
the M$ tools were available for them, but only from Japanese dealers and
only in Japanese.
There was an outpost of NEC down in southern California that handled
developer relations for the NEC 9800 series. I don't recall their name (I
can find out), but it wasn't NEC, but they could get you anything you
wanted (for a price).
Cheers,
Chuck
2:23 p.m.
In article <200603011341450683.13BDDE55 at 10.0.0.252>,
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes:
There was an outpost of NEC down in southern
California that handled
developer relations for the NEC 9800 series. I don't recall their name (I
can find out), but it wasn't NEC, but they could get you anything you
wanted (for a price).
Recently on dovebid there have been a large number of NEC in circuit
emulators... however, I had no luck looking them up on NEC's web site
to try and get information about them. Sometimes these units have
been going unsold with their minimum bid of $50 or $25 unmet, in case
anyone has interest.
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2:51 p.m.
On 3/1/2006 at 3:23 PM Richard wrote:
Recently on dovebid there have been a large number of
NEC in circuit
emulators... however, I had no luck looking them up on NEC's web site
to try and get information about them. Sometimes these units have
been going unsold with their minimum bid of $50 or $25 unmet, in case
anyone has interest.
You used to be able to find a lot of 9801-type stuff in Japanese machine
tools and even in some Japanese lab equipment. If I owned a 9801, I don't
know what I'd do with it--just about everything in that box is different
from a PC. Different display controller conventions,
different floppy
controller hookup, different BIOS conventons.
Somewhen, back around 1990, WDDJ had a short series on the weirdness of the
9801.
We still sell the occasional 3.5" drive that's been modified to spin at 360
RPM--but not as many as we used to, since most USB floppy drives understand
the 3.5" 8x1024 format--at least in DOS-V format.
Cheers,
Chuck
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