According to the _Microcomputer_Buyers_Guide_ (1983 edition): " The Corvus Concept is an integrated desktop system that can function as a workstation in the Corvus OMNINET network (no mass storage) or as a standalone computing system (with mass storage). One of the most innovative user oriented features of the Concept is the dual-orientation display. By simply releasing a catch, it can be changed to either the portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) orientation. Display capability is 129 characters by 56 lines in landscape, and 90 characters x 72 lines in portrait. Major features of the Concept are: 68000 16/32-bit mircoprocessor, 256 Kb memory (expandable to 512Kb); two serial RS-232-C I/O ports; one OMNINET local network interface (RS-422); one flexible sound generator with speaker; CRT display; and keyboard. The Concept may be expanded with both floppy and Winchester disk drives." The entry goes on to say that you could use 8" or 5.25" floppies; 5.7, 10.8, and 19.7 meg harddisks; 73Mb tape backup ("using video cassette recorder technology") :-P. It also says that the top speed for OMNINET is 1,000,000 bits/s. The Concept evidently used its own obscure "Unix-Like" operating system, as well as a CP/M emulator. Jeff

I was just looking for some info on the "Machine Room" site and saw the following entry. http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~alexios/MACHINE-ROOM/Corvus_Concept.html I must say it's a VERY interesting looking machine. Zane | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator | | healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast | | healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | For Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | and the collecting of Classic Computers with info on them. | | see http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ |