28 Jun
2000
28 Jun
'00
11:46 p.m.
[..snip..]
Anyway, the IBM Incompatibles that I've got
include :
Sirius (Victor 9000)
???
I remember Victor going through lots of trouble before
it disappeared; did it in fact get revived for a while
as Sirius? Or was Sirius another company, buying V9000s
and rebadging them?
A Victor 9000 is one of the few PC-alikes I intend on
adding to my collection; a Tandy 2000 would be another.
-dq
29 Jun
29 Jun
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:18:41 +0100 (BST) Tony Duell
<ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
The machine sold in the UK as the 'Sirius'
seems to be the same machine s
the US Victor 9000 (although I've never seen the latter).
As far as I know, they are the same machine, different
badge.
...
3 6522 VIAs on the motherboard, for system control
functions, the
Printer/GPIB port and the user port
Sound I/O using a 6852 and a CODEC chip
A strange video system. There's 2K*16 bits of video RAM, with a 6845 CRT
The Sirius was designed by Chuck Peddle, who also designed
the PET and the 6502. One of the early demo programs
showed a bit-mapped image of him on the screen of the
Sirius.
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John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
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