> Also an Aquarius Personal Computer Model 5931R from Radofin Electronics
> (Far East) Ltd. Has anybody ever heard of this thing? I sure haven't.
I've heard of a thing called a Mattel Aquarius (or is it Matel?). This was
a cheap (< \pounds 100.00) UK home computer sold in the early-mid 1980's.
It had a blue rubber keyboard, and sounds something like your unit.
I think it was Z80-based, probably with ROM basic.
> It has small blue rubber keys and a template with basic commands
> written all over it. It's about 30cm x 18cm x 4cm. On the back
> there are three ports labelled Print, Cass, and TV. It has a big
> cartridge slot (but came with no cartridge :(. I cracked it open
> to see what's on the board but it has a big shielding cage soldered
> all the way around the board edge and I just didn't have the time
> to tackle that. Plugged it in and attached it to a composite
> monitor but got nothing. The power light did come on. I'm guessing
It may well be a TV RF output. I _think_ the UK version had a built-in UHF
modulator for our channel 36, so I guess the US version outputs on your
channel 3 or 4. Try connecting it to the aerial (antenna?) input of the TV
and seeing what happens.
> it probably doesn't operate without a cartridge. Any info on the
> thing would be much appreciated.
I thought it had a built-in ROM basic...
> Bill Whitson
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-tony
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Received on Mon Mar 17 1997 - 14:01:59 GMT