Anyone ever heard of an Amigo?

From: adam_at_merlin.net.au <(adam_at_merlin.net.au)>
Date: Sat Jan 10 05:34:30 1998

>I picked up an Amigo computer today from a thrift store. Now, this is
>something cool as I have never seen one before and it is an interesting
>design for its time.
>
>The CPU and CRT are in one unit. In fact, at first I thought this was
>simply a dumb terminal because normally when you had a computer with
>integrated CPU/CRT it was a lot bulkier than this one is. The motherboard
>on this is tucked right under the tube. It has a Z-80 CPU and a 6502 (I'm
>assuming the 6502 is for the video display). The keyboard is an IBM XT
>keyboard (same key layout) but it has a 1/4" phono plug that connects to
>the front of the CRT/CPU (just like the Apple Lisa keyboard). I also got
>a dual half-height disk drive unit for it and two boxes of 5.25" floppies
>with programs such as WordStar, Supercalc, etc. I got a couple CP/M
>master disks with it as well.

I have something called an Amigo, made (although the name is hard to
read) by Surwave. Mind you, it could well be a Surwave made by Amigo. :)
It also has the z80 and the 6502 on the mother board, but it is not an
all-in-one unit. Indeed, it looks a bit like the Aplle ][. I have done
what research that I could, and so far have learnt that it was a Korean
Apple ][ clone, that could run cp/m or Apple software. They were made in
the very early eighties, and were imported into Australia via a person
who still resides in Adelaide. I have tracked down some information
about him, but have yet to find the person himself. They were quite
popular here, but few survived - mine didn't, as it won't show anything
on the screen. I am considering getting it repaired, but I don't know
enough to do it myself.

Anyway, I imagine that your computer is another model by the same people
- try an Apple boot disk and see what happens. :)

If you want I can continue to try and track down the importer. I know he
stopped importing computers and went into the computer embroidery
business, which does give me something to work with, anyway. I had given
up as I had covered almost everyone I could find who had anything to do
with old Apples, but there are still a couple of loose leads. I'm sure he
would know about any other systems made by the company.

Adam.
Received on Sat Jan 10 1998 - 05:34:30 GMT