Jacqard 500 computers rescued...ugh!

From: Keith Whitehead <K.J.Whitehead_at_massey.ac.nz>
Date: Sun Jun 7 21:24:43 1998

well I rescued 3 J500 computers and a 20meg removable drive unit.
I understand why people collect stamps now.....they take a damn sight less
room.

Can any one tell me a bit about the units (I did get the manuals...but they
are now in storage)

Opening one case quickly did not reveal a processor...were they a bit slice
job ?

Any how I will investigate more later.

BTW the drive unit measures about 3"x2"x2" and weighs a hell of a
lot...hence the ugh and another step down the road to a massive hernia. Had
to pass on the diablo printers for this lot at this stage (shame on
me!...but storage is at a premium)
so now my collection consists of
3 TRS80 model 1
2 TRS80 model 3
2 TRS80 model 4P
3 Systems 80 (same as the genie)
2 Sinclair QL
1 Amiga 600HD
1 Amiga 1200
1 Altos system (drives,tape units,processor,etc,etc,etc)
1 Nascom (with german DOS, hard sectored drive)
1 Kaypro 4
1 Kaypro 10
1 TI 99/4
12 Polycorp Poly computers (designed and made in New Zealand)
1 Polycorp server unit (z80 and 6809 with 2 8" drives and serial network)
3 Jacqaurd J500
1 Apple 2e
1 Cromenco
1 Amstrad 8256
1 Amstrad 6128
1 MSX
and various Misc machines I can't remember at the moment.

Oh I have a hell of a lot of manuals and books on the various beasts as
well, however I have NO parking left in my shed which required a lot a
cleaning to fit the J500s in. I also have a collection of large numbers of
floppy drives, monitors,accessories (like atari IR joystick controllers,
cromenco joystick,etc).

Happy collecting




k.j.whitehead_at_massey.ac.nz

Keith Whitehead
Electronics Technician
Electronics Services
Institute of Fundamental Sciences
Massey University
Palmerston North
New Zealand
5301
Received on Sun Jun 07 1998 - 21:24:43 BST