Processor Technology Sol-20

From: George Rachor <george_at_racsys.rt.rain.com>
Date: Tue Mar 3 15:56:11 1998

Greetings Kai,
Thanks for the info.
George

=========================================================
George L. Rachor george_at_racsys.rt.rain.com
Beaverton, Oregon http://racsys.rt.rain.com

On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Kai Kaltenbach wrote:

> The North Star setup was pretty common on the SOL. I have CP/M set up for
> the SOL with a North Star disk system. You'd need a North Star controller
> board, and any standard external 5 1/4" drive.
>
> Kai
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: George Rachor [SMTP:george_at_racsys.rt.rain.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 1998 1:37 PM
> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> > Subject: Re: Processor Technology Sol-20
> >
> > One more question to go along with this subject. I obtained a Sol but
> > have no disk drive. What does it take to add the disk interface and what
> > disk drive would work. Any disk based software or OS available?
> >
> > George Rachor
> >
> > =========================================================
> > George L. Rachor george_at_racsys.rt.rain.com
> > Beaverton, Oregon http://racsys.rt.rain.com
> >
> > On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Marty wrote:
> >
> > > Does anybody know what the production numbers were for the Processor
> > > Technology Sol-20? Also, does anybody know when PT went out of
> > > business? Was it due to the Persci drives in the Helios II as I've
> > > been told? A co-worker of mine said the Persci drive heads were
> > > actuated by a voice coil and while they had an extremely fast access
> > > time (for the day) they were unrelible. I'd appreciate any
> > > information.
> > >
> > > Thanks-
> > >
> > > Marty Mintzell
> > >
> > >
>
Received on Tue Mar 03 1998 - 15:56:11 GMT

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Fri Oct 10 2014 - 23:31:07 BST