In article <001601bd476d$4cd0c680$32f665cb_at_eve>, Eve Guerney
<eve_at_powerup.com.au> writes
>I am not sure if these (other than the Sorcerer) were just
>re-badged models from overseas, or commisioned by "tricky dick" (he
>advertised a lot, became very rich, then became a sort of Richard Branson
>adventurer and philanthropist, and he is actually now head of our civil
>aviation authority, and some now want him as the first President of
>Australia if we ever become a republic!)
The System 80 was also sold as a Video Genie, IIRC, and in NZ as a
"C/Micro" by a company that was buying them from the same place as DS
was. I did a lot of work on them, and I have to say that they weren't
exactly the best quality machine in the world, but then I guess neither
was the TRS80. I think the best of the TRS80 derivatives was the LNW,
in terms of build quality and function.
Still, the System 80 sold well. I used one as a serial terminal for my
IBM 360/30. It must have had one of the multi-function expansion cards
which fitted under the main board and had a load of connectors on the
left-hand side for serial, centronics, FDD etc. I remember we used to
do RAM expansions by the solder-one-chip-on-top-of-another method, oh
what fun.
--
Lawrence Wilkinson ljw_at_formula1.demon.co.uk
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Received on Wed Mar 04 1998 - 13:44:30 GMT