Xerox 16/8

From: Innfogra_at_aol.com <(Innfogra_at_aol.com)>
Date: Thu Oct 1 21:11:44 1998

The Xerox 16/8 is a desktop CPM Computer of the mid 1980s vintage. It has both
8 and 16 bit processors in the cabinet. I believe the original computer was
based on the UK Big Board design. The 16 bit processor is on a propriatory add
on card. It runs CPM-80 & CPM-86. If I remember right it will run an early
version of MS-DOS.

It has been years since I have run mine. My 2nd computer was a Xerox 820, an
earlier model. I was delighted when I got a 16/8.

 It uses external drives which you may not have gotten. The disks availiable
were dual 8" floppys, dual 5" floppys or a 8" Floppy and 8" HD. You could use
only one set at a time. Brian of Emerald Microware (business no longer in
existance) in Beaverton, Oregon made a data sharer that would alow you to hook
up both 5 & 8" drives at the same time. He supported this family of computers
for many years. It was a nice machine.

There are two styles of keyboards, the original which is bulky and a low
profile which uses a different ROM. The basic computer consists of three
pieces, the Monitor/CPU, a keyboard and a drive cabinet.

I have docs, drives, cpus and parts if you want to communicate with me
directly.

Paxton
Whoagiii_at_aol.com
Received on Thu Oct 01 1998 - 21:11:44 BST