MIC 501/504 manuals

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Fri Dec 10 08:11:30 1999

I found this in the CPM news-group. Sounds like this guy knows a lot
about the early Chinese CPM computers.

   Joe



In comp.os.cpm, "Bil Hansen" <w_hansen_at_mozcom.com> wrote:

>For anyone prepared to cover the cost of postage, I have a copy of the
>MIC-501/MIC-504 service manual (in English) and the MIC-500 operator's
>manual (in Chinese). I also have a number of CP/M manuals that are
>available on the same basis.
>
>A transfer to Malaysia early next year has forced me reluctantly to
>dispose of my 1983-built MIC-501 and associated terminal. Multitech
>Industrial Corporation (MIC) was the early English name of the
>company, now known as Acer Computers, started in Taiwan by Stan Shih.
>The MIC-501 and MIC-504 Z-80 machines were marketed as business
>computers and differed only in the capacity of their floppy drives.
>The MIC 500 series was marketed under that brand name in many
>jurisdictions in the early to mid-1980s. In some jurisdictions, local
>companies, such as Pericomp in Australia, self-branded the machine. I
>understand that prior ownership of the name 'Multitech' forced Stan
>Shih to adopt what has since become the global brand name 'Acer' (the
>name of his company has remained the same in Chinese).
>
>The MIC 500 series service manual is a photocopy (supplied to me by
>the company HQ in Taiwan - I bought my machine in Taiwan) of 80 pages
>dealing with:
>I Hardware Operation Theory
>II System Firmware
>III BIOS Implementation
>IV Mechanical Description
>V Trouble shooting
>with schematics.
>
>The MIC 500 series operator's manual is a glossy covered softback
>original, in Chinese, introducing the MIC and CP/M 2.2.
>
>In Oct 1994, through this newsgroup, I had contact with Greg Holdren
>at gholdren_at_citrus.sac.ca.us who had an MIC-504, so there is at least
>one person out there nursing an MIC-500 series machine.
>
>Cheers
>
>Bil
>--
>Makati MM, Philippines
>http://www2.mozcom.com/~w_hansen/
>
>
Received on Fri Dec 10 1999 - 08:11:30 GMT

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