Interesting typewriter

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Sun Feb 28 09:15:01 1999

At 11:30 AM 2/27/99 -0500, you wrote:
><BTW: I also saw a Rainbow 100. Anything distinguishing it from any other
><CPM/MS-DOS machine?
>
>It was a dual processor with z80 and 8088, the bus as not PC (ISA) and it
>allowed 768 or 825Kw of ram. It was color medium resolution when the PC
>was still mono. It's noteable in that it ran CP/M-80, CP/M-86 and MSdos.
>When Running CP/M86 or MSdos the z80 is still operational and services IO
>for the 8088 giveing it better performance for it's day.


   Yes, and it used 5 1/4" disks but they were single sided with 80 tracks
and 400K capacity per disks. Definity NOT IBM compatible.

   Joe
Received on Sun Feb 28 1999 - 09:15:01 GMT

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