More on the Compupro

From: Arfon Gryffydd <arfonrg_at_texas.net>
Date: Wed Jun 23 16:39:06 1999

>1. "Disk n" disk controllers, n=1, 1A, 1B, 2, 3, or 4.
>2. "CPU nn" CPU cards, nn=85/88, Z, etc.
>3. "Interfacer n" I/O boards, n=1 to 4
>4. "System Support" boards, with real time clock, console port, etc.
>5. "RAM nn" boards, nn usually greater than 16.

>>On a more serious note, I looked inside and there was:
>> A Z-80 cpu card.
>> 2 cards with 512K on them and were labled Disk something.
>
>Well, then, these are your disk controller(s). The "something" that
>comes after Disk is very important in identifying them!
>
>The "512K" sounds like a Compupro board etch identifier, but I just
>looked over my Compupro Disk 1's, 1A's, Disk 2's, and Disk 3's, and
>none of them say 512K. Maybe it's a Disk 1B? Disk 4?

Nope... I suspected RAM disc cards because 512K is the AMOUNT of RAM I
counted (a board covered w/ 4116s). And there were no connectors to the
boards other than the card edge.
There are two of these mystery boards.


>> A wire wrapped (home-brew looking) card that looks like the 8" drive
>>interface.
>
>What makes you think that it's the 8" drive interface? Look for the 50-pin
>cable coming from the drive box and figure out where it's going.

Uh,I thought it was the drive interface because it had a 50pin cable
comming off it that matched the 50pin connection to the 8" drives box.


>> Another card covered with 6116 Ram chips.
>
>32 6116's gives you 64Kbytes, a comfortable amount for running CP/M-80.
>Your description matches that of the Compupro RAM17, though lots of
>of other manufacturers made similar boards that might be in your system.

Yep, that sounds right.

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Received on Wed Jun 23 1999 - 16:39:06 BST

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