Don't know about the 1021, but I've got an Alpha Micro 1042E. Got it from
an automotive parts business that used it for inventory and order desk: it's
got a raft of RS-232 ports on the back to timeshare an office full of
terminals. The 1042E is an S-100 box (but BIG enough to hold its 8"
Winchester) with a 68K cpu card and an unusual tape backup interface card
(it uses a modified videocassette recorder). So I suspect it would be worth
digging inside to see if the 1021 is likewise S-100.
The operating system is AMOS which is somewhat like DEC's RT-11.
I don't have any documentation. I can't figure out how to get code into it:
it has no floppy drive. Maybe Alpha Micro distributed everything on
videotape (charging extra for New Releases or Oscar winners?).
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McFadden, Mike [SMTP:mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 10:17 AM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Info about Alpha Micro 1021, HP terminal, 8" floppy
>
> Any info on these mature computer components?
>
> I was looking in a stack of pallet sized boxes at the local computer
> surplus and I came across a Alpha Micro 1021 computer. It appears to be
> about 2' by 2' by 1.5' with a series of DB25 connectors on the back. I
> couldn't move the top box to gain access to the lower box. I couldn't see
> much more than the exterior.
>
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