Damn... I've been sitting on a real s-100 exidy expansion box for the
sorcerer for a long time now (no, its not for sale) and I can't find an
sorcerer to go with it eiither... alas
Hmm... I'd be willing to trade a Heathkit H8 or maybe a TRS6000HD, or....
if that would pry one from somebody's hands...
;)
- Mike: dogas_at_leading.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, September 10, 1999 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: Spectravideo 318
>> Well, I have an Apple ][ here, but I'm also looking for an
>> Exidy Sorceror. Anybody know of one in the UK that's
>> looking for a good home (or a swap)?
>>
>> Is it true that the Exidy's ROM cartridge is housed in an
>> 8-track tape case?
>
>My sorceror is not looking for a good home because it already has one
:-)....
>
>But yes, the ROM cartridges _are_ 8-track tape cases with the tape and
>mechancial bits removed and the end cut open (not very well IMHO) to
>allow the edge of the PCB to fit into the edge connector in the machine.
>The ROM PCB contains 4 ROM chips and a couple of TTL ones (address
>decoder I think).
>
>Hence the question on a University of Bristol computer society quiz
>'Where did 8 tracks become 8 bits' ;-)
>
>-tony
>
>
Received on Thu Sep 09 1999 - 17:11:05 BST