On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:18:41 +0100 (BST) Tony Duell
<ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> The machine sold in the UK as the 'Sirius' seems to be the same machine s
> the US Victor 9000 (although I've never seen the latter).
As far as I know, they are the same machine, different
badge.
...
> 3 6522 VIAs on the motherboard, for system control functions, the
> Printer/GPIB port and the user port
> Sound I/O using a 6852 and a CODEC chip
> A strange video system. There's 2K*16 bits of video RAM, with a 6845 CRT
The Sirius was designed by Chuck Peddle, who also designed
the PET and the 6502. One of the early demo programs
showed a bit-mapped image of him on the screen of the
Sirius.
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
Received on Fri Jun 30 2000 - 05:08:40 BST