Adrian Graham skrev:
>>Date: 14 Nov 00 00:21:26 +0100
>>From: "Iggy Drougge" <optimus_at_canit.se>
>>Subject: 80186 Nimbus
>>
>>On the subject of whether the Research Machines 80186 based computer was
>>called PC1 or Nimbus, I managed to dig out an old issue of Practical
>Computing
>>(March 1985) where the machine is reviewed.
>>It is actually called RM Nimbus, but is available in two models - PC1 and
>PC2.
>>Thus, both parties were right.
>>It features 3.5" floppy drives, an 8910 three-voice sound chip (Is this the
>>same as the YM2149?) as well as an Oki digitised voice chip, and has
>dedicated
>>graphics chips which are quite speedy.
>I took some pix of mine last night but my ISP was acting up so I couldn't
>upload 'em. Mine is RM Nimbus PC1 and it has 2 cart slots on the front as
>well as a bundle of ports on the back including colour AND mono monitors,
>keyboard, mouse, RJ11 printer connector, RJ11 'aux' or 'piconet' connector,
>Ethernet connector (BNC) and 4 or 5 expansion slots, one of which carried
>the IO board.
I never thought I'd drool over an old PC...
Mind you, are you certain that that BNC connector is Ethernet? I believe it is
supposed to be a "Chain" or "MS-net".
>Sound and voice you say? Hmmmm :) What OS did it run then? DOS or CP/M? More
>importantly, has anyone got spare {whatever} disks?
The review doesn't mention CP/M. I think you'd be able to access the sound
hardware through RMBASIC.
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