Xerox 820

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Thu Jun 28 12:01:47 2001

Thousands of these were sold as bare boards with limited doc's. I frequently
ran into folks using them, yet never saw one in the original Xerox enclosure.
The Xerox box was just too expensive. Once they were no longer a major product,
they were surplussed out as bare boards. I think it was through BG Micro.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Beaudry" <r_beaudry_at_hotmail.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 9:12 AM
Subject: Xerox 820


> Hello all,
>
> Recently I acquired a Xerox 820, but as a single board, w/ power supply. I
> also received many docs (including a tech manual with Monitor listings and
> schematics). I know originally these were "all-in-one" computers, but many
> appear at ham fests in exactly the same shape as mine -- as a single board
> computer.
>
> Of course, hooking a terminal up to it produces nothing (even testing at
> different baud rates/parity/stop bits, etc), so I'm wondering:
>
> - Are there any modifications (ROM or jumpers) to "convert" this to use the
> serial port for a console, rather than the keyboard and video display? I
> couldn't find anything in my docs, but of course, I have not read them in
> depth yet.
>
> In return, I could offer copies of the docs, or thanks to 22NICE and my
> Compaticard (thanks Don!), copies of the files on the diskettes (CP/M, "Word
> Processor", "Diagnostics", "Training Files" and "Program Files"), or images
> of the disks (assuming Teledisk could do it -- I haven't tried that yet).
> The disks are 5.25", SSSD
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rich B.
>
>
Received on Thu Jun 28 2001 - 12:01:47 BST