We had 3 PMC-80s at 80 Micro--got them in an ad trade. They worked fine for
a few months, and then within a period of 2 weeks, they all literally went
up in smoke. The floppy drives were cranky, too. I don't recall ever having
any compatibility problems with them.
An editor took one home, but could only use it after everyone else in his
apartment complex went to bed. The RFI was so bad it ruined TV and radio
reception in the building. PMC's suggestion for a fix: Wrap the computer in
a chicken wire cage and then cover the cage with aluminum foil.
I still have all the documentation for these machines.
--Mike
Michael Nadeau
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ajp166" <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: PMC MicroMate
> From: Michael Nadeau <menadeau_at_mediaone.net>
>
>
> >PMC made a crappy TRS-80 Model I clone called, I think, the PMC-80, but
> this
> >is obviously a different machine. I'll see if I can come up with
> anything on
> >it.
>
>
> Crappy TRS-80???? The only thing they didn't copy were the shortfalls
> and bugs!
>
> I think the L-systems (aka Ldos people) did it better.
>
> Allison
>
>
>
Received on Thu May 03 2001 - 07:10:29 BST