On Tue, 15 May 2001, Tony Duell wrote:
> I don't suppose anyone knows anything about a machine called the Diablo
> 3000? It may be related to this one.
>
> Physically, it's a large desktop case with a 12" mono CRT on the left
> side of the front panel and 2 vertically mounted 8" drives on the right.
> The separate keyboard is wired into the unit with a cable that can't be
> unplugged at either end without dismantling the machine somewhat. On the
> back of the main unit is a DB25 connector that I assumed was an RS232
> port for a daisywheel printer (probably a Diablo 630 or similar).
>
> >From what I remmeber of the insides, the drives and monitor are what
> you'd expect. There's a little cardcage behind the monitor that contains
> 4 (IIRC) boards. One of them has an 8085 CPU on it, another was RAM, and
> another was a disk controller (I think there was an 8039 microcontroller
> on this one -- I don't remember a standard FDC chip). The power supply
> was in the base of the machine under all that lot. I don't really
> remember any more details.
It would seem to be later than the 3200 since it uses an 8085. But no,
never heard of it. Interesting though!
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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