AEHR / Computest CPM computer?

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Fri Feb 22 13:09:32 2002

SGS Z84008B-1 suggests it's an 8 MHz Z80.

What sort of backplane does it use?

Dick


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 11:49 AM
Subject: AEHR / Computest CPM computer?


> I picked up a portable computer since it had a disk in it that said CPM.

> I can't get it to boot but it looks interesting so I thought I'd try to
> find out more about it before I decide to fix or junk it.

> The computer is
> labeled "AEHR Test System ATS-312". It's about 1 foot tall x 1 foot wide x
> 26 inches deep. It has a keyboard that folds down from the front and exposes
> two 5 1/4" disk drives and a built in CRT. Inside most of the cards are
> marked "Computest Inc Made in USA" but the motherboard is marked "Fox
> Motherboard II". A couple of the plug in cards init are marked "64 point
> switchboard II" and have 64 pin ribbon cable sockets on the back.

> Underneath it has what looks like the CPU card. On it is what I think is
> the CPU. It's hard to read but it looks like it says "SGS Z84008B-1". Is
> anyone familar with that chip? I can't find any record on it.

> Does anyone
> know anything about the computer itself? AEHR makes test equipment, mainly
> for IC wafer testing.

>I couldn't find anything out about Fox or Computest.
> They're both common names but all the ocurrences that I cound find were for
> unrelated businesses.
>
> Joe
>
>
Received on Fri Feb 22 2002 - 13:09:32 GMT