That's great news and good pics. I don't find it slow at all. I've been
procrastinating about putting up a MICOM page for years. Now it's time for
me to get off my keister and scan the documentation I've got, and also make
copies of some of the 8" floppies. I've been avoiding mastering the process of
transferring them to 5.25 back to when Tim Shippa and others described the
process in detail on the list. Also the bunch of TRS-80 mod.II disks I have.
Mea culpa.
Some years ago I had an 8032 which I fiddled with and even tediously copied
some programs from public library back-issues of early magazines, entered
them line-by-line and put them on cassette tape. I eventually gave it away.
It wasn't nearly as interesting a machine as the MICOM. And fairly common
at the time. Altho the fold-up top was interesting.
It's been some time since I've used my Micom. It developed a problem with
one of the keyboard lines. I can't remember whether it was the "command"
button or the "Tab", but it multiplexed some other commands so limiting it's
functioning. I thought it might be one of the KBs strange capacitors, but now
I suspect it's likely only a cable fault. The latch on my Shugart was broken
and I fashioned a quick fix with a wood wedge. My TRS80 mod.II has the
same problem.
I'll get it functioning again and likely, if the KB permits, simply making a
duplicate of the 2 OS disks would be the easiest way to get it to you. I'll
also scan the docs and eventually the other material I have, like the Philips
newsletters, communications and advertising.
The cables shouldn't be a problem to replace in an urban center. Up here in
the boonies, it's a MS-Winslop world, so it's more of a problem. I might ask
a favor of getting some ribbon cable in return later on.
It would be good to get a closer shot of the KB. What looks like a numerical
keypad on the righthand side in the pic is actually the function controls.
Do you know how close the backplane is to the S-100 configuration ? I've
never seen an S-100 in the flesh.
Good stuff. I'll get back to you off-list once I get mine up and functioning
again. Guess this puts my DEC Pro 350, TRS80 mod.II with the 3 HDs,
Osborne 1, and H/Z 89 further back in the to-do queue. Oh well.
One thing that comes to mind is what Philips still has in their archives and
whether they'd release it. At least till Dec/90 when I contacted them, they
had Micom 2000 programs for sale. They also had something called the
Power Pac II software.
The later Micom versions up to 84 were the 2001, 2002, 3003, and 3004. The
2001 had dual disks, the 2002 Twin Satellite, 2 displays and 2 keyboards.
Charley Fox a list member has/had a 2001, dont know what model.
Lawrence
> I've put up some pictures of the micom 2000:
>
> http://osi.webhop.net/
>
> (follow the link from the main page) Be patient,
> the server is on a low end ADSL connection. If
> someone wants to copy these somewhere faster,
> please do.
>
> I'm going to keep it, so I need to move another
> system instead. I have a Commodore CBM 8032 with
> an 8050 dual 5 1/4" drive. Good cosmetic condition,
> unknown operational condition, no software,
> documentation or fuse holders. I'll put up some
> pictures tonight. It's a good bit lighter than the
> micom, but I would still prefer a local pick up if
> possible.
>
> Bill
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