Quantum Data Corporation 801A character generator?

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Fri Sep 27 21:50:23 2002

At 03:55 PM 9/27/02 -0700, Sellam wrote:
>On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Gary Hildebrand wrote:
>
>> ISTR they were a variation of the TRS80 computer with dedicated software
>> for char. generation at NTSC rates. Weren't too popular.
>
>Are you sure about that? If so, that's pretty intriguing.

   Gary's completely wrong on this one. The 801 is a tan plastic box about a foot wide x a foot deep x 7 inches tall. It has a bunch of membrane keys on the front and about an eight (I think) character LED display. A cable about 3 foot long comes out the back and connects to a buffer box that's about the size of a pack of cigarettes. A card edge connector on the buffer box is used to connect how ever many leads are needed to connect to the monitor. It looks nothing like an TRS computer and it's too small to have a TRS computer board inside of it.

   Joe
Received on Fri Sep 27 2002 - 21:50:23 BST