All,
I was recently given an Olivetti luggable.
http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/gallante/olivetti.html links to a page on the
same model machine.
With a bit of work the system is running well, it has cleaned up really
well and looks to have been lightly used at best. The insides were VERY
clean considering its age and the conditions it had been stored in. There is
no burn on the CRT and the display is clear and crisp. :)
The motherboard is labeled 'Corona Data Systems' and is serial number
0160. Various dates indicate the system was built in 1983. I find several
references to 'Corona Data System', it appears they were sued by IBM and
lost over copyright infringement. I'd be curious to find out if this system
is one of the ones that infringed on IBM's copyrights.
At boot it POSTs the following:
ROM Version 1.53
Testing Complete
512K Memory Installed
512K Memory available to DOS
I've been able to boot several versions of DOS, and have formatted a set
of working disks. :)
I'm looking for more info on it, searching the web only provides the one
link listed above.
-Neil
Received on Sun Dec 14 2003 - 20:14:35 GMT