New Research Machines finds

From: Dan Williams <dan_williams_at_ntlworld.com>
Date: Thu Dec 18 11:38:41 2003

Witchy wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
>>[mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jules Richardson
>>Sent: 18 December 2003 12:46
>>To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
>>Subject: New Research Machines finds
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>>Couple of new Research Machines finds just turned up:
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>>A 380Z in great condition, with the added bonus that it came with all
>>the manuals. Quick look inside shows it to be pretty stock, except that
>>I was told it had some sort of silicon disk option fitted. It does look
>>to have a memory-type board hooked up to the bus that I wasn't
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I had up until about 5 years ago two of these, with all original 8"
software disks, double 8" drive and two external winchester drives. The
external winchesters where big mfm disks with a convertor board to scsi
or sasi I can't remember. They are great looking machines with a BIG
reset button and keyswitch. I wish I hadn't given them away. One of them
still had all the server software on it to boot a network of 30 odd 480z
machines which it did with ease until they replaced it with a nimbus server.

On another note does anyone still have a nimbus with c-dos and the 480z
network software installed on it. I have very fond memories of these
from school. I can remember when they replaced all the 480z's with
nimbus's (nimbi ?). They had a few 286's when I left which I believe
where around the ?2000 mark then.
I know the borough I lived in (Bromley) used almost exclusivly RM
machines was that the same everywhere in the UK.

Dan
Received on Thu Dec 18 2003 - 11:38:41 GMT