> > We had several Victor 9000's. They ran CP/M and a proprietary MS-DOS. They
> > had built-in codec. They actually predated the IBM PC back in 1980. They
> Strange machines, particularly the disk controller, which uses GCR
> encoding, and not suprisingly, is similar to the one in a Commodore 8050.
> They also have a number of interesting undocumented features. The
> 'Centronics' port actually uses GPIB driver chips, and could be turned
> into a full GPIB port with the right cable and software. There's also a
> user port inside on a 50 pin header, with an almost completely unused
> 6522 VIA to drive it. And of course the sound input connector inside.
I'd say, they where machines build without any management
involved - at least without so called controllers.
> > were the best available computers at the time, when the TRS-80 was
> Dubious claim. In 1980, there were graphics workstations (PERQ 1a,
> certainly), VAXen, supercomputers, etc...
Aren't you talking a different class now? For 1980, the Victor
was realy top notch at an afordable price.
Gruss
H.
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