On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Joe wrote:
> Is anyone familar with this system? I can't find anything on AM's site
> and only one brief description on the net. I know it runs AMOS and has a
> 68000 CPU. This one has a 190 Mb hard drive and appears to have 4 Mb of
> RAM. It also has a PIICEON add-in card that adds 8 additional serial ports.
> It's also hanging up with a status code of 6 when I power it up. There' s
> no terminal attached so that MIGHT be the problem. I found a manula for a
> new AM system and it doesn't list a stat code of 6. Does anyone have a list
> of the codes for this system?
>
> Anybody know where I can find an Owner's or user's manual for this? Or
> what are the Video In, Video Out and Video I/O ports for?
Hey Joe.
I have a few of these systems, and a wall of documentation. When I first
acquired one of these (I think it was the model 1000 as well) I checked
around and found that they still had offices in business. So I e-mailed
(or called? I can't remember...) one ofof them and the tech support guys
were pretty cool. They gave me some basic information and said if I
needed any help getting it running to let them know.
Much later I was put in touch with one of last--if not the last--Alpha
Micro service centers in California, right here in the SF Bay Area. Some
new folks were moving into the offices where the AM office used to be and
the AM guys just left everything (98% documentation and software). I
pretty much cleaned out the office of everything of use, including a
literal wall of documentation and some software on VHS (yes, the video
ports are to connect to a VCR for not only backup purposes but also to
bootstrap the system OS).
I have manuals for both AMOS and Pick, plus hardware manuals for all their
various models (1000, 1200, etc.) as well as the various interfaces for
different subsystems (disk, tape, etc.).
Since I owe you a few favors, let me know what you want and I'll make some
photocopies.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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