Alpha Micro 1000?

From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_floodgap.com>
Date: Wed Jul 30 18:52:00 2003

> > > 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?

> > Probably for a VCR backup tape unit. They used them quite a lot.

> INTERESTING! I never heard of that on a factory machine. Did it work
> satisfactorily?

The Salvation Army (used to?) use(s) them as their mainframe backend and
they had VCR backup units. Worked just fine. I managed to find at least
one back-door into AMOS in their menu system, which did not endear me to
the system administrator. *grin*

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