Alpha Micro 1000?

From: Larry Laurel <larry_at_laurelnet.com>
Date: Wed Jul 30 20:39:32 2003

Joe,

        The AM systems did not detect the presence of a terminal, so this
would not inhibit booting. IIRC, the six is not a six, it is a lower case B
(for "booting"). It is probably looking for directory structure and a
monitor file on the disk. You can use any VCR on the video in/out ports,
but unless you have one of the AM VideoTrax[1] VCRs you will have to
manually press "Play", "Record", etc.. I think I have one of these laying
around, but when I tried to use it as a plain ol' VCR a few years back it
didn't work.
        I think I can still get in touch with someone who is a walking tech
reference for all things AlphaMicro. If you like, I will try to contact him
and see if he will talk to you. Let me know.


Larry


[1] The VideoTrax was a Zenith unit modified by AM to get the transport
control signals from the computer.





-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Joe
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 3:38 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Alpha Micro 1000?


  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?

     Joe
Received on Wed Jul 30 2003 - 20:39:32 BST