NEC APC III

From: peter tremewen <ptremewe_at_bigpond.net.au>
Date: Mon Jun 9 08:01:00 2003

Thanks, I'd be very interested in a keyboard and further info in the form
of data..... Please keep me posted....

                Peter T.




> Peter et al--
> I'll have a nose around- used to be an awful lot of APC-IIIs here- the
> Telecom NZ fixed network is NEAX based (a line in electronic switches from
> NEC) and the APC-IIIs were all over the place in the early days (15 plus
> years ago) in use as terminals. But it's only recently the last of them
have
> been tossed out (probably still the odd one in service in reality!) in
favor
> of standard pc hardware. Those in use here all had CGA screens and either
> dual floppies or (marvel of marvels!) 10/20Mb HDDs-- still probably some
> docs about but only ever saw operating handbooks. Fairly sure I know where
> there is still at least one keyboard---maybe two....
>
> Dave Brown
> Christchurch, NZ
>
> PS- Guess what was supplied for use as a portable terminal-the 9801--used
to
> be lots of them about as well- I have one or two salted away-complete with
> cassette tape units etc.
> DB
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