How Many SOROC's Was - Re: new finds :-)

From: Keys <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sun Jun 29 22:37:00 2003

I have one here in Texas
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From: "Bill Yakowenko" <yakowenk_at_cs.unc.edu>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: new finds :-)


> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 17:53:29, Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> > Visted one of my favorite scrounging places today and found a Otrona
> > Attache and a Soroc Terminal (1802 CPU :-) :-) Also got two shugart 851
8"
> > floppy drives, an IC Master (1988) a stack of DRI CPM manuals, a DEC
PDP-8
> > handbook and a notebook full of Mostek computer board manuals. Oh and an
> > AIM-65 User's Guide.
>
> Are you sure about the Soroc having an 1802? Which model of Soroc? I
> thought Sorocs used z80s. The one sitting next to me here (an IQ-135)
> definitely has a z80. It does have a 1602 UART though...
>
> Speaking of which, how many Sorocs are still out there? Were they as
> common in the rest of the world as they seemed in my corner of it? I
> hardly ever hear of them anymore, even on e-bay.
>
> Bill.
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