info? AMI 6800/6809 system that ran Flex

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sat Sep 6 12:52:00 2003

At 10:34 AM 9/6/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Rumor has it that Joe may have mentioned these words:
>>Anybody know anyting about an OLD (76ish) AMI system with a 6800 or 6809
>>CPU that ran Flex? I've been offered one and I'd like to know more about
>>it. The chassis and such are home made but the cards are factory made. I
>>have some pictures that I can provide if anyone wants to see them.
>>
>> Joe
>
>If it ran FLEX, it's *probably* 6809-based -- I dunno if there was ever a
>FLEX for 6800; but there was even a version of FLEX for the Tandy CoCo.

  I don't know if it ran Flex when it had a 6800 CPU but it started out
with a 6800 and was later upgraded to a 6809. I have a couple of 8" disks
from it and they have Flex on them.

>
>Other than the requisite: "If you don't want it... don't forget me"
>statement, I'd say 'Snag it' ->

  That's already in the works! :-)


it's prolly at least as rare as an Apple 1;
>mind you, prolly not worth as much (yet) but IMHO, more interesting (as the
>6809 *is* my favorite processor... ;-)
>
>Oh, and I wouldn't mind seeing the pix...

    OK I'll send them to you directly. If there's enough interest I'll post
them on the web.

    Joe
>
>HTH,
>Roger "Merch" Merchberger
>
>--
>Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
>zmerch_at_30below.com
>
>What do you do when Life gives you lemons,
>and you don't *like* lemonade?????????????
Received on Sat Sep 06 2003 - 12:52:00 BST