Cargo@HI-MULTICS.ARPA (David S. Cargo) (10/11/85)
I was hoping to add some hardware supported CP/M-80 capabilities to an IBM-compatible computer. I checked with two vendors who advertise in BYTE (Oryx Systems Inc. and Progressive Micro Distributors) to see if they had the Xedex/Microlog Baby Blue II. Both listed it, but neither of them had it in stock. Both said the vendor is "going bankrupt" and it is therefore hard to get stock. Question 1: Is there some other vendor that does have the Baby Blue II in stock? A second alternative which now is appearing is the TurboSlave from Earth computers. This TurboSlave-PC has a Z80H, 128K of RAM, two RS232 ports, and TurboDOS. The price, $495 list, seems quite reasonable. I just am not sure I want to be the first person to try it. Question 2: Is there anyone out there who has tried this board (and liked it)? Please send your responses to Cargo at HI-Multics. If I get any responses I will summarize. If I get other people asking for the results of my query I will try to keep in touch. $500 is not the kind of money I would like to risk without taking a deeper look.