mac@ksuvax1.cis.ksu.edu (Myron A. Calhoun) (10/11/88)
I recently purchased a Vector 4 system for a real song! It claims
to have both a Z-80 (ugh!) and an 8088 inside and came with some
software and manuals (mostly CP/M for the Z-80): User's Manual,
Extended User's Manual (mentions BIOS, Z-80 Assembler, debugger, etc.),
Memorite (word processor), ExecuPlan (spreadsheet), BASIC-80, and
CP/M-86 (mentions ASM-86). It has one floppy disk (hard sectored?)
and a small hard disk, and everything seems to work.
In scanning the manuals I saw one mention of MS-DOS compatibility,
but no information how to obtain it. I also did not receive anything
relating to the hardware (no maintenance manual, no schematics, etc.)
Questions:
1) Since I already have an MS-DOS PC, I'd really like to get MS-DOS
for this new toy. Any suggestions?
2) If MS-DOS compatibility is difficult (cost or otherwise), I could
put this machine to work as a BBS, perhaps even on packet radio.
Anybody know where I might find CP/M or CP/M86 Public Domain
software for such?
3) Anybody want the machine? (Why, oh why do I get myself into such
predicaments?)
Please respond by email.
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