pevans@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca (Phillip Evans) (01/25/91)
Mesg: 171 (R) Date: 24 Jan 91
Fldr: General Time: 22:55:18
Subj: oddball computers Rply: 171 (BOT-172)
From: David Bowerman To: Philip Evans
Philip, have you ever run across a computer called a "ADWIN-80"?
It seems to be a single board Z-80 based system, 256K memory, 4
serial, 1 parallel printer, SCSI or SASI bus interface, WD2797
8/5/3" floppy controller, parallel keyboard interface and video
display circuit. The person who owns it has no idea of where
the
boot disk or anything else for it is. I was thinking about
picking it up (the price is right -- free) but not sure if I
wanted to tie into another project such as you are having with
the
Bullet. Dismantling the ROMs just not something I want to get
into for the next few months. Especially not on a machine as
jammed as this one is. Stuffed the entire board into a 5.25"
drive form factor. No ASICS so some chips are mounted under
socketed LSI and all the other fun you can have cramming a board
to it's maximum.
According to Richard, it was originally mounted into a terminal
and had one 5.25" floppy connected to it. At some point, it was
removed from the terminal and kinda lost in a box. Evidently
his
brother who originally owned it is no longer into computers and
hence he is willing to give it to me (for some strange reason,
he
thinks I might be willing to give it a good home).
Folks I copied the above message from a local BBS that David Bowerman
runs. He's a good fellow so if anyone has a lead then please respond.