mbeck@AI.MIT.EDU (Mark Becker) (08/19/89)
Hello all - I have nearby a working Diablo/Xerox model 3000 word processing unit. It came with several single-sided 8" diskettes, none of which can be read on my trusty old XOR S100 machine with it's WD1797-based disk controller. One of the diskettes is labelled CP/M-80. Thats the good news. The bad news is the system doesn't recognize the disk. The hope is to convert this system for use as a BBS for the hearing impaired. To do this, I have been hunting for a technical manual. I would like to know the backplane pinout and I/O port addressing for the serial/parallel ports present on the machine. I have been on the phone to one division of Diablo/Xerox after another. I have been shuttled from one long distance call to another, finally completing the "loop" by the last-called division saying to contact the first-called division. The machine _is_ old; circa 1980. But I am hoping someone _out there_ knows something about it or can refer me to the _right place_. Your help is appreciated. Please e-mail your information. If there is any interest, I will summarize to the group. Regards, Mark Becker mbeck@wheaties.ai.mit.edu