lee@wor-mein.UUCP (Lee Dunbar) (01/03/90)
By brother-in-law recently bought a Corvus Machine.
He has the box and the monitor only and is looking for more software
as well as a disk drive of some sort.
Does anybody have any information and/or manuals for these machines ?
Thanks in advance.
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Lee Dunbar
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Quantum Medical Systems, Inc.
1065 12th Ave NE, Issaquah WA 98027
(206) 392-9180conrad@tlc.tlc.com (Conrad Dost) (01/04/90)
Lee Dunbar writes: > By brother-in-law recently bought a Corvus Machine. This is probably a CORVUS concept. The CORVUS concept was limited to 512kb of ram, had a 68000 cpu with no memory management hardware and a large monochrome monitor with bitmap graphics. No cards can be plugged into it. To hook up a hard disk you have to use the CORVUS network which is slow. Try contacting CORVUS, there are in San Jose, CA and still breathing, I think. -- - Conrad Dost, Total Logic Corp. 12 South 1st Street, #808, San Jose, CA 95113 USA, (408)295-1792 conrad@tlc.com, apple!motcsd!tlc!conrad
jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones) (01/04/90)
In article <1722@wor-mein.UUCP> lee@wor-mein.UUCP (Lee Dunbar) writes: >My brother-in-law recently bought a Corvus Machine. Goodness, it's been a while since I've heard that name. It makes me wonder-- was the name inspired by the Venus Equilateral stories? :-) "'Not Mister!' he cried. 'I am Corvus the Magnificent, Nilamo of Yoralen!' 'Yes, Your Magnificence....'" from "QRM Interplanetary," by George O. Smith James Jones
albaugh@dms.UUCP (Mike Albaugh) (01/05/90)
From article <935@tlc.tlc.com>, by conrad@tlc.tlc.com (Conrad Dost): > Lee Dunbar writes: > >> By brother-in-law recently bought a Corvus Machine. > > > This is probably a CORVUS concept. > > The CORVUS concept was limited to 512kb of ram, had a 68000 cpu with > no memory management hardware and a large monochrome monitor with bitmap > graphics. So far it sounds familiar. > No cards can be plugged into it. Uhh, the ones _I_ saw (circa 1982) had a couple Apple ][ slots. (This is not a typo, and I have _no idea_ why!) > To hook up a hard disk you have to use the CORVUS > network which is slow. Not to mention the disk themselves were flakey (the ones a friend had to use on an Atari 800 system) and the backup-tapes (re-worked VCRs) which could be read about 45% of the time :-( > Try contacting CORVUS, there are in San Jose, CA and > still breathing, I think. As of my March 1988 phone book: Corvus Systems Inc 140 Great Oaks Bl (408) 281-4100 But offhand I'd rather spend my time messing with an old Vic-20 (which comes right after wrestling rabid weasles on my list of fun things to do :-) Mike | Mike Albaugh (albaugh@dms.UUCP || {...decwrl!pyramid!}weitek!dms!albaugh) | Atari Games Corp (Arcade Games, no relation to the makers of the ST) | 675 Sycamore Dr. Milpitas, CA 95035 voice: (408)434-1709 | The opinions expressed are my own (Boy, are they ever)
woods@robohack.UUCP (Greg A. Woods) (01/05/90)
In article <935@tlc.tlc.com> conrad@tlc.UUCP (Conrad Dost) writes: > Lee Dunbar writes: > > > By brother-in-law recently bought a Corvus Machine. > > This is probably a CORVUS concept. > > The CORVUS concept was limited to 512kb of ram, had a 68000 cpu with no > memory management hardware and a large monochrome monitor with bitmap graphics. > No cards can be plugged into it. To hook up a hard disk you have to use the > CORVUS network which is slow. Sort of like a tty5620DMD :-) (Only mine has 1 Mb of RAM!) When I was at the University of Calgary (~1984), there were a number of people working on a project called JADE (Just Another Distributed Environment). Some of the "workstations" used were Corvus Concepts. JADE workstations were a bit like the blit/DMD environment. Anyway, from the JADE User's Manual, some more bits of info: 560 x 720 x 1 bitmapped screen, which may be paleced in either "landscape" or "portrait" orientation. Full ASCII keyboard Software controlled speaker Three button optical mouse Omninet LAN (1Mb/s) interface Two EIA ports (one for the mouse) Apple II bus I probably have copies of the Corvus brochures somewhere, bit I wouldn't bet I could find them. I remember the Concept when it was first introduced. It was fare more exciting than the average PC and a better processor, and except for a few odd things like the network interface, I thought at the time it would be neat to have one, especially since I was (and sill am) quite interested in window systems and workstation concepts. Now you'd have a tough time making me give up my 5620! (The other primary workstation used in the JADE project was the Cadlinc Sun Workstation. It had higher resolution (1024x780), more memory (768Kb + display RAM), special graphics hardware, Pronet network interface (10Mb/s), 6 EIA ports, and MULTIBUS expansion slots. This machine was considered to have far more potential than the Concept.) -- Greg A. Woods woods@{robohack,gate,tmsoft,ontmoh,utgpu,gpu.utcs.Toronto.EDU,utorgpu.BITNET} +1 416 443-1734 [h] +1 416 595-5425 [w] VE3-TCP Toronto, Ontario; CANADA
bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) (01/05/90)
In article <1443@mcrware.UUCP> jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones) writes: |In article <1722@wor-mein.UUCP> lee@wor-mein.UUCP (Lee Dunbar) writes: |>My brother-in-law recently bought a Corvus Machine. | |Goodness, it's been a while since I've heard that name. It makes me wonder-- |was the name inspired by the Venus Equilateral stories? :-) Perhaps, but "corvus" is also the Latin word for "crow". Cheers, -- \\\\ Bruce Becker Toronto, Ont. w \66/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `/v/-e BitNet: BECKER@HUMBER.BITNET _< \_ "We can't afford to igNoriega this" - George 'Thug-free' Bush
Mandel@granite.cr.bull.com (Mark Mandel) (01/06/90)
>>My brother-in-law recently bought a Corvus Machine. > >Goodness, it's been a while since I've heard that name. It makes me wonder-- >was the name inspired by the Venus Equilateral stories? :-) It's Latin for 'crow' (the bird). The symbol on Corvus disk drives seems to be an approximation of the constellation Corvus. -- -- Mark Mandel (InterNet: Mandel@granite.cr.bull.com) /* My employer is not responsible for anything I say, do, think, or eat. */