[net.micro] Epson QX-10

fhl (12/22/82)

     Having seen several rave reviews on the new micro from EPSON
I am wondering if anyone has seen it.  It would appear to have every
feature that a personal productivity enhancer should have.  Two
questions:

	- What type of expansion cards are supported (eg
	  Apple, IBM, S100) ?
	
	- does a CP/M plot 10 emulator/TERMCAP program exist ?

Since this is a general submission to net.micro, perhaps I should list the
things that an excellent micro might have : 256kb RAM, 2 disks, 80x24
screen, high res b/w graphics (at least 1/2 of tek4010 res), and 
integrated software.  The exact microprocessor or other hardware
is not so critical because the machine will only be used by one.

		Frank Levinson
		BTL-Allentown

bcw (01/12/83)

From:	Bruce C. Wright @ Duke University
Re:	Epson QX-10

Does anyone know anything about the Epson QX-10 which was advertized
recently in Byte (especially first-hand information)?  It looks like
an interesting machine, though in its original configuration it doesn't
look like much of a hacker's machine (doesn't look hard to make it into
one though...)

Comments?  If this has been discussed before (and I've missed it some-
where), please DON'T re-broadcast it to the network.  Also, summaries of
the Byte ad are *not* interesting!  I'm interested in things like price
lists, availability, general reliability, useability, etc.

		Bruce C. Wright @ Duke University

howard@byucsb.UUCP (Johnson Howard Reed) (07/27/84)

[gulp]

I use a QX-10 to emulate a terminal (among other things).  Epson's BIOS
partially emulates a Televideo 920, and the CP/M BDOS calls run on top
of that.  I use a little program which uses BDOS calls.  Watch out for
XON/XOFF (the BIOS traps these coming from the keyboard) and tabs, which
are expanded to spaces.

The other approach (which most commercial emulation software uses) is to
bypass the BIOS and talk directly to the hardware.  Epson's MTERM program
(in the 256K CP/M upgrade) does this, and unfortunately, does not support
escape sequences.

eq|epson|qx10|epson qx-10:\
	:al=5*\EE:am:bs:ce=\ET:cm=\E=%+ %+ :cl=^Z:co#80:dc=\EW:dl=5*\ER:ei=:\
	:kb=^H:ku=^K:kd=^J:kl=^H:kr=^L:k0=^A@\r:k1=^AA\r:k2=^AB\r:k3=^AC\r:\
	:k4=^AD\r:k5=^AE\r:k6=^AF\r:k7=^AG\r:k8=^AH\r:k9=^AI\r:\
	:ho=^^:im=:ic=\EQ:li#24:nd=^L:se=\E(:so=\E):up=^K:

Howard Johnson
harpo!utah-cs!byucsa!byucsb!howard