[net.micro] Sanyo MBC-1000

MADLER@mit-ml.arpa (03/27/83)

From:  Michael C. Adler <MADLER@mit-ml.arpa>

Has anybody ever used this computer (Sanyo MBC-1000)?  It seems to be about
as inexpensive as I can hope to get for a reasonable CP/M machine.  According
to ads. it has serial and parallel I/O (1 of each?), etc.

I am interested in general impressions as well as specifics, like:
-How does the KB feel?
-Does the terminal emulate anything standard?
-Are hardware interrupt vectors set up for I/O ports?
-Do keyboard function keys send just escape sequences or are they programmable?
-How is the documentation?  Reliability?

Thanks!
-Michael

P.S.  I assume it is possible to buy the machine with only 1 drive.  Does
the controller support simply plugging another in?