[net.ham-radio] Cheap computer

jhv@houxu.UUCP (James Van Ornum) (03/22/84)

Several of us in Holmdel, NJ also purchased these boards.
We would appreciate any information people have, and will share
any information we uncover.
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	James Van Ornum, AT&T Bell Laboratories, inhp4!houxu!jhv

sjc@mordor.UUCP (03/28/84)

After a net announcement that Xerox surplus 820 boards (similar to the
original Z-80 "Big Board") were available for $50 from Xerox surplus,
about a dozen of us bought them. We have schematics for the original,
but these are a bit different (nicer, in fact). We'd really appreciate
it if the folks who posted the original message would share with us what
they learned about connector pinouts, BIOS, etc, before we start tracing
leads on the PC board (you're far ahead of us, since you have already
gotten CP/M to run).

Our jury-rigged UUCP connection seems adequate for news, but is unreliable
for mail, so I'll give a couple of addresses; or, if you don't mind
posting a phone number, I'd be glad to call you.

	MILNET: sjc@s1-c	UUCP: ...!decvax!decwrl!mordor!sjc
	Steve Correll
	742C Hayes Ave
	Livermore, CA 94550
	(415) 423-0226 daytime