Which came first, the A1200 or this?

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I would suggest it dates from around 1989 from the version of the DR DOS

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This instruction manual is for DR DOS by digital research for PC computers(version 3.4) Details - published 1989 third edition..1146-2074-003

Known versions are DR DOS 3.31 (BDOS 6.0, 1988-06, OEM only), 3.32 (BDOS 6.0, 1988-08-17, OEM only), 3.33 (BDOS 6.0, 1988-09-01, OEM only), 3.34 (OEM only), 3.35 (BDOS 6.0, 1988-10-21, OEM only), 3.40, 3.41 (BDOS 6.3, 1989-06, OEM and retail). Like MS-DOS, most of them were produced in several flavors for different hardware. While most OEMs kept the DR DOS name designation, one OEM version is known to be called EZ-DOS 3.41.

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I doubt many were made so quite a find.

My guess is that it predates the Amiga 1200 and is more likely to be in the Amiga 500 era.

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This is different system from the company.. type PC-230. I suspect they were dabbling in the computer market of the day and focusing on systems that were pretty popular at the time. I sense the machine is unlikely to have sold in many numbers so a nice addition to a collection.

MicroByte PC-230 System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izqc-95KzeY

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This is a small system designed in Adelaide, South Australia. This particular example is not in very good condition, unfortunately.

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Some of the more popular kit was being manufactured and rebranded in Australia here is a C64C from Australia that is in the collection.

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz357.htm

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This is an Ebay seller on YouTube talking about the PC230SX. Not the computer in question but more background on the company... if you read the monitor 1989-1990. Or there abouts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HHvWzDmVoY

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My offer was accepted. Give me about a week and I will review it.

Keep everything together. Also remember that some of these older machines had the leaky barrel battery. Might be worth trying to find out before you take the computer apart.

Well done by the way. Good find that.