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Offline mingleTopic starter

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Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« on: February 08, 2015, 08:34:23 AM »
Just came across this on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/161575249481

Looks a bit familiar! Can't find any real info about it, but I suspect it's probably at AT-spec system.

Mike.
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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2015, 09:13:33 AM »
The C= 128
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1) Amiga A4000 040 40MHz, Mediator PCI, Voodoo 3 3000, Creative PCI128, Fast Ethernet, Indivision AGA Mk2 CR, DVD/CD-RW, OS 3.9 BB2
2) Amiga A1200 040 25MHz, Indivision AGA Mk2 CR, IDEfix, PCMCIA WiFi, slim slot load DVD/CD-RW, OS 3.9 BB2
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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2015, 10:42:30 AM »
The dinosaur.
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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2015, 11:30:30 AM »
Never seen that, if they shipped world wide I would have bought it for my collection :/

Since it's Adelaide made I bet someone will buy it for their collection :)

Edit: Seems not to easy to find information about it, anyone know hardware and OS used?
« Last Edit: February 08, 2015, 12:45:18 PM by som99 »
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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2015, 02:24:29 PM »
According to the pictures it runs DR-DOS, a MS-DOS alternative.
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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2015, 04:04:37 PM »
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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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2015, 04:12:09 PM »
Dang still want's it, for that price in my eyes it's a steal, to bad I can't find more about the hardware, expansion possabilities etc.

Does it run from floppy or does it have a hard drive etc :/
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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2015, 04:57:13 PM »
Looks to be based on an 8086 or 8088, nothing to run on it really.

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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2015, 06:36:46 PM »
There is a youtube video of it running. It is just an 8086. I wouldn't pay $100 for it.
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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2015, 07:48:25 PM »
I would as collector, $99 aint much for a rare machine that I never even seen before.
Heck russian speccy clones goes for more...

Also can't find the video on youtube please link.
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Offline danbeaver

Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2015, 09:12:53 PM »
A search for this web site: http://archive.atomicmpc.com.au/forums.asp?s=1&c=1&t=87017

With this comment, "My second computer was a Adelaide made "Microbyte HC120" - that was a pile of sh(i)t. Anyone remember Microbyte?!! LOL"
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Offline scuzzb494

Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2015, 09:17:30 PM »
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

[ quote YouTube]

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

[ end quote YouTube]

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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Offline scuzzb494

Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2015, 09:21:41 PM »
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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Offline Matt_H

Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2015, 09:43:54 PM »
I find the presence of a floppy port interesting - never seen one of those on a PC before!
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Offline Rob

Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2015, 10:01:37 PM »
I wonder if they're rarer or more common than my Sam.  I'm hanging onto my Sam for since the prices seem to have gone up in the past few years since I first speculated on the idea of selling it.
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