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Article #181754Re: Help: info on Pertec PCC-2000?
From: Douglas Weber
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00
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2000 is a 8085 based machine. It run ONLY Microsoft BASIC( in its original implementation). Floppies are 8 inch hard sectored floppies. Mainstore is probably 64K bytes or so. Actually this is a nice little pre PC machine. I was with a company in the given time frame that wrote an accounting, inventory, etc system running on this machine. It was limited but capable. Doug Weber Gene Wirchenko wrote: > Barton Oleksy <bol...@nait.ab.ca> wrote: > > >I've found one of these in someone's basement here and was wondering if > >anyone knew some details and background on this. I suspect it's more of > >a microcomputer than a mini, and can use BASIC and prepackaged apps like > >word processing, general ledger, etc. 8" diskettes, monitor is > >built-into the chassis...looks a little like a Radio Shack Model III on > >steroids (and floppy drives mounted vertically). > > > >I believe it's dated '79 or '80. Anyone out there know anything about > >this machine? Thanks! > > Radio Shack Model II? That was their 8-bit business machine. > > Sincerely, > > Gene Wirchenko > > Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation: > I have preferences. > You have biases. > He/She has prejudices.
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