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And here it is, the new Amiga, or the A1-X1000. The hardware's supposedly really impressive; when it's out, it'll cost £1500-2000. One for the true fans, then.
This is the French language manual for the Oric Atmos by ASN Diffusion. Based on the English original by Ian Adamson, it was translated and updated by Jean Pascal Duclos.
Commodore Amiga 1200, Commodore 1802 display, Amiga mouse, Competition Pro joystick, Hitachi Super Woofer 3D boombox. Image NOT sponsored by Coca Cola.
Recently, I found the time to ‘clean up’ (it's still dirty. It's always dirty!), maintain and test the Cambridge Z88.
This is Sir Clive Sinclair's first computer after Sinclair Research was bought by Amstrad. He didn't have the right to use his name in the company name, hence ‘Cambridge’. But it's a Sinclair through and through, down to the horrible power supply and ‘novel’ keyboard. This one isn't the worst keyboard I've used, but it does have a knack for collecting all the dust in a five-mile radius. It also has the classic Sinclair cock-up: the expansion connector caused more trouble than it was worth, so in newer versions of the computer (mine included) the opening is blocked. The edge connector is still there on the board, of course.
But it was an interesting design with very interesting software and some unusual features. It has 32K of built-in RAM but takes up to 3MB of various types of memory cartridges (static RAM, flash RAM, and EPROM cards—there was no built-in storage). It also has the only implementation of BBC Basic for the Z80 I'm aware of.
I actually used this little notebook as recently as 2003 or 2004 when I switched to a Palm device.
Look what I found in the loft! Including the receipt. £169! But hey, it meant I could read clippings of web sites on the train! And, unlike my Psions, it still works.
See also de.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_7150 and www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/computer/k8915.htm (German only)
See www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/computer/terminals... and de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_1600 (German only).
The MessagePad was the first series of personal digital assistant devices developed by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) for the Newton platform in 1993. Some electronic engineering and the manufacture of Apple's MessagePad devices was done in Japan by the Sharp Corporation. The devices were based on the ARM 610 RISC processor and all featured handwriting recognition software and were developed and marketed by Apple. The devices ran the Newton OS.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MessagePad
Retrocomputing (a portmanteau of retro and computing) is the use of early computer hardware and software today. Retrocomputing is usually classed as a hobby and recreation rather than a practical application of technology; enthusiasts often collect rare and valuable hardware and software for sentimental reasons. However some do make use of it.[1] Retrocomputing often gets its start when a computer user realizes that expensive fantasy systems like IBM Mainframes, DEC Superminis, SGI workstations and Cray Supercomputers have become affordable on the used computer market, usually in a relatively short time after the computers' era of use.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrocomputing
Con il termine retrocomputing si indica una attività di "archeologia informatica" che consiste nel reperire, specialmente a costi minimi, computer di vecchie generazioni, che hanno rappresentato fasi importanti dell'evoluzione tecnologica, ripararli se sono danneggiati, metterli nuovamente in funzione e preservarli.
The CP-200S was the second-generation Sinclair ZX-81-compatible computer made by Brazilian company Prológica
What lurks under the trapdoor of my ancient A1200!
Going by the date codes on the chips, this was made in 1994.
Product of "Phase 5 Digital Products" in Frankfurt, Germany
The coin cell is rechargeable to keep the RTC ticking ...
Thanks to the magic of iDOS and iPhone Explorer I was able to get Microsoft Word (5.5) running on my iPod Touch.