Scor­pio News

  

October–December 1988 – Volume 2. Issue 4.

Page 31 of 35

real along to see it. These are the people who have to actually use it, isn’t fair to make sure they can live with it before purchasing it ?

So I hope this little paper, with it’s concentration on the way things work, has helped to remove some of the mystique from the subject. A subject which at the moment is full of unpleasant surprises, it’s like a mine field. This dozen or so pages won’t have removed all the mines – life’s too short. But if I’ve made a safe path through, I’ve achieved something.

Copyright: D. R. Hunt. © 1988.

Private Ads.

Nascom 2 CPU board, CP/M, NASDOS, £85. 256K MAP80, £50. AVC, £50. Dual disk, £50. FDC, £25. Maplin MODEM, £25. Digitalker board, £10. Chassis style green screen monitor, £10. Kenilworth‘case, PSU, backplane, £25.
Phone __-___-____ – 8.30–5.00.

813 CPU £82, 832 SVC £82, 812 IVC £50, 829 FDC/​SASI £82, 805 FDC £15, 803 EPROM card £20, 802 64K RAM £20, Nascom RAM B £18, 836 Network cards (inc software) £40. Rodime 204 (20MB) £140, CDC Wren 9415-36 30MB Wini £163. Controller cards: Xebec S1410 £138, Adaptec ACB4000 £195. Streamers: Tandberg TDC3200 £140, Archive 5945L (QIC02 i/f, QIC 11/24 format, DC300/600 tapes, full spec, half height) £178. 1115F6 800K Micropolis FDD £47, 8″ drive double/​single sided £85. SM-PSUs: GM817 85W £45, GM850 50W £33. KBDs: GM827 cased £47, GM852 low profile case/​cable £82. 3 slot card cage £30, 6 slot £43, 8 slot b/p with 5 connectors £36. Vero frame/​front/​back panels suit N2/​Pluto £55, GM686 Workstation boxes £34. GM661 Double drive Galaxy case £62, Phoenix monitors (Grn & Amber) £47.
All bits GWO, ANY offers, phone Ian (____) ______.

Quantum 2000 (GM812, GM813, GM829, GM827 keyboard, 800K drive), amber screen monitor, together with two uncased Shugart 800/801 8″ SSSD drives, home brew PSU for 8″ drives. BIOS will run all drives (8″ as SD or DD 604K), £450. 10MB Xebec half-height winchester with SASI interface, plugs direct into GM829, little used, £150. GM802, GM829, GM811, GM803, £100. 800K disk drive, £50. Two uncased SA800/801 8″ SSSD drives, £30. GM827 keyboard cased, £25. Alloy case with 8-way motherboard, £25.
Phone: J.D. Wilson, Halifax (____) _____


Page 31 of 35