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From: sjc@mordor.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: Cheap computer (Big Board)
Message-ID: <1993@mordor.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Mar-84 02:47:28 EST
Article-I.D.: mordor.1993
Posted: Wed Mar 28 02:47:28 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 23-Mar-84 20:20:24 EST
Organization: S-1 Project, LLNL
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After a net announcement that Xerox surplus 820 boards (similar to the
original Z-80 "Big Board") were available for $50 from Xerox surplus,
about a dozen of us bought them. We have schematics for the original,
but these are a bit different (nicer, in fact). We'd really appreciate
it if the folks who posted the original message would share with us what
they learned about connector pinouts, BIOS, etc, before we start tracing
leads on the PC board (you're far ahead of us, since you have already
gotten CP/M to run).

Our jury-rigged UUCP connection seems adequate for news, but is unreliable
for mail, so I'll give a couple of addresses; or, if you don't mind
posting a phone number, I'd be glad to call you.

	MILNET: sjc@s1-c	UUCP: ...!decvax!decwrl!mordor!sjc
	Steve Correll
	742C Hayes Ave
	Livermore, CA 94550
	(415) 423-0226 daytime