Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!CSTROM@SIMTEL20.ARPA From: CSTROM@SIMTEL20.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: report on macro-tech board (80286/z80) - of interest to 8085/8088 users Message-ID: <6836@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sat, 29-Dec-84 14:14:44 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6836 Posted: Sat Dec 29 14:14:44 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 31-Dec-84 01:42:01 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 12 Have you spoken to the people at Macrotech? It is possible that the hard disk controller you have is incompatible because of timing problems, but I cannot say for sure. I don't recall hearing of the MI-286 operating with the Morrow controller, but it does indeed operate with the Konan and CompuPro controllers. The technical suppoert people at Macrotech are _very_ cooperative and will go out of their way to try to assist you. The MI-286 board buys much more than 8-bit Z80 operation - the speed improvement over the 8085/88 board is impressive. Don't give up just yet! -Charlie