Date   : Mon, 27 Jan 2014 22:10:48 -0000
From   : john.abbey@... (John Abbey)
Subject: Torch Graduate

Thanks Chris.  That's the site I found to confirm it was a Graduate. 
Suspect you're absolutely right about "dedicated" though - It's not like you 
can use it to run Elite faster!

JohnA.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Chris Whytehead
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 9:55 PM
To: 'BBC Micro Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Torch Graduate

For A bit of Torch Graduate see
http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/8bit_Upgrades/Torch_Graduate.html, there is a
brochure, a review and the User Guide there as well.

However I can't help you with a valuation, I suspect that only the more
dedicated BBC enthusiasts would want one these days, after all who wants to
run MSDOS 2.11!

Chris


-----Original Message-----
From:
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[mailto:bbc-micro-bounces+christopher.whytehead=ntlworld.com@...
.uk] On Behalf Of John Abbey
Sent: 27 January 2014 21:29
To: BBC Micro Mailing List
Subject: [BBC-Micro] Torch Graduate

Hi all,

Normally I restrict my posts to things like Chuckie Egg, but this time I'd
like an opinion or two about some hardware.  Today a friend of of mine
showed me a photo of a small Beeb collection.  It had the usual kind of
stuff - Model B, a nice Cumana disk drive and Cub monitor.

But also there was what looked like a Torch graduate - I suspected it was a
second processor and confirmed it using a search engine.  The picture was
cropped on that side so I could only see the left side of the device, but it
was the correct shape, size and colours.  Google tells me it's an 8088
second processor that runs MS-DOS 2.11, but that's pretty much all I can
find out! Any more information or experiences with this kit would be
interesting.

The reason I was shown the photo (sorry, don't have a copy to post for you)
was because they wanted to know the value (probably eBay value) of the gear.

I have absolutely no idea what the use, collectability or value of a Torch
Graduate is these days - any ideas?

Regards,
JohnA.