Date   : Fri, 11 Oct 1985 12:56:00 CDT
From   : "David S. Cargo" <Cargo@HI-MULTICS.ARPA>
Subject: ? Info request of Baby Blue 2 & Earth TurboSlave

I was hoping to add some hardware supported CP/M-80 capabilities to an
IBM-compatible computer.  I checked with two vendors who advertise in
BYTE (Oryx Systems Inc.  and Progressive Micro Distributors) to see if
they had the Xedex/Microlog Baby Blue II.  Both listed it, but neither
of them had it in stock.  Both said the vendor is "going bankrupt" and
it is therefore hard to get stock.  Question 1:  Is there some other
vendor that does have the Baby Blue II in stock?

A second alternative which now is appearing is the TurboSlave from Earth
computers.  This TurboSlave-PC has a Z80H, 128K of RAM, two RS232 ports,
and TurboDOS.  The price, $495 list, seems quite reasonable.  I just am
not sure I want to be the first person to try it.  Question 2:  Is there
anyone out there who has tried this board (and liked it)?

Please send your responses to Cargo at HI-Multics.  If I get any
responses I will summarize.  If I get other people asking for the
results of my query I will try to keep in touch.  $500 is not the kind
of money I would like to risk without taking a deeper look.