Date   : Tue, 16 Jan 1990 03:57:58 GMT
From   : fox!portal!cup.portal.com!compata@apple.com (David H Close)
Subject: Xerox 850 help

A friend has acquired a Xerox 850 without documentation or (apparently)
any boot disk.  He previously had a Xerox 820 but the boot disks from it
won't work on the 850.  I suspect, without seeing either, that the 850
uses a double-density, or double-sided, disk for booting, whereas the
820 had neither.  The 850 does not have any sort of hard disk.

If anyone can assist in determining what my friend has, might be interested
in purchasing it, or can help get it running, please let me know.  The
friend does not have net access and is physically in Los Angeles.

Dave Close, Compata, Arlington, Texas
compata@cup.portal.com