Date   : Mon, 21 Sep 1992 03:19:03 GMT
From   : munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!monu6!mdw039.cc.monash.edu.au!ins279k@uunet.uu.net (Martin Halford)
Subject: Want software for XEROX cpm machine....

Hi!

My Father, not being computer minded, paid too much for a Xerox cpm machine
at an auction not so long ago.

It came with NO disks, NO documentation and NO refund......
Consequently, he wants me to get it running for him so that he can do some
basic word processing, spread sheet and database work. (Nothing fancy, but
enough to keep track of bills etc. in his small business)

I know absolutely NOTHING about cpm and have only subscribed to this news
group to find out if the machine can still be used....

It is a Xerox machine (as already stated) with two 8" floppy drives, and a
pretty standard looking CRT. The machine has no visible model name or 
identifyable markings other than "XEROX" on it's crt case. The machine
displays the following message when it is first turned on...

        XEROX 820 RX VER 1.0...
        L - LOAD SYSTEM 

It has a printer port, comm port and the keyboard and disk drives also have
port connections going into the crt box where the cpu obviously lives.
I opened the crt box to see if there were any easily identifyable chips or
interesting helpful "other things" but not much made sense to me (what did
I expect?)

Does anyone know what sort of software runs on this dinosaur, & where I could
get it etc??? What disk format does it use?? Any information (useful or
otherwise) would be greatly appreciated!!!

Please e-mail me or post replies here...

Thanks.....martin  (ins279k@ccds.cc.monash.edu.au)

ps: sorry if this is a FAQ.... 


-- 
 Martin Halford
 email: ins279k@ccds.cc.monash.edu.au  phone: +61 3 836 4531
       "One man's theology is another man's belly laugh"


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