Date   : Fri, 23 Oct 1992 17:42:57 GMT
From   : interlan.InterLan.COM!rimail.interlan.com!klosp@uunet.uu.net (Patrick Klos)
Subject: Re: What the heck is this thing????

In article <BwI63n.9C5@ns1.nodak.edu> wilken@plains.NoDak.edu (Scott Wilken)
writes:
>From: wilken@plains.NoDak.edu (Scott Wilken)
>Subject: What the heck is this thing????
>Date: 22 Oct 92 03:09:22 GMT
>A friend of mine just bought what he thought was an apple compatable
>machine at some sort of swap meet.  Upon getting it home he could not
>get it to boot with any of his apple disks so he asked me to look at it.
>
>I opened it up, and found the drive to have the connectors one would
>expect to find on a PC clone (card edge and power in the familiar size
>and shape).  The thing CANT be an apple clone as it has 256k memory.
>
>The obvious thing to do was to check what type of microprocessor it uses,
>but I dont see anything familiar to me.  It has a soldered in hitachi
>chip numbered 6505, and a square chip in a square socket with no lettering
>on it (although a big heat sink is attached, so im thinking this thing myst
>be the CPU). 
>
>It wont accept a DOS disk, so im figuring it must be a CPM machine or 
>something.
>
>Has anyone seen this?  It was made in 1984 by Wang and has a model number of
>WOA-20.  If anyone has any info on what the heck this is, and what operating
>system it uses, or at least can tell me how to contact Wang, I would be
>very grateful.
>
>Thanks...
>
>Scott
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My best guess is it's a "Wang Office Assistant".  Meaning it's NOT 
compatible with ANYTHING!  After that, contact Wang in Lowell.  I think the 
number is (508) 459-5000.