A blast from the past

[Mark Whittington]

Hey Terry,

That's awesome!  You might consider posting about it on the Vintage
Computer Federation's vcf-midatlantic mailing list -- I'm sure there'd be a
lot of interest there.

http://vcfed.org/wp/groups/vcf-mid-atlantic/vcf-mid-atlantic-discussion-list/

73
Mark

On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 9:48 PM Terry N4TLF <n4tlf at wb4jfi.com> wrote:

> IT STILL BOOTS!
>
> Attached are a couple of photos of my homemade "Xerpro", a luggable
> Xerox-820 based CP/M system that was used with packet radio development.
> It
> also simulated a LEO satellite for some development work.
>
> After over 16 years of storage and one move, I dug it out, plugged it in,
> and it actually booted to CP/M just fine!  There are three 5.25 inch
> floppy
> drives (one not working right now), a complete packet modem/SCC, and a
> connector in the rear for the eight inch floppy drive accessory.  Just
> hook
> an Icom IC-2AT to the two rear mini audio connectors, and I could be
> on-the-air.
>
> I continue on my track to better times.
> 73, Terry, N4TLF
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