A blast from the past

Alex Fraser beatnic at comcast.net
Sat Sep 26 23:03:01 EDT 2020


Beautiful!

On 9/26/2020 9:41 PM, Terry N4TLF 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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