Sage II computer

Jim Battle frustum at pacbell.net
Thu Jul 21 13:49:22 CDT 2005


So yesterday (or was it the day before) I won the following Sage II computer on 
ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5218919241

The seller wanted $35 for shipping, but being local, I knew I'd have an 
advantage since I can just pick it up.

I never used one, but I recall them as being pretty sexy for the time.  The 
machine comes with no documentation.  Fortunately, even though the auction 
didn't mention disks, the the two floppy drives have whatever is necessary to 
boot into UCSD p-system pascal.

I've written a fair amount of Pascal, including my own Modula subset compiler, 
but it wasn't using the P-system.  I've found some online references and I've 
ordered a couple books on it.

Once I figure out how to, I'll make copies of my two very dusty and grimy, but 
working, boot disks.  If anybody else on this list needs the same, I'd be happy 
to make a copy for you too.  Just let me know.

EBay searches have not turned up any manuals for this machine.  Other O/Ss other 
than the p-System were used by this machine, eg, CP/M 68K.  If anybody has docs, 
software, or pointers to same, I'd appreciate references to it.

All in all, a good $22 ebay purchase.

Thanks.




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