MPX-16 census

[Scott Stevens]

On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 19:25:51 +0200
"Bernd Kopriva" <bernd at kopriva.de> wrote:

> I acquired an empty board some weeks ago from eBay ...
> ... hope to find some time to collect the necessary parts and build it
> in near future.
> 
> Ciao Bernd
> 

Hopefully there will be an archive of system software up and available
for you to download by the time you get that board populated.

I'm working towards that, anyhow.

> On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 23:16:54 -0500, Scott Stevens wrote:
> 
> >Does anybody else on the list have an MPX-16 system?  I recently
> >acquired one from a list member and am wondering how many of these
> >systems still exist.  I have a large (relatively) collection of
> >diskettes with mine.
> >
> >The MPX-16, for those not familiar with it, was published as a
> >project in Steve Ciarcia's 'Circuit Cellar' column in Byte magazine. 
> >It was a three part 'construction' article and the machine was sold
> >by MicroMint for a time.  What I've heard is that about 500 machines
> >in total were produced.
> >
> >It's an early 'IBM Compatible' in that they designed it to be similar
> >to the PC, but only to a certain degree.  It uses a serial console
> >rather than keyboard/display adapter, and it runs CP/M-86 and
> >supposedly MS-DOS though I don't have DOS diskettes for mine.  It has
> >ISA slots and a similar architecture to the IBM-PC, coming out of
> >that early era before there were PC clones from the likes of Compaq.
> >
> >I'm curious of how many other MPX-16 systems have survived to today. 
> >There isn't a lot about it online.  I can share what information I
> >have, as I have manuals and docs with my system.  I'm interested in
> >hearing from other people with this machine.
> >
> >Scott
> >
> >
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