New Microbee 128 soon to be released

[ChickenMan]

Just thought I'm mention of a limited release (100 units) of partial
original Microbee 128K Premium soon to be released 30 years after the
first Microbee was released (Feb 1982). The original Microbee was first
released as a kit and so is this one. The Microbee was a Z80 Australian
made unit sold mainly to schools, small office and home use/hobbyists.
It ran CP/M (ZCPR2) and used a graphical Shell interface. You can read
more about it at http://www.microbeetechnology.com.au/premiumpluskit.htm

Alan

[Peter Dassow]

I am glad to see that someone made it real...

But are 400 AU Dollar + shipping costs a fair price for a kit (means you
have to build it first) ? Why is an integrated floppy disk interface
missing (ok, a modern SD card interface is included, but for the
targeted audience possibility of using old floppy disks would be a big
plus) ?

CP/M 3.0 usage possible ?

Regards
Peter

[ChickenMan]

I doubt many will head overseas, expressions of interest was
overwhelming and has been closed, most will be just picked up locally.
There will be an optional Floppy Disk controller available after the
initial release the way I read it. There is also a huge amount of
Microbee disk images available that will boot directly from the SD card.
I have CP/M 3 running on my Microbee already.

[s100fan]

Great work for 'Bee lovers!

The website is worth a visit for anyone on this list. The Gallery page
has a quaint video made for CEBIT 1986 - a time capsule of the
technology, fashions and Aussie attitudes of the time. Audio-couple
modem, videotex service, cassette loading, star networking.. at
quality/price hard to beat in those days.

..Fully socketed PCBs..

.. and loyal to CP/M against the death march of DOS..

Rick