On 11/02/2012 4:49 AM, Peter Dassow wrote:
> Am 10.02.2012 12:23, schrieb 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
> 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
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.
