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Q1/Lite: looking for manuals/schematics etc
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Roland Langfeld
Jun 3, 2022, 10:32:45 AM6/3/22
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Most recently I got a Q1/Lite desktop computer (1979, Z80 CPU, 48 k RAM). The computer turns on and displays "Q1/Lite at Your Service". Unfortunately it does not react to any keyboard input.
Does anyone have documentation/schematics/manuals for this type of computer ?
Roland technikum29
Does anyone have documentation/schematics/manuals for this type of computer ?
Roland technikum29
Dennis Boone
Jun 3, 2022, 12:09:31 PM6/3/22
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former Q1 employees still around:
https://www.old-computers.com/museum/forum.asp?c=1286&st=1
Perhaps you can find a way to contact some of them. Sadly, all
Bitsavers seems to have is a product glossy.
De
Roland Langfeld
Jun 3, 2022, 12:56:49 PM6/3/22
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thankyou ! I just posted a request for information in that forum. And yes, the product glossy at bitsavers I found already,
Roland
Roland
D.J.
Jun 3, 2022, 1:14:13 PM6/3/22
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I don't know if he has anything on the Q1, but he does have videos for
the Altair 8800 and several Z80 computers. Along with a television
typewriter.
Tech Time Traveller is the name of the channel.
--
Jim
Robin Vowels
Jun 4, 2022, 12:59:19 AM6/4/22
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On Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 12:32:45 AM UTC+10, rolandl...@gmail.com wrote:
> Most recently I got a Q1/Lite desktop computer (1979, Z80 CPU, 48 k RAM). The computer turns on and displays "Q1/Lite at Your Service". Unfortunately it does not react to any keyboard input.
>
> Does anyone have documentation/schematics/manuals for this type of computer ?
.
> Most recently I got a Q1/Lite desktop computer (1979, Z80 CPU, 48 k RAM). The computer turns on and displays "Q1/Lite at Your Service". Unfortunately it does not react to any keyboard input.
>
> Does anyone have documentation/schematics/manuals for this type of computer ?
I have copies of "Q1/LMC Systems Software Manual" and "Advanced PL/I Programmers Manual".
Roland Langfeld
Jun 4, 2022, 12:25:57 PM6/4/22
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Dear Robin,
we (www.technikum29.de) are interested in all kind of documentation for this systen ! If it is in digital form pls. send it to my e-mail ! Thankyou so much !
Roland
we (www.technikum29.de) are interested in all kind of documentation for this systen ! If it is in digital form pls. send it to my e-mail ! Thankyou so much !
Roland
Quadibloc
Jun 12, 2022, 7:31:35 AM6/12/22
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I had never heard of the Q1, but in searching old Datamation magazines for something else, I happened to run
across a new products announcement for it. Apparently the original Q1 was one of the very first microcomputers,
which looked a lot like a typewriter, and which was made at such an early date that it must have been built
around an 8008.
So your Z80-based Q1/Lite is a later version!
John Savard
across a new products announcement for it. Apparently the original Q1 was one of the very first microcomputers,
which looked a lot like a typewriter, and which was made at such an early date that it must have been built
around an 8008.
So your Z80-based Q1/Lite is a later version!
John Savard
Roland Langfeld
Jun 12, 2022, 7:57:42 AM6/12/22
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Dear John,
you are correct, our Q1 is Z80-based and dated around 1979. And yes, Q1 Corp was one of the first companies to build microprocessor-based desptops, starting with 8008, going to 8080 and finally Z80.
Roland
you are correct, our Q1 is Z80-based and dated around 1979. And yes, Q1 Corp was one of the first companies to build microprocessor-based desptops, starting with 8008, going to 8080 and finally Z80.
Roland
Quadibloc
Jun 12, 2022, 8:42:42 AM6/12/22
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On Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 5:57:42 AM UTC-6, rolandl...@gmail.com wrote:
> you are correct, our Q1 is Z80-based and dated around 1979. And yes, Q1 Corp was one of the first companies to build microprocessor-based desptops, starting with 8008, going to 8080 and finally Z80.
I found the new products announcement, in the February 1973 issue of Datamation. Apparently
> you are correct, our Q1 is Z80-based and dated around 1979. And yes, Q1 Corp was one of the first companies to build microprocessor-based desptops, starting with 8008, going to 8080 and finally Z80.
their first delivery was in December 1972, according to Old-computers.com. Their typewriter-like
unit, with a single-line display, was oriented to things like order entry, not general-purpose
computing, but it is claimed to be the first self-contained microcomputer.
John Savard
Quadibloc
Jun 12, 2022, 8:56:06 AM6/12/22
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A sales brochure won't be much help, but I see that the Q1 sales brochure at Bitsavers, which is all
they have on the Q1, is actually for the Q1/Lite.
John Savard
they have on the Q1, is actually for the Q1/Lite.
John Savard
Robin Vowels
Jun 13, 2022, 12:31:07 PM6/13/22
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Robin Vowels
Jun 13, 2022, 12:33:51 PM6/13/22
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On Sunday, June 5, 2022 at 2:25:57 AM UTC+10, rolandl...@gmail.com wrote:
> Dear Robin,
>
> we (www.technikum29.de) are interested in all kind of documentation for this systen ! If it is in digital form pls. send it to my e-mail ! Thankyou so much !
The manuals are not digitised. It would take some time to do that.
>
> we (www.technikum29.de) are interested in all kind of documentation for this systen ! If it is in digital form pls. send it to my e-mail ! Thankyou so much !
What is your email address?
Roland Langfeld
Jun 13, 2022, 12:53:42 PM6/13/22
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Dear Robin,
thankyou very much for your help !
You can send the scans either to my private address rolandlangfeld(at)gmail.com or directly to our mueseum's address: kontakt(at)technikum29.de
If possible any kind of schematics are of most importance, followed by descriptions how to start/use the system.
Roland
thankyou very much for your help !
You can send the scans either to my private address rolandlangfeld(at)gmail.com or directly to our mueseum's address: kontakt(at)technikum29.de
If possible any kind of schematics are of most importance, followed by descriptions how to start/use the system.
Roland
Robin Vowels
Oct 3, 2022, 3:14:49 AM10/3/22
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On Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 12:32:45 AM UTC+10, rolandl...@gmail.com wrote:
> Most recently I got a Q1/Lite desktop computer (1979, Z80 CPU, 48 k RAM). The computer turns on and displays "Q1/Lite at Your Service". Unfortunately it does not react to any keyboard input.
>
> Does anyone have documentation/schematics/manuals for this type of computer ?
.
>
> Does anyone have documentation/schematics/manuals for this type of computer ?
I have scanned these manuals.
Should anyone desire a copy, please drop me a line.
Roland Langfeld
Oct 3, 2022, 3:24:31 AM10/3/22
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regards
Roland
Kerr-Mudd, John
Oct 3, 2022, 4:21:29 AM10/3/22
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Not that I've ever even heard of this device before these posts.
--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.
Quadibloc
Oct 4, 2022, 12:17:58 AM10/4/22
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On Monday, October 3, 2022 at 2:21:29 AM UTC-6, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> Not that I've ever even heard of this device before these posts.
It is only by the merest chance that I _had_ heard of it before these posts.
> Not that I've ever even heard of this device before these posts.
I was working on a set of pages on my web site that start here:
http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/histint.htm
which provide a brief history of the computer. In researching it, I came across this
important milestone, of which I included a mention.
John Savard
Robin Vowels
Oct 4, 2022, 9:48:00 AM10/4/22
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Further information is here, including a statement from one of the designers
that he has disks for it:
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https://hackaday.com/2022/09/28/the-first-microcomputer-the-q1/
Robin Vowels
Oct 4, 2022, 9:52:03 AM10/4/22
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On Monday, October 3, 2022 at 7:21:29 PM UTC+11, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
Here's a Q1 to be traded:
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http://www.datormuseum.se/available.html
Robin Vowels
Oct 4, 2022, 10:00:37 AM10/4/22
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Kerr-Mudd, John
Oct 4, 2022, 11:27:00 AM10/4/22
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