December 31st, 2012 by Benj Edwards
"The first business computer system that will not instantly crush your secretary."
Happy New Year from Vintage Computing and Gaming!
[ From BYTE, November 1979, p.21 ]
Discussion Topic of the Week: Quick! Name your favorite computer, calculator, or console with a Z80 CPU.
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Tags: Retro Scan, Altos Computer Systems, Sun-Series, ACS8000-6, Z80, S-100, woman, 8-inch floppies, advertisement, Byte, 1979
October 8th, 2012 by Benj Edwards
"My whole torso is numb, and it feels great!"
The Sanyo MBC-1100 (1982) was a Z80-A-based business machine that ran CP/M as its operating system. It was one of many, many Z80 business machines from that era designed to run CP/M.
Japanese computer manufacturers were just breaking into the U.S. computer market at the time, so the Sanyo MBC-1100 would have likely been a curiosity in an American office setting.
[ From Personal Computing, November 1983, p.213 ]
Discussion Topic of the Week: Have you ever used a Japanese-designed vintage computer? Tell us about it.
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Tags: Retro Scan, Sanyo, MBC-1100, EHD 511, 8-bit computers, Z80, CP/M, Japanese computers, Personal Computing, 1983