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It's 22 Nov 96  07:49:35,
We'll return to griffith@cs.curtin.edu.au and All's
discussion of Microbee info, software sought

 gr> I've just aquired a couple of old Microbee CP/M systems to restore
 gr> to add to my collection of CP/M systems (don't ask ;-)  What I'm
 gr> looking for is boot disks and manuals for a Microbee 256TC, an
 gr> Australian CP/M system manufactured by Applied Technology (now
 gr> defunct). It looks as if the system unit may have taken power from the
 gr> monitor. Can anybody confirm this?  Any technical details of the unit
 gr> and system disks greatly appreciated.

I can't remember exactly how the Microbee obtained power.  A friend I
used to share a house with had a couple of these machines (I think he
still has one in working order), so it may be possible to find out.

I do have a couple of Microbee disks (they ran CP/M), but I don't know
if any are bootable, or exactly what's on them.  FYI, Microbee disks can
come in 268k or 730k flavours, and can be read and written in a PC, with
the appropriate software.  The disk drives on the Microbee are standard
PC compatible 360 and 720k drives.  I've swapped a few between PC's and
the Microbees. :-)

Also, if you have Teledisk, this will store CP/M disks to your hard
drive as image files, for easy transmission via modem. :-)

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