Xref: utzoo comp.misc:10080 comp.sys.misc:2952
Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!ekalenda
From: ekalenda@cup.portal.com (Edward John Kalenda)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: 'Antique' machine info sought...
Message-ID: <33734@cup.portal.com>
Date: 10 Sep 90 23:10:53 GMT
References: <90253.024510KITBASH@MTUS5.BITNET>
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Lines: 20

> I've just been given a Victor 9000 PC, free of charge.  As far as I
> can tell, its got a 1.2M 5 1/4 floppy, 10M Hard drive, MS-DOS 2.11 (j?),
> 2 serial ports, a parallel port, and a very strange keyboard & monitor..
> 
> What I'm looking for as ANYTHING about this beast... when it was made,
> by who, are they still around.. I'm especially interested in the
> floppy, because it seems that a 'standard IBM PC' 1.2M drive doesn't
> grok Victor's.

The Victor 9000 was made by Victor Technologies, formerly of Scotts Valley
in California. Note the "formerly", they . Their machine is a very close,
but not quite, compatable. The major problem is with the disk drive, as you
have seen. I don't really know what the difference is but I have heard some
talk that they use odd formatting.

Other than the disk, I haven't heard any other differences mentioned. Anybody
out there ever work for Victor? Care to speak up?

Ed
ekalenda@cup.portal.com