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From: jnelson@plains.NoDak.edu (Jim Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: Antique Computer Question
Message-ID: <8330@plains.NoDak.edu>
Date: 15 Feb 91 20:07:17 GMT
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In article <91039.201149U40213@uicvm.uic.edu> U40213@uicvm.uic.edu (Matthew Thomas Mead, Esq.) writes:
>Hello,
> An acquaintance of mine's father got a great deal on a Sanyo MBC 555
>computer.  

How much did they pay him to take it away?  :)


            Has anyone heard of this computer.  If so what is the operating
>system, and what are it's capabilities.

Can you say "sort of MS-DOS, but not really"?  My uncle has a 550, by Sanyo.
It seem that the poor machine is limited to 512k, and only has a couple bus
slots.  It didn't seem to like hardrives allthat much, although the hard
drive in my uncles machine was of questionable relyability.  The 555 is a
tiny bit better.  But only a tiny bit.

IMHO, it's a reasonable boat anchor, if you fill it with cement.  Sanyo
should have stuck to making stereos.

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