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From: BEC.SHAPIN@usc-ecl@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Micromate from PMC -- $995 cp/m+ system
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Date: Tue, 27-Sep-83 13:31:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 27 13:31:00 1983
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From:  Ted Shapin <BEC.SHAPIN@usc-ecl>

I bought a Micromate from PMC and have had no trouble with it.  A friend
also bought one and had a bad disk drive.  He sent it back and they replaced
the drive and used it for a while but something else went bad and he sent
it back again.

When this unit was first announced at CP/M 83, it was offered for $500.  I
bought mine at the West Coast Computer Faire fro $695.  At those prices it
was a good buy.  At the present prices, I don't think so.

Mine came with CP/M 3.0 and TMAKER II, a combined word-processor, spread
sheet program.  The BIOS source is supplied and it is a full implementation
of banked CP/M (128K memory).

However, I think I would rather have ZCPR and CP/M 2.2.

THey have just announced a separate 2-drive box for $895 and a hard disk
for $18XX?

Ted Shapin.
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