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From: hwh@cup.portal.com (Harold W Hankins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Wells American Compustar Computer?
Message-ID: <13337@cup.portal.com>
Date: 9 Jan 89 01:16:46 GMT
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The compustar seems to work fine with MSDOS, but when we loaded Xenix
the monitor went blank as soon as the kernal was loaded.  We even tryed
disableing the builtin monitor adapter and using a hercules card/ mono
monitor with the same results.  SCO says that they have a fix that may
correct the problem and are sending it.

Other than the Xenix problem the machine looks great.   It has builtin
support for 2 serial ports (1 DB25 and 1 DB9), 1 parallel port, and 
a Paradise VGA card all on a card that is mounted under the motherboard.
The 80286 CPU and memory is on a card that is plugged into a passive
mother board.  The case construction reminds me more of the heavy
metal case of a mini than the lighter metal of a typical clone.
In fact, its a strain for one person to carry it (it has a large handle
that folds out of the top, but I wouldn't want to carry it further than 
across the room.)

Hank Hankins				hwh@cup.portal.com
Point of Sale Systems, Inc.
Camarillo, CA