ca. 1985, it has an Intel 8088@4.77MHz, 256K RAM, a built-in printer, a 20MB HDD, and a plasma screen! I didn't research the machine before buying it, and no photos of it running were offered so I had no idea it would be plasma.
IBM DOS 3 is installed, along with DEC GEM/3, Norton Commander, and various random things I have yet to go through.
This machine apparently sold with a 5.25" drive and no HDD. Mine has no 5.25 drive but does have an HDD. Hmm. When booting I see a flickering + on the top-right corner. I know this! Plus+ made HardCards that I see often in Compaq portables and that's their disk activity light: a flickering + on-screen.
Inside I see a bodged-in ISA card and a Plus card+drive in the place of where a 5.25 FDD would have been. It has specific brackets and Ericsson tags all over it so this was a manufacturer option. I replaced the CMOS battery while I was in there.
Shown here with a paper Print Screen of a DIR C:\ via the built-in printer, a shaky-cam video can be seen here
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IBM DOS 3 is installed, along with DEC GEM/3, Norton Commander, and various random things I have yet to go through.
This machine apparently sold with a 5.25" drive and no HDD. Mine has no 5.25 drive but does have an HDD. Hmm. When booting I see a flickering + on the top-right corner. I know this! Plus+ made HardCards that I see often in Compaq portables and that's their disk activity light: a flickering + on-screen.
Inside I see a bodged-in ISA card and a Plus card+drive in the place of where a 5.25 FDD would have been. It has specific brackets and Ericsson tags all over it so this was a manufacturer option. I replaced the CMOS battery while I was in there.
Shown here with a paper Print Screen of a DIR C:\ via the built-in printer, a shaky-cam video can be seen here
View more images here