updates to the Alpha Micro Phun Machine

[Lyle Bickley]

On Thursday 27 December 2007 22:43, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> A greatly updated history of Alpha Micro, including their use of
> alternative operating systems such as UNIMOS/Unix and Pick, and
> the invasion of the clone systems, is now up on the Alpha Micro
> Phun Machine. In addition, the models page is tremendously
> expanded with corrected chronology and more information on
> loadouts. This is all with the help of Bob Fowler, who graciously
> allowed me to raid his AMUS document archive and take images.

Great site. Thanks!

I'm an Alpha Micro fan, as well (also DEC and ModComp and 
Apple ... ;-)

Years ago I was the angel for "Personal Computer Corp." - and we sold 
Alpha Micro AM-100's as our "high end" system :-)

I have a AM-2056 that I restored to "health" about two years ago. One 
thing about AM's - once you have 'em running - they seem to stay up 
forever...

AM Story: I picked up some AMOS VHS system tapes from a friend - 
which had been stored for years in a warehouse - and who know where 
before that. I used a new VHS player to read them all successfully 
into my AM. Quite amazing after all those years...

I also backed up my AM-2056 to a new VHS tapes - and restored the 
tapes to a new HDD - which worked perfectly. AM's use of VHS 
technology was a clever and inexpensive backup technique - it 
clearly has more "lasting power" than some other backup 
technologies.

--snip--

> Also, I recently acquired an AM-1200, and there will be a model
> page for that as soon as I get it operational.

I also have a nice AM-1042 that is anxiously awaiting restoration. 
It's clean (came from a dentist's office), I've tested the PS, but 
it's currently not bootable.

If any of the folks on this list are not familiar with Alpha Micro, 
do yourself a favor and check out Cameron's website!!

> 	http://ampm.floodgap.com/

Cheers,
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com

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