What are the really unusual or weird computers?

[Ensor]

Hi,

  >>....The earlier assertion that it was miles away from an IBM PC
  >>just isn't true....

Oh, but it is....just take a look at the Apricot Technical Reference manual.


  > Thinking about it more, my statement about peripherals might be
  >stretching it. I don't *recall* any problems with 3rd party
  >peripherals like modems and whatnot....

Well, the Apricots had a bog standard RS232 connector and the printer 
interface was standard "Centronics" (though it used a female Centronics 
connector rather than a DB-25 as many other machines used).

Also, since the thing didn't have an ISA bus, any internal expansion options 
would be designed specifically for the "Apricot bus" and have the 
appropriate drivers....

  >....The F1 doesn't look like it has compatible connectors for standard 
IBM
  >PC peripherals, but ISTR that the Xi *did* have ISA slots....

No, the "F" series machines use the same "Apricot" expansion bus as the 
earlier PC & Xi and the later Xen series.

The first Apricot machine to have an ISA bus inside was the "Xen-i", which 
was also Apricot's first (mostly) IBM compatible machine.

  >....The F1 wasn't intended to be expanded very much....

That's because the "F" series machines were primarily intended to be "home" 
machines.


  TTFN - Pete.