I bought my MDS-220 (labeled MDS-120 with a bunch of Intel asset stickers on
it, so probably just an internal rev which made its way to market with a
slightly different model number??) last year on eBay for $500. It was the
starting bid, and it was the only bid on the auction. The lot included t
Sounds like a MDS 800. Separate drive box and machine.
If it is, it is a Multibus system. It likely has a 8080 processor but could
have been upgraded to a 8085. It might have a 8086 but it would likely still
have the 8080 as the boot processor.
Unless it was upgraded to something else, it would h
Ah, the (un)famous "Blue Box" !
I used such a system back in the early 80's. I do not recall which OS
was used, if any. The programming language was PL/M, and the output was
to be burned into an EPROM (2712??)
My system had 3 8" floppy drives, SSSD, 250K , IIRC.
The system we developped (I
Just curious what processor and what OS were you running on it, what model
chassis? You dont hear a lot about MDS systems even in this list
Bill
On Fri, Jul 12, 2024, 11:48 PM Marvin Johnston via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> In keeping with a previous discussion about reducing a coll
I'm not-so-seriously looking for an Intel MDS system :)
I have no idea what one is worth though. Vintage computer prices are all
over the place.
I had a lot of fun recently restoring an iPDS and building some boards for
it (the multimodule adapter and a few multimodules for it). I have thought
to
