Re: Mitsubishi Apricot

2016-01-26 Thread Peter Chatt
Yes, been through it with a fine "tooth comb". Tried all the boot disks, and boot disk creators, utility disks. Well the ones related to the LANstations. Peter On 27 Jan 2016, at 03:22, Ali wrote: Hi all, Dose anybody know about Mitsubishi Apricots (1990ish)? They are of i

RE: Mitsubishi Apricot

2016-01-26 Thread Ali
> >> Hi all, > >> > >> Dose anybody know about Mitsubishi Apricots (1990ish)? They are of > >> interest to me as they were the first PC I used and I now have a > few. > >> I'm having issues with getting them to boot from a floppy. Iv done > >> some reading around the subject and from what I underst

RE: Mitsubishi Apricot

2016-01-26 Thread Ali
> I too would love to find a vx but I think the chances of that are none > existent. > Peter, Never say never ;) I'd also be happy with an Apricot/Mitsubishi Shogun! LOL!

Re: Mitsubishi Apricot

2016-01-26 Thread Peter Chatt
I too would love to find a vx but I think the chances of that are none existent. Peter On 25 Jan 2016, at 22:26, Ali wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Dose anybody know about Mitsubishi Apricots (1990ish)? They are of >> interest to me as they were the first PC I used and I now have a few. >> I'm having

Re: Mitsubishi Apricot

2016-01-25 Thread Peter Chatt
Hi, well this is amazing. It's only the second time some one has known what I'm talking about! I have 6 LANstations a mix of 16s and 20s. Only one of them will boot which I boot from its hdd or a Netwear 3.12 server. Iv tried all sorts over the years (about 15). These don't have the infrared

Re: Mitsubishi Apricot

2016-01-25 Thread Mike Ross
I have a collection of Apricots including a Qi from about that period. Haven't played in ages but as I recall one of their selling points was a strange security system involving an ?infra red? remote key? (and I mean *key* - not keyboard!) Mike On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Peter Faraday

RE: Mitsubishi Apricot

2016-01-25 Thread Ali
> Hi all, > > Dose anybody know about Mitsubishi Apricots (1990ish)? They are of > interest to me as they were the first PC I used and I now have a few. > I'm having issues with getting them to boot from a floppy. Iv done some > reading around the subject and from what I understand I need a secure