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Hello! - 13mh13 - 09-07-2024
New to MicroBee technology! Didn't know hold old it was. 1982. I saw TRON in the movie theater around that time.
RE: Hello! - ChickenMan - 09-07-2024
Microbees were only sold in Australia, New Zealand and Sweden in any significant numbers, the rest of the world missed out. But there be a new model to be released before the end of the year, see - https://microbeetechnology.com.au/classic-plus-kit-computer.htm
RE: Hello! - 13mh13 - 10-07-2024
Interesting! Are the ICs new-old-stock? I found a local source here on the West Coast of US, that had boxes of early 80s ICs.
I've heard that some ICs of that vintage had higher QC than modern fabs.
RE: Hello! - MbeeTech - 10-07-2024
(10-07-2024, 06:10 AM)13mh13 Wrote: Interesting! Are the ICs new-old-stock?
In regards to the new models coming out, they are designed with actively manufactured parts with the exception of :
* Z80 CPU (Z84C0010PEG) & PIO (Z84C2010PEG) - these have only just gone obsolete, with plenty of recent date code parts still available
* The floppy disk controller (this is an optional part of the build, with normal disk access through floppy drive emulation with files on the SDcard)
* The MC68SZ328 (68000 processor)