19-10-2020, 07:36 PM
Micro Byte Systems had nothing to do with the other company called Microbyte, as that was a software publishing company in the ACT for the early Signetics 2650 CPU and had some connection to Applied Technology.
Micro Byte Systems was a computer designer & manufacturer in Adelaide, South Australia. They produced a PC clone running on a NEC V30 at 4.66, 7 or 10 Mhz speeds. This was followed by the PC-230SX with a 80386SX-16 Mhz CPU. After the PC-230 and PC-230SX they tried their hand at something called the HC-120. This was a computer embedded in a keyboard that had a floppy disk and a single ISA port for network card use only. It was designed purely for the education market.
Thanks to Mr Lurch for providing photo's of his HC120, disk images of its boot disk and PC230 manual. ROM's and a few other bits of info were found scattered on the internet plus a couple magazine adverts. If anyone has any further information, particularly the PC120, please let us know, thanks. This is Part1 of Mr Lurch's Youtube video on the PC120 and worth a watch.
So in the Vintage repository in the new Microb_Byte folder, we placed
Micro_Byte_HC120_MSDos33_SoftBios102.img
Micro_Byte_PC230_DOS_33.img
Micro_Byte_HC120.jpg
Micro_Byte_HC120_back.jpg
Micro_Byte_HC120_inside.jpg
Micro_Byte_HC120_keyboard_underside.jpg
Micro_Byte_HC120_motherbard_bios.jpg
Micro_Byte_HC120_serial_plate.jpg
Micro_Byte_HC120_side.jpg
Micro_Byte_HC120_with_external_floppy.jpg
Micro_Byte_PC230.jpg
Micro_Byte_PC230_carry_bag.jpg
Micro_Byte_PC230_complete.jpg
Micro_Byte_PC230_inside.jpg
Micro_Byte_ms-dos_3.30_floppy.jpg
Micro_Byte_PC230_BIOS_Version_2.12
history.txt
micro_byte_pc230_advert_apc_88_12.pdf
pc_computers_surplus_advert_sc_93_03.pdf
pc230_notes.txt
pc230_user_manual.pdf
Micro Byte Systems was a computer designer & manufacturer in Adelaide, South Australia. They produced a PC clone running on a NEC V30 at 4.66, 7 or 10 Mhz speeds. This was followed by the PC-230SX with a 80386SX-16 Mhz CPU. After the PC-230 and PC-230SX they tried their hand at something called the HC-120. This was a computer embedded in a keyboard that had a floppy disk and a single ISA port for network card use only. It was designed purely for the education market.
Thanks to Mr Lurch for providing photo's of his HC120, disk images of its boot disk and PC230 manual. ROM's and a few other bits of info were found scattered on the internet plus a couple magazine adverts. If anyone has any further information, particularly the PC120, please let us know, thanks. This is Part1 of Mr Lurch's Youtube video on the PC120 and worth a watch.
So in the Vintage repository in the new Microb_Byte folder, we placed
Micro_Byte_HC120_MSDos33_SoftBios102.img
Micro_Byte_PC230_DOS_33.img
Micro_Byte_HC120.jpg
Micro_Byte_HC120_back.jpg
Micro_Byte_HC120_inside.jpg
Micro_Byte_HC120_keyboard_underside.jpg
Micro_Byte_HC120_motherbard_bios.jpg
Micro_Byte_HC120_serial_plate.jpg
Micro_Byte_HC120_side.jpg
Micro_Byte_HC120_with_external_floppy.jpg
Micro_Byte_PC230.jpg
Micro_Byte_PC230_carry_bag.jpg
Micro_Byte_PC230_complete.jpg
Micro_Byte_PC230_inside.jpg
Micro_Byte_ms-dos_3.30_floppy.jpg
Micro_Byte_PC230_BIOS_Version_2.12
history.txt
micro_byte_pc230_advert_apc_88_12.pdf
pc_computers_surplus_advert_sc_93_03.pdf
pc230_notes.txt
pc230_user_manual.pdf
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