[geeks] NEC 8801A computer with dual 8" floppies

[Geoff Reed]

IIRC the 8801A ran a 8086 compatible chip. there was CP/M (using the built 
in 8080 compatibility mode of the V20?30? (i forget which it used) CP/M86, 
Unix, and MS-DOS for it.

At 05:28 PM 6/22/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Does anybody know anything much about the machine?  I came across one at
>a yard sale, and there appear to be CP/M and BSD 4.2 disks with it.  The
>keyboard, monitor, and external floppies are there, but I'm not sure
>what I could do with it, if I could get it running.  I'm turning up some
>conflicting info on google, but it seems to be from the early '80s..
>So, who knows more?
>         Greg
>
>P.S.  The only links I've found so far are at
>http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=398
>
>
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