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The Aster CT-80, developed by the small dutch company MCP, was sold in its first incarnation as a kit for hobbyists. Later it was sold ready to use. It consisted of several [["Eurocard"]] PCB's and a backplane. |
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The Aster CT-80, developed by the small Dutch company MCP, was sold in its first incarnation as a kit for hobbyists. Later it was sold ready to use. It consisted of several Eurocard PCB's and a backplane. |
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Three models where sold. The first model looked like the later IBM-PC, a rectangular base unit with two floppy drives on the front, and a monitor on top with a separate keyboard. The second incarnation was a much smaller unit the width of two 5 1/4"floppy drives stacked on top of each other, and the third incarnation looked like a flattened apple ][ with a build in keyboard. |
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Three models where sold. The first model looked like the later IBM-PC, a rectangular base unit with two floppy drives on the front, and a monitor on top with a separate keyboard. The second incarnation was a much smaller unit the width of two 5 1/4" floppy drives stacked on top of each other, and the third incarnation looked like a flattened apple ][ with a build in keyboard. |
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With a special configuration tool it could reconfigure its floppy drivers to read and write the floppy?s of about 80 other CP/M systems. |
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With a special configuration tool it could reconfigure its floppy drivers to read and write the floppy's of about 80 other CP/M systems. |
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Most Aster CT-80?s (about 10 thousand) were sold to schools for computer education. |
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Most Aster CT-80's (about 10 thousand) were sold to schools for computer education. |
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