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Machine Identification

Post by TwistedPatience » Mon 10 Dec , 2007 13:24 pm

Can anyone identify this machine, not got my hands on it yet only the photo.
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Post by Martin » Mon 10 Dec , 2007 13:34 pm

Is there a prize?
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Post by TwistedPatience » Mon 10 Dec , 2007 14:00 pm

You wish eh!
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Post by Martin » Mon 10 Dec , 2007 15:00 pm

ORAC.

The electrics were produced by GSM.
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Post by bradders » Mon 10 Dec , 2007 17:02 pm

By the way GSM are out of business now
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Post by TwistedPatience » Wed 12 Dec , 2007 14:48 pm

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Post by Denford Admin » Fri 14 Dec , 2007 10:25 am

Unless you see it fully working, I would guess that you are going to have to inveset a bit of time and money gettting it to run with modern PC software like Mach 3.

The tape drives cause lots of problems as you will see from other posts on here..
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Post by TwistedPatience » Fri 14 Dec , 2007 10:30 am

Ah! now there's a useful piece of info, I have not seen the machine yet and did not realise it was tape driven.

I had been told it's only a few years old, guess that's wrong then.

Wouldn't know where to start getting it to work with any PC yet but give me time....................
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Post by Martin » Fri 14 Dec , 2007 13:12 pm

The Orac`s were produced around 1982 - 1986 I think.
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