Ottima documentazione disponibile su Bitsaver:
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/820-II/
Altra fonte di ottima documentazione è http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/3139/Xerox-820-II/index.html
Xerox 820-II Manuals:
Xerox 820-II Articles:
Item | Manufacturer | Date |
The History of the Computer Mouse | Unknown | |
A Research Center for Augmenting Human Intellect | 9 Dec 1968 | |
Ralph Land: Interview | Leo Computers Society | 31 Oct 2011 |
Michael Mills: Interview | 7 Feb 2017 |
Magazines RELATED to Xerox 820-II in our Library
Item | Manufacturer | Date |
Personal Computer World – January 1982 | 1 Jan 1982 | |
Practical Computing – June 1983 | Jun 1983 | |
Practical Computing – January 1984 | Jan 1984 | |
Personal Computer World – February 1984 | Feb 1984 | |
Practical Computing – March 1984 | Mar 1984 | |
Practical Computing – May 1986 | May 1986 | |
Personal Computer World – September 1987 | 1 Sep 1987 | |
Personal Computer World – January 1989 | 1 Jan 1989 | |
Personal Computer World – February 1989 | 1 Feb 1989 | |
Personal Computer World – March 1989 | 1 Mar 1989 | |
Byte November 1992 | Nov 1992 | |
Personal Computer World – February 1998 | Feb 1998 | |
Mac Format July 2004 | Jul 2004 | |
Byte September 1986 | 16 Sep 2009 | |
Byte August 1997 | 29 Sep 2009 | |
Byte September 1981 | 29 Sep 2009 |
Other Systems Related To Xerox 820-II:
Item | Manufacturer | Date |
Xerox Diablo 3100 | Xerox | 1981 |
Xerox 820 16/8 Personal Computer | Xerox | 1983 |
Software
- Ottimo software disponibile ancora su Bitsaver: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/Xerox/820-II/ oppure è possibile reperire immagini software Xerox 820-II e dischi Boot CP/M attraverso il file indice dei dischi in formato excel 820ii_images.xls e in un file compresso con moltissimi software sia di sistema che applicativi presente qui: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/Xerox/820-II/
- Un interessante articolo da un forum BigBoard _ Xerox 820 – Forumhttps://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=114173
- Altro thread di chat qui: “Need boot floppy for Xerox 820-II”http://www.vcfed.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-73487.html
- Infine da questo sito in tedesco (da tradurre con qualche servizio in inglese) un Thread su 820-II su MAME :https://forum.classic-computing.de/forum/index.php?thread/14391-xerox-820-ii/
Firmware
Il firmware di sistema è disponibile qui: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/820-II/firmware/
La società Xerox ha estremamente curato la documentazione dei suoi sistemi. Dal manuale 9R80758_Xerox_Professional_Computer_Technical_Reference_1984 presente qui: ftp://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/xerox/820-II/9R80758_Xerox_Professional_Computer_Technical_Reference_1984.pdf ecco come si presenta la lista degli entry point del BIOS mappato in RAM all’indirizzo F000H: