Q-bus compatibility, but not from DEC

Rair micro emulates IBM terminals The Rair Black Box (ICL Personal) microcomputer can emulate standard IBM 2780 and 3780 terminals with a communications protocol emulator developed by Rair. The Bisync-80 allows the transfer of files between a Black Box and a remote terminal processor. IBM binary synchronous communications protocol is used. This allows the transfer of character coded data such as source files, and binary coded data such as object files. The emulator can also translate character-coded files between the ACSII character set used in the microcomputer and the EBCDIC used by IBM. Card images from CP/M files can be

created for transfer to the line, and print or punch records from the line can be transferred to CP/M files. Mainframe and remote devices supported include IBM 360, 370 and 30series computers, IBM 2780 and 3780 terminals and DEC PDP-11 and VAX-11 machines. (Rair Ltd, 30-32 Ned

Street, London WC2H 9P5, UK. Tel: 01 ~8364663)

Q-bus compatibility, but nut from DEC A Q-bus compatible 16-bit microcomputer has been released in Europe by Technitron. The NAI-ACS Model LSI 11/86 is, say the distributors, the only Q-bus machine not manufactured by DEC available on the market. Based on Intel's 8086 microprocessor, the LSI 11/86 comes in stan-

Fujitsu swell ranks of micro making giants Fujitsu have entered the personal computer market. The Japanese giant's new venture, the Micro 8, has three microprocessors. Two 6809s handling 640 x 200 graphics and a Z80A to run the CP/M operating system. Features include a real-time clock, parallel printer port (screen dumping in RaM and grey scaling) and serial communications port. The machine has 64k of user RAM, 48k of video control RAM and 30k of F-BASIC interpreter in RaM. It has a soft-

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switching screen format (between 40 and 80 columns). Options include provision for bubble memory with an average access time of 6 ms and 5¼-in and 8-in double sided and double density floppy discs. There is an expansion unit with hard disc, IEEE and plotter interfaces and a sound generator. The basic price (without monitor) is £895 and is distributed in the UK by Minichip Ltd, 304 Oxford

Road, Reading, Barks, UK. Tel: (0734) 53286

North Atlantic Industries' Q-bus compatible micro has been launched in Europe dard DEC dual height for the DEC Q-bus. There is a 125 ns crystal-controlled clock and two PROM sockets. An optional EPROM-resident debugger can occupy one of the sockets. An optional coprocessor, the 8087, can be added. This configuration is called the LSI 11/86/7. (Technitron

Inc. (UK), Damon Rood, Cemberley, Surrey GUI5 3DH, UK. Tel."(0276) 26517. Telex: 858618)

FORTH firmware in ROM for Rockwell Aim FORTH and associated mathematics packages stored in RaM are available for the Rockwell Aim 65 SBC. The language firmware is on two 4k RaMs and provides the compiler, interpreter and assembler and a dictionary of about 300 subroutine procedure words. Rockwell FORTH contains both single (16-bit) and double (32-bit) precision integer arithmetic. The associated mathematics packages give floating point arithmetic and transcendental functions. The firmware interfaces with the debug monitor/texteditor of the Aim 65 or Aim 65/40. FORTH in RaM costs £43.34 per set of two RaMs and the mathematics packages cost £23.55 each. They are distributed in the UK by Pelco Electronics Ltd, Regency

Square House, 26/27 Regency Square, Brighton, Sussex BNI 2FH, UK. Tel: (0272) 722155/6. Telex: 202949.

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