Olivetti M280
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Olivetti M280
I have this machine sitting at my home in Cape Town. (I still haven't taken a look at it yet)

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It's missing it's hard drive, as I acquired it from the DOD, so they wouldn't let it go with the drive in the machine. (So I'm going to have to get one of these bad-boys for it!.)

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I also have the original keyboard for it, but lack the original EGA monitor. (I will have to see if I can get my hands on a fancy ISA VGA card for it.)

It's a really cool system and definitely one of the most solidly built systems I've ever encountered.

The motherboard sits in a compartment on the underside of the machine, and with the top cover removed you have access to the power supply, disk drives and ISA plane, which is kind of like a horizontally orientated ISA riser card.

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The machine appears to have an ISA memory expansion caed installed.

Here are some details on the machine's motherboard: (I spot a Dallas chip!!!)

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(This post was last modified: 10-03-2019, 07:55 PM by Irinikus.)
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10-03-2019, 04:36 PM
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RE: Olivetti M280
Here's a quick view of the inside of this machine:

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