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Re: Long time 3B1 and PC7300 user

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On Monday, June 21, 2021 at 12:19:22 AM UTC-4, J Booth wrote:
> > Hello, just a long time 3B1 and PC7300 user saying hello. Still have both machines, and they work. Located in Ontario, Canada.
> Glad to hear it! Do you have any expansion boards in your machines? It seems the DOS-73 was somewhat common, and the RAM/serial boards, but the Ethernet board being quite elusive. 
> 
> Anyone else have much experience with the DOS-73 board? Was the RAM on the DOS-73 board usable when the machine was booted into UNIX? I imagine the board was mostly used for running DOS business/office applications of the day?
Hi,

Just the RAM / serial board in the 3b1. I have never seen the DOS-73 running although the 3b1 / pc7300 could read and write MS-DOS disks. Quite forward thinking for it's time! Have you checked out the pc6300?

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