Articles and help

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• Who were Nixdorf Computer

• 8870 - What to do with your new toy

Servicing and maintenance

• Servicing an 8870

• Servicing an SMC drive (Streamer Mode Cassette)

• Repairing a SMC tape

• Servicing the battery backup plate - 3038.02

8870 Hardware

VDUs (Visual Display Units)

• DAP 3 VDU

• DAP 4 VDU  - Includes pictures, how to enter keyboard parameters, country specific customisation etc.

• BA80 VDU  -  I've no technical information on the BA80 VDU yet.

Cables

• All the different cables that I've managed to identify and detail.

Operating system related

• NIROS (Nixdorf Interactive Real-time Operating System) Operating system versions

• CPU Instruction Set

Lists and indexes

• An ever growing glossary of terms list

• List of 8870 plates (circuit boards) - If I've any specific information on individual plates, you will be able to access it from this index.