The Kasoft Family

• The Amstrads (8/16-bit)
• The Archimedes (32-bit)
• The Beebs (8-bit)
• The Clones (32-bit)
• The Clone Laptop (32-bit)
• The Iyonix (32-bit)
• The Mac (32-bit)
• The Mac Laptop (32-bit)

The Amstrads

Name: Amstrad, Herbie Arnold

Genus: Amstrad CPC464, issue 1 (tall keys, no side ports) "Arnold"

Year Of Manufacture: 1984

Current Commission: Kasoft Base (semi-dormant) since 15 Feb 1986

Processor: Zilog Z80 8-bit 4 MHz

Chipset: Bitmap CRT, AY1 sound, cassette modem

OS: Locomotive Software Amstrad microcomputer OS

RAM: 64K

ROMs: Amstrad BASIC 1.0

Primary backing store: Amstrad CPC 1/2 kbs^-1 cassette (in-built)

Secondary backing store: none

Peripherals:

• GT64 green screen (semi-dormant)
• DMP2000 9-pin impact dot matrix printer (dormant)
• The Boss joystick (semi-dormant)

Network: none

Name: Amstrad, William III

Genus: Amstrad PC3386

Year Of Manufacture: unknown

Previous Commission: Kasoft Base since unknown

Current Commission: Kasoft Central (disassembled) since Oct 2000

Processor: Intel 80386 16-bit

OS: Microsoft Windows 3.11

RAM: 16MB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: MS DOS FAT16 IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

• DR DOS 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
• DR DOS 5.25 inch floppy (in-built)

Network: none

The Archimedes

Name: Archimedes, Maxwell Kenneth

Genus: BBC Microcomputer A3000, issue 1 (cardboard supply cover)

Year Of Manufacture: 1988

Previous Commission: Kasoft Base since June 1991

Current Commission: Hingston, Adrian (dormant) since May 1995

Processor: ARM2 32-bit 8 MHz

Chipset: VIDC10 video/sound, MEMC1a, IOC1, slow serial

OS: Acorn RISC OS 3.10

RAM: 4MB

ROMs: BBC BASIC V, WindowManager, Econet

Primary backing store:

• Acorn ADFS 800K 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
• DR DOS 720K 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
• Atari DOS 720K 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)

Secondary backing store: none

Peripherals: AKF14 14 inch 50 Hz colour monitor

Network: none

Name: Archimedes, Simon Jerry

Genus: Acorn RiscPC 600 "Medusa"

Year Of Manufacture: 1994

Previous Commission: Kasoft Central since 01 Feb 1995

Current Commission: Kasoft Base (active) since March 2003

Processor: ARM610 32-bit 33 MHz

Chipset: VIDC20 video/sound, IOC2, fast serial

OS: Acorn RISC OS 3.50

RAM: 74MB

ROMs: BBC BASIC V, WindowManager, SharedCLibrary, Econet, Internet

Primary backing store: Acorn ADFS 210MB IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

• Acorn ADFS 80GB IDE fixed (internal)
• Acorn ADFS 1.6MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
• DR DOS 1.4MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
• Atari DOS 720K 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
• Apple MacOS 1.4MB 3.5 inch floppy (via CC MacFS Lite software)

Peripherals:

• LG 15 inch 1024 × 768 LCD colour monitor (active)
• AKF60 14 inch 100Hz colour monitor (dormant)
• Canon BubbleJet BJ10sx 360dpi monochrome inkjet printer (active)
• 33 kbs^-1 voice/fax modem (active)
• Dynalink 1414VQE 14 kbs^-1 fax modem (dormant)

Previous Network: Internet kade.tassie.net.au (Modem; transient)

Current Network: Internet mareead.justnet.net.au (Modem; transient)

The Beebs

Name: Beeb, Barberra Sheila

Genus: BBC Microcomputer Model B

Year Of Manufacture: 1982

Previous Commision: unknown

Current Commission: Kasoft Central (semi-dormant) since 15 Mar 1998

Processor: 6502 8-bit 2 MHz

Chipset: Bitmap CRT, TV, Teletext, sound, AD converter, slow serial

OS: Acorn MOS 1.20

RAM: 32K

ROMs: BBC BASIC II, Edword

Primary backing store: Acorn DFS dual 5.25 inch floppy (external)

Secondary backing store: Acorn 1 kbs^-1 cassette (external)

Peripherals: none

Network: none

Name: Beeb, Elizabeth "Needles"

Genus: BBC Microcomputer Master Compact

Year Of Manufacture: 1986

Previous Commision: Waimea Heights Primary School since unknown

Current Commission: Kasoft Central (semi-dormant) since 05 Apr 1998

Processor: 6502 8-bit 2 MHz

Chipset: Bitmap CRT, Teletext, sound, slow serial

OS: Acorn MOS 3.50

RAM: 64K

ROMs: BBC BASIC IV

Primary backing store: Acorn ADFS 640K 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)

Secondary backing store: none

Peripherals: none

Network: none

The Clones

Name: Clone, Phillip John (KaServer4)

Genus: 32-bit IBM PC clone

Year Of Manufacture: 1998

Previous Commission: University Of Tasmania (dormant) since 18 Jan 1999

Current Commission: unknown since Jan 2002

Processor: Intel 686 32-bit

Chipset: VESA video card, 16-bit sound card, Ethernet card

OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

RAM: 128MB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: NTFS 4GB IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

• DR DOS 1.4MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
• CD ROM (in-built)

Peripherals: Stereo speakers

Previous Network: Internet voyager.comp.utas.edu.au (Ethernet; permanent)

Name: Clone, David N

Genus: 32-bit IBM PC clone

Year Of Manufacture: unknown

Previous Commission: DPIWE since unknown

Current Commission: unknown since Dec 2001

Processor: Intel 686 32-bit

Chipset: VESA video card, 16-bit sound card, Ethernet card

OS: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

RAM: 128MB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: NTFS IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

• DR DOS 1.4MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
• CD ROM (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Name: Clone, John X

Genus: Compaq 32-bit IBM PC clone

Year Of Manufacture: 2004

Previous Commission: DPIWE since Dec 2001

Current Commission: unknown since Jul 2004

Processor: Intel 786 32-bit

Chipset: VESA video card, 16-bit sound card, Ethernet card

OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

RAM: 640MB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: NTFS IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

• DR DOS 1.4MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
• CD ROM (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Name: Clone, Malcolm B

Genus: Acer 32-bit IBM PC clone

Year Of Manufacture: 2004

Current Commission: DPIWE since Jul 2004

Processor: Intel 886 32-bit

Chipset: DVI dual-head video card, 16-bit sound card, Ethernet card

OS: Red Hat Linux "Fedora Core 2"

RAM: 1GB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: Linux Ext2 80GB IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

• DR DOS 1.4MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
• DVD ROM (in-built)
• CD-RW (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Current Network: Internet kadeh.dpiwe.tas.gov.au (Ethernet; permanent)

The Clone Laptop

Name: Laptop, Simon Q

Genus: IBM Thinkpad

Year Of Manufacture: 1997

Previous Commission: Kasoft Central since May 2001

Current Commission: Kasoft Central (disassembled) since Mar 2002

Processor: Intel 586 32-bit

Chipset: VESA video card, 16-bit sound card

OS: Microsoft Windows 95

RAM: 32MB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: FAT16 4GB IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

• DR DOS 1.4MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
• CD ROM (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Previous Network: Internet archer.dialix.com.au (Modem; transient)

The Iyonix

Name: Iyonix, Alexandria Sydney

Genus: Castle Iyonix

Year Of Manufacture: 2002

Current Commission: Kasoft Central (active) since January 2003

Processor: Intel XScale 80321 32-bit 600 MHz

Chipset: NVidia video card, 16-bit sound card, USB via PCI card, southbridge serial

OS: Acorn RISC OS 5.03, Debian Linux "Woody"

RAM: 128MB

ROMs: BBC BASIC VI, WindowManager, SharedCLibrary, EtherK, Internet

Primary backing store: Acorn ADFS 80GB IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

• Linux Ext2 80GB IDE fixed (internal)
• Sony CD-RW 52× (in-built)
• Acorn ADFS 1.6MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
• DR DOS 1.4MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
• Atari DOS 720K 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)

Peripherals:

• Philips 17 inch 100 Hz colour monitor (active)
• Canon BubbleJet BJC265SP 360 dpi colour inkjet printer (active)
• Speed Demon 56 kbs^-1 fax modem (active)

Current Network: Internet archer.dialix.com.au (Modem; transient)

The Mac

Name: MacLeod, Steven II (KaServer3)

Genus: Apple Power Macintosh

Year Of Manufacture: 1994

Previous Commission: University Of Tasmania (dormant) since Jan 1995

Current Commission: unknown since Jan 1999

Processor: IBM PowerPC 32-bit

Chipset: Bitmap CRT, sound, fast serial, Ethernet

OS: Apple MacOS System 7

RAM: 16MB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: Apple MacOS 256MB fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

• Apple MacOS 1.4MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
• DR DOS 1.4MB 3.5 inch floppy (via PC Exchange software)

Peripherals: none

Previous Network: Internet borg.eng.utas.edu.au (Ethernet; permanent)

The Mac Laptop

Name: MacKenzie, Vanessa Karen

Genus: Apple iBook

Year Of Manufacture: 2004

Current Commission: Kasoft Central since 29 Nov 2004

Processor: IBM PowerPC 32-bit 1.33GHz

Chipset: Ethernet, USB, FireWire, AirPort

OS: Apple MacOS X 10.3

RAM: 256MB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: Apple MacOS 60GB fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

• CD-RW (in-built)
• DVD-RW (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Previous Network: Internet archer.dialix.com.au (Modem; transient)

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Last updated: Monday 29th November 2004