Re: Laser 128 - questions...

["M. Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com>]

On 4/7/04 4:50 AM, in article 1hPcc.18386$J56.11329@edtnps89, "Wayne
Stewart" <waynes@telusdo.tnet> wrote:

> M. Pender wrote:
> 
>> Only the newer Laser 128s included the UDC--the original Laser 128 and 128ex
>> required an external UDC card to use 3.5" drives, even the Laser 3.5" drive.
>> 
>> - Mike
> 
> Strange, I have an EX and an EX/2 that will boot off a 3.5" drive
> attached to the floppy drive port.

Not so strange; I believe there were at least three major variations of the
128EX including:
- removal of the Z80 coprocessor socket
- changing the case style from the original "block" style case to the
rounded corners
- introduction of the UDC drive electronics
- removal of the QHR graphics

And IIRC the EX/2 was the very end of the line.

- Mike