Sanyo MBC-885

[mikey99]

Looking for info on the Sanyo MBC-885. This is a 1980's desktop
XT clone very similar in layout to the IBM XT.

Does anyone have one of these or have any links to docs/info/pictures.
Google doesn't find much on this machine. Thanks.

[vwestlife]

I can't find much info on the MBC-885, but Sanyo's first PC was the MBC-550 -- not fully IBM compatible (like the Tandy 2000 and DEC Rainbow) and with many unusual features:

http://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/sanyo.html

I suppose by the time the MBC-885 was released, it had gained full IBM compatibility and hopefully better performance, compared to the MBC-550's underclocked 3.58 MHz 8088!

There was also the MBC-775, a self-contained "luggable" portable with a 9-inch color RGB monitor.

http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/sanyo775/sanyo.jpg

[mikey99]

I'm now the proud owner of a Sanyo MBC-885 :-)
I think this is a fairly uncommon system, haven't found much info
on these.

This is a switchable 4.77-> 8 Mhz 8088 XT clone with 8 slots.

The machine runs good, has an EGA card and a MF-100 card to give 640K
clock, parallel, serial. Came with a Mits 20MB MFM drive but
I removed that because its really noisy, may have a bad bearing. I may
add a Seagate 225 I have but for now its fine with just the one floppy.
Also the PS is rated at only 70W so I question whether its a good idea
to continue running a hard drive in here. One strange thing I noticed
is the PS connector on the MB has only 10 pins instead of the normal 12.


I took a couple of quick pictures tonight .....