19-11-2022, 02:20 PM
Thanks to Greg Campbell for providing the first 2 documents above to be scanned. Both scanned at 600pdi with the manual being 37 x A4 pages long and the brochure a single double sided A4 and in colour.
The Excalibur was designed and sold by BGR Computers Pty Ltd in Melbourne. Greg Campbell is the G in BGR and these were the only 2 Excalibur items he had left after multiple moves. He estimated that about 1000 units were made all up, including the initial kits and later assembled units.
The Excalibur 64 Basic 2.10 Technical Data manual is basically the same as the excalibur_basic_2.10_notes.pdf file we already have in the Repository that's titled as Preliminary and originated as a Wordstar file. It also contains no graphics. I assume its been updated to this final printing as while the general text looks similar, I haven't checked it fully to see if they are exactly the same or not.
The Brochure has on the front cover - Introductory offer of $399 ends 31st October ORDER NOW! and is similar to their advert in the October 1983 EA magazine. In the July 1983 EA advert it was priced at $349.50, by November 1983 it was $549 and by December 1983 it was $699. So, the early buyers got it at 1/2 price.
Also found recently in the Australian Micro Computerworld magazine of May 1984 was a nice article outlining the history of BGR Computers company and the Excalibur development. Interesting to read in that article -
They identified Microbee as the only Australian success in the low-end
market and proceeded to closely parallel key aspects of the Microbee's
development.
So in the Vintage Repository in the Excalibur_64 folder we placed
excalibur_basic_2.10_technical_data.pdf
excalibur_64_sales_brochure.pdf
bgr_computers_amc_84_05.pdf
The Excalibur was designed and sold by BGR Computers Pty Ltd in Melbourne. Greg Campbell is the G in BGR and these were the only 2 Excalibur items he had left after multiple moves. He estimated that about 1000 units were made all up, including the initial kits and later assembled units.
The Excalibur 64 Basic 2.10 Technical Data manual is basically the same as the excalibur_basic_2.10_notes.pdf file we already have in the Repository that's titled as Preliminary and originated as a Wordstar file. It also contains no graphics. I assume its been updated to this final printing as while the general text looks similar, I haven't checked it fully to see if they are exactly the same or not.
The Brochure has on the front cover - Introductory offer of $399 ends 31st October ORDER NOW! and is similar to their advert in the October 1983 EA magazine. In the July 1983 EA advert it was priced at $349.50, by November 1983 it was $549 and by December 1983 it was $699. So, the early buyers got it at 1/2 price.
Also found recently in the Australian Micro Computerworld magazine of May 1984 was a nice article outlining the history of BGR Computers company and the Excalibur development. Interesting to read in that article -
They identified Microbee as the only Australian success in the low-end
market and proceeded to closely parallel key aspects of the Microbee's
development.
So in the Vintage Repository in the Excalibur_64 folder we placed
excalibur_basic_2.10_technical_data.pdf
excalibur_64_sales_brochure.pdf
bgr_computers_amc_84_05.pdf
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