80188-based FORTH Computer Vesta OEM-188 aka "Radio Electronics RE Robot Brain"
While working on my recent 80186 CPU Board project, I came across an eBay listing for the Vesta Technologies OEM-188 single board computer, which is based on the 80188, and it even has the FORTH programming language in ROM. Will it even boot MS-DOS with a serial console? Let's find out. This board was also featured as part of a series of articles in Radio Electronics Magazine back in 1987. This board was the "brain" for the Radio Electronics RE Robot. Unfortunately, I don't have the robot itself, but at least you can get a good demo of how the CPU board for it worked. For more vintage computer videos, see https://www.smbaker.com/.

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IBM's Weird GPU From 1987 - IBM 8514/A

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Testing four CRT monitors with bonus sidequests (Commodore 1702, IBM 5151, Panasonic WV-5370A)

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Reviving a 1970’s Hard Drive for the Mini Centurion!

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The Fascinating Story of Tektronix, The Oregon Engineers Who Reinvented The Oscilloscope

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Let's Repair this FIC 486 Motherboard

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I built a 4-bit Single Board Computer that uses the Intel 4004 Microprocessor!

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This Computer is from a Defunct Supercomputer Company

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Beginner's Guide to Disassembling 6502 Binaries

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Satisfying Machines Operating at an Insane Level

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Radxa Zero 3W

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A Gas Pump Computer from 1993!

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Fixing a dead and dirty Atari 800XL

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Why the US Navy's "Dead" Railgun Just Fired Again

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Radxa X4: An N100 Pi

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Vintage Computing 1982 - BBC's The Computer Programme Episode 1

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6502 VS 6809 VS Z80 CPU Performance

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Building a NEW Commodore 1581 disk drive!

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My first accelerated Amiga: the Z3660 and Motorola 68060 CPU!

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Fastest vintage 68000 accelerator for Amiga

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