Not just another typical PC XT clone (Sperry Personal Computer 3070-02)

You might remember Sperry from the movie Jumpin’ Jack Flash. Did you know they made at least two different IBM PC clones? This is one of those machines, the Sperry PC 3070-02. Let’s explore it!

— Links

Sperry PC commercial:

Leading Edge MP-1673:
https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=822
https://arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/m/I-L/30486.htm

Leading Edge MP-2400L:

Sperry HT (XT) Personal Computer thread on VCFed:
https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/sperry-ht-xt-personal-computer-model-3070-02-documentation-wanted.62374/

ROM dump:
https://archive.org/details/sperry-rom-chips

Sperry 3070-02 Manual on Archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/sperry-pc-ht-1984-operating-guide

Sperry on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperry_Corporation

Sperry PC/IT 286 thread on VCFed:
https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/sperry-pc-it-286.1238039/

PSU load testing video:

Genoa Spectrum Graphics Card:
https://archive.org/details/genoa-spectrum-graphics-card-users-manual/mode/2up

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbtwi4wK1YXd9AyV_4UcE6g

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My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=repositories

— Instructional videos

My video on chip removal without damage:

— Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino

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