Post

I only know of two of these, and only 1 worker - this one. Awesome stuff!

For the first time in 7 years, I have booted the CPT Phoenix Jr. A couple hours of experimentation and investigation with a Greaseweazle last night finally allowed me to recover the only known copy of its software! #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

Matthew Sparby

@cloudscout.com

9 Sept

I got this 7 years ago. It came with 2 disks. The User Utilities which can only be used to copy documents or format new disks. The other was the Word Processing software. I only got it to boot the Word Processing disk once. Finally figured out how to properly read & write the flux image last night.

Binary Dinosaurs

@binarydinosaurs.co.uk

I hope you did the same dance I did when I got my 8520 booting over xmas 2024 😁 Awesome work. Also, did you get it from Sweden?

9/9/26, 8:17 pm0 reposts2 likes

Matthew Sparby

@cloudscout.com

9 Sept

Not quite Sweden but there are plenty of Scandinavians here in Minnesota. Heh. I picked it up in Duluth.

Binary Dinosaurs

@binarydinosaurs.co.uk

10 Sept

I always get Minnesota and Minneapolis mixed up. I'm slowly documenting the history of CPT through emails from ex-staffers. binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/cpt

Matthew Sparby

@cloudscout.com

10 Sept

I’ve viewed your CPT page many times since I got this machine in 2019 and I’ve communicated with several of those former CPT employees. The company was headquartered just a few miles from where I live just west of Minneapolis.

Binary Dinosaurs

@binarydinosaurs.co.uk

10 Sept

It's always good to be able to keep memories of this stuff alive. There must be loads of garages and lofts containing documentation about these machines but so far not much has surfaced apart from what people can remember. Hope my pages have been of use!