Barudan BEAT 900 Series

The CONTROL BOX of a Barudan 900 series contains the Hard Drive

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Keyboard or Pennant system for a Barudan 906 with dual FloppyToUSB upgrade

The Barudan BEAT 90X Series was manufactured from 1993 - 1996.

Barudan 900 Series Features

The 900 Series was a dramatic change from the Barudan BEAT 800 Series. The BEAT 900 series were 286 or 486 PC based and came with an SVGA color monitor and two disk drives (for reading and writing). As with other BEAT Series machines, these models included a keyboard for monogram lettering (and came with lettering fonts and editing software). The 900 series also came with a cap frame system.

900 Series Models

The Barudan 900 Series came in the Barudan BEAT 902 (2-head) and BEAT 906 (6-head) model. There were also 7-needle and 9-needle models. The Barudan models with YS were the 7-needle machines and the ZN models had 9 needles (these were the first 9-needle Barudan models produced).

The Z in the ZN stands for Flat Head instead of the Turret head original used. The Turret heads were used to allow more working area. The turret heads were not very commonly used after around 1995 but could still be found on newer machines.

900 Series Upgrade and Repair

The 90X machines came with hard disk drives which unfortunately had a high failure rate. However, the hard drive can be upgraded with flash drive by PLRElectronics. PLRElectronics is one of the few companies that will repair/replace the hard drives and electronics on these older machines.

See Also

• PLRElectronics

External Links

• YouTube video of Barudan BEAT 902-ZN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2Fk8qY2wE
• YouTube video of the Barudan BEAT 906-YS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Kr_P9vk6c