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   LATEST ADDITIONS
TRIUMPH ADLER  TA-1600
Nothing is known about this rare computer. Can you help ?...
MIDWICH Microcontroller
Called the Midwich Microcontroller, this British computer was developped to provide a small desktop micro capable of running other equipment throug a variety of interface cards. In 1979 an Italian IC manufacturer designed and began to sell a single board micro system that could be expanded to a full system with a VDU, discs, etc. Called the Nanocomputer, it was manufactured by SGS Ates and one of the distributors in the UK was Midwich. The Nano was somewhat expensive and suffered from a numbe...
RADIONIC Model R1001
This is an extremly rare TRS-80 Model 1 clone, based on an other clone: The Komtek 1 (from Germany). It's equiped with a Level II basic and powered by a Zilog Z80 cpu. _________ Contributors : Incog...
BASF 7100
The BASF 7000 systems are professional computers from Germany. They seem to be based on the Microterm II Intelligent Terminal by Digi-Log Systems, Inc. There were several models in the 7000 serie....
PERTEC PCC 2000
PCC 2000 is a professional computer released in 1978. It was designed in 1978 by Pertec, the company which merged with MITS by the end of 1976. The PCC is conceived as a monobloc machine, where the display and two 8" floppy disk drives are built-in the main case. The mechanical keyboard offers separated numeric and editing keypads. The system is powered by an Intel 8085 microprocessor and offers 64 KB RAM. The whole thing was apparently delivered with an extended Basic language, which has...
TERTA TAP-34
TAP 34 is a self design of Terta company from Hungary. Primarily it was designed as a terminal for big computer systems but it was also able to process data alone. The main integrated circuits were assembled in the USSR and in Hungary by Tungsram, but several parts were imported from other countries. The built-in monitor was a DME-28 monochrome CRT made by Orion. This company was famous for its televisions in Hungary and the other KGST countries. The floppy drive attached to the compute...
MCM COMPUTERS  MCM 800
Based on the MCM 70 / 700 (see this entry for more info), the MCM 800 followed in 1976. It was faster, included 16 KB RAM (instead of 8 KB for the 700), and included the ability to drive an external monitor. Among other things, MCM 800s were used in one of the first french industrial network called Gixinet (along with ARCnet). This was a token-bus type network developped by the Gixi company....
IMLAC PDS-1
no description yet...
COMMODORE  C64 Golden Jubilee
Between 1984 (in the U.S.) and 1986 (in Germany), Commodore International celebrated the 1,000,000 machines sold mark in these respective countries by issuing special "Gold" editions of the Commodore C64. These machines were regular C64 models, except they were Golden-colored and fixed on a commemorative plate. The following information comes from Death Adder : Until December 1986, 1,000,000 Commodore 64s were sold in Germany. On this occasion, Commodore Buromaschinen GmbH (...
ORDISOR PCC 2000
PCC 2000 is an obscure professional computer released in 1980. It was marketed by Ordisor in France, (a company belonging to the group Sofragem) but the machine was in fact imported from U.S.A. The PCC 2000 was designed there in 1798 by Pertec, the company which merged with MITS by the end of 1976. The only information source we have for the french version is an advert from may 1980. Looking at the picture, the PCC seems to be conceived as a monobloc machine,...

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COMPUTER DEVICES INCORPORATED  DOT
The DOT was a portable IBM PC compatible computer. It was the last portable computer developed by Computer Devices Incorporated (CDI) back in 1981-1983. It followed the example of the Osborne systems, its main competitors. But while most other transportable systems were powered by 8-bit microprocessors, the DOT used a "powerful" 16-bit Intel 8088. It has a wide built-in 5 x 9" green monochrome display which can display up to 1056 x 254 pixels or 132 x 25 characters. There are 256 characters ...
LEANORD  SIL'Z Model 5 / 6
The floppy disk unit can store 320kb for the model 5 and 640kb for the model 6. Several devices were developped for this computer : video card (512 x 256), secondary RS232, IEEE488 or battery....
PANASONIC JD series
The Panasonic computers from the JD Series are classic CP/M professional systems released at the begining of the 80's. They are powered by an Intel 8085A processor, offer from 32 KB to 64 KB RAM and are equiped with two 8" or 5.25" floppy disk drives, depending on models. No graphic features here, but 80x24 text resolution on a 12" built-in green phosphor monitor. The following software were delivered on disk: CP/M 2.2, Microsoft Basic, MicroCobol and Assembler. Panasonic released sever...
TERTA TAP-34
TAP 34 is a self design of Terta company from Hungary. Primarily it was designed as a terminal for big computer systems but it was also able to process data alone. The main integrated circuits were assembled in the USSR and in Hungary by Tungsram, but several parts were imported from other countries. The built-in monitor was a DME-28 monochrome CRT made by Orion. This company was famous for its televisions in Hungary and the other KGST countries. The floppy drive attached to the compute...
TELEVIDEO  TS-802
In 1982, Télévidéo was one of the first companies selling passive video terminals. These devices were used as monitors/keyboards for mainframes. Their major competitor was Digital and its VT100 terminal, which became the reference model and was later on copied by several companies. The same year, Digital and Televideo had the same idea: to convert their video terminal into a business computer. The digital solution was called the VT-180. Televideo offered thei...
ATT Unix PC
The AT&T UnixPC was AT&T's attempt to get into the business computer market of the mid-1980s. There were two flavors of this machine: the 7300, and the 3B1. Basically the circuitry is identical in both machines however the 3B1 allowed more room for hard-drive storage, as shown with the ominous bulge underneath the screen. (not shown in model above). The windowing manager was absolutely wonderful keeping the UNIX system well hidden, however, you could naturally open a shell and i...
HUSKY COMPUTERS LIMITED Hawk
The Husky Hawk has inherited the very solid case of the Hunter. The screen was well protected with a thick layer of plastic and all the ports had protective coverings. However, it was not designed to take the rough treatment that the Husky could endure. For example, it could not being used in the rain. The chicklet keyboard featured a numeric and arrow key keypad. However, Husky could produce 'cut down' versions dedicated to particular applications. Severa...
DURANGO F85
The Durango was built by Durango Systems, Inc in San Jose, CA. It came with a 8085 processor running at 5 MHz, 64K memory as standard and could be expanded to 128K in the multiuser version. The F-85 was marketed as a portable computer with integrated 180 cps dot matrix printer, two floppy disc drives and a 9" monitor. Well, only very strong users could carry it ;-) The Durango ran a proprietary operating system, DX-85, as well as CPM. DX-85 had multiuser extensions an...
SONY  Hit-Bit F9
The Sony HIT BIT F9P was a MSX 2 standard machine with no built-in floppy drive. Along with MSX BASIC, several software were provided in ROM: - Personal data and notes - Calendar and alarm - System Setup interface. Foreign models where named HB-F9S for Spain, HB-F9F for France, HB-F9D for Germany or HB-F9P for PAL systems... ...
FUJITSU  FM R 70
FM R 70 wasn't just an expensive IBM Compatible, but a very sophisticated machine at its time featuring some newly added features common to most modern computers today. In example: • It came stock with 584 KB Base Memory, and 2MB of Extended RAM Memory (in newly developed SIMMS). • It featured a newly developed Cirrus Logic CL-GD video subsystem, adapted by many proprietary manufacturers of the late 1980's early 1990's. • It featured an i386-DX processor, as well as an optional mathematics c...

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CoCo clone advert

TANDY RADIO SHACK
Color Computer

 
Jupiter brochure #1

JUPITER CANTAB
Jupiter Ace

 
German advert (1983)

C.ITOH
YD-8110

 
UK advert

ACORN COMPUTER
BBC Model A / B / B+

 
French ad

ALTOS COMPUTER SYSTEMS
ACS-586 / 686

 
French ad (dec.1983)

TOSHIBA
PASOPIA 16 / T300 / PAP

 
French advert (1979)

HEATHKIT
H8

 
french advert (febru...

APPLE
APPLE III

 
Advert #5

COMMODORE
VIC 20

 
U.S. advert (1980)

INTERTEC
SUPERBRAIN

 
US advert

TANDY RADIO SHACK
1000 TX

 
UK advert, Oct. 1983

ACT
Apricot PC

 
Last +4 sales, Apr. ...

COMMODORE
PLUS 4 - C232/264/364

 
U.S. Advert #2 (1979...

APPLE
APPLE II

 
Advert #3 (1983)

TIMEX / SINCLAIR
1000

 
French advert

CANON
X-07

 
French ad (oct. 83)

MULTITECH
MPF-1 Plus

 
Stupid picture #2

SMH - ALCATEL
ALPHA Plus

 
French advert.

SYMAG INFORMATIQUE
Micromachine 2000 et 3000

 
Advert

CASIO
FP 1000 / FP 1100

 
US advert

MORROW DESIGNS
Micro Decision

 
Italian ad #4

SINCLAIR
ZX SPECTRUM

 
Amiga posters

COMMODORE
AMIGA 1000

 
First ad.

COLUMBIA DATA PRODUCTS
VP

 

   LATEST COMMENTS
IanE
3/9/2010
ACORN COMPUTER  ATOM
I had a factory built machine but a bog standard one. This came with 2K RAM. I upgraded it by buying a bag of chips which plugged into sockets pre-soldered on the board This took it up to 20K.

The first one I had didn''t last long. Around the end of 1981 they converted from an external PSU to an internal one. My system came with just a length of wire that fitted in the power input socket on the back. We put a 13A plug on it and plugged it into the mains. There was a big blue flash and a bang. No more main board. My system should have had the external PSU but was supplied with just the mains cable.... they replaced it under warranty but it put a damper on Christmas Day!

I kept games and programs on a reel to reel tape deck but eventually kileld the Atom by turning the output level on the tape too high.

Best game was Galaxian! Just like the original including sounds but in mono and not colour.

Dean
3/7/2010
COMMODORE  Amiga 500
Need: QUARTET music software - for the AMIGA 500 $ or an IBM version if there is one! OR an alternate music program that has POLYPHONIC sound...help please!

Daniel
2/27/2010
NEC  PC 8801
I don''t know if it applies in this particular case, but it doesn''t have to be a contradiction. Quite a few times manufacturers have simply already been promoting a system in a country before deciding not to release it after all, for financial reasons or whatever. Judging by how little English coverage there is on the system, I would suppose it was never released, or was a big failure.

Jeffrey Drake
2/25/2010
TANDY RADIO SHACK  1000 SL & SL/2
I had a Tandy 1000 SL in the first 5 years of the 90s. It was a wonderfully designed piece of hardware. One detail I remember was that of the 384 kB of memory, only 320 kB was available.

jomoca
2/21/2010
TRIUMPH ADLER  TA-1000
Aún conservo algunos catálogos en español de esta máquina moya.moya@terra.es

jomoca
2/21/2010
TRIUMPH ADLER  Alphatronic PC models P1/P2
Aún guardo algunos viejos catálogos e información de Alphatronic en español.... moya.moya@terra.es

Antonio Alves
2/18/2010
COMMODORE  C64C
I am a guy who had a machine like this one!

I would want to think if the c64c form (with keyboard slope and other anti slope towards the grid) was based on the generic graph of the envelope generator: "attack" "decay" "sustain" "release" /$_
/ $ just like the commodore profile!

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