The Microbee computers were popular in Australia where they equipped many schools. But these computers also sold well in Scandinavia or Sweden for example.
The Microbee 128 and its extended version, the Premium series, were housed in the same case as the Microbee 32 but had four additional cursor keys. they shipped with a 5.25" or 3.5" single or double disk drives unit.
Both 128 and Premium versions boasted improved graphics over the earlier machines, colour as standard and many other detailed improvements. They ran CP/M operating system. The Premium had an IBM CGA compatible video interface and dual density floppy drives, offering 776 KB capacity instead of 386 KB for the 128. a 10 MB hard disk was also available.
Special thanks to Norm Poulter from Australia who donated us this computer !
NAME
Microbee 128
MANUFACTURER
Applied Technologies
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
Australia
YEAR
1984
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
None
KEYBOARD
QWERTY 64-key full-stroke keyboard with arrow keys
CPU
Z80A
SPEED
3.375 MHz
RAM
128 KB
VRAM
16 KB
ROM
4 KB BIOS + 4 KB FDD controller
TEXT MODES
64 x 16 (Microbee BASIC) - 80 x 24 (CP/M
GRAPHIC MODES
512 x 256 (2 colours), 128 x 48 (16 colours)
COLORS
16
SOUND
Built-in 1 canal loudspeaker
SIZE / WEIGHT
35.5 (W) x 23 (D) x 5.5 (H) cm
I/O PORTS
Power/Video/tape, Expansion/drive Interface, Serial ,Parallel, RGB, Optional user ports