This computer was designed as a versatile machine (!), it was supplied with five disks :
- Disk #1 (OS and language) : Operating System, 12 K Extended Basic, Line Editor.
- Disk #2 (Games) : Star Trek, Black Jack and Star Wars.
- Disk #3 (Home Accounting) : Budgeting, Checkbook Balancing
- Disk #4 (Small Business Accounting) : Payroll, Inventory, Taxes, Invoicing, Check Printing
- Disk #5 : Blank floppy disk
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My little company was the Australian distributor for the Versatile 2. We used to advertise it by saying that it could be carried by one man! And we knew the man! We sold several but supply dried up when CDS changed hands. Just as well for us as the integrated floppy disc was mounted too close to the power supply and when the gears in the floppy stretched a little over time, (but still in warranty), radiation from the power supply overwhelmed the floppy''s data stream. Grrrr.
Wednesday 16th August 2023
Terry (Australia)
What a time this was 1975 through 1982. Those were the days.
Thursday 6th February 2014
Bob (Middletown De)
my dad just ordered a few BYTE magazines from 77'' his old company was CDS out wilmington DE and he had a few articles and ads in it. he told me they coldnt kee up with the orders that came in for all his models as they changed thru the years.
Wednesday 13rd July 2011
brandon boyer (deleware, usa)
NAME
VERSATILE 2
MANUFACTURER
Computer Data Systems
TYPE
Professional Computer
ORIGIN
U.S.A.
YEAR
1977
CPU
Zilog Z80
SPEED
Unknown
RAM
16 KB (static RAM), extensible with 8K memory boards
