The HC-2000 was an upgraded version of the HC-91+. It was also compatible with the Sinclair Spectrum but could run as well the CP/M operating system and all its associated software.
It was actually an HC-91 with internal disk interface and 3.5" floppy disk drive. Major hardware differences were a white larger case housing the floppy drive, and 64 KB of RAM of which 48 KB were available in Spectrum mode, and 56 KB in CP/M mode.
There were two versions of the HC-2000, with or without built-in floppy disk drive.
Two 32 KB ROM chips were used. First one held the Spectrum BASIC, second the CP/M O.S. and IF1 disk interface.
The ROM also held specific commands to manage the diskettes (FORMAT, CAT, LOAD, SAVE, VERIFY, ERASE), as well as a RANDOMIZE USR 14446 which allowed to load the CP/M OS. At boot-up, a simple RUN command loaded and ran a 'Run' program (ancestor of MS-DOS 'Autorun') on the diskette.
The HC-2000 was the last home computer produced by ICE Felix. A business version version was later produced, it had approximately the same case design but featured a 386SX-25 or 33 MHz and built-in 1 MB RAM and VGA interface.
ICE means means Intreprinderea de Calculatoare Electronice (Electronic Computers Factory), and HC meant Home Computer. The company still have a Web site.
Please consider donating your old computer / videogame system to Old-Computers.com or one of our partners from anywhere in the world (Europe, America, Asia, etc.).
Cineva sa corecteze: Someone to correct:
in CPM mode : 64x24 characters
Wednesday 15th January 2020
Rares (Brasov Romania)
Pentru Stefan Marianescu : 1. De ce nu folositi limba romana.? 2.PC 386 a fost realizat in 1993 s-au facut si citeva zeci de bucati.Nu a fost o serie de fabricatie mare datorita lipse linii asamblare componente SMD.Am avut o linie semiautomata in care asamblarea pick and place se facea manual, componenta cu componenta iar echiparea unei placi de baza lua citeva zile. 3.Nu faceti asemenea afirmatii , chiar daca este dreptul dumneacoastra democratic, fara a va informa despre subiect.
Saturday 21st January 2017
constantin negut (Bucharest)
Vand calculator HC 2000 in stare de functionare. Pret 1000 lei tel 0752273098
Sunday 14th June 2015
Catalin Marica (Pitesti / Romania)
NAME
HC-2000
MANUFACTURER
Ice-Felix
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
Romania
YEAR
1992
END OF PRODUCTION
1994 (replaced by PC compatible systems)
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
Sinclair Spectrum BASIC
KEYBOARD
Full stroke 51 keys
CPU
Z80A
SPEED
3.5 MHz
RAM
64 KB
ROM
48 KB (BASIC interpreter (16K), CP/M BIOS (8K) and IF1 disk interFace (8K)
TEXT MODES
32 chars x 24 lines (Spectrum mode) - 80 chars x 25 lines (CP/M mode)
GRAPHIC MODES
256 x 192 pixels
COLORS
16 (8 colours in normal or bright modes)
SOUND
Beeper (10 octaves)
SIZE / WEIGHT
50 (W) x 20 (D) x 6 (H) cm
I/O PORTS
TV/RF, RGB, Joystick, ZX-Expansion Bus, Tape recorder, Power supply, RS-232, 2nd. External disk drive
BUILT IN MEDIA
3.5
OS
Spectrum Basic or CP/M
POWER SUPPLY
External power supply unit (+5V (for TTL chips), +12V, -12V (for the serial interface) same as HC-91)
