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ECD CORPORATION Micromind
The Micromind was a very innovative machine ahead of its time ! But despite the small group working on the machine, prototyping and developing, and pushing the limits of the time, the machine never shipped. Apparently only a few prototypes were produced. Development began as early 1975/1976 but commercial adverts appeared only in 1977. One of the main features of the Micromind was its innovative (for the time) redefinable characters. Up to 120 characters could be software redefined by the ...
SEMI-TECH (STM) PC
This extremely rare computer is Portable PC (IBM compatible) conceived in the same plastic case as the Pied Piper, released by the same company in 1983. This computer incorporates a lot of features in a compact case, which was quite innovative at the time: built-in LCD display, printer, modem, phone and disk drives ! The STM PC is based on an Intel 80186 processor and two quadruple-density disk drives. The processor is faster than the one used in the IBM PC, a...
LOGICAL MACHINE CORPORATION (LOMAC) Goliath
Logical’s Goliath is a server or disk file storage device has it was described at the time. It has a capacity for 10 MByte, 30 MByte or 50 MByte of fixed disk storage and 10 MBytes of removable storage. The unit, which also houses the controller, may have memory ranging from 64K to 256K and capacity for up to 20 terminals. Up to 20 Tina or David computers can link to Goliath as a distributed data processing system. For ...
LOGICAL MACHINE CORPORATION (LOMAC) Adam
The Adam was the first computer released by Logical Machine Corporation (LOMAC) in 1975. In 1978 they also produced Tina which stands for "TINy Adam". In 1983 Logical released the David, and the L-XT in 1983. There was also the Goliath, a data storage server with 5MB hard drive. Goliath could be connected to up to 20 Davids or Tinas. David and Goliath names makes a clear reference to the mythic...
LOGICAL MACHINE CORPORATION (LOMAC) Tina
The Adam was the first computer released by Logical Machine Corporation (LOMAC) in 1976. In 1978 they produced Tina which stands for "TINy Adam". It seems to have the same specs as David but with two 8'' floppy disk drives. There was also the Goliath, a data storage server with 5MB hard drive. Goliath could be connected to up to 20 Davids or Tinas. David and Goliath names makes a clear reference to the mythical story found in the biblical Book of S...
LOGICAL MACHINE CORPORATION (LOMAC) L-XT
The L-XT was the last computer released by Logical Business Machines, after the Adam, the David, the Tina and the Goliath in 1982. It was announced at the 1983 COMDEX Fall in Las Vegas, and commercially available in March 1984. The L-XT uses a 16-bit Intel 8088 CPU with 192KB RAM, and equipped with a 5.25'' floppy drive unit (320 KB capacity) and a 10 MB hard disk (upgradable to 60 MB)...
LOGICAL MACHINE CORPORATION (LOMAC) David
The David is not the first computer released by Logical Business Machines. In 1974, LOMAC (Logical Machine Corporation) released the Adam. Some times later they also produced Tina (for TINy Adam). There was also the Goliath, a data storage server with 5MB hard drive. Goliath could be connected to up to 20 Davids or Tinas. David and Goliath names makes a clear reference to the mythical story found in the biblical Book of Samuel. The David is powered by a 16-bit Intel 8086 CPU w...
GESPAC Gescomp 720 / 730
GESPAC SA was a Swiss company who designed the G-64/96 Bus in 1979. This interface bus concept provides a simple way to interface microprocessor modules with memory and peripheral modules on a parallel bus. The G-64/96 Bus uses a simple, yet modern and powerful interface scheme which allows a higher level of functionality from the single height Eurocard form factor. The low overhead of the G-64/96 Bus interface greatly eases the design of custom boards by the User. This is why, even many year...
WELECT  W86
The W86 is a french computer released in 1983 by Welect. It's the second computer released by Welect after the W80.2. The W86 is powered by an Intel 8086 (hence its name) to catch up with the IBM PC compatible trend of the moment and is thus able to run MS-DOS. But the W86 is also equipped with a Z80A to also be CP/M 86 compatible. It's thus an hybrid machine typical of the mid-80s when the professional industry was moving from CP/M to MS-DOS. There are 128...
SMOKE SIGNAL CHIEFTAIN COMPUTERS The Chieftain 9822
In 1978, Smoke Signal Chieftain Computers (SSCC) released their first computer: The Chieftain, followed in 1980 by the Chieftain Business System, an update to the original Chieftain. At the start of 1982, the company introduced the Chieftain 9822, an update to the Business System featuring the same processor and static RAM options, as well as the same nine-slot bus equipped with the first two Chieftains. The system could be equipped with either two 8-inch or two 5.25-inch floppy drives and...

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OHIO SCIENTIFIC  CHALLENGER II
This computer is based on the MODEL 500 CPU board. It is actually a Super Kit (see Model 500) assembled with a cassette interface and a keyboard. OHIO Scientific presented two enhanced versions of the Challenger IIP : the Challenger II Disk Systems and the Challenger III. The Disk System version came with 16 KB of RAM (expandable to 192 KB)instead of ROM BASIC and one or two 8'' F.D. drives. The disk BASIC was automatically loaded ...
KEMITRON Naja
This is a brasilian Tandy TRS-80 Model III compatible system. It didn't sell well as the CP-500 was a too popular TRS-80 compatible system in Brazil. In 1985, a new model named Naja 800 was marketed. It had a 14 Kb EPROM, 128 Kb RAM, built-in monitor, 70 keys keyboard with numeric keypad and a hard-disk. Sources : Computadores Brasileiros
AMSTRAD  PPC 512 / 640
With the Amstrad PPC-512 and 640, Amstrad wanted to make the cheapest portable PC compatible computer, in the same way as the Amstrad PC1512 was for desktop computers. But, despite its pleasant form, this computer suffered due to its poor 9" LCD screen. It had one or two 3.5" 720 KB floppy drives and some versions could also be found with a 10 or 20 MB internal hard disk. If you were tired of the poor LCD screen, you could connect a monochrome or CGA moni...
LOGICAL MACHINE CORPORATION (LOMAC) Goliath
Logical’s Goliath is a server or disk file storage device has it was described at the time. It has a capacity for 10 MByte, 30 MByte or 50 MByte of fixed disk storage and 10 MBytes of removable storage. The unit, which also houses the controller, may have memory ranging from 64K to 256K and capacity for up to 20 terminals. Up to 20 Tina or David computers can link to Goliath as a distributed data processing system. For ...
COMMODORE  PLUS 4 - C232/264/364
Among the Commodore news from the Summer CES 1984 was the renaming of the C=264 to Plus/4. This renaming came along with a slight change in the built-in software: you could not choose between many different programs anymore, but each Plus/4 was delivered with the 3-plus-1 software. The built-in software is not worth the silicon it is etched in: a word processor (only with 40 columns and can manage documents with only 99 lines of 77 columns), a very small spreadsheet (only 17 columns and 50 li...
COMMODORE  PET 200
The PET 200 is a rebadged version of the Commodore 8032-SK which is itself the same model as the 8032 with a rounded shape design and a separate keyboard. This design was used later on the CBM-II series computers. It is said that Ferdinand Porsche was involved in this design. It's not true since he died just a few years after the end of World War II. In fact, Commodore enlisted the services of Porsche Design, a separate firm from the famous car maker that specia...
INTEL Intellec Series
The Intellec Microcomputer Development Systems (MDS) were complete computers intended for the development of Intel microcomputer based products. They included a main unit with CPU, RAM, ROM, I/O and interrupt circuitry, as well as all necessary software: Assembler, linker, debugger. Optional EPROM programmer and In-Circuit Emulator (ICE) allowed real-time emulation and diagnostics into user configured system before saving final program into an EPROM. Intellec 4 and ...
ACCESS COMPUTER  ACCESS Computer
The Access Computer had a 9.5" built-in screen (amber) and a built-in 80 CPS Dot Matrix Printer. It also had a built-in modem and came with a full range of software : CP/M, CBasic, Communication software, Perfect Writer, Speller, Filer and Calc. The name of the machine was shortly changed to Actrix (Access Matrix) because of copyright issues.
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ALEX Video Spiel TG-621
A classic german pong system which uses the GI AY-3-8500 chip, thus playing the 4 basic pong games. No shooting games here... Something rare for that time, the two tiny controllers are not hardwired to the system. This means that when one of them died, it wasn't necessary to change the whole system. The shape of the case is weird. It looks like a case conceived for a small computer. Indeed there's enough room for a small keyboard instead of the actual panel control, and the bulk at the back c...
R.F.T. KC 85/4
The KC85/4 was the last one of the KC85/x series. Although it doesn’t look quite different, some internals changed. The whole design changed a bit, and software which used to access hardware directly, sometimes didn’t work any longer, as some addresses changed. Also, memory was expanded to 64 KB, and the whole memory could be used by software. The ROM increased to 20 KB. The CAOS system offered printer support for most of the available GDR printer models. There are two expansion slots, whi...

   LATEST COMMENTS
Art C.
3/10/2023
ALTOS COMPUTER SYSTEMS ACS-586 / 686
This was the best machine to run a multiuser bulletin board. From 1988 until around 1992 I used one to run UNCENSORED! BBS using the Citadel software (see the link above $ it''s still running today on Linux). The fact that the Xenix operating system handled all of the serial and modem stuff for you made it an excellent choice for any multiuser system.

Mike
3/9/2023
DYNALOGIC  HYPERION
Stumbled across this site, as I was just thinking about the good old days at Dynalogic/ Hyperion. I used fly out of Canada every 2nd week to train dealers on how to repair the machines. It got so bad, that I ended up writing a piece of software that we later sold to dealers (I think Dysan ended up copying it and selling it under another name, my first experience with such business practices). My software allowed them to use the machine as a disk drive exerciser alignment tool (yes, because the drives caused the machine to be DOA far too many times). I later switched over to a company that made a solid state disk drive emulator (for the Hyperion), using "bubble memory" - it too had technology failure problems LOL. Those were the days. I still have a brand new Hyperion, in the original bag, with all the various software. BTW, we called it a "luggable" back then.

Mike
3/9/2023
DYNALOGIC  HYPERION
Stumbled across this site, as I was just thinking about the good old days at Dynalogic/ Hyperion. I used fly out of Canada every 2nd week to train dealers on how to repair the machines. It got so bad, that I ended up writing a piece of software that we later sold to dealers (I think Dysan ended up copying it and selling it under another name, my first experience with such business practices). My software allowed them to use the machine as a disk drive exerciser alignment tool (yes, because the drives caused the machine to be DOA far too many times). I later switched over to a company that made a solid state disk drive emulator (for the Hyperion), using "bubble memory" - it too had technology failure problems LOL. Those were the days. I still have a brand new Hyperion, in the original bag, with all the various software. BTW, we called it a "luggable" back then.

Stephen Cole
3/9/2023
COMPUKIT UK-101
Myself and serveral others in the Reading UK area had these in the early 80''s, and did the ram, video, cassette hardware hacks etc.

Retrobecanes
3/7/2023
PANASONIC HHC
I have a Quasar HHC HX2600TE but it didn''t come with any program capsules. Can those be found anywhere or can new ones be made? I would also be interested in a copy of the manual to see what the machine is capable of.

Ian
3/7/2023
SANYO  PHC-20
I have an example of this computer. It was acquired in modern times following an estate sale, so its history is obscure, but it is a working copy in good condition. I have found the firmware of this machine rather dismal. As your website points out, it can handle integer variables only, which is very limiting. Added to that, it can only deal with variable names of a single character, severely compromising human-friendliness and restricting software to a total of 26 variables. There is no array capability. The ZX81 was a comparative supercomputer next to this little flower! I located on the Internet exactly one program of any use written in Tiny Basic, which ports to the PHC-20''s Sanyo Basic rather nicely$a "Mastermind"-type guessing game. Having adapted and typed it in, it was successfully stored on tape. The tape dialog is comparatively slick, displaying the names of programs encountered as it searches for the one requested. The physical tape interface is a 5-pin DIN. The pinout is such that the tape cable for a Radio Shack CoCo 2 can be used, but with the far ends reversed, i.e. the CoCo2 "Mic" line becomes the PHC-20 "Ear" line, and visa versa. Other than that, I don''t know what to tell you, since I''ve found the system too limiting to play with this machine extensively.

Don DeGregori
3/5/2023
MOS TECHNOLOGY  KIM 1
How to connect KIM-1 just to regular PC or Laptop


   RANDOM SOFTWARE TITLES
FOOTBALL
Magnavox Odyssey
Magnavox - 1972
 game - american football - sport
MATH QUIZ II (VIDEOCART-07)
Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild - 1977
 game - mathematics - mind games
THE RESCUE OF POPS GHOSTLY
Action Max
Sourcing International, Ltd - 1987
 game - ghost - haunted - lightgun - shooting gallery
BLUE LIGHTNING (PA2020)
Atari Lynx
Atari (publisher), Epyx (developer) - 1989
 game - plane - shoot them up
CHAMPION GOLF (G-1005 / C-05)
Sega SG-1000 compatible systems
Logitec, Sega - 1983
 game - golf - sport
SOLITAIRE
Atari Super Pong (C140)
Atari - 1976
 game - ball and paddle
ZOOL 2 (J9042E)
Atari Jaguar compatible systems
Atari (publisher), Gremlin Graphics (developer) - 1994
 game - platform
QUADRAPONG
Arcade
Atari - 1974
 game - ball and paddle
CRASH'N SCORE
Arcade
Atari - 1975
 game - car - racing
VIDEO WHIZBALL (VIDEOCART-20)
Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild - 1978
 game -
BASKETBALL (CX2624)
Atari 2600
Atari - 1978
 game - basketball - sport
THE COUNT (VIC-1917)
Commodore Vic 20
Commodore - 1981
 game - adventure - Scott Adams adventure games - text interface - text only - vampire
BOWLING / MICRO MATCH (MG1004)
APF MP1000 systems
APF Electronics - 1978
rating is 3rating is 3rating is 3rating is 3rating is 3
 game - bowling - memory game - mind games - sport
METAL HEAD (32X) (84511)
Sega Mega Drive compatible systems
Sega - 1995
 game - 3d - shoot them up
JUPITER LANDER (VIC-1907)
Commodore Vic 20
HAL laboratory - 1981
rating is 3rating is 3rating is 3rating is 3rating is 3
 game - gravity - space

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Video-Computer-Game

 
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GOLDSTAR
3DO Interactive Multiplayer

 
Geneva ad, Nov. 1985

EPSON
PX 8 / HC-88 / Geneva

 
French advert (1988)

OLIVETTI
PC 1

 
New Zeland ad. (1980...

ISC (INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS CORP)
CompuColor II

 
Proud mother

THOMSON
TO 7

 
Ontel advert #2

ONTEL
OP-1

 
1978 brochure #6

MSI
6800

 
Promotional flyer (i...

GENERAL
Paxon PCT-50

 
Product brochure - i...

LOGICAL MACHINE CORPORATION (LOMAC)
Adam

 
German advert

MAGNAVOX
Odyssey 200

 
German brochure #2

ATARI
STACY

 
COMPUSTAR network

INTERTEC
SUPERBRAIN

 
Flyer

PEL VARAZDIN
Orao

 
Z-2H 1980 advert

CROMEMCO
Z-2

 
Price list

XEROX
820-II

 
Lisa advert

APPLE
LISA / LISA 2 - Mac XL

 
German brochure #1

ATARI
STACY

 
HP brochure

HEWLETT PACKARD
HP-9826

 
Proud father

THOMSON
TO 7

 
Spanish advert

SONY
Hit-Bit 101

 
French ad (jan. 1983...

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
TI 99 / 4A

 
COMPUSTAR ad #2

INTERTEC
SUPERBRAIN

 
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SMP-8

 
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