1975
BRD DOLPHIN
NAME |
Dolphin |
MANUFACTURER |
brd |
TYPE |
Professional Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
1975 |
BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
Olivetti A5 or P603 assembler and BAL |
KEYBOARD |
Typevriter keyboard with numeric keypad and function keys |
CPU |
Unknown |
SPEED |
Unknown |
RAM |
480 bytes |
ROM |
Unknown |
TEXT MODES |
No display |
I/O PORTS |
Serial port |
POWER SUPPLY |
Built-in power supply unit |
COMPUCOLOR 8001
NAME |
8001 / 8051 |
MANUFACTURER |
Compucolor Corporation |
TYPE |
Home Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
1975 |
BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
Basic 8001 |
KEYBOARD |
74 keys mechanical keyboard with numeric and arrows keypads |
CPU |
Intel 8080 |
SPEED |
Unknown |
RAM |
8 Kb. expandable to 24 Kb. |
VRAM |
8 Kb. |
ROM |
11 Kb. expandable to 33 Kb. |
TEXT MODES |
48 lines of 80 chars. |
GRAPHIC MODES |
160 x 192 dots |
COLORS |
8 |
SOUND |
Unknown |
I/O PORTS |
34 I/O ports |
BUILT IN MEDIA |
External floppy tape unit (8-tracks cartridges) |
POWER SUPPLY |
Built-in P.S.U. |
PERIPHERALS |
Diskette drive, light-pen |
PRICE |
$2750 (May 1977) |
IBM 5100
NAME |
5100 |
MANUFACTURER |
IBM |
TYPE |
Professional Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
September 1975 |
END OF PRODUCTION |
1978 |
BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
BASIC or APL or both |
KEYBOARD |
Full stroke 74 keys with numeric keypad and arrow keys |
CPU |
IBM circuit module |
SPEED |
1.9 MHz. |
RAM |
16 KB to 64 KB by 16 KB steps |
ROM |
32 KB to 64 KB |
TEXT MODES |
64 chars. x 16 lines |
GRAPHIC MODES |
None |
COLORS |
Monochrome |
SOUND |
No sound capabilities |
SIZE / WEIGHT |
24 Kg . |
I/O PORTS |
5103 printer and 5106 external tape drive unit |
BUILT IN MEDIA |
Built-in 204 KB DC600 tape drive |
OS |
APL or BASIC |
POWER SUPPLY |
Built-in power supply unit |
PRICE |
From $8975 (BASIC 16 KB) to $19,975 (BASIC+APL 64 KB) |
ICE-FELIX M18
NAME |
M18 series |
MANUFACTURER |
Ice-Felix |
TYPE |
Professional Computer |
ORIGIN |
Romania |
YEAR |
1975 |
END OF PRODUCTION |
1981 |
BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
None |
KEYBOARD |
Depending on the video terminal used |
CPU |
East Européan version of the Intel 8080 |
SPEED |
Unknown |
RAM |
64 KB |
ROM |
Unknown |
TEXT MODES |
Depending on the video terminal used, mostly 80 x 25 |
GRAPHIC MODES |
None |
COLORS |
Monochrome |
SOUND |
Unknown |
I/O PORTS |
Parallel and Seriel |
BUILT IN MEDIA |
Magnetic tapes or punch cards |
OS |
M18-ROS and enhanced versions, later CP/M |
PERIPHERALS |
Serial printer, paper tape and card reader-puncher, magnetic tape drive, |
PRICE |
Unknown |
MICROCOMPUTER JOLT
NAME |
Jolt |
MANUFACTURER |
Microcomputer Associates Inc. |
TYPE |
Home Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
November 1975 |
END OF PRODUCTION |
1978 |
KEYBOARD |
none (V.24, teletype connection) |
CPU |
Mos Technology 6502 |
SPEED |
1 MHz |
RAM |
512 bytes (expandable up to 4 KB) |
VRAM |
None |
ROM |
1 KB |
SOUND |
None |
ALTAIR 680
NAME |
Altair 680 |
MANUFACTURER |
MITS |
TYPE |
Professional Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
October 1975 |
BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
None |
KEYBOARD |
27 address, data and control switches |
CPU |
Motorola 6800 |
SPEED |
500 KHz. |
COPROCESSOR |
None |
RAM |
1 KB |
ROM |
1 KB |
TEXT MODES |
Depends on the video terminal used |
SIZE / WEIGHT |
28 (W) x 28 (D) x 12 (H) cm. |
I/O PORTS |
Serial port |
BUILT IN MEDIA |
None in basic version |
POWER SUPPLY |
Built_in power supply unit |
PERIPHERALS |
Memory board, I/O board |
PRICE |
Kit form: about $300, assembled: $420 |
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ALTAIR 8800
NAME |
ALTAIR 8800 |
MANUFACTURER |
MITS |
TYPE |
Professional Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
1975 |
KEYBOARD |
No keyboard, but switches on front panel. |
CPU |
Intel 8080A (rarely 8080) |
SPEED |
2 MHz (each instruction takes 4 clock cycles) |
RAM |
256 bytes (you had to buy this memory board) |
ROM |
None |
TEXT MODES |
None (optional 64 x 12 card) |
GRAPHIC MODES |
None |
SIZE / WEIGHT |
Unknown |
I/O PORTS |
Unknown |
POWER SUPPLY |
Unknown |
PRICE |
$595 |
MOS TECH KIM 1
NAME |
KIM 1 |
MANUFACTURER |
MOS Technology |
TYPE |
Home Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
1975 |
KEYBOARD |
Hexadecimal keyboard, calculator type |
CPU |
6502 |
SPEED |
1 MHz |
RAM |
1152 bytes |
ROM |
2 KB (assembler) |
TEXT MODES |
6 digits LED screen |
GRAPHIC MODES |
None |
COLORS |
No |
SOUND |
Various square wave frequencies could be produced by software |
SIZE / WEIGHT |
Unknown |
I/O PORTS |
tape interface, bus expansion, serial (to connect to a terminal) |
POWER SUPPLY |
5V / 1.2A and 12V / 100mA. The 12V was only needed for the serial function |
PERIPHERALS |
Unknown |
PRICE |
$250 (USA, 1975) |
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MOS TECH TIM
NAME |
TIM |
MANUFACTURER |
MOS Technology |
TYPE |
Home Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
1975 |
BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
ROM based hex monitor |
KEYBOARD |
external 8-level ASCII terminal or teletype |
CPU |
6502 |
SPEED |
1 Mhz. |
RAM |
1024 bytes (depending of the user) |
ROM |
1024 byte TIM monitor in 6530, 1024 byte in 2708 EPROM |
SIZE / WEIGHT |
Implementation specific |
I/O PORTS |
Front 2708 eprom burner, BNC analog output, rear RS232 |
BUILT IN MEDIA |
2708 in front socket can be written (programmed) and read |
OS |
Monitor in 6530, user code in the internal 2708 EPROM |
POWER SUPPLY |
User built |
PRICE |
unknown |
NBI HANTU
NAME |
Hantu |
MANUFACTURER |
NBI |
TYPE |
Professional Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
1975 |
KEYBOARD |
Full-stroke professional keyboard with two keypads (numeric and editing ?) |
CPU |
Intel 8008 |
RAM |
up to 16k |
SIZE / WEIGHT |
Indecent... |
BUILT IN MEDIA |
2 x 8' ' floppies, (250k each) |
POWER SUPPLY |
PSU built-in |
ONTEL OP-1
NAME |
OP-1 |
MANUFACTURER |
Ontel |
TYPE |
Professional Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
1975 |
END OF PRODUCTION |
Appx 1984 |
BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
Most work was done in Assembly, Microsoft Basic and Fortran |
KEYBOARD |
Full size detachable QWERTY with many function keys |
CPU |
8008 / 8080 / 8085 |
SPEED |
1 to 10 MHz |
RAM |
16 / 32 / 48 / 64 KB (later models had a 256 KB memory option) |
ROM |
256 Byte to 64 KB. The system bios was contained in only 256 bytes of ROM, enough to boot from a floppy! |
TEXT MODES |
80 chars x 24 liges |
GRAPHIC MODES |
No graphics |
COLORS |
Monochrome |
SIZE / WEIGHT |
Large footprint / Weight depending on configuration, up to 50 pounds |
I/O PORTS |
Up to 5 serial DB-25 for printers, drives, serial RS-232, etc. depending on system configuration |
POWER SUPPLY |
Very large linear power supply. From 1981, small switching power supply |
PERIPHERALS |
10 card cage - 1 cpu card, 1 video card, 1 or 2 memory cards, 1 DMA card, up to 4 peripheral controllers, 1 not used |
PRICE |
from $2500 to over $10,000 depending on configuration/features |
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SWTPC 6800
NAME |
6800 |
MANUFACTURER |
South West Technical Products Corporation |
TYPE |
Professional Computer |
ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
YEAR |
1975 |
END OF PRODUCTION |
1979 |
KEYBOARD |
Optional terminal |
CPU |
Motorola 6800 |
SPEED |
980 Khz. |
RAM |
4 KB min., depending on models |
ROM |
8 KB |
TEXT MODES |
Unknown |
GRAPHIC MODES |
Unknown |
COLORS |
Unknown |
SOUND |
Unknown |
SIZE / WEIGHT |
Unknown |
I/O PORTS |
Serial |
OS |
ROM Monitor |
POWER SUPPLY |
Integrated P.S.U. |
PERIPHERALS |
S-50 and S-30 bus cards |
PRICE |
$395 (Basic kit version) |