NAME  

C 64

MANUFACTURER  

Commodore

TYPE  

Home Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

1982

END OF PRODUCTION  

1993

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

Basic

KEYBOARD  

Full-stroke 66 keys with 4 function keys

CPU  

6510

SPEED  

0.985 MHz (PAL) / 1.023 MHz (NTSC)

COPROCESSOR  

VIC II (Video), SID (Sound)

RAM  

64 KB

ROM  

20 KB

TEXT MODES  

40 columns x 25 lines

GRAPHIC MODES  

several, most used : 320 x 200

COLORS  

16 + 16 border colours

SOUND  

3 voices / 9 octaves, 4 waveforms (sound output through TV)

SIZE / WEIGHT  

40.4 (W) x 21.6 (D) x 7.5 (H) cm / 1820 g

I/O PORTS  

RGB (composite, chroma/luma and sound in/out), 2 x Joystick plugs, Cardridge slot, Tape interfarce (300 bps), Serial, User Port, TV RF output

BUILT IN MEDIA  

Cassette unit. Provision for 170 KB 5.25' ' floppy disc unit (1541)

POWER SUPPLY  

External power supply unit

NAME  

MAX Machine / Ultimax / VC-10

MANUFACTURER  

Commodore

TYPE  

Home Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

1982

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

MAX BASIC on cartridge

KEYBOARD  

Flat membrane keyboard, 4 function keys, 2 arrow keys
<-, CONTROL, RUN/STOP, SHIFT LOCK, C=, SHIFT (x2), CLR HOME, INST/DEL, RESTORE, RETURN

CPU  

MOS 6510 (6502 compatible)

SPEED  

1 Mhz

COPROCESSOR  

SID (Sound chip), 6566 VIC-II (Video chip)

RAM  

2.5 kb

ROM  

2kb

TEXT MODES  

40 x 25

GRAPHIC MODES  

320 x 200

COLORS  

16

SOUND  

SID (Sound Interface Device) : 3 voices, 9 octaves

I/O PORTS  

Power in (DIN7), Audio output (minijack), Cartridge port, RF TV out, Cassette interface (bus), 2 x joystick connectors

POWER SUPPLY  

External PSU : AC100v, 50/60Hz, 25VA / DC 5v 1.2A / AC 9v 0.45A

NAME  

HP-86

MANUFACTURER  

Hewlett Packard

TYPE  

Professional Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

July 1982

END OF PRODUCTION  

Unknown

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

HP-Basic interpreter

KEYBOARD  

Full-stroke 91 keys with 7 function keys and arrow keys

CPU  

Hewlett-Packard 8 bit (Unknown)

SPEED  

0.625 MHz

RAM  

64 KB (86A), 128 KB (86B), up to 640 KB

VRAM  

16 KB

ROM  

48 KB

TEXT MODES  

80 x 24

GRAPHIC MODES  

544 x 240

COLORS  

Monochrome

SOUND  

Built-in speaker

SIZE / WEIGHT  

42 (W) x 45.5 (D) x 13 (H) cm

I/O PORTS  

Centronics, 2 x FDD (86A), HP- IB (86B)

BUILT IN MEDIA  

None

OS  

HP-Basic

POWER SUPPLY  

Built power supply unit

PERIPHERALS  

External FDD, printers, HP expansion cards, all HP-IB compatible peripherals

NAME  

HP-87

MANUFACTURER  

Hewlett Packard

TYPE  

Professional Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

September 1982

END OF PRODUCTION  

1984

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

HP Basic interpreter

KEYBOARD  

Full stroke 93 keys with numeric keypad and user definable keys

CPU  

'Capricorn' custom HP 8-bit CPU

SPEED  

0.625 MHz

COPROCESSOR  

Custom HP I/O circuits

RAM  

32 KB up to 534 KB max.

VRAM  

16 KB

ROM  

48 KB

TEXT MODES  

80 chars x 16 or 24 lines (software switch)

GRAPHIC MODES  

544 x 240 dots

COLORS  

Monochrome

SOUND  

Tone Generator

SIZE / WEIGHT  

Unknown

I/O PORTS  

Four I/O Ports, HP-IB

BUILT IN MEDIA  

None

OS  

Built-in BASIC language. Optional CP/M O.S. Needed external FD/HD unit

POWER SUPPLY  

Built-in power supply unit - 110V / 240V switchable

PERIPHERALS  

Speech Synthesis module, modem
Various extension cards: GP-IB, Serial, FDD/HDD controller, I/O routines, Parallel, BASIC extensions

NAME  

HP-9816

MANUFACTURER  

Hewlett Packard

TYPE  

Professional Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

November 1982

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

None

KEYBOARD  

Full troke 70-key with function keys

CPU  

Motorola 68000

SPEED  

8 MHz

COPROCESSOR  

Motorola 6845 (CRT controller), TI-9914 (Serial & HP-IB management)

RAM  

128 KB up to 512 KB (provision for up to 4 MB)

VRAM  

Unknown

ROM  

16 KB to 48 KB

TEXT MODES  

80 chars x 25 lines

GRAPHIC MODES  

400 x 300 pixels

COLORS  

Monochrome

SOUND  

Beeper

I/O PORTS  

HP-IB, Serial RS232

BUILT IN MEDIA  

Dual 3.5' ' floppy drives unit (HP-9121)

OS  

HP Pro-BASIC, PASCAL, CP/M 68K

POWER SUPPLY  

Built-in power supply unit

PERIPHERALS  

All of the HP-IB peripherals

NAME  

Instruments Computer System

MANUFACTURER  

IBM

TYPE  

Professional Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

June 1982

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

None

KEYBOARD  

57 (Mainframe) + 10 (Monitor) programmable soft keys
Full-stroke 86 keys PC-type keyboard

CPU  

Motorola 68000

SPEED  

8 Mhz.

COPROCESSOR  

None

RAM  

128 KB expandable in 256 KB increment up to 5 MB

VRAM  

Unknown

ROM  

Up to 128 KB

TEXT MODES  

80 columns x 30 lines

GRAPHIC MODES  

768 x 480 dots

COLORS  

Monochrome

SOUND  

Beeper

SIZE / WEIGHT  

39 Kg with CRT, printer and keyboard

I/O PORTS  

Serial RS- 232C x 3, IEEE-488, Parallel, Analog,
VERSAbus compatible system bus

BUILT IN MEDIA  

Up to 4 x 5.25' ' (322 KB) or 8' ' (1 MB) F.D.D.
Up to 4 x Winchester disks, 5 or 10 MB each.

OS  

IBM specific multitasking O.S.

POWER SUPPLY  

Built-in power supply unit

PERIPHERALS  

4-color, 200 CPS Plotter-Printer

NAME  

iPDS

MANUFACTURER  

Intel

TYPE  

Professional Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

1982

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

None

KEYBOARD  

Full stroke detachable keyboard
62 keys with arrow keys

CPU  

Intel 8085

SPEED  

Unknown

COPROCESSOR  

None

RAM  

64 KB standard RAM + 64 KB bubble memory module

ROM  

Unknown

TEXT MODES  

80 chars x 25 lines

GRAPHIC MODES  

No graphics

COLORS  

Monochrome - Green phosphorus CRT

SOUND  

Beeper

SIZE / WEIGHT  

Unknown

I/O PORTS  

ICE and EPROM burner connector at right side
Serial RS232, Parallel printer, Second external FDD unit

BUILT IN MEDIA  

DS-DD 5' ' floppy disc drive, Bubble memory module

OS  

Isis

POWER SUPPLY  

Built-in power supply unit

PERIPHERALS  

Second FDD unit, various ICE and EPROM burner modules

NAME  

APPLE IIe

MANUFACTURER  

Apple

TYPE  

Home Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

January 1983

END OF PRODUCTION  

1993

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

Basic

KEYBOARD  

Full stroke 52 key with cursor keys

CPU  

MOS 65c02

SPEED  

1.02 MHz

RAM  

64 KB

ROM  

16 KB

TEXT MODES  

40 x 24 / 80 x 24 (with 80 columns card)

GRAPHIC MODES  

40 x 40-48 (16 col), 280 x 160-192 (6 col), 560 x 160-192 (2 col)

COLORS  

16 maximum

SOUND  

one channel - Built-in speaker

SIZE / WEIGHT  

39.4 (W) x 45.7 (D) x 11.4 (H)

I/O PORTS  

Monitor, Internal Slots (6), Memory slot, Tape, Joystick

BUILT IN MEDIA  

None

OS  

DOS 3.3 or ProDOS

POWER SUPPLY  

Built-in switching power supply unit

PERIPHERALS  

Lots of expansion cards and peripherals

NAME  

LISA / LISA 2 - Mac XL

MANUFACTURER  

Apple

TYPE  

Professional Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

January 1983

END OF PRODUCTION  

August 1986

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

Lisa OS

KEYBOARD  

Full-stroke 77-key with numeric keypad

CPU  

Motorola MC 68000

SPEED  

5 MHz

RAM  

1 MB (2MB max. via 3rd party upgrade)

ROM  

16 KB

TEXT MODES  

40 x 32 bit-mapped

GRAPHIC MODES  

720 x 364 dots

COLORS  

Monochrome ( 12' ' built-in monitor)

SOUND  

Continuously Variable Slope Demodulator (CVSD)

SIZE / WEIGHT  

35 (W) x 47.5 (D) x 38.8 (H) cm / 15.2 Kg

I/O PORTS  

2 x RS232, 3 proprietary slots, Parallel (only on original Lisa),

BUILT IN MEDIA  

Lisa : two 5.25' ' floppy drives (871 KB)
Lisa 2/Max XL : one Sony 3.5' ' floppy drive (400 KB)

OS  

Lisa Office System or Mac OS (Lisa 2/Mac XL only)

POWER SUPPLY  

Built-in 150W power supply unit

PERIPHERALS  

5 MB or 10 MB external hard disk

NAME  

CBM 500 / 600 Series

MANUFACTURER  

Commodore

TYPE  

Professional Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

1983

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

Microsoft BASIC

KEYBOARD  

Full stroke 94 key with numeric keypad and function keys

CPU  

MOS 6509 (Zilog Z80 & Intel 8088 optional)

SPEED  

1 MHz (500), 2 MHz (600)

RAM  

128 KB (up to 896 KB, varying according to the model)

ROM  

28 KB

TEXT MODES  

40 x 25 (500), 80 x 25 (600-700)

GRAPHIC MODES  

300 x 200 (500), 512 x 512 (600-700)

COLORS  

16 (500), Monochrome (600-700)

SOUND  

3 voices, 9 octaves (700)

SIZE / WEIGHT  

46 (W) x 59.5 (D) x 46 (H) cm

I/O PORTS  

IEEE-488, Serial RS-232

BUILT IN MEDIA  

Change according to the model

OS  

ROM Based (CP/M or MS DOS optional)

POWER SUPPLY  

Built-in power supply unit

PERIPHERALS  

2 x 170 KB or 500 KB or 1 MB 5' ' floppy disc unit, 8088 or Z80 card

NAME  

CBM 700 Series

MANUFACTURER  

Commodore

TYPE  

Professional Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

1983

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

Extended version of Microsoft BASIC 4.0

KEYBOARD  

Full stroke 94 key with numeric keypad and function/programmable keys

CPU  

MOS 6509 (Zilog Z80 & Intel 8088 optional)

SPEED  

2 MHz

RAM  

128 KB (up to 896 KB)

ROM  

28 KB

TEXT MODES  

80 chars. x 25 lines

GRAPHIC MODES  

None

COLORS  

Monochrome

SOUND  

3 voices, 9 octaves (same SID 6581 as C-64)

SIZE / WEIGHT  

46 (W) x 59.5 (D) x 46 (H) cm

I/O PORTS  

IEEE-488, Serial RS-232, Cartridge, audio, cassette

BUILT IN MEDIA  

optional built-in dual floppy disc drives

OS  

ROM Based (CP/M or MS DOS optional)

POWER SUPPLY  

Built-in switching power supply unit

PERIPHERALS  

2 x 170 KB or 500 KB or 1 MB 5' ' floppy disc unit, 8088 or Z80 card

NAME  

Educator 64

MANUFACTURER  

Commodore

TYPE  

Home Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

1983

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

Commodore Basic 2.0

KEYBOARD  

Full-stroke keyboard, 4 function keys, 66 keys

CPU  

6510

SPEED  

1 Mhz.

COPROCESSOR  

VIC II (Video), SID (Sound)

RAM  

64k

ROM  

20k

TEXT MODES  

40 x 25

GRAPHIC MODES  

several, most used : 320 x 200

COLORS  

16

SOUND  

3 voices / 6 octaves (sound output through built-in loudspeaker)

I/O PORTS  

2 x Joystick plugs, Cardridge slot, Tape interfarce (300 bps), Serial, User Port, TV RF output, headphone jack.

POWER SUPPLY  

Built-in Power supply unit (Same as CBM 4000)

NAME  

SX/DX 64 - Executive computer

MANUFACTURER  

Commodore

TYPE  

Transportable

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

1983

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

SX-64 Basic v2.0

KEYBOARD  

Full-stroke detachable keyboard, 66 keys, 4 function keys

CPU  

6510

SPEED  

1 Mhz

COPROCESSOR  

VIC II (Video), SID (Sound)

RAM  

64k (38911 bytes free)

ROM  

20k

TEXT MODES  

40 chars. x 25 lines with 16 colors

GRAPHIC MODES  

several, most used : 320 x 200

COLORS  

16

SOUND  

3 voices, 9 octaves, 4 waveforms

SIZE / WEIGHT  

36.8 (W) x 36.8 (D) x 12.7 (H) cm

I/O PORTS  

2 joystick sockets (Atari standard), cartridge slot, expansion port, serial, RGB video output, keyboard

BUILT IN MEDIA  

SX-64 : 1 x 5' '1/4 FDD
DX-64 : 2 x 5' '1/4 FDD

POWER SUPPLY  

Built-in power supply unit

PERIPHERALS  

Z80 card

NAME  

HP-150

MANUFACTURER  

Hewlett Packard

TYPE  

Professional Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

1983

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

PAM (Personal Application Manager)

KEYBOARD  

Full-stroke 107 keys with function keys and numeric keypad

CPU  

Intel 8088

SPEED  

8 MHz

RAM  

256 KB (up to 640 KB)

ROM  

Unknown

TEXT MODES  

80 x 27 (the 25th and 26th lines are used for function key display and the 27th for status indicators)

GRAPHIC MODES  

512 x 384 dots

COLORS  

Monochrome (green & black)

SOUND  

Beeper

SIZE / WEIGHT  

305 (W) x 305 (D) x 287 mm (H) / 9.82 Kg

I/O PORTS  

HP-IB (IEEE-488), two RS232 serial ports, two expansion slots, Centronics (optional), keyboard port (HP-IL on the HP-150 II)

BUILT IN MEDIA  

one or two 3.5' ' disk-drives (270 KB each); optional hard disk (5 or 15 MB)

OS  

MS DOS 2.01, 2.11 and 3.2 for later models

POWER SUPPLY  

Built-in switching power supply unit, 130w

PERIPHERALS  

Memory card, ink-jet, thermal or laser printer

NAME  

HP-9836

MANUFACTURER  

Hewlett Packard

TYPE  

Professional Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

1983

CPU  

Motorola 68000

SPEED  

8 MHz

RAM  

512 KB (up to 2.5 MB)

ROM  

Unknown

TEXT MODES  

80 x 25

GRAPHIC MODES  

Unknown

COLORS  

monochrom

I/O PORTS  

Centronics, RS232c, HP IB

BUILT IN MEDIA  

1 or 2 x 5' '1/4 flexible disc drives

OS  

ROM BASIC

NAME  

PC Junior

MANUFACTURER  

IBM

TYPE  

Home Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

November 1983

END OF PRODUCTION  

March 1985

KEYBOARD  

Chicklet keyboard (full stroke keyboard was available later)

CPU  

Intel 8088

SPEED  

4.77 MHz

COPROCESSOR  

Texas Instrument sn76496 n (sound)

RAM  

64k (up to 640 KB)
Extended model : 128k

VRAM  

from 2k to 128k (use the conventional RAM)

ROM  

24 KB

TEXT MODES  

40 x 25 / 80 x 25

GRAPHIC MODES  

160 x 200 (16 colors), 320 x 200, 640 x 200

COLORS  

16

SOUND  

three channels

SIZE / WEIGHT  

Unknown

I/O PORTS  

2 cartridges ports (64 KB each), Centronics (optional), RS232, Joystick, Light Pen, video out (RCA plug)

BUILT IN MEDIA  

one 5.25' ' disk drive

OS  

MS DOS

POWER SUPPLY  

External PSU

NAME  

PC XT - Model 5160

MANUFACTURER  

IBM

TYPE  

Professional Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

1983

END OF PRODUCTION  

Unknown

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

Microsoft BASIC

KEYBOARD  

Full-stroke keyboard with numeric keypad and function keys
84 or 101 keys

CPU  

Intel 8088

SPEED  

4.77 MHz

COPROCESSOR  

Socket for a 8087 math co-processor

RAM  

From 64k to 640k, depending on models

ROM  

64 kb

TEXT MODES  

80 x 24 / 40 x 24

GRAPHIC MODES  

CGA modes : 320 x 200 / 640 x 200

COLORS  

16

SOUND  

Tone Generator

I/O PORTS  

eight internal slots (five 8 bit ISA), RS232c, Centronics

BUILT IN MEDIA  

One 5.25' ' FDD, 360k ( 3.5' ' on later models)
10Mb or 20Mb hard-disk

OS  

MS DOS

POWER SUPPLY  

PSU built-in

PERIPHERALS  

Numerous IBM and third-parties expansion cards, i.e. the QuadRam 512 KB RAM card

PRICE  

$8000 (Complete version with 640 KB RAM, 10 MB HDD, colour display)