The Olivetti M28 personal computer, introduced in 1986, was the successor to the

Olivetti M24 The Olivetti M24 is a computer that was sold by Olivetti in 1983 using the Intel 8086 CPU. The system was sold in the United States under its original name by Docutel/Olivetti of Dallas. AT&T and Xerox bought rights to rebadge the system as t ...

. It had an

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CPU running at 8 MHz and 512 KB (expandable to 1024 KB on the

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) of RAM, featuring a 5.25"

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and a 20 MB

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. The operating systems were

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3.2 and

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. The computer had room to install three disk units, as opposed to only two on the M24. It was possible to install a 70 MB hard drive, a

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and a enhanced CGA compatible graphic card capable of displaying 640x400 pixels with 16 colors. The Olivetti M28 was rebranded as the AT&T PC 6310 by

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in 1987 and sold on the US market. It was available in France as the Persona 1800, sold by

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