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ABC80
The ABC 80 (Advanced BASIC Computer 80) is a home computer engineered by the Swedish corporation Dataindustrier AB (DIAB) and manufactured by Luxor AB, Luxor in Motala, Sweden in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was introduced on the market in August 1978. The ABC 80 was based on an earlier modular computer system from the same company and built around a Zilog Z80, Z80 and of Read-only memory, ROM containing a fast semi-compiling BASIC Interpreter (computing), interpreter. It had of random-access memory, RAM as main memory and a dedicated (included) tape recorder for program and data storage, but could also be expanded to handle disk drives as well as many other peripherals. The ROM could be extended in increments of 1 or 4 KB in order to handle such so called "options". The computer monitor, monitor was a black and white television set, TV set modified for the purpose, an obvious choice since Luxor also made TVs. The ABC 80 was used in schools and offices around Scand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC 800
The Luxor AB, Luxor ABC 800 series are office versions of the ABC 80 home computer. They featured an enhanced BASIC interpreter (computing), interpreter, and more memory: 32 kilobytes RAM and 32 KB ROM was now standard. The Zilog Z80, Z80 is clocked at . It featured 40×24 text mode with eight colors (ABC 800 C) or 80×24 text mode monochrome (ABC 800 M). They could also be extended with "high" resolution graphics (240×240 pixels at 2 ) using RAM as video memory. Models ABC 800 The ABC 800 came in a monochrome version with amber (color), amber text on a brown background with an 80 character wide screen, and a color version with 40 characters. The main board is integrated with the keyboard, much like the Amiga 500. However, the ABC computer has a very sturdy metal chassis. Storage is usually two Floppy disc#5¼-inch floppy disk, 5.25" floppy disk units in 160, 320 or 640 KB capacity. External hard disk systems became available later (primarily the ABC 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
