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Apricot Portable
 

 

ORIGIN

United Kingdom

DATE

1984

KEYBOARD

Infrared membrane keyboard, 92 keys, 10 function keys and numeric keypad

(same keyboard as the Apricot F1)

CPU

CPU lntel 8086

SPEED

SPEED 5 MHz

RAM

RAM 256k, up to 1024k
VRAM 128k with the color option

ROM

32k

TEXT MODES

80 x 25 (LCD screen)

GRAPHIC MODES & COLORS

LCD screen : 640 x 200
External monitor : 640 x 256
(8 colors simultaneously out of a palette of 16)

COLORS LCD display : monochrom

Color option : 8 colors simultaneously out of a palette of 16

BUILT IN MEDIA

one Sony 3.5'' disk-drive, double-sided, 720k

SOUND

Beep

I/O PORTS

Centronics parallel, RS232 serial,RGB monitor, Apricot-compatible expansion slot

SIZE / WEIGHT

450 x 172 x 200 mm / 5.8 kg

OS

MS-DOS 2.11, Concurrent CP/M Version 3

POWER SUPPLY

Internal PSU

PERIPHERALS

ACT's modem card, memory expansion, 10Mb external hard disk, infrared mouse/trackball

 

 

Apricot PC


 

 

ORIGIN

United Kingdom

DATE

1983

KEYBOARD

QWERTY  101  keys, 8 function keys,
6 re-configurable membrane keys
and numeric keypad

(same keyboard as the Apricot Xi)

CPU

lntel 8086

SPEED

SPEED 4,77 MHz

RAM

RAM 256k, up to 768k

ROM

?? k

TEXT MODES

80 x 25, 132 x 50

GRAPHIC MODES & COLORS

External Monitor : 800 x 400

BUILT IN MEDIA

1 or 2 Sony 3.5'' disk-drive,
double-sided  720k or
single-sided  315k
Optional 5M or 10M hard disks

SOUND

Beeper

I/O PORTS

Centronics parallel, RS232 serial,
RGB monitor, 2x Apricot-compatible expansion slots

SIZE / WEIGHT

450 x 32 x 10 cm / 6,5 Kgr
monitor : 4.1 Kgr
keyboard : 1.5 Kgr

OS

MS-DOS 2.11, Concurrent CP/M Version 3, CP/M 86

POWER SUPPLY

Internal PSU

PERIPHERALS

extra disk drive, ACT's modem card, memory expansion, 5Mb and 10Mb hard disk, mouse/trackball, printer, plotter