ComPAN 8 is an 8-bit Polish microcomputer produced in the 1980s at the MERA-ELZAB factory in Zabrze, Poland. ComPAN 8 was designed at the Institute of Industry Automation Systems PAN in Gliwice.[1][2]
Technical description edit
- Processor: 8080A or 8085 2 MHz
- Interrupt controller: 8 levels
- Address bus: extended by 5 additional lines (A16..AA20), max. 2 MB of memory
- RAM: 64 kB
- ROM: 8 kB
- Keyboard: 83 keys MERA 7926M with numerical part
- Floppy disk controller: 8” or 5,25”
- Interfaces: 2 x RS-232C, parallel port, printer interface circuit
- Monochromatic display, divided into 2 (or 3) windows:
- system window: 4 lines, 80 characters on the bottom of the screen
- workspace window:
- 24x80 characters – text mode
- 30x80 Characters – graphical-text mode
- 288x240 pixels – graphical mode
- additional system window (optional): 8 lines with 30 characters on the top of screen
Software edit
- Operation system:
- programming languages
References edit
- ^ Komputery - www.nfsk.prv.pl - Notatnik Fana Starych Komputerów Archived 2008-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Polish Computers Fan Site
- ^ "KOMPUTER" Magazine NR 7/1987