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title: ACT Apricot Xen
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- United Kingdom
years:
- '1985'
cpus:
- '80286'
params:
name: Apricot Xen
company: /companies/act
company_name: ACT
specs:
- label: NAME
value: Apricot Xen
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: ACT
- label: TYPE
value: Professional Computer
- label: ORIGIN
value: United Kingdom
- label: YEAR
value: October 1985
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: None
- label: KEYBOARD
value: |-
Full-stroke keyboard, numeric keypad, 10 function keys and 6 dynamic function keys\
Small LCD screen (40 characters x 2 lines)
- label: CPU
value: '80286'
- label: SPEED
value: 7,5 Mhz
- label: RAM
value: 512 KB or 1 MB depending models
- label: ROM
value: Unknown
- label: TEXT MODES
value: 80 chars. x 25 lines
- label: GRAPHIC MODES
value: |-
Monochrome (green or paper white) 800 x 400 dots\
Colour 640 x 350 dots
- label: COLORS
value: Unknown
- label: SOUND
value: Unknown
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: 37 (W) x 37 (D) x 10 (H) cm (CPU)
- label: I/O PORTS
value: Parallel, Serial, Video out, Apricot monitor output
- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
value: One 3''1/2 disk-drive (sometimes 5''1/4) and 20Mb hard-disk
- label: OS
value: MS-DOS 3.2, Windows, Xenix optional
- label: POWER SUPPLY
value: External or internal power supply unit, depending models
- label: PERIPHERALS
value: Trackball, external 5.25 F.D.D. unit
- label: PRICE
value: 'Xen FD: £1699 - Xen HD: £2699 - Xen WS: £1199'
tabs:
- photos
- emulators
- links
- docs
photos:
- title: XEN-I MODEL
subtitle: ''
text: |-
A XEN-i.10 version with a 10 MB hard disk, optional Xen-Tel and high resolution colour monitor.
The Xen-i was launched with a 5.25" FDD, and then reverted to a 3.5" FDD. You can still tell the Xen from the Xen-i because the floppy drive design was different (Xen had an eject button on the right of the drive, Xen-i had a centred eject button).
image: null
- title: XEN MODEL
subtitle: ''
text: |-
The Xen only came in a 3.5" FDD version.
You can still tell the Xen from the Xen-i because the floppy drive design was different (Xen had an eject button on the right of the drive, Xen-i had a centred eject button).
Notice the cordless track-ball which replaced the mouse.
image: null
- title: RIGHT SIDE
subtitle: ''
text: Monochrome version
image: null
- title: FRONT PANEL
subtitle: ''
text: 5.25'' version. We have no information about the 'voice' LED feature
image: null
- title: KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP
subtitle: ''
text: The 80-character LCD display is used to dynamically label programmable function keys
image: null
- title: REAR CONNECTORS
subtitle: ''
text: |-
**(1)** External floppy drive unit connector\
**(2)** Expansion connector\
**(3)** 12V / 5V DC outlet\
**(4)** Parallel printer connector\
**(5)** Serial DB9 connector\
**(6)** Apricot video connector\
**(7)** PC compatible video connector\
**(8)** Mains plug and switch\
**(9)** Keyboard DIN plug
image: null
- title: INSIDE
subtitle: ''
text: |-
**(1)** Switching power supply unit\
**(2)** Internal speaker\
**(3)** Provision for a second floppy disc unit (but no room inside the case!)\
**(4)** 2 x AA batteries housing used for hardware setup backup\
**(5)** 5.25" floppy disc drive\
**(6)** 20 MB 3.5" hard disc drive\
**(7)** Internal and external expansion slots. Internal one is 16-bit PC compatible\
**(8)** 80286 processor and socket for 287 math co-processor
image: null
- title: XEN-XI MAIN BOARD
subtitle: ''
text: |-
**(1)** Hard disk connector. Up to two MFM hard disks could be connected\
**(2)** Western Digital hard disk controller chipset\
**(3)** MOS 6845 video chipset and Apricot video gate array chip\
**(4)** Western Digital floppy disc controller\
**(5)** Floppy drive connector\
**(6)** Reset switch\
**(7)** 32 KB BIOS ROM chips (2 x 27128)\
**(8)** RAM memory expansion connector\
**(9)** 512 KB internal RAM area (16 x 60256 chips)\
**(10)** Keyboard connector (right), Ni.Cd setup battery backup and power connector (left)\
**(11)** Apricot monochrome video daughterboard\
**(12)** Parallel printer connector\
**(13)** 80287 math co-processor socket\
**(14)** Apricot XP-i expansion box connector\
**(15)** Intel 80286 processor\
**(16)** Internal AT-type expansion slot\
**(17)** External floppy drive or tape drive connector
image: null
emulators:
- title: 'APE Plus : Apricot Emulator'
url: http://www.ansible.demon.co.uk/ai/ape.html
platform: MS DOS
text: Commercial emulator that emulates PC/Xi/Xen, the \`F' Series, and the Apricot FP Portable
- title: QDAE
url: http://www.seasip.info/Unix/QDAE/
platform: Multiplatform
text: QDAE is a Quick and Dirty Apricot Emulator for Linux, Windows and MacOS X. This version emulates the Apricot F1; it may support other F-series Apricots as well.
links:
- title: ACT Apricot computers support page
url: http://www.actapricot.org/home/
text: Useful infos. Some links might be outdated
- title: ACT Apricot Computers Yahoo Group
url: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actapricot/
text: Discussion list for the ACT Apricot computers.
docs:
- title: USER PROMPT APRICOT GUIDE ISSUE 1
url: http://www.actapricot.org/support/
cover: null
text: |-
[**USER PROMPT APRICOT GUIDE ISSUE 1**](http://www.actapricot.org/support/)written by UserPrompt Guides
 compiled/archived by Jonathan Marsters\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [www.actapricot.org](http://www.actapricot.org)
- title: USER PROMPT APRICOT GUIDE ISSUE 2
url: http://www.actapricot.org/support/
cover: null
text: |-
[**USER PROMPT APRICOT GUIDE ISSUE 2**](http://www.actapricot.org/support/)written by UserPrompt Guides
 compiled/archived by Jonathan Marsters\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [www.actapricot.org](http://www.actapricot.org)
comments:
- author: Matthew bennett (England )
date: Tuesday 14th December 2021
text: Hi there my dad helped develop the zen,,, My main point is that I still have a one off prototype of the zen case, it was is a clear one so you can see all the internal parts ��
related:
- /museum/act-apricot-f1
- /museum/act-apricot-f2-f10
- /museum/act-apricot-pc
- /museum/act-apricot-portable
- /museum/act-apricot-xi
oc_id: 501
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230603003909/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=501
date: '2023-06-03'
---
Codenamed Candyfloss, this computer was aimed to compete with the IBM PC-AT. It was a multipost system capable of controlling up to 16 stations.
Three versions were sold:\
• Xen FD with 512 KB of RAM and 2 x 720 KB 3.5" FDD.\
• Xen HD with 1 MB of RAM, 720 KB 3.5" or 1.2 MB 5.25" FDD. and 20 MB HDD.\
• Xen WS (WorkStation) with 1 MB of RAM and no disk drives.
Some Xen systems used a large black external power supply unit weighing at least 2-3 kilos, others featured a built-in one.
Speed of processing, supposedly zero wait-state, was superior to that of the IBM-AT. The motherboard featured a hard disk controller but the graphics card was delivered separately.
Xen systems also shipped with MS-DOS 3.2, GW-Basic and Windows. They could also run Xenix O.S.!