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+title: Digital Equipment Corporation DECmate III
+categories:
+- Computers
+types:
+- Professional Computer
+origins:
+- U.S.A.
+years:
+- '1984'
+cpus:
+- Harris 6120 cpu
+params:
+  name: DECmate III
+  company: /companies/digital-equipment-corporation
+  company_name: Digital Equipment Corporation
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: DECmate III
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: Digital Equipment Corporation
+  - label: TYPE
+    value: Professional Computer
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: U.S.A.
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: '1984'
+  - label: END OF PRODUCTION
+    value: '1990'
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: QWERTY full-stroke professionnal keyboard
+  - label: CPU
+    value: Harris 6120 cpu (12 bits)
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: 8 Mhz
+  - label: RAM
+    value: 32k (+ 32k for dedicated control panel functions)
+  - label: TEXT MODES
+    value: 80 x 24 and 132 x 24
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: 'No'
+  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
+    value: 32 x 28 x 14 cm / 8 kg
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: RS232C, printer, data-communication port
+  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
+    value: 2 x 5
+  - label: OS
+    value: OS/278
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: Built-in PSU
+  - label: PERIPHERALS
+    value: |-
+      Color graphics board\
+      APU board : Z80 based board for CP/M use\
+      XPU board : 8088 based board for MS/DOS use\
+      Modem
+  - label: PRICE
+    value: approx. 2700$
+  tabs:
+  - photos
+  - links
+  photos:
+  - title: MAIN UNIT
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  links:
+  - title: DECmate FAQ by Charles J. Lasner
+    url: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-8/docs/dminfo.faq
+    text: DECmate specific information
+  - title: PDP8 page by Douglas W. Jones
+    url: http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/pdp8/
+    text: Infos and links about the PDP8 machines
+  - title: '''''What is a DECmate III ?'''' from the PDP-8 FAQ'
+    url: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/dec-faq/pdp8-models/section-15.html
+    text: Useful
+  comments:
+  - author: Ian (UK)
+    date: Thursday 5th June 2003
+    text: that system box looks similar to a VAXstation 2000 I used to carry around as a portable.
+  oc_id: 468
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230202174529/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=468
+    date: '2023-02-02'
+---
+
+This computer is still based on the PDP-8 architecture but is less "opened" than the DECmate II. Indeed DEC realised that the PDP-8 based products were rarely expanded to their full potential. Thus, they conceived the DECmate III wich offers less expansion possibilities but which was also cheaper.\
+As the last incarnation of the PDP-8 technology, the DECmate III use a single chip containing all the PDP-8 hardware !
+
+Only one pair of 5''1/4 disk-drives (RX50) is supported and it is not possible to connect a Hard-Drive. But unlike the DECmate II, a color monitor can replace the monochrom screen.
+
+It was mainly intended for professionnal word-processing, but could also run other software including OS/278. The DECmate III was compatible with the DECmate II.
+
+In 1985, a DECmate III+ was sold with a hard disk controller built-in and overall completely new hardware components, though still compatible with the DECmate II and III.
+
+The DECmate computers were marketed by Digital Equipment Corporation.