---
title: MULTITECH MPF-1/65
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- Taïwan
years:
- '1984'
cpus:
- MOS Technology 6502
params:
  name: MPF-1/65
  image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_mpf1-65_1s.jpg
  company: /companies/multitech
  company_name: MULTITECH
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: MPF-1/65
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Multitech
  - label: TYPE
    value: Home Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Taïwan
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1984'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: assembler
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: calculator type keyboard, 49 keys
  - label: CPU
    value: MOS Technology 6502
  - label: RAM
    value: 64 KB
  - label: ROM
    value: 16 KB
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 24 x 40
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: None
  - label: COLORS
    value: None
  - label: SOUND
    value: yes, but unknown specifications (built-in speaker)
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: Unknown
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: video outputs (RF & composite), power in, tape interface, expansion connector
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: External power supply (+5v, -5v & 12v)
  - label: PRICE
    value: 2995 FF (France, jan. 1985)
  tabs:
  - photos
  - adverts
  - hardware
  - emulators
  - links
  forum_thread: 1172
  photos:
  - title: MPF-1/65
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_mpf1-65_1.jpg
  adverts:
  - title: FRENCH ADVERT (JAN. 1985)
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/pubs/multitech_mpf1-65_pub_1.jpg
  hardware:
  - title: PRINTER
    subtitle: Another picture
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/multitech_mpf1_printer.jpg
  - title: PRINTER
    subtitle: Box
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/multitech_mpf1_printer_box.jpg
  emulators:
  - title: MESS
    url: http://www.mess.org
    platform: Multiplatform
    text: This popular emulator can also emulate an MPF-1 computer
  links:
  - title: ACER milestones
    url: http://global.acer.com/about/milestones.htm
    text: Multitech was the first name of ACER
  - title: Flite Electronics
    url: http://www.flite.co.uk/microprocessor-training-systems-overview.htm
    text: Flite Electronics are still producing and selling MPF-1B systems !!
  - title: Lee Davison webpages
    url: http://members.lycos.co.uk/leeedavison/z80/index.html
    text: Nice info about the MPF-1B and MPF-1 Plus
  related:
  - /museum/multitech-mpf-1-a-b
  - /museum/multitech-mpf-1-plus
  - /museum/multitech-mpf-i-88
  oc_id: 1204
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230201101852/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1204
    date: '2023-02-01'
---

The MPF-I/65 is an initiation computer based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU (hence the name 65). It was designed and produced by Multitech in Taïwan which would eventually become Acer in 1987.

Multitech was then specialised in such small computers used to study electronic principles and micro-processors. The [MPF-I](/museum/multitech-mpf-1-a-b/) was based on the Z80 CPU, the [MPF-I/88](/museum/multitech-mpf-i-88/) on the Intel 8088 CPU, the [Microkit 09](/museum/multitech-microkit-09/) on the Motorola 6809 CPU and thus the MPF-I/65 on the MOS Technology 6502. All popular chipsets of the time were then covered.

The MPF-I/65 offers 64 KB RAM and 16 KB ROM. It is directly programmed in machine language, no Basic here. The 16 KB ROM thus contains assembler, editor and debugger tools to assist the programmer in its task. On the contrary of other MPF-I systems, there is no built-in LCD display. An external display must be attached to use the computer.

What is interesting about this computer is that it looks A LOT like the [MPF-II](/museum/multitech-mpf-ii/). Same CPU, same calculator type keyboard and most of all identical motherboard. It all seems like it was a pre-version of the MPF-II system, which is itself more advanced (built-in Basic, graphical possibilities, etc.). But the MPF-II was released in 1982, and first adverts of the MPF-I/65 appeared late 1984 (at least in France)...

So it could be the contrary: the MPF-I/65 being a simplified version of the MPF-II to meet the needs of an initiation computer based on the Motorola 6502 CPU. If you know the answer, contact us.

<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>