---
title: Pertec PCC 2000
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- U.S.A.
years:
- '1978'
cpus:
- Intel 8085
params:
  name: PCC 2000
  image: /media/museum/photos/pertec_pcc2000_1.jpg
  company: /companies/pertec
  company_name: Pertec
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: PCC 2000
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Pertec
  - label: TYPE
    value: Professional Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: U.S.A.
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1978'
  - label: END OF PRODUCTION
    value: Unknown
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Unknown
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Full-stroke QWERTY keyboard with editing and numeric keypads. 12 function keys
  - label: CPU
    value: Intel 8085
  - label: SPEED
    value: 3 Mhz
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Unknown
  - label: RAM
    value: 64 KB (up to 1MB)
  - label: ROM
    value: Unknown
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: Unknown
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: Unknown
  - label: COLORS
    value: 'No'
  - label: SOUND
    value: Unknown
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: Unknown
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Unknown
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: 2 x 8'' floppy disk-drives (500 KB/axis)
  - label: OS
    value: MTX (multi-user operating system), CP/M optional
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Built-in power supply
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: 10 MB hard disks, floppy disk drives, dumb terminals, printers
  - label: PRICE
    value: Unknown
  tabs:
  - adverts
  - links
  adverts:
  - title: PROMOTIONAL PICTURE
    subtitle: ''
    text: thanks to datareign.co.uk for this picture
    image: /media/museum/pubs/pertec_pcc2000_pub_1.jpg
  links:
  - title: datareign.co.uk
    url: http://datareign.co.uk/doku.php?id=1978_pertec_pcc-2000
    text: detailed info about the PCC 2000
  comments:
  - author: Daryl (South Africa)
    date: Tuesday 24th December 2019
    text: Why does the PC2000 have two floppy disk drives instead of 1?
  - author: Gashi (Germany)
    date: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
    text: wie viel kostet heute so eine PCC 2000 zu kaufen würde mich interessieren
  - author: Guru
    date: Thursday 7th May 2015
    text: |-
      @Jaco Engelbrecht, is your grandma still alive? i mean, should i congratulate you on inheriting it already ? :)\
      BTW, wanna sell it out?
  - author: Jaco Engelbrecht (South Africa)
    date: Saturday 12th July 2014
    text: |-
      My grandma has a PCC 2000, Though it''s labelled as a Philips P3000. It definitely is a PCC 2000 though. But, this being South-Africa, we had sanctions and stuff, and companies would do things like this to get around it. I checked the forum and it looks pretty much dead... Actually wanted to ask about the P3000 on it, until I found this

      I''ll inherit it one day. Right now, it''s in her garage roof. Just got a chance to see it, and took a few pics. Sadly, due to the weight, I never got the opportunity to boot her up. Will possibly only be there again in December, 5 months away...

      It should still work. No physical damage. Can''t wait to try boot it up...
  - author: Dan E. (NV / USA)
    date: Saturday 26th May 2012
    text: I was a Pertec dealer in the late 70''s when it was introduced, programming and installing small business applications. I never sold a CP/M version. My interest was the MTX operating system, which was a very small multi-user system with Business BASIC. It support 5-users in only 64K memory, where 4-users were dumb terminals. The language was a clone of the very popular mini-computer OS from MAI Basic Four sold during the 60''s and 70''s. The 10MB disk drive was the size of a washing machine, with 5MB fixed and 5MB removable platter. I installed several of these, but most clients did not require more than the two diskette drives built into the unit. It was five years before the IBM PC was introduced, which I also sold through my Computerland store, but the Pertec was a much more advanced computer because of the MTX OS and Business BASIC.
  - author: Tarun Tyagi
    date: Friday 26th August 2011
    text: can you imagine... this small step towards Personal computing took US$6.5 million per PC
  - author: Alexander Picoli (Brazil)
    date: Thursday 3rd February 2011
    text: In the December 1978 issue of Computer Magazine there is info about the speed of the processor is 3 MHz...
  oc_id: 1300
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230205002057/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1300
    date: '2023-02-05'
---

PCC 2000 is a professional computer released in 1978. It was designed in 1978 by Pertec, the company which merged with MITS by the end of 1976.

The PCC is conceived as a monobloc machine, where the display and two 8" floppy disk drives are built-in the main case. The mechanical keyboard offers separated numeric and editing keypads.

The system is powered by an Intel 8085 microprocessor and offers 64 KB RAM. The whole thing was apparently delivered with an extended Basic language, which has DOS commands built-in to control the disk drives.

Options advertised were:\
\- CP/M, Cobol, Fortran, Basic compiler languages\
\- 10 MB hard disk\
\- wordprocessor software\
\- multi-terminals\
\- multi-tasking

The PCC 2000 was originaly called the MITS 300/15 and renamed to reflect the Pertec brand. This machine replaced the MITS Altair S-100 computers.

The PCC 2000 was also marketed by Ordisor in France, as the [Ordisor PCC 2000](/museum/ordisor-pcc-2000/).