--- title: MULTITECH MPF-1 Plus categories: - Computers types: - Home Computer origins: - Taïwan years: - '1982' cpus: - Z80 params: name: MPF-1 Plus company: /companies/multitech company_name: MULTITECH specs: - label: NAME value: MPF-1 Plus - label: MANUFACTURER value: Multitech - label: TYPE value: Home Computer - label: ORIGIN value: Taïwan - label: YEAR value: '1982' - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE value: Machine code, Basic available on optional ROM - label: KEYBOARD value: |- QWERTY calculator type keyboard, 49 keys\ SHIFT, CONTROL, RESET, arrow keys - label: CPU value: Z80 - label: SPEED value: 2.5 MHz - label: RAM value: 4k (up to 12k) - label: ROM value: From 8k to 16k - label: TEXT MODES value: 20 chars. x 1 line Vacuum fluorescent Display - label: GRAPHIC MODES value: None - label: COLORS value: 'No (err...well, yes : blue !)' - label: SOUND value: Speaker (beeper) - label: SIZE / WEIGHT value: 1575 x 2230 x 160 mm - label: I/O PORTS value: Tape interface, expansion port - label: POWER SUPPLY value: External PSU - label: PRICE value: Unknown tabs: - photos - adverts - hardware - software - emulators - links photos: - title: MPF-1P subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: DISPLAY DETAIL subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: COMPUTER CLOSED subtitle: '' text: '... it then looks like a book !' image: null - title: DOCUMENTATIONS subtitle: '' text: '"Monitor program / source listing" and "Experiment manual (software/hardware)"' image: null - title: BOX subtitle: '' text: '' image: null adverts: - title: FRENCH AD (OCT. 83) subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: FRENCH AD (DEC. 1986) subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/pubs/multitech_mpf_pub_1.jpg hardware: - title: IOM-MPF-IP subtitle: input/output control & memory expansion board text: This expansion card uses a PIO (parallel I/O chip)and a CTC (counter timer chip) to control outside world hardware. It also contains a full complement of optional memory chips. image: null - title: PRT-MPF-IP subtitle: Optional Printer text: |- This 20 column thermal printer provides a permanent hard copy output. The compact unit fits neatly into the case of the MPF-1P and connects to the system via the 40 way ribbon cable provided. Its quiet printing mechanism forms clear, easy to read characters at a rate of almost one line per second. The monitor program contained in the printer's built-in 4Kbytes firmware contains printing routines and pre-defined alphanumeric character patterns enabling users to easily control the printer from within their own programs. The printer's firmware also contains an MPF-1P memory dump routine, as well as a Z80 disassembler allowing program listings to be produced in assembly language mnemonics as well as hexadecimal code. image: null - 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 - title: EPB-MPF-IBP subtitle: EPROM Burner text: |- This EPROM programmer board enables programs developed on the MPF-1 microprocessor training system to be stored on EPROMs up to 8Kbytes in size. The programmed EPROM may then be removed from the programmer and plugged into the MPF-1s memory expansion socket so acting as a permanently resident program. The EPROM programmer board contains its own 6Kbytes RAM buffer and also has a built in 2Kbytes monitor providing a range of easy to use commands allowing data to be read, modified and written. The programmer board fits neatly into the case of the MPF-1 and connects to the system via the 40 way ribbon cable provided. image: null - title: ALL BOXED subtitle: '' text: MPF-1P computer, IOM-MPF-IP, EPB-MPF-IBP and PRT-MPF boxed! image: null screenshots: - title: BOOT DISPLAY subtitle: '' text: Impressive, no ?! image: null 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 comments: - author: DENIS (FRANCE) date: Tuesday 28th July 2015 text: Je possède 1 MPF1P à vendre avec nombreux équipements - author: titiroche date: Monday 16th April 2012 text: J''ai besoin du contenu de l''eprom pour le MPF1 plus (avec afficheur 20 caractéres) car ils sont maquante sur ma carte - author: luke hsu (Taichung / Taiwam) date: Saturday 10th July 2010 text: I need the manuals of the mpf-1p - author: elco (The Netherlands) date: Sunday 14th June 2009 text: |- here are manuals for the mpf-1 http://electrickery.xs4all.nl/comp/mfp1/doc/info.html - author: ali (united state) date: Wednesday 7th June 2006 text: |- hi\ i looking for a simulater of z80 mpf for training - author: Sergio Gimenez (Spain) date: Wednesday 18th January 2006 text: |- Please , I need the MPF FORTH ROM option , a copy or the original .\ where is this rom to download ? Thanks for your attention.\ Sergio. - author: Stefanos (Greece) date: Saturday 19th March 2005 text: I need a MpF I plus simulator for the PC. Does anybody knows if exists something about it ?? - author: Jonatan Portillo (Perú) date: Saturday 15th May 2004 text: I need the user's guide. I have to program a z80 microprocessor - author: Peter Steele (Scotland) date: Wednesday 24th March 2004 text: The power requirements of the MPF-1P are 12VDC @ 1.0 Amp - author: Ricardo (Texas, USA) date: Friday 15th August 2003 text: |- Hi, I was wondering if anybody has the specs for the power supply. I have an MPF-1P but the original power supply is missing. Thanks! Ricardo - author: Jeroen (The Netherlands) date: Sunday 25th May 2003 text: |- Hi, I own one of these, but I don't have a manual... :( I'd really like some info on how to use it, so if anyone has any information please email me! related: - /museum/multitech-mpf-1-65 - /museum/multitech-mpf-1-a-b - /museum/multitech-mpf-i-88 oc_id: 525 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230605032427/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=525 date: '2023-06-05' --- The MPF 1P (MicroProfessor 1 Plus), is an improved version of the [MPF 1](/museum/multitech-mpf-1-a-b/). Like its brother, it is a learning tool for use in the teaching of microprocessor, microelectronics, and control technology. It has a better keyboard. Instead of the hexadecimal keyboard of the MPF 1, this one is a real "QWERTY" one, with CONTROL and SHIFT keys. There is even a RESET key at the top right (red key). The VFD display is also larger. It can now display 20 characters instead of 6 with the MPF-1. It's a 14 segments blue Vacuum fluorescent Display. The color is that typical blue-green and had very high readability. Blue VFD was relatively new technology, first appearing in labs around 1980 The main board has also been redesigned and the RAM capacity is of 4k on the standard model. Despite its poor features, the MPF-1P had great expansion possibilities with an input/output control memory expansion (IOM-MPF-IP), an optional printer board (PRT-MPF-IP), an Eprom Burner board (EPB-MPF-IBP) and several applications delivered on ROMs.