--- title: MULTITECH MPF-I/88 categories: - Computers types: - Professional Computer origins: - Taïwan years: - '1985' cpus: - Intel 8088 params: name: MPF-I/88 image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_mpf1-88_2s.jpg company: /companies/multitech company_name: MULTITECH specs: - label: NAME value: MPF-I/88 - label: MANUFACTURER value: Multitech - label: TYPE value: Professional Computer - label: ORIGIN value: Taïwan - label: YEAR value: November 1985 - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE value: monitor, assembler, desassembler - label: KEYBOARD value: QWERTY full-stroke ''membrane'' keyboard, 59 keys, stroke audio signal. - label: CPU value: Intel 8088 - label: SPEED value: 4,77 MHz - label: RAM value: 8 KB (up to 24 KB) - label: ROM value: 16 KB (up to 48 KB) - label: TEXT MODES value: 20 characters x 2 lines (from a virtual page of 24 lines) - label: GRAPHIC MODES value: None - label: COLORS value: None (black & white LCD display) - label: SOUND value: Built-in buzzer. tones are produced through a software interrupt (INT 18), - label: SIZE / WEIGHT value: 30 x 30 x 6 cm / 1,5 Kg - label: I/O PORTS value: Tape interface (from 1000 to 2000 bits/sec), Printer connector (Centronics type), 64-pin expansion bus (EXT-BUS) - label: POWER SUPPLY value: Built-in power supply (9v, 1A) - -(o- + - label: PRICE value: 3995 F (France, dec. 1986) tabs: - photos - adverts - hardware - emulators - links - docs photos: - title: MPF-I/88 subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_mpf1-88_2.jpg - title: MPF-I/88 subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_mpf1-88_1.jpg - title: CLOSE-UP subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_mpf1-88_detail.jpg - title: INSIDE subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_mpf1-88_inside_1.jpg - title: 8088 CPU subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_mpf1-88_cpu.jpg - title: VIDEO & DISPLAY CHIPSETS subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_mpf1-88_cpu_2.jpg adverts: - title: FRENCH ADVERT (APRIL 1985) subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: FRENCH AD (DEC. 1986) subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/pubs/multitech_mpf_pub_1.jpg - title: UK ADVERT subtitle: '' text: '' image: null 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: https://www.flite.co.uk/ text: Flite Electronics are still producing and selling MPF-1B systems !! - title: Lee Davison webpages url: http://retro.hansotten.nl/ text: Nice info about the training computers - title: Leo Bodnar MPF-I/88 page url: https://leobodnar.com/MPF-I88/ text: Nice explanation of how to write and load your first MPF-I/88 program - title: System.cfg Forum url: https://forum.system-cfg.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11576 text: Excellent MPF-I/88 thread on this french forum ! docs: - title: MULTITECH MPF-I88 USER MANUAL url: http://leobodnar.com/MPF-I88/Multitech%20MPF-I88%20User%20Manual.pdf cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/multitech_mpfi88_user-doc.jpg text: |- [**MULTITECH MPF-I88 USER MANUAL**](http://leobodnar.com/MPF-I88/Multitech%20MPF-I88%20User%20Manual.pdf)written by Multitech  compiled/archived by Leo Bodnar\  type of document : PDF\  size : 52,2 Mb\  source : [leobodnar.com](http://leobodnar.com) comments: - author: Louis (Uk) date: Sunday 5th June 2022 text: Hi I have one. Micro processor. Want to sell it? - author: Sergio (Spain) date: Monday 11th January 2021 text: Forth https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xKMKYQOycEDEls7L9c6WUKsk9V1DmLWd/view?usp$sharing - author: Sergio (Spain) date: Monday 11th January 2021 text: 'Hi, mpf rom : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xKMKYQOycEDEls7L9c6WUKsk9V1DmLWd/view?usp$sharing' - author: Leo Bodnar (UK) date: Saturday 12th December 2020 text: 'I have put a User Manual here: http://leobodnar.com/MPF-I88/Multitech$20MPF-I88$20User$20Manual.pdf' - author: Jeef (France) date: Wednesday 2nd December 2020 text: Hi, I''m looking for pdf docs and Forth ROM image. Thanks! - author: Alien date: Wednesday 17th July 2019 text: Forth starts with Key H after boot. - author: Sergio Giménez (Spain) date: Wednesday 26th December 2018 text: |- Hi, I have the Forth rom option, please, does anyone know which key combination activates the Forth mode? Thanks.\ Sergio. related: - /museum/multitech-mpf-1-65 - /museum/multitech-mpf-1-a-b - /museum/multitech-mpf-1-plus oc_id: 1132 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230608153838/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1132 date: '2023-06-08' --- The MPF-I/88 is the most evoluated system of the MPF learning tools computers specifically designed for use in the teaching of microprocessors, microelectronics, and control technology. The MPF-I/88 main purpose is to teach the Intel 8088 microprocessor. Unlike its small brothers ([MPF-1B](/museum/multitech-mpf-1-a-b/), [MPF-1 Plus](/museum/multitech-mpf-1-plus/) and Microkit 09), the MPF-I/88 offers a real full-stroke keyboard and a nice 2-lines LCD display. In fact the system can manage virtual screen of 24 lines. It is then possible to scroll the display up & down by pressing ALT+A/Z. Next to the LCD display are a RESET button and two small lights labeled HOLD and AUDIO. HOLD indicates when the CPU execute the HLT instruction which holds the system. AUDIO is lit when audio signal is passing through the tape interface. Monitor, Assembler and Disassembler are built-in the system. There are 192 symbols and characters, designed on a 5x7 pixels grid. Three ROM slots can be found on the motherboard. Only one is used when you buy the computer, but you can use different ROM chipsets if you want, for a maximum of 48 KB (3 x 16 KB). When the computer is turned on you can create/edit/run programs with the Assembler, or you can set break points to analyse memory and registers content all along the execution process. You can of course also load/save your programs through the tape interface. **We are looking for the BASIC ROM for the MPF-I/88.**\ **If you have this, please contact us. It's important.**
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.