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title: Olivetti ETS 1010
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- Italy
cpus:
- Intel 8088
params:
  name: ETS 1010
  image: /media/museum/photos/olivetti_006a_1.jpg
  company: /companies/olivetti
  company_name: Olivetti
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: ETS 1010
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Olivetti
  - label: TYPE
    value: Professional Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Italy
  - label: YEAR
    value: ??? Unknow
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Unknow
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Unknow
  - label: CPU
    value: Intel 8088
  - label: SPEED
    value: Unknow
  - label: RAM
    value: 128 KB
  - label: ROM
    value: Unknown
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: Unknow
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: Unknow
  - label: COLORS
    value: greenish monochrome monitor
  - label: SOUND
    value: Unknown
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: 15 x 13 x 7 inches
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Communication port, Cabinet socket, Keyboard socket, Monitor socket, Power input
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: 2 x 5''1/4 disk-drives
  - label: OS
    value: Olivetti own OS which was actually CPM/86 customised.
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Built-in PSU
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: 10 or 20 MB hard disk, daisy wheel printer
  - label: PRICE
    value: Unknow
  tabs:
  - photos
  forum_thread: 485
  photos:
  - title: REAR
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/olivetti_006a_2.jpg
  oc_id: 491
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20221129111056/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=491
    date: '2022-11-29'
---

This Word Processor was originally produced by Syntrex Inc. Eatontown, New Jersey and sold under the brand of Olivetti. This was in 1980 (Version 1 of Syntrex Operating System was not sold); in 1981 the completely redesigned Version was sold with the system worldwide.

The picture shows the base unit of the ETS 1010 (Electronic Typing System) It came with a display unit and one could attach an electronic typewriter (usually an ET121 or ET221) or a keyboard.

The cabinet socket plugged into a central storage device which could support 8 or 16 ETS units at a time plus 2 printers. There was a 10 MB hard drive option (later 20 MB Winchester HDD) which was the size of a chest freezer.

A variety of daisy wheel printers could be used with the system: PR430 / DY310 / DY450 / ET121 / ET221

There also existed an ETS2010 which was an updated version. It used an 80186 CPU, had more memory and was compabitable with all data on ETS1010.

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**Contributor**: Robert Scrivener, Dr. Joachim Mueller, Charles Moss

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