---
title: EAGLE COMPUTERS INC. Eagle
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- U.S.A.
years:
- '1980'
cpus:
- Zilog Z80 A
params:
  name: Eagle
  image: /media/museum/photos/eagle_ii_1s.jpg
  company: /companies/eagle-computers-inc
  company_name: EAGLE COMPUTERS INC.
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Eagle
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Eagle Computers Inc.
  - label: TYPE
    value: Professional Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: U.S.A.
  - label: YEAR
    value: april 1980
  - label: END OF PRODUCTION
    value: '1988'
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Full-stroke ketboard with separated numeric keypad
  - label: CPU
    value: Zilog Z80 A
  - label: SPEED
    value: 4 MHz
  - label: RAM
    value: 64 KB
  - label: VRAM
    value: 2 KB
  - label: ROM
    value: 4 KB
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 80 x 24
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: None
  - label: COLORS
    value: monochrome green display
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: |-
      Centronics, 2 x serial/RS232, SASI\
      AV ports on AVI models
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: According the model
  - label: OS
    value: CP/M 2.2
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Built-in PSU
  - label: PRICE
    value: |-
      Eagle III : $1600 (USA, 1982)\
      Eagle IV : $2600 (USA, 1982)
  tabs:
  - photos
  forum_thread: 520
  photos:
  - title: EAGLE II
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/eagle_ii_1.jpg
  - title: EAGLE II - FRONT
    subtitle: ''
    text: thanks to Dorothy de Kiewiet for this picture
    image: /media/museum/photos/avl_eagle_front_dorothy.jpg
  - title: EAGLE II - RIGHT SIDE
    subtitle: ''
    text: thanks to Dorothy de Kiewiet for this picture
    image: /media/museum/photos/avl_eagle_r-side_dorothy.jpg
  - title: EAGLE II - SIDE
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/eagle_ii_rear.jpg
  - title: EAGLE II - REAR
    subtitle: ''
    text: thanks to Dorothy de Kiewiet for this picture
    image: /media/museum/photos/avl_eagle_rear2_dorothy.jpg
  - title: EAGLE II - REAR CLOSE-UP
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      From left to right:

      \- audio PLAY IN\
      \- audio OUT 1 & OUT 2\
      \- SERIAL 1 & 2\
      \- PARALLEL A\
      \- PARALLEL B (Centronics)\
      \- Power cord\
      \- Brightness knob\
      \- Power switch

      thanks to Dorothy de Kiewiet for this picture
    image: /media/museum/photos/avl_eagle_rear_dorothy.jpg
  - title: EAGLE II - LEFT SIDE
    subtitle: ''
    text: thanks to Dorothy de Kiewiet for this picture
    image: /media/museum/photos/avl_eagle_l-side_dorothy.jpg
  - title: DIFFERENT EAGLE MODELS
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/eagle_computers.jpg
  oc_id: 526
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230208074732/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=526
    date: '2023-02-08'
---

Eagle Computers were originally manufactured by AVL (Audio Visual Labs) as a controller for audio-video projectors. The original models, the Eagle I and II, had AV ports on the back.

The computers proved so popular that the AV ports were removed, and standard RS-232 and Centronics ports added. The computer division was spun off and Eagle Computers, Inc. was created.

The complete line of CP/M computers they made was: Eagle I, II, III, IV, and V. All were the same except for the storage. The **Eagle I** had a single single-sided (SS) double-density (DD) 96-tpi 5.25" floppy-disk drive, the **Eagle II** had two of these. The **Eagle III** had two double-sided (DS) DD 96-tpi 5.25" FDD. The **Eagle IV** had one of these and a 10-Mb hard disk, and the **Eagle V** had one of these and a 32-Mb hard disk.

The Is and Vs were not sold in large numbers, because of the small storage capacity of the former, and the high capacity and higher price of the latter. Who needed 32 Mb?