---
title: Philips P/330
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- Netherlands
years:
- '1978'
cpus:
- Intel 8080
params:
  name: P/330
  image: /media/museum/photos/p330-1.jpg
  company: /companies/philips
  company_name: Philips
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: P/330
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Philips
  - label: TYPE
    value: Professional Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Netherlands
  - label: YEAR
    value: March 1978
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Unknown
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Full stroke keyboard
  - label: CPU
    value: Intel 8080 (NEC version)
  - label: SPEED
    value: Unknown
  - label: RAM
    value: 32 KB
  - label: ROM
    value: Unknown
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 80 columns x 24 lines
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: None
  - label: COLORS
    value: Monochrome
  - label: SOUND
    value: Unknown
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: Unknown
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Unknown
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: |-
      2 x 8'' FDD, optional 7 MB 8'' hard disk\
      Programs loading was done by a minicassete software called PIOC (Program Input Output Cassette)
  - label: OS
    value: PHOCAL (Philips Office Computer Assembler Language)
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Unknown
  - label: PRICE
    value: About 15,000 (Belgium)
  tabs:
  - photos
  - hardware
  forum_thread: 358
  photos:
  - title: PHILIPS P/330 WITH OPENED FDD
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/p330-2.jpg
  - title: PHILIPS P/430 KEYBOARD AND CONTROL PANEL
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      We are looking information about this machine.\
      Holger Groh is also looking for any technical information and documentation in order to bring his P/430 back to life.

      Thanks to **Holger Groh**
    image: /media/museum/photos/philips_p430_keyboard_s1.jpg
  - title: 16-INCH HDD
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      Same capacity as a basic usb key but 10,000 times more heavy!

      thanks to **Dani** for the picture
    image: /media/museum/photos/philips_p330_8inchhdd_s1.jpg
  hardware:
  - title: P-3320 PRINTER
    subtitle: ''
    text: This printer used full DIN A3 fanfold paper and printed 200 lines per minute.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_p5200_p3320printer_s1.jpg
  - title: 'ROM CARD #1'
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      Two ROM cards are connected together, side by side.

      Thanks to **Dani Galan** for all card pictures.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_p330_romboard_s1.jpg
  - title: 'ROM CARD #2'
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_p330_cpuboard_s2.jpg
  - title: RAM CARD
    subtitle: ''
    text: 32 KB RAM card (16x4116 chips). Provision is made for a second 32 KB RAM bank.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_p330_ramboard_s1.jpg
  - title: CPU CARD
    subtitle: ''
    text: Notice the NEC 8080 processor at the upper right corner. I/O chips come also from NEC and Intel.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_p330_cpuboard_s1.jpg
  - title: 'FDD CARD #1'
    subtitle: ''
    text: Like the ROM cards, two FDD cards are connected together.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_p330_fddcard_s1.jpg
  - title: 'FDD CARD #2'
    subtitle: ''
    text: The second FDD card uses its own 8080 microprocessor, also a NEC version.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_p330_fddcard_s2.jpg
  oc_id: 354
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20221205114316/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=354
    date: '2022-12-05'
---

These photos were sent by Pablo Alvarez Doval (Thank you!). This computer belongs to his uncle, unfortunately, he has no information about it. He says: "It's a huge computer, built in a metallic desk, with a printer, two 8" floppy drives, 12" green-screen monitor (I am not sure, but I do believe it is 12"), and a keyboard, everything you needed built in. It even had a chair to compliment it! Obviously, it is some kind of office computer".

It has indeed a 12" screen (white characters 25 x 80) en two 8" floppy drives 1,2 MB. A harddisk was optional. The programming language was Phocal. (Philips Office Computer Assembly Language).

The printer was a 9 pins dot matrix, 100 cps. The P330 was the last product of the Philips Office computers series. Then Philips came with the mircro computers and later the IBM compatibele PC's.

In 1992 the Philips computer line was ended.

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Contributors : Pablo Alvarez Doval, Roy Van Der Lee

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