--- title: INDATA DAI categories: - Computers types: - Home Computer origins: - Belgium years: - '1979' cpus: - Intel 8080A params: name: DAI image: /media/museum/photos/indata_dai_1.jpg company: /companies/indata company_name: INDATA specs: - label: NAME value: DAI - label: MANUFACTURER value: INDATA - label: TYPE value: Home Computer - label: ORIGIN value: Belgium - label: YEAR value: '1979' - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE value: Basic Interpreter - label: KEYBOARD value: QWERTY full-stroke keyboard with arrow keys (57 keys) - label: CPU value: Intel 8080A - label: SPEED value: 2 MHz - label: CO-PROCESSOR value: AMD 9511 (optional numeric processor) - label: RAM value: 48 KB - label: ROM value: 24 KB - label: TEXT MODES value: 60 x 24 - label: GRAPHIC MODES value: 65 x 88 / 130 x 176 / 260 x 352 with 4 or 16 colors - label: COLORS value: '16' - label: SOUND value: 3 stereo voices + 1 noise generator - label: SIZE / WEIGHT value: 45 x 38 x 12 - label: I/O PORTS value: Parallel port, RGB, RS232c, Bus DCE, Stereo, 6 analogic inputs, Tape (600 bauds), Audio Stereo output - label: OS value: CP/M with disk-drive extension - label: POWER SUPPLY value: Built-in PSU - label: PERIPHERALS value: 5''1/4 disk-drives, Memocom (digital tapes), joysticks, printers, robot arm, arithmetic coprocessor, plotter - label: PRICE value: |- 1300 (France, november 1981)\ 1365 (France, november 1982)\ 1021 (France, september 1983) tabs: - photos - adverts - hardware - software - links - docs forum_thread: 464 photos: - title: INDATA DAI subtitle: '' text: Thomas Conté image: /media/museum/photos/indata_dai_more_1.jpg - title: FIRST MODEL subtitle: '' text: The case is the same but the logo and the keyboard are black and white only... image: /media/museum/photos/indata_dai_bw.jpg adverts: - title: 'FRENCH ADVERT #1' subtitle: '' text: '''''The sound, the color, the intelligence''''' image: /media/museum/pubs/indata_dai_pub_april-1982.jpg - title: 'FRENCH ADVERT #2 (OCTOBER, 1982)' subtitle: '' text: '''''Particuliar sign : painter and musician''''' image: /media/museum/pubs/indata_dai_pub_multisoft-signe-particulier.jpg - title: 'FRENCH ADVERT #3' subtitle: '' text: '''''God created the world, DAI put it under CP/M''''' image: /media/museum/pubs/indata_dai_pub_dieu.jpg - title: 'FRENCH ADVERT #4' subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/pubs/indata_dai_pub_espace.jpg hardware: - title: COMPLETE SYSTEM subtitle: '' text: Complete system with double disk-drives, Memocom, printer and controllers. image: /media/museum/hardware/indata_dai_complete.jpg - title: DOUBLE 5''1/4 DISK-DRIVES (320K) subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/hardware/indata_dai_diskdrive_320k.jpg - title: ANALOGIC CONTROLLER subtitle: '' text: This joystick could be used with special software like CLIO, to draw on the screen. image: /media/museum/hardware/indata_dai_joystick.jpg links: - title: F.J. Kraan's DAI pages url: https://fjkraan.home.xs4all.nl/comp/dai/index.html text: Some intersting infos here with pictures - title: Para DAI personal computer url: http://bruno.vivien.pagesperso-orange.fr/DAI/ text: French dedicated site with a lot of information of all sorts. A must ! - title: Personal Computer World test url: http://www.xs4all.nl/~fjkraan/comp/dai/daipcw.html text: An original text from Personal Computer World magazine, instructive ! docs: - title: REFERENCE MANUAL url: http://www.1000bit.net/support/manuali/manuali.asp cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/indata_dai_reference-manual.jpg text: |- [**REFERENCE MANUAL**](http://www.1000bit.net/support/manuali/manuali.asp)written by Indata  compiled/archived by Fred Jan Kraan\  type of document : PDF\  source : [www.1000bit.com](http://www.1000bit.com) - title: FIRMWARE MANUAL url: http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/dai/doc/ cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/indata_dai_firmware-manual.jpg text: |- [**FIRMWARE MANUAL**](http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/dai/doc/)written by B. J. Boerrigter  compiled/archived by Fred Jan Kraan\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Yet Another Computer Museum](http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/virtlibrary.html) - title: MEMOCOM TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION (DUTCH) url: http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/dai/doc/ cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/vide.gif text: |- [**MEMOCOM TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION (DUTCH)**](http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/dai/doc/)written by Philips  compiled/archived by Fred Jan Kraan\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Yet Another Computing Museum](http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/virtlibrary.html) - title: DIAGRAM SET SHEETS url: http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/dai/doc/ cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/vide.gif text: |- [**DIAGRAM SET SHEETS**](http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/dai/doc/)written by DAINAMIC Personal Computer Users Club  compiled/archived by Fred Jan Kraan\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Yet Another Computing Museum](http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/virtlibrary.html) software: - /software/clio - /software/dai-pacman - /software/daiman - /software/daylaxians - /software/duel - /software/ecluse - /software/france - /software/puzzly - /software/sargon - /software/soldier - /software/superbase oc_id: 470 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230609033917/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=470 date: '2023-06-09' --- The DAI was renowned for its graphic capabilities but was too expensive ! A lot of peripherals were developped for this computer : a hard disk (8 MB), several floppy disk drives and even a robot !! The DAI can run under CP/M. Walter Belgers reports us that this system was chosen for a television course on computers in the Netherlands, instead of a computer made by Texas Instruments. What TI then did was to stop selling EPROMs to DAI. In 1983, TI was one of the few manufacturers of EPROM's, so DAI had many problems delivering the systems and almost went bankrupt.