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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
ADDS Mentor 2000	Computers	Professional Computer	U.S.A.	1986	Zilog Z8000	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos docs oc_id source Mentor 2000 /media/museum/photos/adds_m2000_system_1.jpg /companies/adds ADDS label value NAME Mentor 2000 label value MANUFACTURER ADDS label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1986 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Pick BASIC label value KEYBOARD Depending of video terminal used label value CPU Zilog Z8000 label value SPEED 5 MHz label value RAM 640 KB label value ROM Unknown label value TEXT MODES 80 chars. x 25 lines label value COLORS Monochrome label value SOUND Unknown label value SIZE / WEIGHT Large and heavy! label value I/O PORTS 2 Tape Drive slots, 16 x Serial Ports can be expanded to 32, 2 x Diagnostic Ports, 1 x Parallel Port label value BUILT IN MEDIA 1 x 60 MB full size Hard Disk, 1 Tape Drive (large type) label value OS Pick label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit label value PRICE Unknown photos docs 863 title subtitle text image LABELS /media/museum/photos/adds_m2000_label_1.jpg title subtitle text image BACK Notice the air filter, and the two imposing cooling fans. /media/museum/photos/adds_m2000_back_1.jpg title subtitle text image TOP PART Hard disc and tape drive housings. /media/museum/photos/adds_m2000_top_1.jpg title subtitle text image SYSTEM CARDS /media/museum/photos/adds_m2000_cards_1.jpg title subtitle text image SERIAL PORTS The M2000 basic version holds 16 serial ports.\ A board can be added to increase it to 32. (Best give them a dusting before use ;-)) /media/museum/photos/adds_m2000_serials_1.jpg title url cover text MENTOR INSTALLATION GUIDE - 2000/2500 SERIES http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/other/index.htm /media/museum/docs/couvs/adds_mentor2000_installation-guide.jpg [**MENTOR INSTALLATION GUIDE - 2000/2500 SERIES**](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/other/index.htm)written by ADDS  compiled/archived by Dave Dunfield\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Daves Old Computers](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/) title url cover text INTRODUCTION TO MENTOR SOFTWARE http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/other/index.htm /media/museum/docs/couvs/adds_mentor2000_introduction.jpg [**INTRODUCTION TO MENTOR SOFTWARE**](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/other/index.htm)written by ADDS  compiled/archived by Dave Dunfield\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Daves Old Computers](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/) title url cover text OPERATIONS / PROCEDURES MANUAL http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/other/index.htm /media/museum/docs/couvs/adds_mentor2000_procedures.jpg [**OPERATIONS / PROCEDURES MANUAL**](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/other/index.htm)written by ADDS  compiled/archived by Dave Dunfield\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Daves Old Computers](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/) title url cover text GUIDE TO PICK http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/other/index.htm /media/museum/docs/couvs/vide.gif [**GUIDE TO PICK**](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/other/index.htm)\  compiled/archived by Dave Dunfield\  type of document : TXT\  source : [Daves Old Computers](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/) title url cover text PICK FAQ http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/other/index.htm /media/museum/docs/couvs/vide.gif [**PICK FAQ**](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/other/index.htm)\  compiled/archived by Dave Dunfield\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Daves Old Computers](http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/) 882 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230605035745/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=882 2023-06-05

There is almost no information available about this M2000 minicomputer.
ADDS (Applied Digital Data Systems) was a subsidiary of NCR Corp.

The ADDS Mentor 2000 is a serious multi-user business machine the size of a small refrigerator. This system runs the "PICK" operating system. If you ask knowlegable people what "PICK" is, some will say "Operating System" (OS), and the others will say "Database Management System" (DBMS). Both are correct, the PICK operating system is designed around a powerful database file structure.

The Mentor M2000 was one of the rare Z8000 based-system, and was able to manage 16 or 32 video terminals simultaneously.

About the pictured system, Neil Boulton, its current owner says:
Believe me, there is nothing mini about this computer! Sometime when you turn it on after long periods because of the fans and the tape drive you can feel the floor shaking...

Thanks to Dave Dunfield for some info

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Further information from Richard Jowitt:
EDP was the European Distributor & service maintainer for and of the ADDS Mentor products.
EDP shipped over 5,000 Mentor units. We have all the Mentor manuals in our library together with masses of Mentors and Mentor parts, going back to 1981/2.
When NCR sold ADDS, EDP brought to market its own C++ Object based UniVision Multi Value DBMS in 1994, ported to all flavours of Unix. 5.6 million lines of Pick assembler code re-implemented from scratch in just 120K lines of optimised C++. (Object delivers all that was promised!)
UniVision permits any Mentor user to take a FILE-SAVE of its Mentor system, perform an ADD- ACCOUNTS on a UniVision system, re-compile the application, logon and execute the application. That simple.
However, instead of running at a tiny 16x, as the first Mentor 3000's did, UniVision 9.0.1 runs at a massive 5,000x on a Dell 1900 with Linux ES 4.0, or if you run the 64 bit UniVision implementation, which we have not released, an even more massive 8,400x.

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.