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Digital Micro Systems DMS-5000	Computers	Professional Computer	U.S.A.	1982	Z80	name image company company_name specs forum_thread oc_id source DMS-5000 /media/museum/photos/digitalmicrosys_dms5000_system_1.jpg /companies/digital-micro-systems Digital Micro Systems label value NAME DMS-5000 label value MANUFACTURER Digital Micro Systems label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1982 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke 88 keys with 16 function keys & numeric keypad label value CPU Z80 or 8086 label value SPEED Unknown label value RAM 64 KB (Z80) or 1 MB (8086) label value TEXT MODES 80 colomns x 66 lines (vertical pos.)\ 132 columns x 50 lines or 80 x 26 (horizontal pos.) label value GRAPHIC MODES unknown label value COLORS Monochrome label value SOUND Beeper label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown label value OS CP/M or CP/M 86 label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply label value PRICE Unknown 596 609 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230417004102/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=609 2023-04-17

The DMS-5000 resumed the concept of the DMS-3/F system, a CP/M based machine that could be used as a stand-alone computer or as a network station for the HiNet local area network.

The DMS-5000 was sold in two versions, a Z80 based model with 64 KB of RAM, and a 8086 version with up to 1 MB of RAM.

The novelty came from the A4 size rotating screen allowing wide spread sheets to be scrolled left and right, and long letters up and down. The screen had also some interesting high resolution features.

Despite this innovative idea, the DMS-5000 was not a great commercial success. However, the rotating screen concept will be later adopted by several major computer manufacturers, like Rank Xerox.