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title, categories, types, origins, years, cpus, params

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