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

title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Regnecentralen RC 700 Piccolo	Computers	Professional Computer	Denmark	1980	Z80A	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos adverts links oc_id source RC 700 Piccolo /media/museum/photos/regnecentralen_rc700_1.jpg /companies/regnecentralen Regnecentralen label value NAME RC 700 Piccolo label value MANUFACTURER Regnecentralen label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN Denmark label value YEAR 1980 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None label value KEYBOARD RC-721 full-stroke limited keyboard. An extended version with numeric keypad was also available label value CPU Z80A label value SPEED 4 Mhz label value RAM 48 KB (expandable to 64 KB) label value ROM 2 KB label value TEXT MODES Unknown label value GRAPHIC MODES A graphic expansion board could be installed (More info?) label value COLORS Monochrome label value SOUND Beeper label value I/O PORTS Monitor output, Keyboard connector, Parallel connector, Terminal & Printer serial (V24) connectors, External disk drive connector, Fuse, Monitor power label value BUILT IN MEDIA 5.25'' floppy disk drive\ Optional 8'' floppy disk drive label value OS CP/M label value POWER SUPPLY PSU Built-in label value PERIPHERALS RC-602 or RC-603 dot matrix printer label value PRICE About $3500 photos adverts links 635 title subtitle text image REAR From left to right: - Video monitor output,\ - Keyboard connector,\ - Parallel port,\ - Printer (serial) port,\ - Terminal (serial) port,\ - External disk drive (Model RC762) connector,\ - (below:) Power output for monitor (Model RC752) /media/museum/photos/regnecentralen_rc700_rear.jpg title subtitle text image MOTHER BOARD Picture copyright [www.uptime1.dk](http://www.uptime1.dk) /media/museum/photos/regnecentralen_rc700_mobo.jpg title subtitle text image SYSTEM DIAGRAM /media/museum/photos/regnecentralen_rc700_diagram.gif title subtitle text image STICKER This is a promotional adhesive sticker of the RC 700 Piccolo... What a visionary thought! /media/museum/pubs/regnecentralen_rc700_sticker.jpg title url text DataMuseum.dk http://www.datamuseum.dk/site_dk/rc/ Some info about Regnecentralen and its computers 650 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230603123856/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=650 2023-06-03

Regnecentralen was a governmental agency founded in 1955 in order to build and run DASK (the first Danish computer), and for doing research in the computer field.

The RC 702 Piccolo (RC 700 was the series) was thus used by most schools in Denmark. It was equiped with a Z80A microprocessor, could be shipped with one or two built-in 5" floppy disc drive and ran CP/M.

The system supported CP/M and UCSD PASCAL, but was usually shipped with RC COMAL-80, a programming language which was used extensively in Danish schools for many years. COMAL was quite popular as a teaching language, especially in Scotland.

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Pictures & info from Henrik Schmidt

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