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BASF 7100	Computers	Professional Computer	Germany	1982	Z80A	name image logo company company_name specs tabs docs comments oc_id source 7100 /media/museum/photos/basf_7120_1s.jpg /media/museum/logos/basf_7100_logo.gif /companies/basf BASF label value NAME 7100 label value MANUFACTURER BASF label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN Germany label value YEAR 1982 label value END OF PRODUCTION unknown label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE unknown label value KEYBOARD mechanical keyboard label value CPU Z80A label value SPEED 4 MHz label value RAM 64 KB label value ROM 16 KB label value TEXT MODES 24 rows of 80 characters with 4 types of highlighting in any combination label value COLORS No (monochrome built-in display) label value SOUND unknown label value SIZE / WEIGHT unknown label value I/O PORTS unknown label value BUILT IN MEDIA three 5 1/4 inch floppy disk drives, single sided, double density (162 KB) label value OS BASF Operating System (including BASIC) and CP/M 2.2 label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply label value PRICE 16000 DM (Germany, 1982) docs title url cover text BASF 7120 BASIC MANUAL https://archive.org/details/BASFSystem7100Basic/page/n1/mode/2up /media/museum/docs/couvs/basf_7100_user-doc.jpg [**BASF 7120 BASIC MANUAL**](https://archive.org/details/BASFSystem7100Basic/page/n1/mode/2up)written by BASF  compiled/archived by Heca Systems\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Heca Systems](http://www.heca.be) author date text Günther (Austria) Tuesday 18th August 2020 Hi, does anybody have boot disks for this system (CP/M or BASIC)? author date text Willem Matthijs (België) Sunday 22nd March 2020 Hi Norbert, could you please contact me?\ i am restoring a BASF 7130 at the moment and I have some questions along the way. Thanks, my email : wimmatthijs@gmail.com author date text Norbert (Germany) Monday 25th November 2019 The model shown is a BASF7120$ my father was chief developer on this system at BASF in Ludwigshafen$ we had one of these computers at home. The computer was based on a DigiLog (USA) Personal Computer, which had an additional printer built in (the paper came out on the top), but was to faulty to be sold (power supply, monitor control, mechanical construction and more.). The operating system was an "Enhanced commercial BASIC" interpreter and/or an Assembler\ Later on, a CP/M version was released\ The official price was 16.000 DM\ The CPU frequency was 4.000 MHz\ The memory was 64 kByte + FDC (don''t know how much RAM was impemented there)\ The production ended 1987, after a press release of the "SPIEGEL" magazine and legal trials claimed that due to the lack of a Parity Bit in the Memory, the computer was too unsafe for serious applications.\ (However, in almost 10 years of use and programming of that computer I personally never experienced any(!) accidental data alteration). It had 2 CPUs (Z80A) which were able to operate independently$ some programs used it for parallel processing(!).\ One of them was part of the FDC (Floppy Disk Control), the upper of the three PCBs which were found inside. Ports: It had a Centronics parallel port and a V.24 / RS232 port at the back. The rocker switches on the right side of the keyboard were used to preset programs (rarely used), as well as the switch banks (DIL-Switches) on the rear side of the computer. If you are interested in more information, please feel free to contact me. author date text Willem Matthijs (België) Sunday 8th September 2019 I acquired the 7130 version of this computer built in 1982.\ It seems like this one was a special version with a hard disk on it.\ It was used to bookkeeping for a winery, i acquired it with an AZERTY French keyboard in the south of France.\ It has a ''pattent pending'' hard disk controller, morst boards are by digi-logic, they keyboard is by Key-tronic corp.\ And yes, also my cataract, which will be taken care of soon author date text Duuuddddd (wefefwefw) Sunday 3rd April 2016 It looks like a mirowave XD author date text Shane Hill (Austin, TX USA) Monday 14th February 2011 This particular model in the image, as well as some other computer images I have seen on the site - have screens that have developed "cataracts." For those of you with older computers, google CRT cataracts. It''s actually pretty easy to repair. -Shane 1/14/11 1301 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230603020201/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1301 2023-06-03

The BASF 7000 systems are professional computers from Germany.

There were several models in the 7000 serie. The model shown is a BASF 7120.

The computer was based on a DigiLog (USA) Personal Computer (Microterm II Intelligent Terminal), which had an additional printer built in (the paper came out on the top), but was to faulty to be sold (power supply, monitor control, mechanical construction and more.).

The operating system was an "Enhanced commercial BASIC" interpreter and/or an Assembler. .Later on, a CP/M version was released.

The CPU frequency was 4.000 MHz and the memory was 64 kByte + FDC.

The production ended 1987, after a press release of the "SPIEGEL" magazine and legal trials claimed that due to the lack of a Parity Bit in the Memory, the computer was too unsafe for serious applications.

It had 2 CPUs (Z80A) which were able to operate independently and some programs used it for parallel processing(!). One of them was part of the FDC (Floppy Disk Control), the upper of the three PCBs which were found inside.

It had a Centronics parallel port and a V.24 / RS232 port at the back.

The rocker switches on the right side of the keyboard were used to preset programs (rarely used), as well as the switch banks (DIL-Switches) on the rear side of the computer.

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.