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INDATA DAI
Computers
Home Computer
Belgium
1979
Intel 8080A
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DAI /media/museum/photos/indata_dai_1.jpg /companies/indata INDATA
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NAME DAI
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MANUFACTURER INDATA
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TYPE Home Computer
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ORIGIN Belgium
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YEAR 1979
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BUILT IN LANGUAGE Basic Interpreter
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KEYBOARD QWERTY full-stroke keyboard with arrow keys (57 keys)
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CPU Intel 8080A
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SPEED 2 MHz
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CO-PROCESSOR AMD 9511 (optional numeric processor)
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RAM 48 KB
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ROM 24 KB
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TEXT MODES 60 x 24
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GRAPHIC MODES 65 x 88 / 130 x 176 / 260 x 352 with 4 or 16 colors
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COLORS 16
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SOUND 3 stereo voices + 1 noise generator
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SIZE / WEIGHT 45 x 38 x 12
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I/O PORTS Parallel port, RGB, RS232c, Bus DCE, Stereo, 6 analogic inputs, Tape (600 bauds), Audio Stereo output
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OS CP/M with disk-drive extension
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POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU
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PERIPHERALS 5''1/4 disk-drives, Memocom (digital tapes), joysticks, printers, robot arm, arithmetic coprocessor, plotter
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PRICE 1300 (France, november 1981)\ 1365 (France, november 1982)\ 1021 (France, september 1983)
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INDATA DAI Thomas Conté /media/museum/photos/indata_dai_more_1.jpg
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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
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FRENCH ADVERT #1 ''The sound, the color, the intelligence'' /media/museum/pubs/indata_dai_pub_april-1982.jpg
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FRENCH ADVERT #2 (OCTOBER, 1982) ''Particuliar sign : painter and musician'' /media/museum/pubs/indata_dai_pub_multisoft-signe-particulier.jpg
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FRENCH ADVERT #3 ''God created the world, DAI put it under CP/M'' /media/museum/pubs/indata_dai_pub_dieu.jpg
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FRENCH ADVERT #4 /media/museum/pubs/indata_dai_pub_espace.jpg
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COMPLETE SYSTEM Complete system with double disk-drives, Memocom, printer and controllers. /media/museum/hardware/indata_dai_complete.jpg
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DOUBLE 5''1/4 DISK-DRIVES (320K) /media/museum/hardware/indata_dai_diskdrive_320k.jpg
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ANALOGIC CONTROLLER This joystick could be used with special software like CLIO, to draw on the screen. /media/museum/hardware/indata_dai_joystick.jpg
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F.J. Kraan's DAI pages https://fjkraan.home.xs4all.nl/comp/dai/index.html Some intersting infos here with pictures
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Para DAI personal computer http://bruno.vivien.pagesperso-orange.fr/DAI/ French dedicated site with a lot of information of all sorts. A must !
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Personal Computer World test http://www.xs4all.nl/~fjkraan/comp/dai/daipcw.html An original text from Personal Computer World magazine, instructive !
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Kris (Belgium) Thursday 28th July 2022 Philippe, I have 640K drives but no working diskettes. Can you help me with bootable DAI DOS diskettes? You can contact me through my website: https://blue-print.be
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Philippe (France) Sunday 12th June 2022 I''m looking for a double 640K floppy disk. Thank you Philippe
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Tom DAI (Australia) Friday 22nd February 2019 You can join the "DAInamic" group on Facebook.\ Everybody welcome.
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Carlo W. Friday 30th December 2016 I own a DAI with 48 kbyte RAM. At the time I was 16 but made a little box that, when connected between DAI and cassette recorder allows the DAI to read/write with 9600 baud instead of 300 baud. I still own that one-of-a-kind piece of electronics too. If anyone is interested please $ me mail at alinoe dot com with username carlo
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Peter Udbjørg (Oslo, Norway) Monday 20th January 2014 Ahh, used to drool over the articles in the colored magazines dealing in personal computers, Personal Computer World being the king, so to speak. And the DAI was much drooled over.\ In the end, Tiki-100 won out… :)
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Tom DAI (Australia) Saturday 23rd February 2013 Dear DAI fans,\ I uploaded to Youtube a couple of video clips done with DAI PC in 1982 and 1983. Check:\ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdiYVKSpwr5HSW_FVxCHhVA/videos\ or search Youtube for DAI computer.\ Please contact me if you have DAI PC memorabilia. user33 /at/ hrdesignstudio /dot/ com.\ Thanks.\ Tom
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Voisin (France) Monday 7th January 2013 Have you always this Dai? I am interested in purchasing this type of computer.
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Dacres (Spain) Sunday 11th November 2012 I have one DAI computer RF with original box, firmware documentation, some tape and perhaps a Philips compatible player. 25 years without test the setup.
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Andreas Werkmeister (Germany) Sunday 30th October 2011 I am looking for a DAI computer to buy! I will pay the send worldwide an of course for the DAI. If u have one please send me a mail andy-15@gmx.net Thanks
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Andreas Werkmeister (Germany) Sunday 30th October 2011 I am looking for a DAI computer to buy! I will pay the send worldwide an of course for the DAI. If u have one please send me a mail andy-15@gmx.net Thanks
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Andreas Werkmeister (Germany) Sunday 30th October 2011 I am looking for a DAI computer to buy! I will pay the send worldwide an of course for the DAI. If u have one please send me a mail andy-15@gmx.net Thanks
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Andreas Werkmeister (Germany) Sunday 30th October 2011 I am looking for a DAI computer to buy! I will pay the send worldwide an of course for the DAI. If u have one please send me a mail andy-15@gmx.net Thanks
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Andreas Werkmeister (Germany) Sunday 30th October 2011 I am looking for a DAI computer to buy! I will pay the send worldwide an of course for the DAI. If u have one please send me a mail andy-15@gmx.net Thanks
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Tom DAI (Australia) Thursday 9th June 2011 I am interested in vintage computer magazines advertisements for DAI.\ Please provide a list of issues with the name of mag, date, country.\ So far I found wonderful review in Computing today (UK), August 1981, pages 37-40 (4 pages b/w). Also a full page colour ad on page 65. Another full page colour ad in Computing today (UK), July 1982 on the inside of the back cover (page 107). Would like to source the "Transparent view" ad from Germany. Any info? For scans contact me directly user33 /at/ hrdesignstudio /dot/ com.\ Thanks.\ Tom
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John hart (Ledbury, Herefordshire) Monday 2nd May 2011 Hi Ken Davies, I have a Dai which has not seen the light of day since the BBC micro was introduced. I think it''s still in good working order (it was when last used) but you''ll have to check it and see.\ I have no idea on price - you will have a better idea of what it''s worth and what you are prepared to pay.\ Email me on john.hart.jh@gmail.com if you want to follow this up.\ Thanks.\ John
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Mr. Pi Thursday 3rd March 2011 The DAI has a 2MHz 2 phases clock.
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Ken Davies (West Midlands, England) Monday 10th April 2006 I am looking for a DAI computer to buy because my old one has broken and I have nothing to play my games on or run my programs on. Does anybody have one to sell please ? Could you email me and let me know if you have one that is working and how much you want for it. I have a MEMOTECH MTX512 which I could trade if anyone is looking for one of those. Thanks
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Bruno VIVIEN (France) Sunday 20th February 2005 Je viens de débuter un site consacré à cette belle machine : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/bruno.vivien/DAI/index.htm
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Jos Van den berge (Haacht/Belgium) Tuesday 11th January 2005 I gonna 'revive' my DAI again. but I need to replace the tv-modulator ... Find an old cassette-player ... tv-set ... and alot of time ...\ For those who are interested in DAI-equipment:\ I have:\ * nearly all the club magazines (DAInamic)\ * The assembler-listing of the ROM's (firmware)\ * An industrial DAI- DCE -computer system with some I/O-cards and alot of (empty) eproms\ * the DCE-hardware designer manual ... If you need some info ... just let me know .. Jos
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Bruno VIVIEN (France) Wednesday 3rd November 2004 Je viens de réparer mon DAI après 20 années de remisage dans un placard ! Tout fonctionne et j'arrive encore à relire mes vielles cassettes !
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Hespel Francois (France) Sunday 18th January 2004 Now, there is an emulator for this machine.\ The latest version of M.E.S.S. (Multi-Emulator Super System) emulates the DAI in all it's graphics modes.\ But software still has to be dumped into MESS-readable format. So only Basic can be played with for now (a very good one for that time).
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Wouters Michel (Antwerp/Belgium) Sunday 22nd December 2002 Who does have Dai Software...I have only the machine, no software at all... Please send me an e-mail at : wouters.michel@skynet.be
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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.