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Luxor ABC 800 Series	Computers	Professional Computer	Sweden	1981	Z 80	name image company company_name specs tabs photos hardware emulators links comments oc_id source ABC 800 Series /media/museum/photos/luxor_abc800_system_s1.jpg /companies/luxor Luxor label value NAME ABC 800 Series label value MANUFACTURER Luxor label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN Sweden label value YEAR 1981 label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke with function keys and numeric keypad label value CPU Z 80 label value SPEED 3 MHz label value RAM 32 kb label value ROM 32 kb label value TEXT MODES 40 x 24 / 80 x 24 label value GRAPHIC MODES 240 x 240 dots in four out of eight possible colours label value COLORS Monochrome or colour monitor label value SOUND 1 channel label value I/O PORTS 2 x RS232, expansion bus slot label value BUILT IN MEDIA None label value OS Unknown label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit label value PERIPHERALS Expansion unit, any combination of 5 1/4 photos hardware emulators links title subtitle text image LARGE VIEW With the Luxor monochrome monitor /media/museum/photos/luxor_abc800_system_s2.jpg title subtitle text image COMPLETE SYSTEM With ABC 832 dual 5"1/4 floppy disc drive. /media/museum/photos/luxor_abc800_system_s4.jpg title subtitle text image MAIN UNIT #1 /media/museum/photos/luxor_abc800_system_s3.jpg title subtitle text image MAIN UNIT #2 /media/museum/photos/luxor_abc800_rightside_s1.jpg title subtitle text image KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP Swedish version /media/museum/photos/luxor_abc800_keyboard_s2.jpg title subtitle text image REAR SIDE **(1)** Video and power supply connector. The power is supplied by the monitor\ **(2)** Dual serial port\ **(3)** Tape recorder DIN plug\ **(4)** Floppy drive unit controller card\ **(5)** Reset switch /media/museum/photos/luxor_abc800_rearside_s1.jpg title subtitle text image INSIDE The electronic part is made of 3 cards:\ • CPU/RAM/ROM card, the largest one,\ • Text Video card, at right,\ • Graphics video card, at center. **(1)** 32 KB main RAM chips (16x4116)\ **(2)** 32 KB ROM chips (8x2732 EPROM's)\ **(3)** 16 KB graphics video RAM chips (32x2114). Will be replaced later with 16x4116\ **(4)** 6845 video CRT controller (same as first IBM PC mono & colour cards)\ **(5)** Power regulators box, the power is supplied by the monitor\ **(6)** Audio amplifier and loudspeaker\ **(7)** Z80A processor. Most of the Z80 family chips came from Sharp /media/museum/photos/luxor_abc800_mainboard_s1.jpg title subtitle text image THE LUXOR ABC 802 The ABC 802 can run either under CP/M or UFD-DOS (User File Directory DOS, the OS from Luxor). It appears to have the same characteristics than the 800. The ABC 802 was followed by the ABC 806 /media/museum/photos/abc802.jpg title subtitle text image THE LUXOR ABC 806 The ABC 806 had 192 KB RAM which could be used as a RAM DISK. /media/museum/photos/luxor_abc806_1.jpg title subtitle text image LUXOR MANUALS /media/museum/photos/luxor_abc800_manuals_s1.jpg title subtitle text image FLOPPY DISC UNITS #1 Two floppy drive unit were sold, one with Micropolis drives (left), the second with more recent Canon drives. /media/museum/hardware/luxor_abc800_fdunits_s1.jpg title subtitle text image FLOPPY DISC UNITS #2 Micropolis (right) and Canon drives. /media/museum/hardware/luxor_abc800_fdunits_s2.jpg title url platform text ABC 80 Emulator for MSDOS http://www.lysator.liu.se/~exon Windows title url platform text MESS http://www.mess.org Multiplatform MESS also emulates the ABC-800 Serie computers title url text Lars Christoffersson page http://user.tninet.se/~lmx072e/abc800/ Lot's of pictures of the ABC 800 series computers and it's accessories title url text Luxor ABC 800 homepage http://www.devili.iki.fi/Computers/Luxor/index.en.html Technical information and documentation for Luxor ABC800 serie title url text Luxor datorer AB http://www.hultsfred.org/luxor.htm Complete information about Luxor systems title url text Rikard's ABC80 links http://www.etek.chalmers.se/~e7rikard/abc80.html Ressource links author date text BZ (Sweden) Wednesday 13rd April 2011 Wow those were the days. We had a network in school. One minicomputer the ABC 9000 from Luxor and ABC800 - ABC 1600 as terminals. Some of the ABC:s had a cool feature when "wordprocessing" you could rotate the screen 90 degrees and the screen was WYSIWYG of a portrait-A4. UNIX operating system and vi for the wordprocessing. For programming C, no ++ and no $. The 90 degree screen was in a heavy duty metal design..... nevertriedto sharpen any knives thou author date text Gábor Képes (Hungary) Wednesday 12th November 2003 Hello!\ I have a Butler Datamat computer at home. It is a machine from Denmark.\ Is this a clone of the ABC-800? Or not?\ Please give me more info! Best wishes,\ Gabor 357 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230606183635/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=357 2023-06-06

This computer is the successor of the Luxor ABC 80

There were several successors to the ABC800, most notably the ABC802 with built-in small 9" monitor and the ABC806 with more memory and more advanced 512x240x16 graphics.

The ABC 800 series was also sold by Facit under the DTC (DeskTop Computer) name, in a darker enclosure.

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Anonymous contribution:
The Luxor I owned was a Luxor 802 And it didn't look like the one on the picture. The monitor was smalller, made in a metall thick enough to build a (small) house on. The CPU and the monitor was in one piece. The keyboard was connected on the back of the Monitor. The floppy-unit was also very stable I used it as a stepladder.
OS consisted of a disk in the left 5.25" floppy. Start by "system" exit with "byebye" (uncertain).
Very little sound, nice, and tidy. I had 2 with the original RS232 Matrisprinter. You could sharpen a knife on the chassis if you wanted.