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6,654 pages: 1,289 machines, 702 software, 460 companies, 64 history, 17 articles, 59 fun. 4,336 media files so far; references to files not downloaded yet are left out. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ
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title: AI Electronics ABC 26
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Professional Computer
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origins:
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- Japan
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years:
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- '1982'
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cpus:
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- Zilog Z80A
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params:
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name: ABC 26
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company: /companies/ai-electronics
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company_name: AI Electronics
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: ABC 26
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: AI Electronics
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- label: TYPE
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value: Professional Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: Japan
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1982'
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: |-
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Mechanical QWERTY / AZERTY keyboard\
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16 function keys and numeric keypad
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- label: CPU
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value: Zilog Z80A
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- label: SPEED
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value: 4 Mhz
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: Arithmetic processor
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- label: RAM
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value: 64 kb (up to 1Mb)
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- label: ROM
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value: 4 kb (monitor)
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 80 x 24
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 640 x 288 and 640 x 576 optional (PLOT 10 compatible)
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- label: COLORS
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value: monochrome (12'' green monitor)
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: 2 x serial ports - 2 x parallel ports x 1 GP-IB (IEEE 488) port
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: 'ABC-26 : 2 x 8'''' disk-drives (1,2Mb each)'
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- label: OS
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value: Dosket, CP/M & M/PM
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: PSU built-in
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: external disk-drives, 10Mb and 20Mb Winchester hard-disk
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tabs:
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- photos
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- adverts
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photos:
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- title: ABC-26
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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adverts:
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- title: FRENCH ADVERT
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: FRENCH ADVERT (JAN. 1981)
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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comments:
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- author: JAN LE ROUX (SOUTH AFRICA)
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date: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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text: I have an ABC-26 Ai Electronics 8.5 inch floppy drive computer with keyboard still in working condition that I am interested in selling. The computer was bought new by my wife but we now only use notepads. Does anyone have any idea of the value?
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oc_id: 512
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230531224515/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=512
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date: '2023-05-31'
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The [ABC-24](/museum/ai-electronics-abc-24/) and ABC-26 could run up to 8 programs simultaneously and couls manage 7 workstations under M/PM (according to the advertisement). they had a real-time clock and 96 graphic symbols built-in.
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There were several models : [20](/museum/ai-electronics-abc-20/), 21, 22, 23, [24](/museum/ai-electronics-abc-24/), 25 and 26, mostly differentiated by the storage capacities...\
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The 2x Models were the successors of the ABC 10, which had a digital tape auxillary memory, supplied with DOSKET-T.
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AI DOSKET is the AI Electronics Operating System. A lot of languages were developed for these computers: MBasic, CBasic, Basic, Pascal, Cobol80, PL/3, Fortran IV and assembler.
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*Picture courtesy of [Computer Modell Katalog](http://home.t-online.de/home/cyrill.cmk/)*.
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