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Olivetti PC 1	Computers	Home Computer	Italy	1988	Nec V40	name company company_name specs tabs photos adverts comments oc_id source PC 1 /companies/olivetti Olivetti label value NAME PC 1 label value MANUFACTURER Olivetti label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Italy label value YEAR 1988 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke 82 keys with 10 functions keys and numeric keypad label value CPU Nec V40 label value SPEED 4.77 / 8 MHz label value CO-PROCESSOR Yamaha custom chip label value RAM 512 KB (up to 640 KB) label value ROM Unknown label value TEXT MODES 40 x 25 / 80 x 25 label value GRAPHIC MODES CGA graphic modes : 320 x 200 / 640 x 200 label value COLORS 4 label value SOUND Tone Generator label value SIZE / WEIGHT 39(W) x 31(D) x 9(H) cm. label value I/O PORTS Centronics, RGB monitor and TV, RS232, Mouse, Audio, Floppy disk, Expansion connector label value BUILT IN MEDIA 1 or 2 x 3.5'' 720 KB FDD label value OS MS DOS label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit label value PERIPHERALS Expansion box label value PRICE 3371 FF HT (France, June 1988) photos adverts title subtitle text image RIGHT SIDE null title subtitle text image LEFT SIDE null title subtitle text image CLOSE-UP null title subtitle text image 1 DRIVE MODEL null title subtitle text image REAR CONNECTORS **(1)** Expansion slot dedicated to Olivetti peripherals\ **(2)** System reset switch\ **(3)** Sound output jack\ **(4)** Parallel printer DB25 connector\ **(5)** Serial DB25 connector\ **(6)** Mouse DB9 connector\ **(7)** TV/RGB video out DIN plug.\ **(8)** RGB video out for a video monitor null title subtitle text image INSIDE Only one board assumes all the functions of a standard PC, including video and floppy disc interfaces **(1)** Power supply unit\ **(2)** Standard DB9 CGA video connector\ **(3)** Video DIN plug allowing a TV set to be directly connected through the Scart plug\ **(4)** Mouse DB9 connector\ **(5)** Serial DB25 connector\ **(6)** Parallel DB 25 connector\ **(7)** Sound jack output\ **(8)** Intel Parallel programmable interface 8255 chip. Here a Mitsubishi version\ **(9)** BIOS ROM\ **(10)** Expansion connector for Olivetti peripherals\ **(11)** Buzzer and volume adjustment\ **(12)** Intel 8042 keyboard controller and sound generator. Here a Fujitsu version\ **(13)** Keyboard connectors\ **(14)** Western Digital floppy disc controller chip\ **(15)** External floppy disc unit connector\ **(16)** Nec V40 processor (see close-up)\ **(17)** Floppy disc drives connector\ **(18)** Characters generator ROM\ **(19)** Custom gate array chip made by Yamaha null title subtitle text image CUSTOM CHIP This chip, specially manufactured for the PC1, assumes a large part of internal board functions (I/O and memory management, video display) and replaces more than 20 standard logic chips. null title subtitle text image NEC V40 The V40 processor was one of the most powerful true 16 bit Intel 80186 clone. null title subtitle text image FRENCH ADVERT (1988) null author date text Jim Moore (England) Tuesday 31st March 2015 I still have one of these, it has not the DD floppy drives$ it has two 1.44MB DSHD drives. Oh, and just giving it a power on test before deciding what to do with it, you have the option on boot, during POST, as to whether or not to use Turbo Mode. Now I know it works, I think I''ll blow the dust off a couple shrinkwrapped disks and load the thing up with DOS EDIT. After all, you don''t need four cores and 8GB of RAM just to type a document, right? For that matter I could go completely retro and do my HTML coding on the thing as well! author date text Pedro Renato (Portugal) Monday 2nd June 2014 I did not know that this did Olivetti computer to compete with the Amstrad PC 1512, not least because I got to use both computers at the same time! author date text Pedro Renato (Portugal) Monday 2nd June 2014 I did not know that this did Olivetti computer to compete with the Amstrad PC 1512, not least because I got to use both computers at the same time! author date text Mario (Italy) Sunday 25th November 2012 There are some ERRORS/OMISSIONS in this page. The full name of this computer is OLIVETTI PRODEST PC1.\ Colors: 4 in graphic mode (320x200) with 2 palettes, 2 colors in 640x200 mode, 16 colors in text mode\ Number of keys: 83 (not 82)\ Sound: Tone generator with volume control under the keyboard author date text Zerover (Spain) Friday 20th April 2012 Ya no tengo acceso a la página de Ciberia y parece ser que los ficheros para descargar están corruptos, así que los he vuelto a poner en este otro sitio. author date text Stephen (UK) Monday 8th November 2010 I think this model was later equipped with a 20 MB HDD, taking over one of the FDD bays. I bought the double FDD version and was annoyed to find the HDD variant in store at a similar price a few weeks later! Although there was a wedge-shaped proprietary mouse, it was not supplied as standard in the UK, but cost about £30 extra. (Of course, you could use a serial mouse so long as you put the driver on your boot diskettes and amended autoexec.bat.) When I bought one in late 1988, it was bundled with the First Choice integrated software suite, which was excellent in its day, turning the machine into a versatile home office system. author date text stefano jodice (italy) Thursday 18th December 2008 qualcuno ha trovato i driver del mouse ???? author date text Generoso Lombardi (Avellino) Saturday 2nd June 2007 Qualcuno possiede i driver del mouse del PC1 ?\ Io l'ho perso il disco se qualcuno c'è l'ha me lo può zippare e mandarmelo ?\ Grazie. author date text Generoso Lombardi (Avellino (Italy)) Thursday 8th March 2007 Sto cercando di costruire il cavo da 8 pin a Scart seguendo la pedinatura su questo sito. Non riesco a drovare lo spinotto 8 din in commercio, ma questa sera forse è quella buona. Qualcuno l'ha realizzato gli ha funzionato il tutto ? author date text stefano iodice (italia) Thursday 14th July 2005 poco... a me me l'hanno tirato dietro gratis, con HD da\ 20 Mb, floppy, monitor originale CGA e stampante Olivetti Prodest DM91. Installato windows 2.0. e il DOS. No, niente mouse. Qualcuno ne ha uno orig? a proposito, i driver per questa stampante non si trovano. Ma vanno bene anche quelli della IBM ProPrinter II. Provati con CUPS sotto Linux. author date text diego messana (canicattì AG) Saturday 26th March 2005 sarei grato se qualcuno saprebbe dirmi dove poter trovare il sistema operativo e se possibile quel giochino che all'epoca davano compreso nel sistema operativo che si chiamava load runner. grazie author date text Zerover (Spain) Thursday 26th February 2004 Por si a alguno le interesa, he colocado en la dirección "http://ciberia.ya.com/olivetti_pc1" el software que traía el ordenador. author date text Fog76 (Italy) Thursday 27th November 2003 I want buy a PC1.\ Qualcuno lo vende ? author date text Spanishard (Spain) Monday 13rd October 2003 Can I connect an actual computer monitor to DB9 comector in PC-1 by olivetty?. Please help me, if you know this information. author date text Bill Gate$ (Rome) Monday 7th April 2003 Actual Price in Italy: 15/20 € author date text xav (France) Sunday 15th December 2002 When i switch on my PC1, it doesn't recognize the mouse...\ I start this computer with an old "Zenith" ms-dos disk...\ Where can i find the original content of the MS-DOS disk witch was sold with this machine ? author date text Dan (Italy) Wednesday 14th August 2002 Qualcuno sa indicarmi dove trovare istruzioni o software per il download?\ Does someone can tell me where I can find instructions or software to download? author date text ivan (italia) Tuesday 9th July 2002 quanto puo costare adesso per u collezionista? 182 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230608074251/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=182 2023-06-08

The Olivetti PC 1 was designed to be a family computer and Olivetti’s answer to the Amstrad PC 1512.

It uses the TV screen instead of a special monitor, but one could be used if you wanted to use one. It was sold with a mouse.
No internal slot : to use ISA cards, an expansion box had to be connected onto the expansion connector. This device supplied two 8-bit ISA slots, hard disk connector (for a 20 mb hard disk, 85 ms) and 128 KB ram. It runs under MS DOS 3.2.

The most particular feature is the disk-drives mounted above the keyboard. The computer was sold with 1 or 2 of them.