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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 24
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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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- '1979'
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cpus:
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- Zilog Z80A
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params:
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name: ABC 24
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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 24
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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: ? 1979
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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 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: 2 x 5''1/4 disk-drives (320k 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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- adverts
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- links
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adverts:
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- title: FRENCH ADVERTISEMENT
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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links:
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- title: Gaby's Homepage für CP/M und Computergeschichte
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url: http://www.gaby.de/abc.htm
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text: This site features infos and an interesting article about the ABC-24
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comments:
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- author: java16
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date: Friday 13rd September 2013
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text: Hello, I have one, but I have not a keyboard ... dou you have some information if is possible to use another one from different of computer
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- author: Juergen Sievers (Germany)
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date: Thursday 1st March 2007
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text: |-
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Hi,
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I’m collector of vintage computer systems. One of my systems is an ABC-24 for which I have destroyed the CP/M Boot Disk. So I want to ask you for a copy of this Disk (or an Image) if you have one.
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Regards\
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Juergen
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oc_id: 34
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230603204804/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=34
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date: '2023-06-03'
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---
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The ABC-24 and [ABC-26](/museum/ai-electronics-abc-26/) could run up to 8 programs simultaneously and could manage 7 work-stations under M/PM (according to the advertisement). they has 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, 25 and [26](/museum/ai-electronics-abc-26/), mostly differentiated by their 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 [www.gaby.de](http://www.gaby.de).*
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