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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: EAGLE COMPUTERS INC. Eagle PC
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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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- U.S.A.
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years:
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- '1982'
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cpus:
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- Intel 8088
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params:
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name: Eagle PC
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company: /companies/eagle-computers-inc
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company_name: EAGLE COMPUTERS INC.
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: Eagle PC
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Eagle Computers Inc.
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- label: TYPE
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value: Professional Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: U.S.A.
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- label: YEAR
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value: ? 1982
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: GW Basic available on disk
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full-stroke IBM style keyboard, 10 function keys, numeric keypad
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- label: CPU
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value: Intel 8088
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- label: SPEED
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value: 4,77 Mhz
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: optional 8087 math coprocessor
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- label: RAM
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value: 64 kb (up to 512 kb)
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 80 x 25
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: |-
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720 x 352\
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Characters matrix : 11 x 19 pixels
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- label: COLORS
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value: '8'
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: 2 serial ports, 1 parallel port
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: |-
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2 x 5''1/4 disk-drives (320k each)\
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optional hard-disk (10Mb, 32Mb)
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- label: OS
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value: MS-DOS, CP/M 86
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: PSU built-in
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- label: PRICE
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value: |-
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64k, 1 disk model : 4055 (France, december 1983)\
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128k, 2 disks model : 5275 (France, december 1983)
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comments:
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- author: David Drager (United States)
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date: Thursday 2nd March 2017
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text: |-
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The Eagle PC 2 was my first PC. Its most unusual feature was that it had 24 function keys! The founder of Eagle died in a sports car crash hours after his firm went public.
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http://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/10/business/corporate-triumph-then-death-in-a-ferrari.html
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- author: Leo Hermacinski (Boston USA)
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date: Sunday 2nd January 2005
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text: |-
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I worked at Motorola in the early 80's designing video display monitors. Eagle was a big customer of ours as their Eagle PC sales really took off.
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IBM sued Eagle for IP infringement as the Eagle PC BIOS was a little too close to that in the IBM PC. Next the CEO of Eagle drove his car off a California clifftop and the company was wound up. Motorola ended up taking a large number of Eagle PCs as payment for money owed- and then sold the units to Moto employees. For many at Motorola this would have been their first PC purchase.
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Leo
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oc_id: 529
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230503084046/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=529
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date: '2023-05-03'
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---
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This was an IBM PC compatible system. It could even boot the IBM PC system disks. Its overall design was smarter than the traditional IBM PC. The keyboard could be stored in a dedicated space under the main unit.
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The Eagle PC was first designed as a terminal to the Eagle 2000 System which used the 8086 chip as a client. However when IBM released the PC eagle turned it into a low end PC to compete.
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It worked without any fan and was thus quite silent, which was rare for an PC compatible system... The graphic resolution was far better than the IBM standard : 720 x 352 instead of 320 x 200.
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Two models were available : the **PC 1** with 64k RAM and one 320k 5"1/4 disk-drive, and the **PC 2** with 128k RAM and two 320l 5"1/4 disk-drives. It was sold with Eagle calc and Eagle Writer.
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The Eagle PC was also sold in France by Thomson as the **Micromega 16**.
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<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>
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