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Luxor ABC 800 Series	Computers	Professional Computer	Sweden	1981	Z 80	name company company_name specs tabs photos hardware emulators links comments oc_id source ABC 800 Series /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 null title subtitle text image COMPLETE SYSTEM With ABC 832 dual 5"1/4 floppy disc drive. null title subtitle text image MAIN UNIT #1 null title subtitle text image MAIN UNIT #2 null title subtitle text image KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP Swedish version null 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 null 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 null 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 null title subtitle text image THE LUXOR ABC 806 The ABC 806 had 192 KB RAM which could be used as a RAM DISK. null title subtitle text image LUXOR MANUALS null 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. null title subtitle text image FLOPPY DISC UNITS #2 Micropolis (right) and Canon drives. null 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.