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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Regnecentralen RC759 Piccoline	Computers	Professional Computer	Denmark	1984	Intel 80186	name image company company_name specs tabs photos screenshots comments oc_id source RC759 Piccoline /media/museum/photos/regnecentralen_piccoline_s1.jpg /companies/regnecentralen Regnecentralen label value NAME RC759 Piccoline label value MANUFACTURER Regnecentralen label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN Denmark label value YEAR 1984 label value END OF PRODUCTION 1989 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None, mostly used with COMAL 80 or PASCAL. label value KEYBOARD Full size QWERTY with Danish characters label value CPU Intel 80186 label value SPEED Unknown label value RAM 256 KB expandable to 512 KB label value VRAM Unknown label value ROM Unknown label value TEXT MODES 80 columns x 24 lines label value GRAPHIC MODES Yes, resolution unknown label value COLORS Monochrome label value SOUND Yes, unknown label value I/O PORTS Printer, monitor, cassette player, remote printer/diskette, optional LAN label value BUILT IN MEDIA 5 1/4 ''diskette station with printer interface, sharable between 4 computers label value OS CP/M 86 label value POWER SUPPLY built-in switch mode label value PERIPHERALS Unknown label value PRICE Unknown photos software title subtitle text image RUNNING PICCOLINE /media/museum/photos/regnecentralen_piccoline_s2.jpg title subtitle text image BACK SIDE /media/museum/photos/regnecentralen_piccoline_back_s1.jpg title subtitle text image REAR CONNECTORS CLOSE UP /media/museum/photos/regnecentralen_piccoline_back_s2.jpg title subtitle text image INSIDE /media/museum/photos/regnecentralen_piccoline_mainboard_s1.jpg title subtitle text image CPU & DISPLAY PROCESSOR Intel 80186 6 MHz CPU and Intel 82730 Text coprocessor which supports text and graphics displays. /media/museum/photos/regnecentralen_piccoline_cpu_s1.jpg title subtitle text image 3D LABYRINTH /media/museum/software/regnecentralen_piccoline_3dlaby_s1.jpg title subtitle text image BOMBER /media/museum/software/regnecentralen_piccoline_bomber_s1.jpg title subtitle text image PACMAN /media/museum/software/regnecentralen_piccoline_pacman_s1.jpg author date text fritz Monday 7th May 2018 http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/manuals/partner_rc750_bw_ger.pdf Rc750 PARTNER Installationsanleitung. Stichworte: Rc750 ''PARTNER Installation, Instandhaltung, Programme, Hardware.\ D author date text Peter Haagerup (Denmark) Tuesday 6th August 2013 We have made the website http://rc700.dk dedicated to the RC759 PICCOLINE and RC750 Partner. On this website, one can download manuals and disk images, and an emulator for the system is also available. New information is frequently added. We are very interested in getting more software and user manuals. If you have anything you think could contribute to the site, please let us know - we have the equipment to read floppy disks compatible with those systems, and try to rescue as much software as possible. See the Software section on the website for more information. author date text Jes Jensen Tuesday 10th April 2012 When i was in "gymnasium" in denmark we upgraded the old picolo, to these new fine piccoline. In our configuration there were at the beginning 4 picoline connected to 1 piccoline with floppy disk, later on all computers were connected into a network with a server called PARTNER (a grown up piccoline) with a 12 mb harddrive (I think i can remember) - those were the days. author date text Maciej (Poland) Friday 18th November 2011 Graphical resolution: 560x275 - 2 colors or 280x275 - 4 colors$\ Processor speed: 6MHz more info here: http://www.datamuseum.dk/site_dk/rc/piccoline/piccolinehw/ author date text Ulrik Hansen (Copenhagen, Denmark) Thursday 22nd April 2010 I also remember this one from primary school back in the eighties. They seemed so serious compared to the C64s and ZX Spectrums common at home. I only recently found out they were made by Regnecentralen. author date text Daniel Nielsen (Malmö, Sweden) Thursday 22nd November 2007 This is the first computer I sat and "worked" with. I think it must have been back in 1987 (1st grade and me being 7 years old).\ At my school (Aavangsskolen on Bornholm) we had a room with two "islands" of these machines, as far as I can remember it was a terminal system, one would have disc-drives (5.25") in which we would load a disc, and then all the machines would load. giving us opportunity to play different games. There was one turn button for the brightness of the screen (in outmost position it switched off) and one dial button for sound.\ I remember a "happy" sound for correct answers in teh games and a "not so happy" sound when incorrect.\ I think we used them for 2-3 years untill the room was upgraded to 286 PC's running Windows 3.1 at 12 and 25 Mhz, I might be wrong about this. author date text Lars (Greve, Denmark) Friday 10th February 2006 I remember going to Solroed Gymnasium (high school) back in 1994 or 95, where the school upgraded their PC room. They took out all the old picolines, and proceeded to smash them to bits, with big hammers in front of all the students who applauded this act. Except me... I felt sorry for the old machines... 1171 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230627232550/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1171 2023-06-27

The Piccoline is a direct descendant of the Piccolo, and was launched in 1984.

It was more or less strictly meant for Danish educational institutions such as schools, high schools and universities. It was used extensively for teaching basic programming skills, using the languages Comal 80 and Pascal.

Thanks to Henrik Schmidt from Denmark for information and pictures.

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.