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title: INDATA DAI
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- Belgium
years:
- '1979'
cpus:
- Intel 8080A
params:
name: DAI
image: /media/museum/photos/indata_dai_1.jpg
company: /companies/indata
company_name: INDATA
specs:
- label: NAME
value: DAI
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: INDATA
- label: TYPE
value: Home Computer
- label: ORIGIN
value: Belgium
- label: YEAR
value: '1979'
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: Basic Interpreter
- label: KEYBOARD
value: QWERTY full-stroke keyboard with arrow keys (57 keys)
- label: CPU
value: Intel 8080A
- label: SPEED
value: 2 MHz
- label: CO-PROCESSOR
value: AMD 9511 (optional numeric processor)
- label: RAM
value: 48 KB
- label: ROM
value: 24 KB
- label: TEXT MODES
value: 60 x 24
- label: GRAPHIC MODES
value: 65 x 88 / 130 x 176 / 260 x 352 with 4 or 16 colors
- label: COLORS
value: '16'
- label: SOUND
value: 3 stereo voices + 1 noise generator
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: 45 x 38 x 12
- label: I/O PORTS
value: Parallel port, RGB, RS232c, Bus DCE, Stereo, 6 analogic inputs, Tape (600 bauds), Audio Stereo output
- label: OS
value: CP/M with disk-drive extension
- label: POWER SUPPLY
value: Built-in PSU
- label: PERIPHERALS
value: 5''1/4 disk-drives, Memocom (digital tapes), joysticks, printers, robot arm, arithmetic coprocessor, plotter
- label: PRICE
value: |-
1300 (France, november 1981)\
1365 (France, november 1982)\
1021 (France, september 1983)
tabs:
- photos
- adverts
- hardware
- software
- links
- docs
forum_thread: 464
photos:
- title: INDATA DAI
subtitle: ''
text: Thomas Conté
image: /media/museum/photos/indata_dai_more_1.jpg
- title: FIRST MODEL
subtitle: ''
text: The case is the same but the logo and the keyboard are black and white only...
image: /media/museum/photos/indata_dai_bw.jpg
adverts:
- title: 'FRENCH ADVERT #1'
subtitle: ''
text: '''''The sound, the color, the intelligence'''''
image: /media/museum/pubs/indata_dai_pub_april-1982.jpg
- title: 'FRENCH ADVERT #2 (OCTOBER, 1982)'
subtitle: ''
text: '''''Particuliar sign : painter and musician'''''
image: /media/museum/pubs/indata_dai_pub_multisoft-signe-particulier.jpg
- title: 'FRENCH ADVERT #3'
subtitle: ''
text: '''''God created the world, DAI put it under CP/M'''''
image: /media/museum/pubs/indata_dai_pub_dieu.jpg
- title: 'FRENCH ADVERT #4'
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/pubs/indata_dai_pub_espace.jpg
hardware:
- title: COMPLETE SYSTEM
subtitle: ''
text: Complete system with double disk-drives, Memocom, printer and controllers.
image: /media/museum/hardware/indata_dai_complete.jpg
- title: DOUBLE 5''1/4 DISK-DRIVES (320K)
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/indata_dai_diskdrive_320k.jpg
- title: ANALOGIC CONTROLLER
subtitle: ''
text: This joystick could be used with special software like CLIO, to draw on the screen.
image: /media/museum/hardware/indata_dai_joystick.jpg
links:
- title: F.J. Kraan's DAI pages
url: https://fjkraan.home.xs4all.nl/comp/dai/index.html
text: Some intersting infos here with pictures
- title: Para DAI personal computer
url: http://bruno.vivien.pagesperso-orange.fr/DAI/
text: French dedicated site with a lot of information of all sorts. A must !
- title: Personal Computer World test
url: http://www.xs4all.nl/~fjkraan/comp/dai/daipcw.html
text: An original text from Personal Computer World magazine, instructive !
docs:
- title: REFERENCE MANUAL
url: http://www.1000bit.net/support/manuali/manuali.asp
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/indata_dai_reference-manual.jpg
text: |-
[**REFERENCE MANUAL**](http://www.1000bit.net/support/manuali/manuali.asp)written by Indata
 compiled/archived by Fred Jan Kraan\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [www.1000bit.com](http://www.1000bit.com)
- title: FIRMWARE MANUAL
url: http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/dai/doc/
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/indata_dai_firmware-manual.jpg
text: |-
[**FIRMWARE MANUAL**](http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/dai/doc/)written by B. J. Boerrigter
 compiled/archived by Fred Jan Kraan\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Yet Another Computer Museum](http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/virtlibrary.html)
- title: MEMOCOM TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION (DUTCH)
url: http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/dai/doc/
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/vide.gif
text: |-
[**MEMOCOM TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION (DUTCH)**](http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/dai/doc/)written by Philips
 compiled/archived by Fred Jan Kraan\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Yet Another Computing Museum](http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/virtlibrary.html)
- title: DIAGRAM SET SHEETS
url: http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/dai/doc/
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/vide.gif
text: |-
[**DIAGRAM SET SHEETS**](http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/dai/doc/)written by DAINAMIC Personal Computer Users Club
 compiled/archived by Fred Jan Kraan\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Yet Another Computing Museum](http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/epson/~fjkraan/comp/virtlibrary.html)
software:
- /software/clio
- /software/dai-pacman
- /software/daiman
- /software/daylaxians
- /software/duel
- /software/ecluse
- /software/france
- /software/puzzly
- /software/sargon
- /software/soldier
- /software/superbase
oc_id: 470
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230609033917/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=470
date: '2023-06-09'
---
The DAI was renowned for its graphic capabilities but was too expensive !
A lot of peripherals were developped for this computer : a hard disk (8 MB), several floppy disk drives and even a robot !! The DAI can run under CP/M.
Walter Belgers reports us that this system was chosen for a television course on computers in the Netherlands, instead of a computer made by Texas Instruments. What TI then did was to stop selling EPROMs to DAI. In 1983, TI was one of the few manufacturers of EPROM's, so DAI had many problems delivering the systems and almost went bankrupt.