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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
HOLBORN 9100	Computers	Professional Computer	Netherlands	1981	Z80-A	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread adverts links oc_id source 9100 /media/museum/photos/holborn_9100_system_1.jpg /companies/holborn HOLBORN label value NAME 9100 label value MANUFACTURER Holborn label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN Netherlands label value YEAR 1981 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard with numeric keypad and function keys label value CPU Z80-A label value SPEED 4 Mhz. label value RAM 72 KB expandable to 220 KB label value ROM unknown label value TEXT MODES unknown label value GRAPHIC MODES unknown label value COLORS Monochrome label value SOUND unknown label value BUILT IN MEDIA 2 x 8'' 1.2 MB floppy disc drives. Optional 30 MB hard disk label value OS Holborn OS or CP/M label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit label value PRICE About $10,000 for a full-sized version adverts links 732 title subtitle text image HOMO-COMPUTERUS This image is from a brochure of a Dutch exhibition called "The office of the future" Courtesy of the **Computer museum of the University of Amsterdam** /media/museum/pubs/holborn_9100_leaflet_1.jpg title url text Allard's Computer Museum Groningen http://www.computermuseumgroningen.nl/holborn/holborn.html More detailed info here with good pictures 749 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230529195224/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=749 2023-05-29

The Holborn System 9100/9200 computer was a Dutch product ("born in Holland") consisting of a science-fiction style desk-top display/keyboard unit, a processor box with two or four 8" floppy drives and a printer. The processor was a Z80 with 64 KB of address space.

There were two versions : the larger one used a proprietary multi-user operating system, one feature of which was the use of a lightpen for much the same purposes as today's mouse. The smaller machine used CP/M without lightpen interaction. The computer was mainly sold to small companies for administration and bookkeeping purposes.

The machine's hardware was designed by H.A. Polak, the console by Vos Industrial Designers. The disks and the system electronics were in a separate refrigator-sized housing (a desktop box for the smaller system); the console shown in the picture mainly contains a converted MicroBee terminal.

The Holborn company was founded in 1979, it's head office was in Holten (Hol born). The company has been active until 1983, when it bankrupted. Like most manufacturers of computer systems of original design around the world, it hasn't survived the competition of IBM and the IBM-PC-clone builders. About 200 machines were sold, 50 of them of the larger variety.

Thanks to the Computer museum of the University of Amsterdam for text and pictures.

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