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title: POLYCORP Poly 1 Educational Computer
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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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- New Zealand
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years:
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- '1981'
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cpus:
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- Motorola 6809
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params:
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name: Poly 1 Educational Computer
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image: /media/museum/photos/polycorp_poly1_1s.jpg
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company: /companies/polycorp
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company_name: POLYCORP
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: Poly 1 Educational Computer
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Polycorp
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- label: TYPE
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value: Professional Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: New Zealand
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1981'
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- label: END OF PRODUCTION
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value: '1989'
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: BASIC interpreter + text editor
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full QWERTY keyboard + function keys
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- label: CPU
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value: Motorola 6809
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- label: SPEED
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value: 1 MHz or 4 MHz (Unconfirmed)
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- label: RAM
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value: 64 KB
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- label: VRAM
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value: |-
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2 x 240x204 Display pages or\
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1 x 480x204 Display page – 48K\
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2 Text screens – 2K
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- label: ROM
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value: 16 KB BASIC + 4 KB BIOS
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: |-
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Display 1 - 40x24 Text\
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Display 3 - 40x24 TeleText
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: |-
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Displays 2 & 4 – 240x204\
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Display 5 – 480x204
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- label: COLORS
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value: '16'
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- label: SOUND
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value: Clock chip (Unknown specs)
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: Big & heavy
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: DIN Network connector
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: Proprietary Networking System to a CP/M based server (no internal storage)
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- label: OS
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value: FLEX
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Internal
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: None
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- label: PRICE
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value: \~NZ$4000
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tabs:
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- photos
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- emulators
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- links
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forum_thread: 1235
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photos:
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- title: POLY 1 EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/polycorp_poly1_1.jpg
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emulators:
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- title: Poly and Proteus emulator
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url: http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/homepages/andrew/poly/Poly.htm
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platform: Windows
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text: Emulates the Poly, Proteus, and Epson MX-80 Printer.
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links:
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- title: The Poly Preservation Project
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url: http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/homepages/andrew/poly/Poly.htm
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text: ''
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oc_id: 1269
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230601001859/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1269
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date: '2023-06-01'
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---
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The Poly was a home/educational computer platform developed in New Zealand in the early 1980s. It was marketed to schools, but because it was prohibitively expensive and somewhat idiosyncratic, the main customers seem to have been the Australian Army and somebody in China.
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Perhaps its most remarkable feature was its ability for networking, which seems to have used a protocol all of its own. For a year or two it may have been the most network capable home computer in the world, before 3Com thought to make Ethernet cards for the Apple II.
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It was named after Wellington Polytechnic, where it was developed.
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**Contributor**: Tony Thompson
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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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