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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Quasar Data Products QDP-100	Computers	Professional Computer	U.S.A.	1982	Z80	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread adverts oc_id source QDP-100 /media/museum/photos/quasardatapr_qdp100_system_1.jpg /companies/quasar-data-products Quasar Data Products label value NAME QDP-100 label value MANUFACTURER Quasar Data Products label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1982 label value KEYBOARD Optional serial video terminal label value CPU Z80 label value SPEED 4 - 6 Mhz. label value RAM 64 KB label value ROM Unknown label value TEXT MODES Unknown label value GRAPHIC MODES Unknown label value COLORS Unknown label value SOUND Unknown label value SIZE / WEIGHT unknown label value I/O PORTS Serial and Parallel ports label value BUILT IN MEDIA 1 or 2 x 8'' floppy drives (1.2 MB each) - Optional 10 MB hard disk label value OS CP/M or MP/M label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in P.S.U. label value PERIPHERALS S-100 boards label value PRICE $4,995 (two floppy disk version) adverts 583 title subtitle text image US ADVERT (APRIL 1982) null title subtitle text image U.S. ADVERT (1982) The advert show the built-in user menu and system status. The right located system is the dual-drive version.\ The left one is the 10 MB hard-disk version. /media/museum/pubs/quasardatapr_qdp100_pub_1.jpg 594 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230603013150/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=594 2023-06-03

The S-100 Bus was an universal standard for computer cards. It was adopted by dozens manufacturers between 1975 and 1983.

To differentiate themselves from other competitors, each manufacturer tried to add an original idea in their new machines. For the QPD-100, it was a start-up menu displayed when the machine was turned on, which allowed users to easily modify operating system parameters or run various utilities and applications.

Apart from this menu, the system was a standard S-100 based computer with a 4-6 Mhz Z80 microprocessor card. It was sold with one or two 8" floppy drives and an optional 10 MB hard disk running under a CP/M or MP/M operating system.

This first version was followed by the QDP-200 and QDP-300 series but we have little information about them at the moment.

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.