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3.7 KiB
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114 lines
3.7 KiB
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title: Sord M23 Mark III
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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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- Japan
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years:
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- '1982'
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cpus:
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- Z80A
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params:
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name: M23 Mark III
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image: /media/museum/photos/sord_m23-markiii_1.jpg
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company: /companies/sord
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company_name: Sord
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: M23 Mark III
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Sord
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- label: TYPE
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value: Professional Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: Japan
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1982'
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full-stroke keyboard with numeric keypad, function keys and arrow keys
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- label: CPU
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value: Z80A
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- label: SPEED
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value: 4 Mhz
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: APU (Am9511) arithmetic processor
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- label: RAM
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value: 128 KB
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- label: ROM
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value: Unknown
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 80 x 25
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 640 x 256
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- label: COLORS
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value: 8 colors
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- label: SOUND
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value: Unknown
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: 420 x 107 x 300 / 3.8 Kg
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: 2 x RS232c ports (75 - 19200 baud), Centronics/Parallel port, 3 x bus slots
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: Two optional 5.25'' disk-drives (330 KB)
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- label: OS
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value: Sord DOS, CP/M, UCSD Pascal
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: 110, 230 V AC +/- 15%
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- label: PRICE
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value: Unknown
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tabs:
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- photos
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- adverts
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forum_thread: 222
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photos:
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- title: COMPLETE SYSTEM
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/sord_m23-m3_complete.jpg
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- title: FRENCH DOCTOR
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Sord M23 complete configuration used in a french doctor office in 1982. The M23 was used to search and display the right medications related to the symptoms.
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Source: Micro Ordinateurs, N°3, June 1982
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image: null
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adverts:
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- title: PROMOTIONAL LEAFLET
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/sord_m23-m3_leaflet.jpg
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- title: FRENCH ADVERT (FEBRUARY 1982)
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/sord_m23-markiii_pub_datronic.jpg
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oc_id: 212
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230605043337/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=212
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date: '2023-06-05'
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The Sord M23 Mark III was available with 12" green monitor or a 14" color monitor.
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Despite the M23 featured a cartridge port, all of its important software came on floppies, including the ground-breaking PIPS-III and several BASIC compiler variants developed by Sord and running on their own OS. A lot of good business software and games were written with these.
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There were later Mark systems released, including a Mark I with the world's first 3.5 inch floppies deployed, and the Mark V with eight inch drives -- the Mark III had 5.25'' floppies. There was also the Mark X with a 10MB hard drive.
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Around 1983 or so the "M23EX" was released - this was basically an M23 with the mk41 drives (5.25" DSHD) housed in an [M68](/museum/sord-m-68-m-68-mx/) case (more PC-style with separate keyboard and floppies in the main case). It was a low cost option contemporary with the more expensive and better spec'd M68.
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Graphics required an upgrade - from memory it was a chip, and also an upgrade from "FDOS" to "GDOS" (the graphics DOS). Graphics on this and the M68 were operated in a weird way from CBASIC or BASIC-II (a structured BASIC) - you put it into graphics mode and then issued specially formatted PRINT commands to access graphics - for example:
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10 PRINT CLEAR\
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20 GRAPH 1\
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30 PRINT "GINIT"\
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40 PRINT "COLOR 7"\
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... other code ....\
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50 GRAPH 0
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**Contributors:** Andrew Joll
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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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