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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
MCM COMPUTERS MCM 800	Computers	Professional Computer	Canada	1976	Intel 8008	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos links related oc_id source MCM 800 /media/museum/photos/mcm_800_1s.jpg /companies/mcm-computers MCM COMPUTERS label value NAME MCM 800 label value MANUFACTURER MCM Computers label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN Canada label value YEAR 1976 label value END OF PRODUCTION Unknown label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE APL language label value KEYBOARD Full stroke keyboard, 70 keys, numeric keypad label value CPU Intel 8008 label value SPEED Unknown label value RAM 16 KB label value ROM Unknown label value TEXT MODES Unknown, built-in alphanumeric plasma display (1 line) label value GRAPHIC MODES Unknown label value COLORS No label value SOUND Unknown label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown label value I/O PORTS expansion bus, external monitor label value BUILT IN MEDIA Unknown label value POWER SUPPLY Unknown label value PERIPHERALS printer, floppy disk driven, plotter, card reader, RS232 interface label value PRICE Cnd $9800 (Canada, 1976)\ MCM 782: Cnd $4950 photos links 1262 title subtitle text image MCM 800 used on a Gixinet network /media/museum/photos/mcm_800_1.jpg title url text Wikipedia - MCM entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCM/70 info about MCM and its systems title url text York University Computer Museum http://www.cse.yorku.ca/museum/collections/MCM/MCM.htm detailed list of their impressive MCM collection /museum/mcm-computers-mcm-70-700 1297 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230223072102/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1297 2023-02-23

Based on the MCM 70 / 700 (see this entry for more info), the MCM 800 followed in 1976.

It was faster, included 16 KB RAM (instead of 8 KB for the 700), and included the ability to drive an external monitor.

Among other things, MCM 800s were used in one of the first french industrial network called Gixinet (along with ARCnet). This was a token-bus type network developped by the Gixi company.

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