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title: Peerless 150
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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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- U.S.A.
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years:
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- '1982'
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params:
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name: '150'
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image: /media/museum/photos/peerless_system_1.jpg
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company: /companies/peerless
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company_name: Peerless
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: '150'
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Peerless
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- label: TYPE
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value: Professional Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: U.S.A.
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1982'
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: None
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full stroke keyboard
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- label: CPU
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value: Unknown
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- label: SPEED
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value: Unknown
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: Unknown
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- label: RAM
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value: Unknown
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 80 chars x 25 lines
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: None
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- label: COLORS
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value: Monochrome
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- label: SOUND
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value: Beeper
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: Unknown
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Unknown
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- label: OS
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value: Jacquard proprietary DOS
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Built-in power supply unit
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- label: PRICE
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value: $20.000 to $30.000
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tabs:
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- adverts
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forum_thread: 939
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adverts:
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- title: 'ADVERT #1'
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subtitle: ''
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text: Advert on the Peerless 150 terminal
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image: /media/museum/pubs/peerless_pub_2.jpg
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- title: 'ADVERT #2'
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/peerless_pub_1.jpg
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oc_id: 963
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230606200702/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=963
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date: '2023-06-06'
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---
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Peerless was a company that was started by some of the former employees of [AM International](/museum/am-international-jacquard-systems-j100-j500/) - Jacquard.
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Peerless built a computer and 4 terminal control boards that would run Jacquard's OS. The computer was compact very much like the pc towers that we have now.
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This very good system ran all the software that were written for the Jacquard, but it was very pricey, 20-30 thousand dollars just for the base unit...
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That was about the time [IBM PC](/museum/ibm-pc-model-5150/) came out , the PC doomed the Peerless and the Jacquard systems. Peerless did come out with a board that allowed a PC to run as a Peerless Jacquard terminal over Arcnet network.
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NASA bought a lot of these peerless systems to replace the numerous Jacquard systems that they had, mainly for word processing.
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The peerless was a good replacement for the Jacquard system but by the time it was coming out when the market was moving to the IBM PC.
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Thanks to **Randy Larson** for information and pictures.
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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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