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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Digital Equipment Corporation DE 68DT	Computers	Home Computer	U.S.A.	1977	Motorola 6800	name image company company_name specs oc_id source DE 68DT /media/museum/photos/dec_de68dt_1.jpg /companies/digital-equipment-corporation Digital Equipment Corporation label value NAME DE 68DT label value MANUFACTURER Digital Equipment Corporation label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1977 label value KEYBOARD Full stroke keyboard label value CPU Motorola 6800 label value SPEED Unknown label value RAM Up to 64 KB label value ROM 6 KB (including OS and debugger) label value TEXT MODES 20 characters alphanumeric display + 40 character per line built-in impact printer label value GRAPHIC MODES Unknown label value COLORS Unknown label value SOUND Unknown label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown label value I/O PORTS RS232C, internal slots (9) label value BUILT IN MEDIA Single or dual cassette tape drives label value OS Unknown label value POWER SUPPLY Unknown label value PRICE Unknown 347 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230223072024/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=347 2023-02-23

Software for this system includes the debugger (in ROM), a BASIC interpreter, a FORTRAN compiler and a linker. The ROM debugger features interactive translation of assembly language mnemonics, tape, disk and printer commands and multiple breakpoints.

The system was available in two configurations : the DEC68 DT (pictured above) which includes a FDD, and the DEC68 C which fits into a smaller case without the FDD. It was priced from $2000.

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