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NCR Decision Mate V

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Professional Computer

U.S.A.

1984

Zilog Z80 - Optional Intel 8088

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Decision Mate V

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NAME	Decision Mate V

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MANUFACTURER	NCR

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TYPE	Professional Computer

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ORIGIN	U.S.A.

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YEAR	1984

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BUILT IN LANGUAGE	None

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KEYBOARD	Typewriter type 91 keys with 20 programmable function keys and numeric keypad

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CPU	Zilog Z80 - Optional Intel 8088 or Motorola 68008

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SPEED	4.88 MHz (8088) / 4 MHz (Z80)

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RAM	64 kb, 128 kb, 256 kb or 512 kb depending of models (through expansion cards)

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VRAM	32 KB (monochrome mode) or 96 KB (colour mode)

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ROM	Unknown

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TEXT MODES	40 or 80 columns x 25 lines

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GRAPHIC MODES	576 x 432 dots

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COLORS	Monochrome built-in display (green / black)

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SOUND	Beeper

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I/O PORTS	Centronics, RS232, 7 expansion slots

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BUILT IN MEDIA	One or two floppy disk drives (320 KB each), 10 to 30 MB hard disk

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OS	MSDOS 2.1, CP/M or CP/M 86 or CP/M 68K

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POWER SUPPLY	Built-in power supply unit

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PRICE	Unknown

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EXPANSION SLOTS		(1) 2 Parallel expansion cartridges\ (2) Keyboard cable	/media/museum/photos/ncr_decisionmate_backside_s1.jpg

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64 TO 256K RAM CARTRIDGE		Needed to run MS-DOS OS and software.	/media/museum/hardware/ncr_decisionmate_memupgrade_s1.jpg

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PARALLEL INTERFACE			/media/museum/hardware/ncr_decisionmate_parallelint_s1.jpg

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Manuals and misc information in German language	http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/ncr/dmv/info.html

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https://web.archive.org/web/20230528095505/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=299	2023-05-28

An other CP/M / MSDOS hybrid system. This computer had no great commercial success.

The Decision Mate V came with 128 KB of RAM, but could be upgraded to 256 or 512 KB with expansion cards. The serial and Centronics interfaces were not on the mainboard, but were added as expansion cards. An additional card with a 68000 was developed by NCR in order to use CP/M 68.

There were 7 expansion slots. An optional diagnostic card was available for slot 6. Otherwise, diagnostics were produced through 6 red LEDs on the back of the case, above the volume control.

The computer had two floppy drives, or only one + a Winchester hard drive mounted in the second bay.

A network called 'DecisoNet' was designed to link together several Decision V.

Contributors: Sebastian Rho.

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