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BASF 7100

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Professional Computer

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1982

Z80A

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7100

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NAME	7100

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MANUFACTURER	BASF

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TYPE	Professional Computer

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ORIGIN	Germany

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YEAR	1982

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END OF PRODUCTION	unknown

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BUILT IN LANGUAGE	unknown

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KEYBOARD	mechanical keyboard

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CPU	Z80A

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SPEED	4 MHz

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RAM	64 KB

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ROM	16 KB

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TEXT MODES	24 rows of 80 characters with 4 types of highlighting in any combination

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COLORS	No (monochrome built-in display)

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SOUND	unknown

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SIZE / WEIGHT	unknown

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I/O PORTS	unknown

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BUILT IN MEDIA	three 5 1/4 inch floppy disk drives, single sided, double density (162 KB)

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OS	BASF Operating System (including BASIC) and CP/M 2.2

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POWER SUPPLY	Built-in power supply

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PRICE	16000 DM (Germany, 1982)

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BASF 7120 BASIC MANUAL	https://archive.org/details/BASFSystem7100Basic/page/n1/mode/2up	/media/museum/docs/couvs/basf_7100_user-doc.jpg	[BASF 7120 BASIC MANUAL](https://archive.org/details/BASFSystem7100Basic/page/n1/mode/2up)written by BASF compiled/archived by Heca Systems\ type of document : PDF\ source : [Heca Systems](http://www.heca.be)

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https://web.archive.org/web/20230603020201/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1301	2023-06-03

The BASF 7000 systems are professional computers from Germany.

There were several models in the 7000 serie. The model shown is a BASF 7120.

The computer was based on a DigiLog (USA) Personal Computer (Microterm II Intelligent Terminal), which had an additional printer built in (the paper came out on the top), but was to faulty to be sold (power supply, monitor control, mechanical construction and more.).

The operating system was an "Enhanced commercial BASIC" interpreter and/or an Assembler. .Later on, a CP/M version was released.

The CPU frequency was 4.000 MHz and the memory was 64 kByte + FDC.

The production ended 1987, after a press release of the "SPIEGEL" magazine and legal trials claimed that due to the lack of a Parity Bit in the Memory, the computer was too unsafe for serious applications.

It had 2 CPUs (Z80A) which were able to operate independently and some programs used it for parallel processing(!). One of them was part of the FDC (Floppy Disk Control), the upper of the three PCBs which were found inside.

It had a Centronics parallel port and a V.24 / RS232 port at the back.

The rocker switches on the right side of the keyboard were used to preset programs (rarely used), as well as the switch banks (DIL-Switches) on the rear side of the computer.

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.

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