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title: MULTITECH MPF-1 Plus
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Home Computer
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origins:
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- Taïwan
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years:
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- '1982'
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cpus:
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- Z80
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params:
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name: MPF-1 Plus
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image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_mpf1p_2.jpg
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company: /companies/multitech
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company_name: MULTITECH
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: MPF-1 Plus
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Multitech
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- label: TYPE
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value: Home Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: Taïwan
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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: Machine code, Basic available on optional ROM
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: |-
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QWERTY calculator type keyboard, 49 keys\
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SHIFT, CONTROL, RESET, arrow keys
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- label: CPU
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value: Z80
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- label: SPEED
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value: 2.5 MHz
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- label: RAM
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value: 4k (up to 12k)
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- label: ROM
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value: From 8k to 16k
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 20 chars. x 1 line Vacuum fluorescent Display
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: None
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- label: COLORS
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value: 'No (err...well, yes : blue !)'
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- label: SOUND
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value: Speaker (beeper)
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: 1575 x 2230 x 160 mm
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Tape interface, expansion port
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: External PSU
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- label: PRICE
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value: Unknown
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tabs:
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- photos
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- adverts
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- hardware
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- software
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- emulators
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- links
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forum_thread: 519
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photos:
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- title: MPF-1P
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_pmf1p_inbook.jpg
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- title: DISPLAY DETAIL
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_mpf1plus_detail_1.jpg
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- title: COMPUTER CLOSED
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subtitle: ''
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text: '... it then looks like a book !'
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image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_mpf1plus_closed.jpg
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- title: DOCUMENTATIONS
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subtitle: ''
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text: '"Monitor program / source listing" and "Experiment manual (software/hardware)"'
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image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_mpf1p_docs_1.jpg
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- title: BOX
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/multitech_mpf1plus_box_2.jpg
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adverts:
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- title: FRENCH AD (OCT. 83)
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/multitech_mpf1plus_pub_2.jpg
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- title: FRENCH AD (DEC. 1986)
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/multitech_mpf_pub_1.jpg
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hardware:
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- title: IOM-MPF-IP
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subtitle: input/output control & memory expansion board
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text: This expansion card uses a PIO (parallel I/O chip)and a CTC (counter timer chip) to control outside world hardware. It also contains a full complement of optional memory chips.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/multitech_mpf1p_1.jpg
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- title: PRT-MPF-IP
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subtitle: Optional Printer
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text: |-
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This 20 column thermal printer provides a permanent hard copy output. The compact unit fits neatly into the case of the MPF-1P and connects to the system via the 40 way ribbon cable provided. Its quiet printing mechanism forms clear, easy to read characters at a rate of almost one line per second.
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The monitor program contained in the printer's built-in 4Kbytes firmware contains printing routines and pre-defined alphanumeric character patterns enabling users to easily control the printer from within their own programs. The printer's firmware also contains an MPF-1P memory dump routine, as well as a Z80 disassembler allowing program listings to be produced in assembly language mnemonics as well as hexadecimal code.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/multitech_mpf1p_prt-mpf_1.jpg
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- title: PRINTER
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subtitle: Another picture
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/multitech_mpf1_printer.jpg
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- title: PRINTER
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subtitle: Box
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/multitech_mpf1_printer_box.jpg
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- title: EPB-MPF-IBP
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subtitle: EPROM Burner
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text: |-
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This EPROM programmer board enables programs developed on the MPF-1 microprocessor training system to be stored on EPROMs up to 8Kbytes in size. The programmed EPROM may then be removed from the programmer and plugged into the MPF-1s memory expansion socket so acting as a permanently resident program.
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The EPROM programmer board contains its own 6Kbytes RAM buffer and also has a built in 2Kbytes monitor providing a range of easy to use commands allowing data to be read, modified and written. The programmer board fits neatly into the case of the MPF-1 and connects to the system via the 40 way ribbon cable provided.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/multitech_mpf1p_eprom-burner_1.jpg
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- title: ALL BOXED
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subtitle: ''
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text: MPF-1P computer, IOM-MPF-IP, EPB-MPF-IBP and PRT-MPF boxed!
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image: /media/museum/hardware/multitech_pmf1p_allboxed.jpg
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screenshots:
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- title: BOOT DISPLAY
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subtitle: ''
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text: Impressive, no ?!
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image: /media/museum/software/multitech_mpf1p_ss.jpg
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emulators:
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- title: MESS
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url: http://www.mess.org
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platform: Multiplatform
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text: This popular emulator can also emulate an MPF-1 computer
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links:
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- title: ACER milestones
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url: http://global.acer.com/about/milestones.htm
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text: Multitech was the first name of ACER
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- title: Flite Electronics
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url: http://www.flite.co.uk/microprocessor-training-systems-overview.htm
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text: Flite Electronics are still producing and selling MPF-1B systems !!
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- title: Lee Davison webpages
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url: http://members.lycos.co.uk/leeedavison/z80/index.html
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text: Nice info about the MPF-1B and MPF-1 Plus
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related:
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- /museum/multitech-mpf-1-65
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- /museum/multitech-mpf-1-a-b
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- /museum/multitech-mpf-i-88
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oc_id: 525
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230605032427/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=525
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date: '2023-06-05'
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The MPF 1P (MicroProfessor 1 Plus), is an improved version of the [MPF 1](/museum/multitech-mpf-1-a-b/). Like its brother, it is a learning tool for use in the teaching of microprocessor, microelectronics, and control technology.
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It has a better keyboard. Instead of the hexadecimal keyboard of the MPF 1, this one is a real "QWERTY" one, with CONTROL and SHIFT keys. There is even a RESET key at the top right (red key).
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The VFD display is also larger. It can now display 20 characters instead of 6 with the MPF-1. It's a 14 segments blue Vacuum fluorescent Display. The color is that typical blue-green and had very high readability. Blue VFD was relatively new technology, first appearing in labs around 1980
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The main board has also been redesigned and the RAM capacity is of 4k on the standard model.
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Despite its poor features, the MPF-1P had great expansion possibilities with an input/output control memory expansion (IOM-MPF-IP), an optional printer board (PRT-MPF-IP), an Eprom Burner board (EPB-MPF-IBP) and several applications delivered on ROMs.
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