website/content/museum/data-technology-industries-associate.md

title, categories, types, origins, years, cpus, params

title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Data Technology Industries Associate	Computers	Professional Computer	U.S.A.	1982	Z80-A	name image company company_name specs oc_id source Associate /media/museum/photos/datatechind_associate_system_1.jpg /companies/data-technology-industries Data Technology Industries label value NAME Associate label value MANUFACTURER Data Technology Industries label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1982 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None label value KEYBOARD Full-Stroke 87 keys with 15 fonction keys and numeric keypad label value CPU Z80-A label value SPEED 4 Mhz label value RAM 64 KB label value ROM 2 KB label value TEXT MODES 80 columns x 25 lines label value GRAPHIC MODES None label value COLORS Monochrome label value SOUND Beeper label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown label value I/O PORTS 2 x RS232. Optional Parallel, IEEE 488, RS449 label value BUILT IN MEDIA 2 x 360 KB 5.25'' F.D. drives label value OS CP/M label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit label value PERIPHERALS Optional 5 to 20 MB hard-disk label value PRICE $3,450 (2 x F.D. version) 608 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230530202714/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=608 2023-05-30

The Associate system was no more or less than a typical integrated CP/M based system. Built for a professionnal use, it offered an anti glare screen, a robust keyboard and either dual floppy disk or hard disk configurations.

To distinguish itself from multiple competitors offering the same hardware configurations, D.T. Industry proposed a full software package called Solutions, for free. It included the CP/M operating system, Spellbinder word processor, Microplan SpreadSheet and an accounting software. Each software was delivered with a special keyboard overlay (see the yellow Microplan template on the picture).