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OPEN UNIVERSITY, UK Hektor 3	Computers	Home Computer	United Kingdom	1983	8085A	name image company company_name specs tabs photos comments oc_id source Hektor 3 /media/museum/photos/openuniv_hektor3_system_s1.jpg /companies/open-university-uk OPEN UNIVERSITY, UK label value NAME Hektor 3 label value MANUFACTURER Open University, UK label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN United Kingdom label value YEAR 1983 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE 8K ROM Monitor label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke 60 keys label value CPU 8085A label value SPEED 3.024 MHz label value RAM 64 KB label value ROM 8 KB up to 64 KB label value TEXT MODES 80x24, 40x24 and 73x35. label value GRAPHIC MODES 640 x 240 dots label value COLORS Monochrome label value SOUND Built-in speaker label value SIZE / WEIGHT 27,5 (W) x31 (D) x5 (H) cm / 1.5 kg label value I/O PORTS TV/RF output, composite video, cassette port, 40-pin interface for an external peripheral board, 24-pin I/O controller, configurable for use as a parallel printer port. light pen connector label value BUILT IN MEDIA None label value OS Unknown label value POWER SUPPLY External PSU. Could be powered from a 12V car battery. label value PERIPHERALS Expansion board, 1200/75-baud modem, Mouse label value PRICE Unknown, available only on loan to Open University students photos title subtitle text image HEKTOR III /media/museum/photos/openuniv_hektor3_system_s2.jpg title subtitle text image LEFT SIDE One can see the Serial and tape recorder DIN sockets, and the expansion connector. /media/museum/photos/openuniv_hektor3_leftside_s1.jpg title subtitle text image REAR SIDE The Hektor III could be connected to a composite monochrome monitor or to a TV set through a built-in RF modulator. /media/museum/photos/openuniv_hektor3_rearside_s1.jpg title subtitle text image OPENED /media/museum/photos/openuniv_hektor3_opened_s1.jpg title subtitle text image MAIN BOARD /media/museum/photos/openuniv_hektor3_mainboard_s1.jpg author date text Ed (UK ) Saturday 23rd May 2020 Have a Hector III in its box with manuals and cables etc.\ Based in the UK\ Any offers? author date text Colin (UK) Wednesday 10th October 2012 I have just obtained an old Hektor III open university computer from 1983. Does anyone have a manual for this. Also it did not come with a power supply, so if you have the schematic then this would be usefull Thanks author date text schaap (The Netherlands) Monday 31st October 2011 Here is one with some pictures on Ebay: http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Vintage-Hektor-III-Micro-Home-Computer-single-board-with-8085-CPU-1983-/220884935792?pt$LH_DefaultDomain_146$hash$item336dc4a470 Regards, author date text Dave Shawyer Sunday 2nd May 2010 I have a Hektor III but it has a different ROM O/S from the one I used on my OU course. This ROM doesn''t give access to BASIC. Has anyone experienced this and indeed does anyone have a copy of the original ROM? Regards, Dave author date text Ruth Cammies (UK) Monday 26th March 2007 For information, an example of the HEKTOR III, with a manual, is available to view at the Open University Archive, at the Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK. For further information or to make an appointment to come and look at the computer, contact: 01908 653378 1023 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230129162547/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1023 2023-01-29

Also very little information about the Hektor III. The case and keyboard were the same as the Hektor II but the electronic board was completely redrawn to support up to 64 KB of RAM and ROM.

Several I/O connectors allowed to connect an extension card, a light pen, a 1200/75 baud modem, a parallel printer and even a mouse.

The Hektor III was also loaned to the students for the duration of the Open University course, hence its rarity.

Thanks to Ian Hall for all the pictures.

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.