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title: Quasar Data Products QDP-100
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Professional Computer
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origins:
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- U.S.A.
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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: QDP-100
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image: /media/museum/photos/quasardatapr_qdp100_system_1.jpg
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company: /companies/quasar-data-products
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company_name: Quasar Data Products
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: QDP-100
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Quasar Data Products
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- label: TYPE
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value: Professional Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: U.S.A.
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1982'
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Optional serial video terminal
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- label: CPU
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value: Z80
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- label: SPEED
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value: 4 - 6 Mhz.
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- label: RAM
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value: 64 KB
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- label: ROM
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value: Unknown
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: Unknown
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: Unknown
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- label: COLORS
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value: Unknown
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- label: SOUND
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value: Unknown
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: unknown
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Serial and Parallel ports
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: 1 or 2 x 8'' floppy drives (1.2 MB each) - Optional 10 MB hard disk
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- label: OS
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value: CP/M or MP/M
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Built-in P.S.U.
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: S-100 boards
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- label: PRICE
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value: $4,995 (two floppy disk version)
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tabs:
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- adverts
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adverts:
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- title: US ADVERT (APRIL 1982)
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: U.S. ADVERT (1982)
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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The advert show the built-in user menu and system status.
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The right located system is the dual-drive version.\
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The left one is the 10 MB hard-disk version.
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image: /media/museum/pubs/quasardatapr_qdp100_pub_1.jpg
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oc_id: 594
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230603013150/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=594
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date: '2023-06-03'
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---
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The S-100 Bus was an universal standard for computer cards. It was adopted by dozens manufacturers between 1975 and 1983.
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To differentiate themselves from other competitors, each manufacturer tried to add an original idea in their new machines. For the QPD-100, it was a start-up menu displayed when the machine was turned on, which allowed users to easily modify operating system parameters or run various utilities and applications.
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Apart from this menu, the system was a standard S-100 based computer with a 4-6 Mhz Z80 microprocessor card. It was sold with one or two 8" floppy drives and an optional 10 MB hard disk running under a CP/M or MP/M operating system.
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This first version was followed by the **QDP-200** and [QDP-300](/museum/quasar-data-products-qdp-300/) series but we have little information about them at the moment.
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<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>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.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>
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