Olivetti M24
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Personal computer, 1984, Olivetti. The M24 was Olivetti's IBM PC compatible, developed under the code name XP1050 in 1983 and presented at the Hannover fair in March 1984. It was faster than the IBM PC thanks to the true 16-bit 8086 at 8 MHz, had a 640 x 400 display mode beyond CGA, a smaller case designed by Ettore Sottsass and a full set of expansion slots, and it became one of the most successful European PCs; in the United States it was sold as the AT&T PC 6300 and in other markets as the Xerox 6060 and Logabax Persona 1600. It was made at the Scarmagno plant near Ivrea.
| Years | 1984 to 1987 |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel 8086 at 8 MHz, optional 8087 |
| RAM | 128 or 256 KB, expandable to 640 KB |
| Graphics | enhanced CGA compatible, 640 x 400 in 16 colours on the Olivetti monitors |
| Storage | 1 or 2 x 5.25" floppy drives of 360 KB, optional 10 or 20 MB hard disk |
| Operating system | MS-DOS 2.11, later 3.x; CP/M-86, UCSD p-System, PCOS, Xenix |
| Ports | RS-232, parallel, keyboard, monitor, 7 expansion slots (8-bit and 16-bit) |
| Design | Ettore Sottsass and George Sowden |
