Olivetti Prodest PC 128
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Home computer, 1986, Olivetti. The Prodest PC 128 was the first product of Olivetti Prodest, the consumer brand created to sell home computers in Italy. It is the Italian version of the Thomson MO6, a French 8-bit machine with a 6809 processor, 128 KB of RAM, a built-in cassette recorder, a cartridge slot and a light pen port, sold with Microsoft BASIC 128 in ROM and Italian manuals. It competed with the Commodore 64 in the Italian market, with limited success.
| Years | 1986 to 1988 |
|---|---|
| Processor | Motorola 6809E at 1 MHz |
| RAM | 128 KB |
| ROM | 64 KB with BASIC 1.0 and BASIC 128 |
| Graphics | 320 x 200 in 16 colours, several modes with 4 or 16 colours |
| Sound | 1 channel, 6-bit DAC |
| Storage | built-in cassette recorder; optional 3.5" floppy drive |
| Ports | cartridge, light pen, joystick, RS-232 and parallel through the expansion bus, SCART video |
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