HP 85

Producer: HP and Compaq  -  Category: Personal Computer

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Desktop technical computer, 1980, Hewlett-Packard. The HP-85 is an all-in-one scientific computer with built-in CRT display, tape drive and thermal printer.

Year1980
ManufacturerHewlett-Packard
Processorproprietary, 613 kHz
ArithmeticBCD (binary coded decimal), 15 significant digits internally, 12 displayed
RAM16 KB (plus 16 KB external expansion)
Display5 inch CRT, 256 x 192 pixels
Tape drive210 KB cartridges, 650 bytes/s, 2 tracks, 1600 bpi
Built-in thermal printer5 x 7 matrix, 32 characters per line
External peripheralsfloppy disk drive, hard disk, plotter, dot matrix printer
InterfacesRS232, modem, HP-IB, HP-IL, GPIO, BCD, speech synthesis module
Operating systemproprietary, in ROM (BASIC)
Base price (1980)$3,250

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