16 Bit Computing
16 Bit Computing - May 1984 - -
A simple data management sytem for MS-DOS
Living with computer maintenance
Adverts :
Sirius Sirius 1
Apricot ACT
Ashton Tate
Apricot RAM Board
Data Talker
Pulsar Business Sofware
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6809 User
6809 User - Edition 7 - September 1988 - - £0.85
A portrayal of the NDUG on their 50th edition
Dragon introduced tyo WIMP system
DTP for the Dragon
Who wants a roller? - Chris Smithson delivers his views on piracy
Reviews - Olympia, Ball-Dozer
Arcade Action
6809 Chart
Adventurers Lair
Program Listing - Paypacket
Programming Notes
Super Sensitive Joystick
6809 User - First Edition - - £0.85
"Welcome to 6809 User, the first European magazine of its kind, aimed in prtraying and enducing the enthusiasm which has been so evident in the hearts of thousands of Dragon and Tandy users."
Show Time for Dragon
"Alternative" Show Planned
New appeal from orange
New Era branches out
Fighing the Pirates
Arousing the 'Dunkirk' Spirit
Hacking : Shameless or Reckless
Basic 42 Review
Dragon W.I.M.P.S. - Klik
Ultradrive Revisited
Mempeek - Program Listing
Minelay - Program Listing
Arcade Action
Rola-Ball Game Review
Formula One - Game Review
Madragore - Review
Prestel : The Next Step
Micronet Shades
8080 and Z80 Machine Code
8080/Z80 assembly language - 0471081248 -
8080/Z80 assembly language: techniques for improved programming
by Alan R. Miller
Publisher: New York : Wiley, c1981.
ISBN: 0471081248 DDC: 1.642 LCC: QA76.8
Notes:
Includes index.
Classification:
Dewey Class: 1.642 -- Knowledge
LCC Number: QA76.8
Book Details:
Language: eng
Physical Description: x, 318 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
An Introduction to Z80 Machine Code - 0859341275 -
An Introduction to Z80 Machine Code
Penfold, R. A. & J. W. Penfold
[ISBN: 0859341275]
Bernard Babani (Publishing) Ltd. Paperback.
BP; 112 pages .
Programming the Z80 - 0895880474 -
| Author: |
Rodnay Zaks |
| Publisher: |
Sybex |
| Pub. Date: |
1980 |
| Edition: |
2nd ed edition |
| Binding: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
624 |
| ISBN: |
0895880474 |
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Acorn
Acorn Music 500 Synthesizer Sales Leaflet - -
The Acorn Music 500 is a sound and music synthesizer package consisting of hardware and software which will turn your BBC Micro into a sophisticated composition aid and sound effects generator.
Acorn
BBC Micro User Guide - -
|
The BBC Microcomputer user guide |
John Coll/David Allen |
British Broadcasting Corporation
ISBN 0-563-16558-8 |
1984 |
Acorn Atom
Getting acquainted with your Acorn Atom - 0907563031 -
Getting acquainted with your Acorn Atom
by Trevor Sharples & Tim Hartnell
Publisher: [London] Interface [1981]
ISBN: 0907563031 DDC: 1.6404 LCC: QA76.8
Classification: (click to see other 'Books on the Same Shelf')
Dewey Class: 1.6404 -- Knowledge
LCC Number: QA76.8
Book Details:
Language: eng
Physical Description: 180p ill 21cm pbk
Acorn BBC Master Computer
Acorn Computers
Acorn A3000 - - £650.00
in May 1989 the 300 series was phased out in favour of the new Acorn A3000 (the 400 series was kept in production). The earlier models could be upgraded to RISC OS 2 by replacing the ROM chips containing the operating system.
The A3000 used an 8 MHz ARM2 and was supplied with 1 MB of RAM. Unlike the previous models, the A3000 came in a single-part case similar to the Amiga 500 & Atari ST computers, with the keyboard integrated in the base unit. This kind of housing consumes a lot of desktop space, a problem that Acorn tried to overcome by offering a monitor stand that attached to the base unit. The new model only sported a single expansion slot, which was physically different to that of the earlier models, although electrically similar.
Acorn A3010 - - £399.00
The A3010 was launched in Sept 1992, along with the A3020 and A4000, as a replacement for the A3000. The A3010 was the low end version of the machine - the A3010 was nearly twice as fast as the original A3000, it was aimed at the home market. The case design was a bit of a departure from the norm for Acorn - like the A3000 it was a "one box" design with the floppy drive on the right side at the back, but rather than the standard "BBC beige" with red function keys the A3010 had a grey case with green function keys. The A3010 had all the standard connectors (monitor, mouse, headphones, parallel port and serial port) but because the machine was aimed at the home market it also had the ability to drive a standard TV, and featured two joystick ports. The A3010 could take 1 Mb or 2 Mb of memory, and had no hard disc upgrade option.
CPU Type: Arm2
CPU Speed: 12MHz
Memory: 2MB
Acorn A3020 - - £749.00
The Acorn Archimedes A3000 was replaced by the Acorn A3010 and A3020, two simililar but slightly different models, aimed at the home and educational markets.
The A3020 was a lower-cost replacement for A3000 aimed at British classrooms. The case was slightly shorter at the back and an awkward to reach mouse port that was underneath the A3000 was moved to the back.
Serial No: 01-AGB23-1010102
Photograph courtesy of www.old-computers.com
Acorn A4000 - - £800.00
The Acorn A4000 was a slightly cheaper cut down A5000, with a shorter case, one expansion slot and an ARM250 processor.
Curiously, the machine had its floppy and hard drive fixed to the chassis with a wire clip which meant these could be quickly replaced without tools, whereas replacing the hard disk on the A5000 was a more fiddly operation requiring the expansion slot plane and the whole chassis holding the drives to be removed.
Many of the features (ARM250, VGA screen modes, RISC OS 3) of this model were implemented into the lower end A3010 and A3020 computers.
The keyboard was a much cheaper type more similar to a generic PC unit.
Text & photograph courtesy of www.old-computers.com
Acorn A5000 - - £1,200.00
The Acorn A5000 was an all new model of the Archimedes family replacing the A540. It had 4 slots like previous models but a larger wider case making it look like a workstation computer.
Acorn A7000 - -
This machine replaced the A4000/A5000 series and was a lower-cost alternative to the RISC PC. The styling was similar, featuring a very strong but lightweight ABS case with the floppy and CD drive in different places and without the clever stackable case design.
Acorn made the A7000 a very neat system, reducing cost by using far fewer components on the motherboard. 4MB is built into the mainboard with a single 72-pin slot for standard off-the-shelf PC RAM. Gone is the non-standard Acorn 3-button mouse used since the first Arhimedes model, which was expensive and difficult to find if broken or lost, instead a standard PS2 unit is supplied.
Acorn Archimedes 440 - -
The Acorn Archimedes was Acorn Computers Ltd's first general purpose home computer based on their own 32-bit ARM RISC CPU. The name is also commonly used to describe computers which were based on the same architecture
The first models were released in June 1987, as the 300 and 400 series. The 400 series included 4 expansion slots (although a 4 slot backplane could be added to the 300 series) and an ST506 controller for an internal hard drive. Both models included the Arthur OS (later called RISC OS), BBC BASIC and an emulator for Acorn's earlier BBC Micro, and were mounted in two-part cases with a small central unit, monitor on top, and a separate keyboard and three-button mouse. All models featured onboard 8 channel stereo sound and were capable of displaying 256 colours on screen.
Four models were initially released with different amounts of memory, the A305, A310, A410 and A440. The 300 and 400 were followed by a number of machines with minor changes and upgrades:
Our Archimedes 440: S/N 27-AKB20-1000002
Acorn Atom - -
The Acorn Atom was a home computer made by Acorn Computers Ltd from 1980 to 1981 it was the forerunner to the hugely popular BBC Computer System, it was then replaced by the BBC Micro (originally Proton) and later the Acorn Electron.
The Atom was a progression of the MOS Technology 6502 based machines that the company had been making from 1979. The Atom was a cut-down Acorn System 3 without a disk drive but had an integral keyboard and cassette tape interface, sold in either kit or complete form. In 1980 it was priced between Ł120 in kit form, Ł170 ready assembled, to over Ł200 for the fully expanded version with 12 KB of RAM and the floating point extension ROM.
The basic Atom had 2 KB of RAM and 8 KB of ROM, with a fully loaded machine having 12 KB of each. An additional floating point ROM was also available. The 12 KB of RAM was divided between 5 KB available for programs, 1 KB for the page zero and 6 KB for the high resolution graphics. The page zero memory (a.k.a. zero page memory) was used by the CPU for stack storage, by the OS, and by the Atom BASIC for variable storage of the 27 variables. If high resolution graphics were not required then 5 1/2 KB of the upper memory could be used for program storage.
The video chip, allowed for text or two-colour graphics modes. It could be connected to a TV or modified to connect and output to a video monitor.The Basic video memory was 1 KB but could be expanded to 6 KB. Six video modes were available, with resolutions from 64×64 in 4 colours, up to 256×192 in monochrome. At the time 256×192 was considered to be high resolution.
It came built-in with Atom BASIC, a fast but idiosyncratic version, which included indirection operators for bytes and words (4 bytes). Assembly code could be included within a BASIC program, because the BASIC interpreter also contained an Assembler for the 6502 assembly language which assembled the inline code during program execution and then executed it. This was a very unusual, but also very useful, function.
In late 1982, Acorn released an upgrade ROM chip for the Atom which allowed users to switch between Atom BASIC and the more advanced BASIC used by the BBC Micro. The upgrade was purely to the programming language; the Atom's graphics and sound capabilities remained unchanged, and hence, contrary to some pre-release beliefs, the BBC BASIC ROM did not allow Atom users to run commercial BBC Micro software, since nearly all of it took advantage of the BBC machine's advanced graphics and sound hardware.
The case was designed by industrial designer Allen Boothroyd of Cambridge Product Design Ltd.
Acorn BBC Master 128 - -
The BBC Master 128 was released by Acorn in 1986 and was the successor to the hugely successful BBC Micro.
It was designed to be backwardly compatible with the original BBC Micro in order to keep the massive userbase of schools. However, there were a few compatibility issues and some programs that worked well on the BBC Micro just wouldn't run on the Master.
This was a fairly minor problem, and was generally outweighed by the numerous improvements that the Master offered including, more RAM, the ability to load ROMS into 'sideways' RAM, the Numeric Keypad, ROM Cartridge Slots, a DFS as standard, and of course, it was faster.
Another big plus for the Master 128 was the fact that it a View - a highly regarded word processor of the time and ViewSheet - A spreadsheet, were built in.
Our BBC Master 128 is practically as new in it's original box, with manual, disk, tape, view help sheet and keystrip.
Serial Number : 01-AMB15-0026826
we also have
Serial Number : 01-AMB15-0012943
We have a large selection of software on tape and disk, as well as magazines and books.
Acorn BBC Micro Model B - 1981 - £399.00
For me this was the machine that really got me into programming and micro electronics. The BBC micro was developed by Acorn computers for the BBC who were embarking on an education programme for the UK called the "BBC Computer Literacy Project". The BBC made it their mission to have at least one of these machines available in every school in the UK.
The 'beeb' as it quickly became known as was fantastic for connecting to external equipment. It featured an anlogue 'joystick' port, a digital 'user' port, a 1Mhz bus connection, a 'tube' connection and a plethora of other connections. So many infact the the back of the machine ran out of space and they had to create a cut-away bay underneath the machine to accommodate them. But it was due to it's connectivity and expandability that I really took to the beeb and started designing peripherals and software.
It was not a cheap machine. The BBC Model B sold for Ł399 on the high street in 1983 which was relatively expensive compared with other available machines like the Commodore 64 which sold for around Ł229. Regardless of the difference in price, because it was backed by the BBC, the beeb sold very well with over 1 million units sold.
Acorn Briefcase Communicator - -
The Acorn Communicator is a business computer developed by Acorn Computers in 1985. The system sold in very low numbers to companies requiring a computer with a built-in modem. As a dedicated Prestel terminal with built-in word processing and spreadsheet capabilities, the Communicator found a niche market amongst travel agents in the United Kingdom and Italy, who used Prestel (and similar networks) as probably the earliest online booking service.
The machine used the Ferranti-manufactured "Aberdeen" gate array developed for the Electron, which was the largest ULA ever developed at that time.
The system used a 16-bit Western Design Center 65816 chip rather than the 8-bit MOS Technology 6502, which was used by all of Acorn's previous offerings. The communicator boasted 512 kB of memory, which was expandable to 1024 kB.
The Communicator contained a full office software suite, including View (word processor), ViewSheet (spreadsheet), and a fully-featured Prestel terminal, plus (of course) Econet and many of the interfaces found on the BBC series of computers. The system software that bound the packages together was a mixture of BBC Basic and assembler.
Our unit is in immaculate condition mounted in the case
Acorn Electron - - £199.00
The Acorn Electron was a budget version of the BBC Micro educational/home computer made by Acorn Computers Ltd. It had 32 kilobytes of RAM, and its ROM memory included BBC BASIC along with its operating system.
The Electron was able to save and load programs onto audio cassette via a supplied converter cable that plugged into the microphone socket of any tape recorder. It was capable of basic graphics, and could display onto either a television set or a "green screen" monitor.
At its peak, the Electron was the third best selling micro in the United Kingdom, and total lifetime game sales for the Electron exceeded those of the BBC Micro. There are at least 500 known games for the Electron and the true total is probably in the thousands.
The hardware of the BBC Micro was emulated by a single customized ULA chip designed by Acorn. It had feature limitations such as being unable to output more than one channel of sound where the BBC was capable of three-way polyphony and the inability to provide teletext mode. The machine architecture also imposed a substantial speed decrease on applications running from RAM, although ROM applications ran at the same speed.
Complete in it's orginal brown box (Acorn never really did put much belief in flashy packaging !!)
Serial Number : 02-ALA01-0020823
Acorn Risc PC 600 - -
The Risc PC (codenamed Medusa) was Acorn Computer's next generation RISC OS/Acorn RISC Machine computer, launched in 1994, which superseded the Acorn Archimedes.
Like the Archimedes, the Risc PC continued the practice of having the RISC OS operating system in a ROM module. Risc PC augmented the ROM-based core OS with a disk-based directory structure containing configuration information, and some applications which had previously been kept in ROM.
Acorn Electron
Acorn Electron Advanced User Guide - 0 907876 17 X -
This guide describes the facilities of the Acorn Electron in the detail required by the serious programmer, and acts as a supplement to the 'Acorn Electron User Guide'.
Acorn User
Adding Machines
Monroe Educator - -
The Monroe Calculator Company was a leading maker of adding machines and calculators founded in 1912 by Jay R. Monroe and now known as Monroe Systems for Business. The company was also known as Monroe Calculating Machine Company, Monroe THE Calculator Company, and Monroe Division of Litton Industries.
Our Monroe Educator is Model Number: LNE-140 wth a Serial Number of B117343
Altair 8800 Pictures
Amstrad
Amstrad CPC 464 - -
The Amstrad CPC was a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad during the 1980s and early 1990s. CPC stood for 'Colour Personal Computer', although it was possible to purchase a CPC with a green screen (GT65/66) as well as with the standard colour screen (CTM640).
The first machine, the CPC 464 was introduced in 1984. It was designed to be a direct competitor to the Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum systems. The CPC range was very successful, and over 3 million were sold during the machine's lifespan.
Amstrad's were matt black console case's with sharp corners and narrowly rectangular form factor (the latter due to the built-in cassette tape deck (CPC 464) or floppy disk drive (CPC 664 and CPC 6128), the keyboard's distinctly coloured special keys, and the unique power supply hookup with one lead going from the monitor to the computer and, on disc-based machines, one lead going the other way.
Like most home computers at the time, the CPC had its OS and a BASIC interpreter built in as ROM. It used Locomotive BASIC. This was faster, more comfortable and more powerful than the generic but common Microsoft BASIC used by the Commodore 64 and MSX amongst others. It was particularly notable for providing easy access to the machine's video and audio resources in contrast to the arcane POKE commands required on generic Microsoft implementations.
Amstrad CPC 6128 - -
The CPC6128 was launched in 1985, and contained the Z80 Processor with a clock speed of 4 MHz and a ROM of 48 KB and a 128 KB of RAM There were 3 modes, 80 characters x 25 lines - 40 x 25 -20 x 25 GRAPHIC Modes 640 x 200 pixels -320 x 200 -160 x 200 the colors available were dependent on the mode 2 Colours in 640x200, 4 in 320x200, 16 in 160x200.
Amstrad NC100 - -
By 1992, once fast-growing Amstrad was struggling. Its reputation as a PC maker had been undermined by a batch of dodgy Seagate disk drives at the same time that bigger-name vendors were engaged in a price war, squeezing Amstrad out of the market.
The NC 100, NC 150 and NC 200 were three products that its founder Alan Sugar was hoping would help revive the company's fortunes.
Cutting edge, they were not. Both were based on old eight-bit Zilog Z80 microprocessors. Curiously, both machines came with a BBC Basic interpreter on which users could develop their own applications.
The NC 100 was a Ł199 notebook computer the size of a piece of A4 paper, with a full size keyboard and a "letterbox" screen at the top, offering 80 columns by 8 lines.
It had an RS232 serial port and a Centronics parallel port for printer and communications. Built-in were 64 kilobytes of memory, expandable to 1 megabyte with the addition of an add-on memory card.
"If you can't use this new computer in five minutes, you'll get your money back," boasted the company in its launch advertising. For ease of use, it had four colour-coded keys giving instant access to a number of built-in applications, including a word processor, calculator, diary and address book.
Amstrad PC1512DD - -
Used: 1986 - 1989
CPU: 8MHz Intel 8086
Memory: 512KB
Storage: 20MB hard card (with the strangest sounds), Two 5.25" floppy disk drives
OS: DOS plus 1.2 (a bastard between CP/M and DR-DOS from Digital Research), MS-DOS 3.2
Software: GEM 1.1 (a GUI ahead of everything else at the time)
Our unit has had one of the 5.25" floppy drives rep[laced by a 3.5 drive
Serial No: 5346821813
Amstrad PC1640 HD20 - -
The Amstrad PC1640 was based around an 8 MHz Intel 8086 processor and was a very successful entry level PC bought by many small and medium sized businesses. Not only was a success in the business arena but due to the price and Amstrad's marketing it was also largely responsible for introducing the PC into the home environment.
It had 640Kb of RAM and was available with a 20Mb Hard Disk.
Our Amstrad 1640 does include the 20Mb Hard Disk, GEM operating system and original DOS disks.
Amstrad PC2286/40 - -
The Amstrad PC2286/40 had a12.5MHz 80286 16-bit processor, RAM of 1MB, Cache: 64KB and a 40MB Hard Disk
VGA adaptor supporting MDA, CGA, Hercules, EGA, MCGA and EVGA.
Ports: Serial, parallel, 5.25 inch disk port, mouse port.
Operating system: MS-DOS 4.01/Microsoft Windows and Microsoft GW-BASIC
The 2286's CMOS data is stored via 4 AA batteries.
Our S/No: GEO0110210A and was kindly donated by Mr C P Smitheram of Kedington
Amstrad PCW 8256 - -
The Amstrad PCW8256 was primarily sold as a word processor but was actually quite an competent general use computer owing to it's flexible CP/M+ operating sytem and BASIC interpreter.
Amstrad PCW 9512 - -
The Amstrad PCW series (Personal Computer Word processor) was British company Amstrad's versatile line of home/personal microcomputers pitched as a complete, integrated home/office solution. It was first sold in 1985.
Some models were also affectionately known as Joyce, especially in Germany; the name is that of a secretary of Alan Sugar, the founder of Amstrad, and was the codename of the machine while it was in development.
The PCW9512 (1987) was supplied with a daisy wheel printer instead of the 9-pin dot matrix of the 8000 series. It had a single 3-inch 720 kB floppy drive, and a white-screen monochrome display. The visual appearance was significantly changed. It came with a parallel printer port as standard.
Manufactured in the United Kingdom 1987 to 1994
CPU Zilog Z80 A 4 MHz RAM 512 KB
Text Mode 90 xchars. x 35 lines
Grap[hic Mode 720 x 256 dots B & W
Ports Z80 Bus, Parallel
One Hitachi 3'' disk-drive (720k)
O/S CP/M, CP/M+
Price Ł499
Our unit is in excellent condition with the original box
Amstrad PPC 640D - -
Amstrad introduced the PPC-640 in 1988 as a low-cost IBM-compatible portable. It weighed 22lbs. It ran on ten C batteries or mains power and offered a 320x200 flip-up monochrome screen.
The CPU was an Intel 8088, clocked at 4.77 MHz. It came with a "full" 640K of memory and included a 2400 bps modem.
8088 CPU @ 4.77 MHz
2 - 720K FDD
640K RAM
LCD Screen with MGA/CGA video connector. Optional external monitor available gets DC power supply from computer. Or you can use a regular Mono or CGA monitor and control video mode with built in DIP switch.
101 key keyboard
2 Serial Ports
1 Parallel Port
Real time clock
Uses 10 "C" batteries or 12 volt AC adapter
Internal 2400 baud Modem w/standard telephone connection.
Software supplied with computer: MS-DOS 3.3 w/special Amstrad functions CrossTalk Mirror 11
Weight with carrying case, manuals, power supply and OEM disks is 22 lbs.
Our Serial No: 532-8336143
complete with manuals, software and carrying case
Amstrad PPC 640S - -
Amstrad introduced the PPC-640 in 1988 as a low-cost IBM-compatible portable. It weighed 22lbs. It ran on ten C batteries or mains power and offered a 320x200 flip-up monochrome screen.
The CPU was an Intel 8088, clocked at 4.77 MHz. It came with a "full" 640K of memory and included a 2400 bps modem.
8088 CPU @ 4.77 MHz
1 - 720K FDD
640K RAM
LCD Screen with MGA/CGA video connector. Optional external monitor available gets DC power supply from computer. Or you can use a regular Mono or CGA monitor and control video mode with built in DIP switch.
101 key keyboard
2 Serial Ports
1 Parallel Port
Real time clock
Uses 10 "C" batteries or 12 volt AC adapter
Internal 2400 baud Modem w/standard telephone connection.
Software supplied with computer: MS-DOS 3.3 w/special Amstrad functions CrossTalk Mirror 11
Weight with carrying case, manuals, power supply and OEM disks is 22 lbs.
Our Serial No: 532-83604649
complete with manuals, software and carrying case
Amstrad CPC464
The Anatomy of the CPC's - - £14.95
A fully comprehensive guide to these best selling micros the CPC464, CPC664 and CPC6128 - a must for every CPC owner.
Covering in depth such as ROM, the 280 processor gate array, video controller, 8255 parallel interface, sound chip, and other interfaces. Also contains the disassembler and detailed variater from the interpreter and operating system, and character generator. All you would ever need to know in one book.
ISBN : 0948015 462
Amstrad PC
Amstrad PC1512/1640 Advanced Users Guide - -
The Amstrad Pc1512/1640 Advanced User's Guide: A Programmer's Guide
Reid, Jim Reid,
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 0434919985 Edition: Paperback; 1989-01
Communications with the Amstrad PC - -
Communications with the Amstrad Personal Computer
Ian R. Sinclair,
Publisher: Blackwell Science Ltd
ISBN: 0632022922 Edition: Paperback; 1988-05-16
Book Details:
Physical Description: 144 pages
Edition Info: Paperback; 1988-05-16Amstrad PCW
Amstrad PCW
All in One Business Computing - -
All in One Business Computing
Amstrad PCW & Mini Office Professional
Supplied with Mini Office Professional
Not Sold Separately
Amstrad ZX81 and Spectrum
Byteing Deeper into Your ZX 81 - 0905104137 -
Byteing Deeper into Your ZX 81
Mark Harrison
Sigma Technical P; , 1981. Paperback,
150pp., 350grams, ISBN:0905104137.
AntéMémoire - European Computer Museum
Conquering a Fear of Heights - -
The face kinda looks happy ... but it isn't ...
Taken from the top of the Grande Arch where the computer exhibition was located.
AntéMémoire - Intel MDS System - -
Intel MDS system with 8" floppy drives.
Taken on the 4th October 2007 at the AntéMémoire - European Computer Museum.
Antic - The Atari Users Resource
Antic - The Atari Resource June 1985 - -
Computer Arts - Atari, Casio and Yamaha make music technical
Generate technical action
Weave colour on Atari
New Graphics commands from basic
GEM Seminar ST Support
10 Type in programs
APL Programming Language
APL In Practice - 0 471-08275-9 -
what you need to know to install and use successful APL systems and major applications
APL PLUS - (301) 657-8220 -
USE and MISUSE of APL
Efficient Coding Techniques
APL-STAT - 0-534-97985-8 -
A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Computational Statistics Using APL
APL: The Language and it's Useage - 0-13-038885-8 -
thorough presentation of the computer programming language used in solving a wide variety of practical problems in many different fields of engineering, business, and science
COLLECTED WHIZBANGS - 301-657-8220 -
APL*PLUS SERVICE
An ANthology Of Tutorials on APL Programming Techniques
Volume 1
Apple
The Applesoft Tutorial - -
The Applesoft Tutorial
The manual is designed for those to learn to program in Apple's Applesoft BASIC
1979
Apple
Apple II Users Guide - -
Apple II user's guide
by Lon Poole with Martin McNiff & Steven Cook
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Osborne/McGraw-Hill, c1981.
ISBN: 0931988462 DDC: 1.642 LCC: QA76.8 Edition: (pbk.)
We have two copies, each a diffent size and with differnet colour covers
Apple Pascal - 0070491712 -
Apple PASCAL: a hands-on approach
Arthur Luehrmann, Herbert Peckham
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1981.
ISBN: 0070491712 DDC: 1.6424 LCC: QA76.73 Edition: (pbk.) :$13.95
Notes:
Includes index.
Classification: (click to see other 'Books on the Same Shelf')
Dewey Class: 1.6424 -- Knowledge
LCC Number: QA76.73
Book Details:
Language: eng
Physical Description: xiv, 430 p. ; 24 cm. --
Edition Info: (pbk.) :$13.95
Beneath Apple DOS - -
Beneath Apple DOS
by Don Worth and Pieter Lechner
DOS 3.3
published by Quality Software
Apple Computers
Apple Graphics Tablet - -
Apple Graphics Tablet
Model No: A2M0029
Serial No: 2120
Kindly Donated by Mr Tony Baldwin
Apple II - -
The Apple II (sometimes written as Apple ][ or Apple //) was the first popular microcomputermanufactured by Apple. Its direct ancestor was the Apple I, a limited production circuit boardcomputer for electronics hobbyists which pioneered many features that made the Apple II a commercial success.
The first Apple II computers went on sale on June 5, 1977with a MOS Technology6502microprocessor running at 1 MHz, 4 KB of RAM, an audio cassetteinterface for loading programs and storing data, and the Integer BASICprogramming language built into the ROMs. The video controller displayed 24 lines by 40 columns of monochrome, upper-case-only text on the screen, with NTSCcomposite videooutput suitable for display on a monitor, or on a TV set by way of an RF modulator. The original retail price of the computer was US$1298 (with 4 KB of RAM) and US$2638 (with the maximum 48 KB of RAM). To reflect the computer's color graphics capability, the Apple logo on the casing was represented using rainbow stripes, which remained a part of Apple's corporate logo until early 1998. The earliest Apple IIs were assembled in Silicon Valley, and later in Texas; printed circuit boardswere manufactured in Irelandand Singapore.
Apple II Europlus - - £1,270.00
Apple II Europlus
After the success of the first Apple II in the United States, Apple expanded its market to include Eurpoe and theFar East in 1978, with the Apple II Europlus (Europe) and the Apple II J-Plus (Japan). In these models, Apple made the necessary hardware, software and firmware changes in order to comply to standards outside of the US. The power supply was modified to accept the local voltage, and in the European model the video output signal was changed from color NTSC to monochrome PAL — an extra video card was needed for color PAL graphics, since the simple tricks Wozniak had used to generate a pseudo-NTSC signal with minimal hardware didn't carry over to the more complex PAL system. In most other countries the international Apple was sold with an unmodified American keyboard; thus the German model still lacked the umlauts, for example. For the most part, the Apple II Europlus and J-Plus were identical to the Apple II Plus. Production of the Europlus ended in 1983.
We have two units with the following serial numbers
1A2S2-613957
1A2S2-637865
Both Kindly donated by Mr Tony Baldwin
Apple II GS - -
Our model is the limited 'Woz' edition. The first 50,000 machines produced had Steve Wozniak's signiture silk screened on to the front panel. Although not functionally any different from any later II GS machines, these are now sought after for their limited availability.
The IIGS was released
September 15,
1986. It was intended to compete with personal computers such as the
Commodore Amiga and
Atari ST at the time of its release and was somewhat popular with schools, but Apple failed to promote and update the IIGS, preferring to focus on the Macintosh instead. The IIGS lacked compelling features over its competitors and increasingly fell behind other personal computers over its lifetime, and Apple ceased production of it in December
Apple II Plus - -
The Apple II Plus was the second model of the Apple II series produced. It had a total of 48 KB of RAM, expandable to 64 KB by means of the language card, an expansion card that could be installed in the computer's slot 0. The Apple's 6502 microprocessor could support a maximum of 64 KB of memory, and a machine with 48 KB RAM reached this limit because of the additional 16 KB of read-only memory and I/O addresses. For this reason, the extra RAM in the language card was bank-switched over the machine's built-in ROM, allowing code loaded into the additional memory to be used as if it actually were ROM. Users could thus load Integer BASIC into the language card from disk and switch between the Integer and Applesoft dialects of BASIC with DOS 3.3's INT and FP commands just as if they had the BASIC ROM expansion card.
Introduced 1978 and discontinued in 1982. The price was US$1200
Our erialnumber 1A2S2-642980
Kindly donated by Mr Tony Baldwin
Apple IIc - -
The Apple IIc, the fourth model in the Apple II of personal computers, was Apple Computer's first endeavor to produce a portable computer. The end result was a luggable 7˝ pound notebook-sized version of the Apple II that could easily be transported from place to place. The c in the name stood for compact, referring to the fact it was essentially a complete Apple II computer setup (minus display and power supply) squeezed into a small notebook sized housing. While sporting a built-in floppy drive and new rear peripheral expansion ports, it lacked the internal expansion slots and direct motherboard access of earlier Apple IIs, making it a closed system. However that was the intended direction for this model—a more appliance-like machine, ready to use out of the box, requiring no technical know how or experience to hook up and therefore attractive to first-time users.
The Apple IIc was released in April 1984, during an Apple held event called Apple II Forever. The new machine was proclaimed as proof of Apple's long term commitment to the Apple II series and its users, an assurance the company's older technology would not be forsaken or dropped with the recent introduction of the Macintosh. While essentially an Apple II computer in a smaller case, it was not a successor, but rather a portable version to complement it. One Apple II machine would be sold for users who required the expandability of slots, and another for those wanting the simplicity of a plug and play machine with portability in mind.
Apple IIe - - £1,270.00
After having sold more than 750,000 Apple II and II+ systems, making it one of the best-selling brands in the global computing market, Apple released an updated version of the
II+, the
Apple IIe ('e' standing for enhanced).
It also met with very great success and was widely used in schools.
Apple IIe Platinum - -
The Apple IIe Platinum was the final computer in the Apple II range to be released.
Apple III - - £1,995.00
The Apple /// was announced in June 1980. It contained a Synertek 8-bit 6502A processor which could run at speeds up to 2 MHz. It contained 128K of RAM and a 4K ROM. It could run most Apple II programs through emulation, and came with a sophisticated new operating system. It was the first Apple to include a built-in 5.25" disk drive, and hi-res graphics built-in to the motherboard. It was designed to be Apple's business offering, but sold very poorly. It sold initially for between $4,340 and $7,800, depending on the configuration. The original Apple III had many problems, and was replaced by a revised model in mid 1981, which featured 256K RAM, updated system software, and a lower price ($3495). A 5 MB external hard disk was also made available. The Apple /// sold very poorly and was replaced by the Apple ///+ ($2995) in Late 1983. The Apple ///+ was discontinued in 1985.
This is the Microsoft Softcard III for the Apple III Computer
The Softcard III was produced by Microsoft specifically for the Apple III. It was basically the same as the original Softcard produced for the Apple II which was Microsofts's very first hardware product. The Softcard gave the Apple the ability to run the CP/M operating system and included a Z-80 cpu with 64k RAM.
Apple iMac G3 (Tray Loading) - -
The iMac G3 was the first model of the iMac line of personal computers made by Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer, Inc.). The iMac G3 is an all-in-one, luggable personal computer, encompassing both the monitor and the CPU in a single enclosure. Originally released in striking bondi blue and later a range of brightly colored, translucent plastic, casings shipped with a keyboard and mouse in matching tints.
The company announced the iMac on 6th May 1998 and started shipping on 15th August 1998. The launch of the iMac was a landmark event for its time, and had a massive impact on both the company and the computer industry.
Our Model: Bondi Blue Imac Power PC G3
Family Name M4984
Serial No ZM825-4427
Power PC G3 233 MHz
512k cache/32MB
4GB Hard Drive
24X CD drive -tray loading
Rage Pro 6MB SGRAM
Modem
O.S upgraded to MAC 9.2
Complete with the Apple Puck Mouse and keyboard (Family M2452 No: NK94508BTRH6L)
Kindly donated by Freecycler Rowena Smoth
Apple iMac G3 DV (Slot Loading) - -
The iMac G3 was the first model of the iMac line of personal computers made byApple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer, Inc.). The iMac G3 is an all-in-one, luggable personal computer, encompassing both the monitor and the CPU in a single enclosure. Originally released in striking bondi blue and later a range of brightly colored, translucent plastic, casings shipped with a keyboard and mouse in matching tints.
The company announced the iMac on 6th May 1998 and started shipping on 15th August 1998. The launch of the iMac was a landmark event for its time, and had a massive impact on both the company and the computer industry.
Our Model: Bondi Blue Imac Power PC G3
Family Name M4984
Serial No ZM825-4427
Power PC G3 233 MHz
512k cache/32MB
4GB Hard Drive
24X CD drive -tray loading
Rage Pro 6MB SGRAM
Modem
O.S upgraded to MAC 9.2
Complete with the Apple Puck Mouse and keyboard (Family M2452 No: NK94508BTRH6L)
Kindly donated by Freecycler Rowena Smoth
Apple Lisa 2/10 - - £6,000.00
The Apple Lisa was a landmark machine. It was the first commercially available computer to offer a Graphical User Interface (or GUI). Up until this point all machines had to controlled by typing in commands via the keyboard, but the Lisa was supplied with a mouse and allowed the user to 'point and click' just like operating systems today.
Apparently "Lisa" stands for "Local Integrated Software Architecture", but it is well documented that Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder, named the machine after his daughter.
The idea of a "point and click" operating system was not invented by Apple. In actual fact it was developed by Xerox at thier Palo Alto Research Center (also known as PARC). They had developed the Alto computer in 1973 which incredibly featured many facilities that we now take for granted on our desktop computers - features like networking, email, object oriented programming and the graphical user interface. However, the Alto was just a research project and was not commercially available and even if it were to be, the cost would have been beyond any reasonable figure.
It was only after a visit by the Apple team to PARC that the idea of developing a cost effective computer based around the graphical user interface came to be ... and the result was the Apple Lisa.
Sadly, the Apple Lisa was costly and unreliable. It saw a couple of revisions and Apple even offered free upgrades for Lisa 1 owners Lisa 2. Later the machine would become obsolete with the launch of the Apple Macintosh - a physically smaller and more cost effective machine ...
Information for the Apple Lisa 2/10 that we have in our collection :
Serial Number : A3336168
AppleNet Number : 00109744
Manufactured : 3336
Model Number : A6S0200
Memory Option : A6S0204
Apple Mac IIfx - -
Released in March 1990, The Mac IIfx was the fastest Mac ever built at the time. The IIfx shipped in a Mac II-style case, and could accommodate up to two Super Drives and and internal SCSI hard disk. Dubbed "Wicked Fast" by the press, the IIfx also contained a number of proprietary ASICs designed to speed up the machine further. These required software written specifically for the IIfx to run at top speed, but either way it was an extremely powerful machine. It sold for $10,000 - $12,000, depending on configuration.
Apple Mac LC - -
The Macintosh LC (meaning low-cost color) was Apple's product family of low-end consumer personal computer in the early 1990s. The original Macintosh LC was released in 1990, primarily for the education and home markets, and notable for being the first affordable color Macintosh to the average first-time computer buyer. Together with the Mac IIsi, it introduced built-in audio input on the Mac. The "LC" name was subsequently used for a line of low-end Macintosh computers for several years.
Apple Mac LCII - -
The Apple Macintosh LC II features a 16 MHz 68030 processor, 4 MB of RAM, and either a 40 MB or an 80 MB hard drive in a compact "pizza box" case. The Macintosh LC II is very similar to the Macintosh LC, but uses the 68030 processor and includes a PMMU chip for virtual memory, but lacks dual disk drive capability. The consumer version of this model is the Performa 400 series.
Apple Mac Performa 450 - -
The Apple Macintosh Performa 450 features a 25 MHz 68030 processor, 4 MB of RAM, and a 120 MB hard drive in a compact "pizza box" case. The educational version of the Performa 450 is the LCIII
Apple Mac Performa 5200CD - -
Introduced in April 1995, the original 5200s use a 75 MHz PowerPC 603 CPU. The Power Macintosh 5200 LC was only sold to the education market, while the Performa models were sold to consumers. In April 1996, they were replaced by the 5260-related models, but some Performa models remained available for a longer time.
The Apple Macintosh Performa 5200CD features a 8 MB of RAM, and either a 790 MB or 1.0 GB hard drive in an attractive all-in-one case with a 15" color monitor.
Srial No: 0 CK53505F5E8
Kindly donated by Dr Mark England
Microprocessor
--------------
* PowerPC 603 RISC microprocessor running at 75 MHz
* 256K Level 2 cache on 64-bit PPC bus
* Bus speed is 37.5 MHz. (processor speed/2)
Memory
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* 8 MB (one 8 MB SIMMs installed)
- Expandable up to 64 MB (32 MB x 2 slots)
- Two 72-pin SIMM slots, 80 ns or faster
- Expandable one SIMM at a time (do not have to be similar density)
- 32-bit memory bus
* 1 MB DRAM frame buffer (separate from RAM) for video memory, not expandable
* 4 MB ROM on 64-bit PPC bus
Form Factor
-----------
* All in one enclosure
* Tilt from - 5í to +15í, Swivel 360í
* Front controls for volume and contrast
* Front headphone jack
* Infrared remote control
* Single power plug for system
* Power on/off from keyboard
Apple Macintosh Classic - -
The $1500 Mac Classic was released in October 1990.
Specifications:
Processor: Motorola 68000 running at 8 MHz.
Memory: came with 1 MB, expanadable to 4MB using a RAM card, 120ns 30-pin DRAM.
Display: built-in 9-inch diagonal monochrome bitmapped display.
Drives: 1.44 MB floppy drive, some models included a 40 MB HD.
Apple Macintosh LC475 - -
The Apple Macintosh LC 475 features a 25 MHz 68LC040 processor, 4 MB or 8 MB of RAM, and either an 80 MB, a 160 MB, or a 250 MB hard drive in a compact "pizza box" case. The consumer version of the LC 475 is the Performa 475 series, and the business version is the Quadra 605.
Apple Macintosh Plus - -
Apple released the Macintosh Plus on January 10, 1986 for US$2,600. It offered one megabyte of RAM, expandable to four, and a then-revolutionary SCSI parallel interface, allowing up to seven peripherals—such as hard drives and scanners—to be attached to the machine. Its floppy drive was increased to an 800 KB capacity. The Plus was an immediate success and remained in production until October 15, 1990; on sale for just over four years and ten months, it was the longest-lived Macintosh in Apple's history
Apple Macintosh Portable - -
The Macintosh Portable was Apple omputer's first attempt at making a portable Macintosh personal computer that held the power of a desktop Macintosh.
Released in 1989, it was received with excitement from most critics but with very poor sales to consumers. Seemingly no expense was spared in the construction of the machine. It featured a black and white active-matrix LCD screen in a hinged cover that covered the keyboard when the machine was not in use. The mouse function was handled by a built-in trackball that could be removed and located on either side of the keyboard. It used expensiveSRAM in an effort to maximize battery life.
Macintosh Portable
| Logic Board |
Ports |
Power |
| Processor: |
68000, 16 |
| PMMU: |
none |
| FPU: |
none |
| Data Path: |
16, 16 |
| L1 Cache: |
none |
| L2 Cache: |
none |
| 2nd Processor: |
none |
| Slots: |
modem | |
| USB: |
|
| ADB: |
1 |
| Video: |
HDI-15 |
| Floppy: |
DB-19 |
| SCSI: |
DB-25 |
| Geoports: |
|
| Ethernet: |
none |
| FireWire: |
|
| Mic Type: |
none |
| AirPort Ready: |
|
| Other Ports: |
Printer
Modem
Speaker
, | |
| Max Watts: |
5 |
| Amps: |
.13 |
| BTU per Hr: |
17.1 |
| Voltage: |
70-270 |
| Freq Range: |
48-62 Hz |
| Battery Type: |
lead acid |
| Soft Power: |
yes | |
| Memory |
Video Memory |
| Logic Board: |
1 MB |
| RAM Slots: |
1, Portable |
| Min - Max RAM: |
1MB - 8 MB |
| Min RAM Speed: |
100 |
| RAM Sizes: |
1-8 MB |
| Install in Groups of: |
1 | |
| Resolution |
Video Memory
built-in LCD screen
(built in) |
| 512 x 384 |
n/a-bit |
| 640 x 400 |
1-bit |
| 640 x 480 |
n/a-bit |
| 800 x 600 |
n/a-bit |
| 832 x 624 |
n/a-bit |
| 1024 x 768 |
n/a-bit |
| 1152 x 870 |
n/a-bit |
| 1280 x 1024 |
n/a-bit |
Notes: Some systems have a backlit screen. |
| Physical |
Software |
Storage |
| Introduced: |
9/20/1989 |
| Discontinued: |
10/21/1991 |
| Form Factor: |
Portable |
| Gestalt ID: |
10 |
| Weight (lbs): |
15.8 |
| Dimensions (in): |
4.05 H x 15.25 W x 14.83 D |
| Notes: |
Support Discontinued 9/1/98 | |
| Addressing Modes: |
24-bit |
| Orig SSW: |
6.0.4 |
| Orig Enabler: |
none |
| ROM ID: |
$0378 |
| ROM Ver: |
n/a |
| ROM Size: |
256K |
| AppleTalk Ver: |
52 |
Mac OS
Supported: |
6.0.5
6.0.7
6.0.8
7.0
7.0.1
7.1
7.1.1 (Pro)
7.5
6.0.4
7.5.1
7.5.3
7.5.5 | |
| Floppy Size: |
1.44MB |
| Floppy Inject: |
auto |
| Min. Int HD Size: |
0-40MB |
| Int HD Interface: |
SCSI |
| Orig CD Speed |
n/a |
| Int CD Support: |
| |
Information from
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112174
Relevant Magazines :
Apple Macintosh PowerBook 160 - -
The Apple Macintosh PowerBook 160 features a 25 MHz 68030 processor, 4 MB of RAM, and either a 40 MB, 80 MB, or 120 MB hard drive in a compact portable case with a 9.8" grayscale passive-matrix display. Although the built-in display of the PowerBook 160 only supports 4-bit grayscale, it supports 8-bit color on an external monitor.
Apple Macintosh Quadra - -
The Macintosh Quadra series was Apple's product family of professional high-end personal computers built using the Motorola 68040 CPU from 1991 until the Power Mac was introduced in 1994
Apple Macintosh SE - -
The Macintosh SE was a personal computer manufactured by Apple. This computer marked a significant improvement on the Macintosh Plus design and was introduced by Apple at the same time as the Macintosh II. It had a similar case to the original Macintosh computer, but with slight differences in colour and styling.
The SE's notable new features, compared to its similar predecessor the Macintosh Plus, were:
* First compact Macintosh with space for an internal hard disk (originally 20 MB or 40 MB), or, if the user preferred, dual floppy drives.
* First compact Macintosh that featured an expansion slot (SE stood for "System Expansion").
* Used the Apple Desktop Bus (ADB), introduced with the Apple IIGS, for keyboard and mouse interface.
* Improved SCSI support with faster data throughput.
* Better reliability.
* Longer life expectancy.[citation needed]
The SE was designed to accommodate either two floppy drives or a floppy drive and a hard drive, although an after-market bracket was designed to allow the SE to accommodate two floppy drives as well as a hard drive. After Apple introduced the Macintosh SE/30 in January 1989, an SE/30 motherboard was marketed as a high-cost upgrade for the SE.
Additionally the SE had a special PDS slot that allowed for expansion cards, such as accelerators, to be installed. Later on the SE/30 continued by having one slot. Still today accelerators can be purchased and installed in this machine. The SE can be upgraded to 50 MHz and more than 5 MB with the MicroMac accelerators, which are still sold. In the past other accelerators were also available such as the Sonnet Allegro.
Apple produced ten SEs with transparent cases as prototypes for promotional shots and employees. They are extremely rare and command a premium price for collectors.
Apple Macintosh SE/30 - -
The Macintosh SE/30 is a personal computer that was designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1989 until 1991. It was the fastest and most expandable of the original black-and-white compact Macintosh series.
The SE/30 is essentially a Macintosh IIx in the same case as the Macintosh SE, with a black-and-white monitor and a single PDS slot (rather than the NuBus slots of the IIx) which supported third-party accelerators, network cards, or a display adapter. Although officially only able to support 8 MiB, the SE/30 could expand up to 128 MiB of RAM, and included a 40 or 80 MB hard drive. It was also the first compact Mac to include a 1.44 MB high density floppy disk drive as standard (late versions of the SE had one, but earlier versions did not). Conversion sets were sold to convert a regular SE to a SE/30. The SE would then have the exact same specs as an SE/30, with the difference only in the floppy drive if the SE had a 800k drive. The set included a new front to replace the original SE front with that of an SE/30.
Apple had indicated the presence of a 68030 processor by adding the letter "x" to a model's name, but when the Macintosh SE was updated to the 68030, this posed an awkward problem, as Apple was not willing to name their new computer the "Macintosh SEx". Thus, "SE/30" was the name chosen. Internally, code names like Green Jade and Fafnir were used
Apple Newton MessagePad 2000 - -
The Apple Newton, or simply Newton, is an early line of personal digital assistants developed and marketed by Apple (now Apple Inc.) from 1993 to 1998. Some electronic engineering and the manufacture of the Newton was done in Japan by Sharp. The original Newtons were based on the ARM 610 RISC processor and featured handwriting recognition software. Apple's official name for the device was "MessagePad"; the term "Newton" was Apple's name for the operating system it used (Newton OS), but popular usage of the word Newton has grown to include the device and its software together. The name is an allusion to Isaac Newton's apple.
Apple Power Macintosh 7100/66 - -
The Apple Power Macintosh 7100/66, based on the Carl Sagan architecture, features a 66 MHz PowerPC 601 processor, 8 MB or 16 MB of RAM, and a 250 MB or 500 MB hard drive in a high-profile desktop case.
Apple II
Apple II
Apple Monitor IIc - -
Apple Monitor IIc - introduction and data sheet
printed one side black & white on gloss paper
In pristine condition
Apple Retail Price List Winter 1985/1986 - -
Apple Retail Price List Winter 1985/1986
Covering
Macintosh accessories, printers & software
LaserWriter
Apple IIe and IIc peripherals
Apple IIc
Apple IIe
In pristine condition
Apple Special Delivery Software - -
Apple Special Delivery Software
Apple II Software :
Personal Finance Manager
GoodSpell
Diet Analysis
PLAN 80
Supermap
Bridge Tutor
VT100 Emulator
Pascal Animation
Galactic Wars
Artist Designer
APM
Agenda Files
Order Tracking System
Graphics Tablet
Musicomp
Circuit Analysis
Microsense Computers Ltd
Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP2 7PS
Apple II Software
Battle zone - DX5507 -
You play as a tank with a 360 degree view of the horizon and a plenty of targets UFOs etc what could possibly go wrong
For Apple II, II+ or IIe Computer (with 48K RAM)
Sealed Box with instructions
Centipede - DX5503 -
A collection of multiplying insects pose different perils to the mushroom patch!
For Apple II, II+ or IIe Computer (with 48K RAM)
Sealed Box with instructions
Dig Dug - DX5507 -
Dodging and blasting Pooka's, and dropping rocks on fire breathing Fygars Dig Dug burrows his way through a series of subterranean paths
For Apple II, II+ or IIe Computer (with 48K RAM)
Sealed Box with instructions
