Ferranti PC860

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The Ferranti 860 is a desk top computer from 1986, there were a couple of variations of the machine, if it had twin floppy drives, then it was a PC860, if it had one floppy drive and a Winchester HDD, then it was a 860-XT.

CPU: 8086 running at 4.77MHz.
RAM: 256KB as standard, but can be expanded up to
640KB.
Storage: two 360KB floppies.

Manufacturer: Ferranti
Date: 1973



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This exhibit has a reference ID of CH50266. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

  

Ferranti PC860


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