The ABC 1600 was a
personal computer
A personal computer, commonly referred to as PC or computer, is a computer designed for individual use. It is typically used for tasks such as Word processor, word processing, web browser, internet browsing, email, multimedia playback, and PC ...
from
Luxor
Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt. Luxor had a population of 263,109 in 2020, with an area of approximately and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. It is among the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited c ...
that was introduced in 1985. It was built around the
Motorola 68008
The Motorola 68008 is an 8/32-bit microprocessor introduced by Motorola in 1982. It is a version of 1979's Motorola 68000 with an 8-bit external computer bus, data bus, as well as a smaller address bus. The 68008 was available with 20 or 22 a ...
processor, had of memory and used the operating system ABCenix, a
Unix
Unix (, ; trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, a ...
-like system developed from
DNIX
DNIX (original spelling: D-Nix) is a discontinued Unix-like real-time operating system from the Swedish company Dataindustrier AB (DIAB). A version named ABCenix was developed for the ABC 1600 computer from Luxor. Daisy Systems also had a syst ...
.
The ABC 1600 used
monochrome
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graphics with a
display resolution
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of and the screen could be turned 90° while in use depending on whether the user desired to work in standing (portrait) or horizontal (landscape) format. The hard disk had a capacity of 13 MB and the 5.25-inch floppy disk drive stored .
[pc-museum.com – Rune's PC Museum on ABC 1600]
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The ABC 1656 was a 1600 model with a hard disk capacity of or instead.
See also
* ABC 80
The ABC 80 (Advanced BASIC Computer 80) is a home computer engineered by the Swedish corporation Dataindustrier AB (DIAB) and manufactured by Luxor in Motala, Sweden in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was introduced on the market in August 1 ...
* ABC 800
The Luxor AB, Luxor ABC 800 series are office versions of the ABC 80 home computer. They featured an enhanced BASIC interpreter (computing), interpreter, and more memory: 32 kilobytes RAM and 32 KB ROM was now standard. The Zilog Z80, Z ...
References
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External links
Photo – ABC 1600
68k-based computers
Personal computers
UNIX System V
Computer-related introductions in 1985