Prológica Indústria e Comércio de Microcomputadores, commonly shortened to Prológica, was an influential

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ian

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company that reached its peak in the mid-1980s, when it ranked third among national companies in the sector.

History

Founded in 1976, the company initially commercialized machines for accounting use, namely the ''MCA-100'' and ''Alpha Disk''. The first models had an

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processor, and in the early months the company even managed to get a partnership with

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. The company later specialized in producing products similar to the American

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series of microcomputers, under the general name of ''"CP" (for "Computador Pessoal" in Portuguese, "Personal Computer" in English).'' Carlos-Roberto-Gauch-next-to-CP-500

One of its biggest successes in the professional field was the CP 500, compatible with the

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. In 1990, the company was sued by

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for creating ''SO16 ("Sistema Operativo 16")'', an operating system based on

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Line of products

A not extensive list of Prológica's products:

Home computers

* NE-Z80 (

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clone) * NE-Z8000 (1982,

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clone) * CP 200 (1982,

compatible) *CP 200 S (1982,

compatible, alternate case) * CP 300 ( 1983, TRS-80 Model III compatible) * CP 400 COLOR (1984, Color Computer 2 compatible) * CP 400 COLOR II (1985, better keyboard)

Personal computers

*Sistema 600 * Sistema 700 (1981, DOS-700 - CP/M-80 compatible) * CP 500 (1982,

compatible) * CP 500/M⁸⁰ (1985) * CP 500/M^80C (1986) * Solution 16 (1986, SO16 - MS-DOS 2.11 compatible) * CP 500 Turbo (1987, faster CPU) *SP 16 *AT SP 286 *AT SP 386 *AT SP 486

Peripherals

* CP 450 (

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drive interface) *Printer P 500 *Printer P 600 *Printer P 700 *Printer P 720 *Printer Antares 400

References

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