NAME  

MBC-1000

MANUFACTURER  

Sanyo

TYPE  

Professional Computer

ORIGIN  

Japan

YEAR  

1982

BUILT IN LANGUAGE 

SBASIC II (Microsoft Basic with additional commands specific to the system)

KEYBOARD  

Typewriter type, 83 keys with numeric keypad, 5 function keys & arrow keys

CPU  

Z80A

SPEED  

4 MHz

RAM  

64 KB

ROM  

2 KB

TEXT MODES 

80 columns x 25 lines (8x8 dots character matrix. Programmable character generator)

GRAPHIC MODES 

None

COLORS  

Monochrome

SOUND  

Buzzer

SIZE / WEIGHT 

Main unit: 40.5 (W) x 31.7 (H) x 35.7 (D) cm / 14 kg
Keyboard: 41 (W) x 7.6 (H) x 21.1 (D) cm / 3.5 Kg

I/O PORTS 

Parallel printer, external FDD unit, Serial RS232 (1200-8500 BPS baud rate)

BUILT IN MEDIA 

One built in 327 KB 5.25'' floppy disk-drive

OS  

CP/M 2.2

POWER SUPPLY 

Built-in power supply unit

PERIPHERALS  

Up to 5 expansion cards, up to three 5''1/4 or two 8'' drives can be added

PRICE  

$1500

 

MBC-1000

MBC-1000

 The MBC-1000 was the bottom-of-the-range system of a series of "Creative Computer" CP/M machines which was also comprised of the 11xx and 12xx ranges.

Although, its design wasn't revolutionary, it was a well-built and reliable machine featuring a detachable keyboard, a 12-inch green monochrome screen and a single built-in 5.25, 327 KB floppy drive. It ran CP/M 2.2 OS with a very fast boot up sequence. The OS was ready to run in less than five seconds after the machine was switched on. The whole family of Micropro software - WordStar, CalcStar, DataStar, ReportStar... was specially modified to fit MBC-1000 features. Sbasic, an

extended Basic interpreter, was included into the CP/M master diskette.



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