Apricot PC - Technical Data

Technical Data

• Processor: Intel 8086 4.77 MHz. Socket for optional Intel 8087 co-processor.
• BIOS: 2 x EPROM containing the BIOS
• Memory: 256 kB RAM expandable to 768 kB on board.
• Storage: 2 x 3.5" floppy drives with 315 kB or 720 kB capacity
• DMA chip: Intel 8089
• Graphics: Comes with a green phosphor screen 9" that weights 1.9 kg. Can display one of these modes:
  • Text 80 x 25 (Characters of 10 x 16 pixels)
  • Text 132 x 50 (Characters of 6 x 8 pixels)
  • Graphics at 800 x 400
• Mechanical Keyboard 101-key QWERTY, 8 function keys and 6 keys standard dynamic membrane with an LED to the left of each one to indicate they are active. An LCD with 40 x 2 characters is included, which can display the key assignment. Weighs 1.5 kg and can be attached to the frame underneath for easy transport.
• Housing: 42 x 32 x 10 cm plastic cream weighing about 6.4 kg The front half of the top shows a depression to bring the monitor. In the front two 3.5" floppy drives that can be protected with a shutter for transport. Under these, a carrying handle. At the rear two proprietary Apricot connector slots for expansion, parallel printer port of Centronics micro ribbon 36 pin connector type, serial port DB-25 connector, monitor connector and power supply with a switch.
• Support for two internal 3,5" Sony floppy disk drives
• Input / Output:
  • External monitor connector.
  • Parallel printer port, Centronics micro ribbon 36-pin connector
  • RS-232 serial port
  • Two expansion connectors or internal Apricot
• Operating system came with standard MS-DOS 2.11 and CP/M-86.