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ComPAN 8

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ComPAN 8 is an 8-bit polish microcomputer produced in 1980s in MERA-ELZAB factory in Zabrze, Poland. ComPAN 8 was designed in Institute of Industry Automation Systems PAN in Gliwice.

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Technical description

  • Processor: 8080A or 8085 2 MHz
  • Interrupt controller: 8 levels
  • Address bus: extended by 5 additional lines (A16..AA20), max. 2 MB of memory
  • RAM: 64 kB
  • ROM: 8 kB
  • Keyboard: 83 keys MERA 7926M with numerical part
  • Floppy disk controller: 8” or 5,25”
  • Interfaces: 2 x RS-232C, parallel port, printer interface circuit
  • Monochromatic display, divided into 2 (or 3) windows:
  • system window: 4 lines, 80 characters on the bottom of the screen
  • workspace window:
  • 24x80 characters – text mode
  • 30x80 Characters – graphical-text mode
  • 288x240 pixels – graphical mode
  • additional system window(optional): 8 lines with 30 characters on the top of screen

    • Software

  • Operation system:
  • CP/M (more popular)
  • ISIS-II
  • programming languages
  • macroassembler
  • Pascal
  • Fortran
  • PL/M (ISIS-II)

    • References

    ComPAN 8 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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