IEEE MICRO'S
PRODUCT SUMMARY
MANUFAC-
MODEL/
PART NO.
TURER
FUNCTION
PRICE
COMMENTS
Five MHz device has four independent DMA
channels; block, demand, single-word, and
cascade transfer modes; and independent
auto-initialization of all channels. 40-pin.
Single-chip ADC provides on-chip voltage
reference, low-supply detector, pin-selectable
sensitivity logic, and drivers for a multiplexed
LED display. Has linearity of ± 5 LSB/3000
R.S.
NO.
CHIPS/COMPONENTS
Advanced Micro
Devices
Am951 7A-5
DMA controller
$18.75
American
S4036
A/D converter
$5.80
(1 OOs)
Microsystems
(plastic,
in 100s)
50
51
bits.
Mostek
MKB4802
Static RAM
$54.30,
$65
(1 OOOs)
Monolithic
Memories
PAL Series
24
array logic
(plastic,
in 100s)
National
Semiconductor
NSC800N-1 I
Microprocessor
$37.15
(1 OOs)
Programmable
family
$8.33
2K x 8 device comes in 200-ns, 1 20-ns
versions; is screened to MIL-STD-883B
Method 5004, which provides operation over
the - 55 °C to + 125°C temperature range.
Six bipolar circuits perform combinatorial
logic functions; have up to 20 inputs and
10 outputs. 24-pin, 300-mil-wide packages.
Industrial temperature version of NSC800
operates in - 40°C to + 85°C temperature
range at 2.5 MHz; dissipates 50 mW. 1 MHz
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version available.
Advanced Micro Am29520,
Devices
Am29521
Multilevel pipeline registers
$12.50
(1 OOs)
Bipolar devices feature four 8-bit, highspeed registers; dual 2-level or single 4-level
operation; horizontal or vertical expansion
allowing 8n-bit word width or 4n-level deep
pipelining. 24-pin.
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Single-board
computer
$3250
Multibus-compatible SBC is designed to
support Unix, Pascal, Ada. Based on an 8-MHz
68000, it includes up to 256K bytes of on-board
RAM, up to 32K bytes of EPROM/ROM, and
two serial multiprotocol communications con-
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Board and accompanying data handling
program interface the Addmaster 600-1 papertape punch and 605 paper-tape reader to the
Apple Il +. (Punch is available at $1099; reader
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BOARDS
Pacific
Microcomputers
PM68K
trollers for up to 880K baud rates.
Addmaster
Parallel interface board
$175
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MANUFACTURER
MODEL/
PART NO.
FUNCTION
PRICE
R.S.
NO.
COMMENTS
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Radio Shack
26-6010
Processor upgrade boards
$1499
Two-board set upgrades TRS-80 Model lls
to Model 16 capability-i.e., dual-processor
(MC68000 and Z80A) operation, multiuser support, increased addressable memory (up to
256K).
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Columbus
Instruments
IB-902AB
A/D conversion
board
Not stated
Sixteen-channel, 12-bit analog data
acquisition system for AIM-65s has A/D conversion time of 35,hs; requires external +15V
power supply.
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ALS
Synergizer
Conversion
boards for
Apple
$749
Three-board set converts the Apple to
Z80A, CP/M operation; provides 80-column
display capability and additional 16K RAM.
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Data
Translation
DT 3772
series
Analog I/O
expansion
boards
$595-
$1095
(1 -9)
Cards permit increase in analog input and/
or analog output capability of company's
Multibus-compatible DT 3752 series of intelligent analog peripherals.
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Mizar
Design
VM E81 00
Single-board
$800
(units),
$560
(1 OOs)
68000-based SBC supports VME bus specification (Eurocard format); includes RS-232
port and up to 8K of on-board ROM/EPROM.
System controller board, 128K memory board,
8-slot motherboard also available.
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$395-
Expands memory of IBM Personal Computer by 64K to 256K bytes; features socketed
dynamic RAMs, switch-selectable addressing
for memory positioning on any 64K boundary.
Can run IBM diagnostics.
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computer
Memory board
Personal
Systems
Technology
$1075
SYSTEMS
Analog
Devices
MOD-1205MB
A/D conversion
system
$4995
Militarized, 12-bit, 5-MHz ADC system is
constructed on single 5 x 5.43 x 0.5-inch card;
is TTL-compatible; can run stand-alone. Has
minimum analog input bandwidth of 10 MHz.
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Radio Shack
26-3601
Pocket
computer
$279.95
TRS-80 PC-2 features internal memory expandability via plug-in RAM or ROM modules,
external expandability via 60-pin I/O bus connector. Has 16K Extended Pocket Basic with
42 statements, 34 functions, 6 commands.
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Callan Data
Systems
CD1 OOL
Work station
$10,290
For use with DEC LSI-1 1/2 or LSI-1 1/23
microcomputers, station emulates a VT103 terminal, a 10.4M-byte RL02 rigid disk, and a
0.5M-byte RX02 floppy disk. Includes card
cage to house the LSI-1 1 system.
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Fortune
Systems
Fortune 32:16
Microcomputer
system
$4995
MC68000-based system includes 128Kbyte memory expandable to 1 M bytes, 1 M-byte
51/4-inch floppy disk drive, 12-inch display.
Supports Basic, Cobol, Fortran, Pascal, C.
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COMMENTS
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Altos
ACS8600
Victor
Victor 9000
Technologies
Convergent
AWS 210, 220,
230, 240
TeleVideo
TS802
Microcomputer
system
$12,990
8086-based system features 512K-byte
main memory, 1OM-byte hard disk with floppy
disk backup. Supports Xenix, CPIM-86,
MP/M-86, or Oasis-16 operating system; Basic,
Cobol, Pascal, and Fortran languages.
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Microcomputer
$4995
16-bit system comes with 128K bytes internally expandable to 512K bytes; 1.2M-byte
disk; detachable keyboard with 10-key numeric
keypad. Dual-format screen can address 800
dots horizontally by 400 dots vertically.
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Work stations
$3990-
Each station includes an 8088 processor,
up to 512K bytes of RAM (in 64K chips), and an
80-character by 28-line video display unit.
Model 210 has no mass storage; others offer
various mass storage configurations and can
operate stand-alone. Various communications
protocols supported.
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Microcomputer
$3495
Features 1 M-byte storage (unformatted)
on two 51¼-inch floppy disks, 64K bits of RAM,
and 4K bits of EPROM for diagnostics. Supports CP/M 2.2, multiuser operation.
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system
system
$11,500
SOFTWARE
JRT Systems
JRT Pascal
Version 2
Compiler
$295
Arithmetic provides 14 digits of precision
for business applications. For scientific applications, the floating-point exponent ranges
from - 64 to + 63. Dynamic text strings can be
up to 64K bytes.
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Advanced
Micro
Techniques
MicroLIB
Disk file
librarian
$295
Allows the CP/M or MP/M user to store
many disk files in a single larger file, where
they are managed, updated, and retrieved via
simple commands. This, says company,
reduces space required to hold disk-resident
files.
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Lifeboat
Associates
Graftalk
Graphics
package
Not stated
CRT graphics package allows business
users to produce shaded or colored bar charts;
colored, exploded, or nonexploded pie charts;
and line, point, and symbol plots. For use with
SB-80 and CP/M-80 systems.
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MicroPro
Word Master,
WordStar
Text editor,
Not stated
word processing
system
Both programs now converted for use
with the CP/M-86 16-bit operating system.
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Technical
Systems
Consultants
6809 Fortran
Compiler
ANSI Fortran-77 for the 6809 includes relocating assembler and linking loader.
Available on 5- or 8-inch diskette for Flex disk
operating system, or on 8-inch diskette for
UniFlex operating system.
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$375,
$450
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R.S.
NO.
MANUFACTURER
MODEL/
PART NO.
FUNCTION
PRICE
COMMENTS
Cromemco
PlanMaster
Financial planning package
$295
Provides spread-sheet analysis capability
for financial planning, cost accounting1 sales
forecasting, cash flow analysis. Runs under
Cromix; interacts with user via display-screen
windows.
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Utility package
$24.95
Utilities for Z80-based, CP/M 2.2 systems
include file version number assigner, file
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Ficomp
InfoStar
MicroPro
(1-4)
copier and verifier, file paginator, block letter
title generator. Furnished on single-sided,
single-density 8-inch disk (or on 5-inch disk for
Osborne 1).
Report generator and f i le
processor
$995
Specification-oriented program is designed
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to be used with company's DataStar data
entry program; is used to query a collection of
files and print the resulting information in a
user-designed format. For CP/M systems.
MISCELLANEOUS
Axiom
GP100
Impact printer
$389
Features single print hammer and rotating
platen for 5 x 7 dot matrix printing and
graphics. Uses standard fan-fold paper up to
91/2 inches in width.
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Columbia
Microsystems
CMS 1600-4
Disk drive
subsystem
$2995
Four-drive, 8-inch disk subsystem has
storage capacity of 4.8M bytes. Includes
power supply, cables, choice of metal or
wood-trim cabinet; utilizes Shugart-compatible
interface for CP/M disks.
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Radio Shack
26-4150
Hard disk
drive
$4495
Two-platter, 8-inch Winchester disk drive
provides 8.4M characters of program and data
storage; incorporates TRSDOS operating
system. Up to three drives can be added for up
to 25M additional bytes of storage.
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Santa Clara
Systems
MiniMega
Hard disk
drive
Not stated
Compatible with the Apple II and IlIl, IBM Personal Computer, TRS-80, and NEC, 51/4 -inch
drive is available in 5M- or 1OM-byte configurations. Can also be purchased with integrated,
51/4-inch, 11M-byte floppy backup.
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TAB Books
1299
Handbook
$9.95
The Master Handbook of Microprocessor
Chips provides data on microprocessor
families and their support chips. Coverage includes the 4004/4040, 800818080, 8085,
8048/803518748, MC6800, Z80, and MK3870
families. 378 pages, 215 illustrations.
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Accardi
Laboratories
M-200
Magnetic tape
exerciser
$495
(units),
$295
(1 OOs)
Pocket-size, open-loop unit permits offline checking, adjusting, and troubleshooting
of mag tape transports. Supports tape
reading/writing in both NRZI and PE.
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