Sirius 1 - Victor 9000

Historia

The Victor 9000 (English name: ACT Sirius S1, distributed in the UK by British company Applied Computer Techniques[1]) was designed by Peddle—who had also designed the first Commodore PET—and presented for the first time at the Systems show in Munich, Germany in late 1981. Chuck Peddle used two of his Commodore contacts to set up two subsidiaries in continental Europe. David Deane (France) and Juergen Tepper (Germany) were both ex-Mannesmann Tally whom Chuck had met while negotiating an OEM deal for printers. The Victor 9000/Sirius S1 ran CP/M-86 and MS-DOS but was not a PC clone. It offered a higher resolution screen as well as 600Ko/1.2Mo floppy drives. The Victor 9000 met with significant success in Europe, as IBM delayed the European launch of its PC for 18 months and that was ample time to establish the Sirius S1 as a bestseller and to build up a commanding lead for a short time. ACT outsold the Sirius/Victor subsidiaries and also led the way in proving that application software was the key to sales. Most sales across Europe went through small system houses rather than computer shops. The Sirius 1 was released in 1982 and cost US $4,995 (128K RAM) The CPU was an Intel 8088 @ 5 MHz The display was 800 x 400 graphics and 80 x 25 text

Características

Lenguajes  	None
Teclado  	Full-stroke Teclado with function Teclas, editing keypad and separated numeric keypad. 94 Teclas
CPU  	Intel 8088
Velocidad  	4 MHz
RAM  	128 kb (up to 896 kb)
ROM  	16 KB
Modos de Texto  	80 x 25, 132 x 50 (matrix of 9 x 12 or 10 x 16)
Modo gráfico  	800 x 400 dots
Colores  	monochrome
Sonido  	built-in speaker
Tamaño/Peso  	38(W) x 33(D) x 18(h) cm. Peso: 14 Kg (including two F.D. drives)
Puertos de entrada/salida  	Parallel / IEEE-488, two RS232 / V24 ports, four Slots de expansión
Almacenamiento interno  	Two 5.25 disk-drives, 612 kb each (or 1,2 Mb each as an option)
Optional 10,6 Mb hard-disk
OS  	CP/M 86, MS-DOS
Fuente de alimentación  	PSU built-in
Precio  	4421  (France, april 1983) - £2754 (U.K., 1983)
10 MB hard disk and controler: $4495
128 KB Memoria board $800
384 KB Memoria board $2500