Ficha técnica
Historia
The Victor 9000 (English name: ACT Sirius S1, distributed in the UK by British company Applied Computer Techniques[1]) was designed by Peddlewho had also designed the first Commodore PETand 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