Robotron A7100 | TechMuseum
Year of manufacture: 1985
Technical Specifications:
- Processor: Intel 8086, 5 MHz
- RAM: 512 KB
- FDD: Floppy disk 5.25″ (720 KB)
- HDD: –
- Audio: Speaker
- Connectors/Ports: serial, external drive, keyboard , video , parallel
- Case: Desktop type
- Monitor: Monochrome
- OS: SP/K or MUTOS or DCP 1700
The Robotron A7100 features an Intel 8086 processor at 5 MHz and memory of 512kB. Equipped with a floppy disk of 5.25” it ran with the operating system of the SP/K or MUTOS or DCP1700 version.
VEB Robotron, the grandest East German electronics company at that time, was involved in many different divisions. Those included personal computers, mainframe and microcomputers as well. The company also manufactured radios, televisions, typewriters, printers and many more.
In the personal computer division, the company was notably successful in designing, producing and marketing different computer series, like the KC (Kleincomputer), Axxx and PC one alike. Many computer systems featured 8-bit microprocessor, but some presented 16-bit ones.
Product sales of Robotron didn’t limit in the borders of divided Germany. In West Germany the corporation sold as Soemtron or Prasident, providing printer parts for Commodore as well. In East Germany, particularly in the printer division, under the Robotron brand sold Epson.
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