1986 год
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Первый ноутбук IBM PC Convertible от фирмы IBM.
NAME 5140 Convertible
MANUFACTURER IBM
TYPE Portable
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR april 1986
END OF PRODUCTION 1987 ?
BUILT IN LANGUAGE Microsoft Basic
KEYBOARD Full Stroke
CPU Intel 80C88
SPEED 4.77 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR Unknown
RAM 256 KB
VRAM Unknown
ROM Unknown
TEXT MODES 80 x 25
GRAPHIC MODES 640 x 200
COLORS 10'' monochrome LCD display (non-backlit on early models)
SOUND Integrated PC Speaker
SIZE / WEIGHT 5.5 Kg
I/O PORTS Parallel interface, CGA video ouput, Serial port, Proprietary Snap-on Port, Expansion bus
BUILT IN MEDIA 2 x 3.5'' floppy drives (720 KB each)
OS PC DOS 3.2
POWER SUPPLY External poxer supply 15Volt / 2.7Amp - -(o- +
PRICE $2000 (USA, 1986)
NAME MACINTOSH Plus
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR January 1986
END OF PRODUCTION October 1990
BUILT IN LANGUAGE None
KEYBOARD Full-stroke 78 keys with numeric keypad
CPU Motorola MC 68000
SPEED 7.8336 MHz
RAM 1 MB (up to 4 MB) IBM RAM SIMM's as well as any other 1MB SIMM could be added
ROM 128 KB
GRAPHIC MODES 512 x 342 dots
COLORS Monochrome
SOUND Tone Generator & Digital-Analog converter (22KHz sampling rate)
SIZE / WEIGHT 34.5(H) x 24.5 (W) x 27.5 (D) cm / 7.48 kg
I/O PORTS RS 232/422 x 2 for printer and modem, SCSI, external F.D. unit, ext. loudspeaker
BUILT IN MEDIA One 3.5'' 800 KB disk-drive
OS Macintosh System (from 3.2 to 7.5)
POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply
PRICE $2,600
1987 год
NAME AMIGA 2000
MANUFACTURER Commodore
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR March 1987
END OF PRODUCTION 1990
KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard with seperated numeric keypad and arrow keys
CPU Motorola MC 68000
SPEED 7.14 mHz
CO-PROCESSOR Fat Agnus (MMU), Paula (Sound & IO), Denise (video), Gary, OCS/ECS chipset
RAM 512k or 1Mb (512K CHIP, 512K FAST on board), depending on models up to 9Mb : 1Mb Chip RAM + 8Mb FAST RAM
ROM 256 KB (DOS 1.2)
TEXT MODES 60 x 32 / 80 x 32
GRAPHIC MODES 320 x 256 / 320 x 512 / 640 x 256 / 640 x 512
COLORS 32 (for 320 x X modes), 16 (for 640 x X modes) among 4096 + 2 special modes EHB (64 colors) + HAM (4096 colors)
SOUND 4 voice 8 bit PCM
I/O PORTS 4 PC ISA slots (2 AT & 2 XT), Processor card slot, 5 x Zorro II slots, Video slot, Serial/RS232,
Parallel/Centronics, RGB & composite video outputs, Mouse, 2 x Stereo audio, Keyboard, External floppy BUILT IN MEDIA one 3.5'' disk-drive (880k)
SCSI HD in 2000HD models
OS AMIGA WorKBench 1.3, Kickstart 1.2, 1.3 then 2.04
POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU
PRICE Ј2000 (UK, 1986)
NAME PC
MANUFACTURER Atari
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR 1987
END OF PRODUCTION Unknown
BUILT IN LANGUAGE Unknown
KEYBOARD Full stroke keyboard
CPU Intel 8086
SPEED 8 mHz
CO-PROCESSOR Optional 8087 Math coprocessor
RAM 512 KB
VRAM Unknown
ROM Unknown
TEXT MODES 40 x 25 / 80 x 25
GRAPHIC MODES All CGA, EGA and Hercules resolutions
COLORS 16 among 64 in EGA mode, monochrom in Hercules mode
SOUND Beeper
SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown
I/O PORTS Centronics, RS232c, Mouse, Monitor
BUILT IN MEDIA one 5.25'' disk-drive
OS MS DOS, GEM
POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit
PRICE Unknown
1988 год
NAME QI-300
MANUFACTURER ACT
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN United Kingdom
YEAR 1988
END OF PRODUCTION Late 1989
BUILT IN LANGUAGE None
KEYBOARD IBM AT standard layout
CPU Intel 80386SX
SPEED 16 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR Socket for a 80387SX math coprocessor
RAM 1Mb to 5Mb
ROM Unknown
TEXT MODES 40 or 80 columns x 25 lines
GRAPHIC MODES on-board VGA
SOUND Built-in speaker
SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown
I/O PORTS On-board ethernet, serial & parallel ports
BUILT IN MEDIA 3.5'' FDD, 30 to 50 MB RLL hard disk drive
OS MS-DOS and Windows 3
POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit
PERIPHERALS 4 x 16-bit MCA expansion slots
PRICE Ј3,200 (QI-600)
NAME X68000 ACE / ACE HD
MANUFACTURER Sharp
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN Japan
YEAR 1988
KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard
CPU Motorola MC68000
SPEED 10 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR Unknown
RAM 1 MB (up to 12 MB)
VRAM 512 KB (graphic) + 512 KB (Text)
ROM 1 MB
TEXT MODES Unknown
GRAPHIC MODES 256 x 240 / 256 x 256 / 512 x 240 / 512 x 256 / 512 x 512 / 640 x 480 / 768 x 512 / 1024 x 1024 / 128 sprites (16 x 16 dots)
COLORS 65535 (8 colors in 1024 x 1024 to 65K in 512 x 512)
SOUND FM Sound (Yamaha 2151 : 2 channels / 8 octaves stereo) + PCM (OKI MSM6258V : 4 bit mono)
I/O PORTS Joystick (2), Audio IN / OUT, Stereo scope, TV Control, NTSC Video Image I/O, Expansion (2 slots), External FDD, SASI, RS232
BUILT IN MEDIA 2 x 5.25'' disk-drives
OS Human 68K 1.01 + VS
POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU
PRICE Unknown
1989 год
Начало использования интернет-протокола TCP/IP широкой общественностью.
NAME FM Towns II
MANUFACTURER Fujitsu
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN Japan
YEAR 1989
KEYBOARD Full stroke 123 (!) keys with function keys and numeric keypad
CPU Intel 80386sx
SPEED 16 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR 80387 arithmetic coprocessor
RAM 1 or 2 MB, depending models (max 64 MB)
VRAM 512KB + 128KB (Sprite RAM)
ROM Unknown
TEXT MODES Unknown
GRAPHIC MODES from 352 x 232 up to 640 x 480 up to 1024 sprites (16x16)
COLORS 32768 colors palette - 256 on screen
SOUND 6 channel FM, 8 channel PCM
SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown
I/O PORTS SCSI
BUILT IN MEDIA 2 x 3.5'' floppy discs, PC format; CD-ROM single speed; 80 MB hard-disk
OS Town OS
POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit
PERIPHERALS Unknown
PRICE Unknown
NAME 1000 SL & SL/2
MANUFACTURER Tandy Radio Shack
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR ? 1989
KEYBOARD full stroke keyboard with numeric keypad and function keys (102 keys)
CPU Intel 8086
SPEED 8 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR Intel 8087 optional
RAM SL: 384 KB (up to 640 KB)
SL/2: 512 KB (up to 640 KB)
VRAM Unknown
ROM 512 KB (DOS 3.3 on drive C: + main Deskmate 3 program)
TEXT MODES 80 x 25 / 40 x 25
GRAPHIC MODES CGA/TGA, 160 x 200, 320 x 200, 640 x 200
COLORS 16 colours
SOUND 3 voices & 1 sound channel + 8-bit mono DAC
SIZE / WEIGHT 354 x 394 x 140 mm / 7.8 Kg
I/O PORTS keyboard (DIN 5), 2 x joysticks (DIN 6), monitor video output, composite video output, lightpen, parallel port, serial (RS232c) port, 5 internal expansion slots (ISA XT), audio mono output, audio mono inputs (mic + line)
BUILT IN MEDIA SL: one 5.25'' floppy disk drive (360 KB)
SL /2: one 3.5'' floppy disk drive (720 KB)
OS MS-DOS 3.3, DeskMate 3 and GW Microsoft Basic included with the system
POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply
PRICE 1000 SL/2 = 9990 FF (France, 1990)
1990 год
Первый веб-сервер NeXT Cube Стива Джобса
NAME ST BOOK
MANUFACTURER Atari
TYPE Portable
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR 1990
KEYBOARD full stroke keyboard
CPU Motorola MC 68000
SPEED 8 MHz
RAM 1 or 4 MB (no extension)
ROM 256 KB
TEXT MODES 40 x 25 / 80 x 25
GRAPHIC MODES 640 x 400
COLORS monochrome LCD display
SOUND three channels, 8 octaves
I/O PORTS Centronics, RS232c, Floppy Disk, internal IDE Hard disk, Midi In/Out, Dock Station connector
BUILT IN MEDIA One 2.5'' disk drive
OS TOS + GEM
POWER SUPPLY Unknown
PRICE Unknown
NAME CDTV
MANUFACTURER Commodore
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR 1990
END OF PRODUCTION 1995
KEYBOARD optional full-stroke professional keyboard
CPU Motorola MC 68000
SPEED 7.14 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR Denise (8373 SuperDenise), Paula, Agnus, Gary
RAM 512 KB (later expanded to 1Mb Chip RAM)
ROM 192 KB
TEXT MODES 60 x 32 / 80 x 32
GRAPHIC MODES several graphic modes, most used : 320 x 240 (32 colors) / 640 x 240 (16 colors)
COLORS 4096
SOUND four 8 bit PCM voices
SIZE / WEIGHT 430mm W x 330mm D x 95mm H
I/O PORTS One credit card type slot (to save games scores) , 1 video slot, 1 DMA extension, Mouse & infrared joystick, Parallel, Serial, 15Khz RGB video, External floppy, Stereo RCA Audio jacks (16 bit), Colour composite Video output, MIDI In/Out, Headphone Jack
BUILT IN MEDIA Internal single speed CDROM (with caddy)
OS AMIGA DOS, Kickstart: 1.3 (+ additional CD support)
PRICE 699Ј (1990, UK)
1991 год
NAME Archimedes A4000
MANUFACTURER Acorn Computer
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN United Kingdom
YEAR 1991
BUILT IN LANGUAGE BBC BASIC
KEYBOARD Full-stroke PC 102 keys style
CPU ARM 250 32 bit RISC
SPEED 12 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR MEMC (memory), VIDC (Video and Sound), IOC (I/O)
RAM 2 to 4 MB
ROM 1 MB
TEXT MODES Up to 132 columns x 32 rows
GRAPHIC MODES VGA video output. Several graphic modes. Among them 640 x 256 or 512 pixels
COLORS Palette of 4096 colours
SOUND 8 voices synthesizer
I/O PORTS Centronics, RS423, VGA, 1 expansion slot (same as A3000, A3010 and A3020)
BUILT IN MEDIA One 3.5'' FDD, 40 MB HDD
OS RISC OS 3.11
POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit
PRICE Approx. Ј800
NAME Robik
MANUFACTURER Robik
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN Russia
YEAR 1991
BUILT IN LANGUAGE Basic
KEYBOARD QWERTY full-stroke keyboard, 55 keys. EDIT, SHIFT (x 3), RESET, DEL, arrow keys
CPU Z80A russian clone
SPEED 3,5 MHz
RAM 64 KB
VRAM 8 KB
ROM 16 KB
TEXT MODES 32 x 24
GRAPHIC MODES 256 x 192
COLORS 8
SOUND Beeper, 1 channel
SIZE / WEIGHT 4.5 Kg
I/O PORTS RGB video output, Kempston joystick, Tape interface, Monitor video output
POWER SUPPLY External power supply ?
PERIPHERALS Unknown
PRICE 1200 roubles (December 1991)
NAME Teradrive
MANUFACTURER Sega
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN Japan
YEAR May 1991
KEYBOARD Full-stroke professional keyboard. 106 keys with function keys, cursor keys and numeric keypad
CPU Intel 80286 + Motorola MC68000 + Zilog Z80A (used for sound system)
SPEED 10 MHz (80286) / 10 MHz (68000) / 3.58 MHz (Z80A)
CO-PROCESSOR Megadrive customchips (?)
RAM 2.5 MB (512 KB onboard + two 1 MB SIMM RAMs)
VRAM 256 KB
ROM 128 KB
TEXT MODES 40 or 80 chars x 25 lines
GRAPHIC MODES 320 x 244 (Megadrive VDP Mode) / 320 x 200 (MCGA) / 640 x 480 (VGA)
COLORS 64 among 512 (Megadrive Mode) / 256 among 262144 (S/VGA Modes)
SOUND FM Sound / PCM Sound (Megadrive) - Beeper (PC)
SIZE / WEIGHT 36 (W) x 33.4 (D) x 8 (H) cm / 5.6 to 6.2 Kg according to versions
I/O PORTS RGB analog vide output, composite video output, 1 ISA slot, mouse, keyboard, serial (2) & parallel (1) ports, headphone output, 2 joystick ports
BUILT IN MEDIA 3.5'' disk-drive, 30 MB hard drive
OS DOS/V
POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU
PRICE 148,000Ґ (Mod.1), 188,000 Ґ (Mod.2), 248,000 (Mod.3) (Japan, 1991)
1992 год
NAME AMIGA 4000
MANUFACTURER Commodore
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR 1992
KEYBOARD detachable full-stroke keyboard with 10 function keys and cursor keys
and separate numeric keypad
CPU Motorola MC68EC030 (Eco version of the 68030) or MC68040
SPEED 25 mHz
CO-PROCESSOR Alice (Blitter and Memory Manager), Lisa (Video chip)
RAM 2Mb CHIP RAM + 2Mb or 4Mb Fast RAM (up to 16 Mb, and theorically to 4 Gb)
ROM 512 Kb
TEXT MODES 60 x 32 / 80 x 32
GRAPHIC MODES from 320 x 200 to 800 x 600 or 1280 x 400 and more with overscan
COLORS 16.8 millions colors 2 to 256,000 user-definable colours displayable on screen
SOUND Four channel stereo sound, 8 bits D/A converters
SIZE / WEIGHT 15 1/4'' deep x 15'' wide x 5'' high / 20 pounds
I/O PORTS Centronics, RS232c, internal and external disk-drive ports, internal AT
IDE port, keyboard, audio stereo output, mouse/joysticks (2), RGB,optional SCSI adapter, Four 16/32-bit Zorro III expansion slots, Three PC AT slots, Video slot
BUILT IN MEDIA 3.5-inch high density disk drive (880 KB/1.76 MB formatted) and 120Mb hard-drive
OS AMIGA WorKBench 3.x, AmigaDOS 3.0
POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU
NAME X68000 XVI Compact
MANUFACTURER Sharp
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN Japan
YEAR 1992
KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard
CPU Motorola MC68000
SPEED 10/16 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR Unknown
RAM 2 MB (up to 12 MB)
VRAM 512 KB (text) + 512 KB (graphic)
ROM 1 MB
TEXT MODES Unknown
GRAPHIC MODES 256 x 240 / 256 x 256 / 512 x 240 / 512 x 256 / 512 x 512 / 640 x 480 / 768 x 512 / 1024 x 1024 / 128 sprites (16 x 16 dots)
COLORS 65535 (16 colors in 1024 x 1024 to 65K in 512 x 512)
SOUND FM Sound (Yamaha 2151 : 2 channels / 8 voices stereo) + PCM (OKI MSM6258V : 4bit mono)
I/O PORTS Joystick, Audio IN / OUT, TV Control, NTSC Video Image I/O, Expansion, External FDD, SCSI, RS232
BUILT IN MEDIA 2 x 3.25'' disk-drive
OS Human 68K 2.03 + SX Windows 2.0
POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU
1993 год
Выпуск микропроцессора Pentium компании Intel.
NAME FM Towns II EX
MANUFACTURER Fujitsu
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN Japan
YEAR 1993
CPU Intel i80486 DX2 66
SPEED 66 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR Unknown
RAM 4 MB (up to 32 MB)
VRAM 1 MB srpite VRAM : 128 KB (16 x 16 pixel, 1024 maximum sprites)
ROM Unknown
TEXT MODES 40 x 25 / 80 x 25
GRAPHIC MODES maximum 1024 x 768
COLORS 16.7 millions
SOUND 16 bit PCM record/playback (stereo 48 KHz, 1 voice), FM (6 channel-stereo), PCM (19.2 KHZ, 8 channel stereo)
I/O PORTS Bus slots (3), Overdrive slot (1), SCSI, Centronics, RS232c
BUILT IN MEDIA one or two 3.5'' disk-drives
OS MS DOS (?)
NAME Macintosh Color Classic
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR February 1993
END OF PRODUCTION May 1994
BUILT IN LANGUAGE None
KEYBOARD Typewriter type 82 key with numeric keypad and arrow keys
CPU Motorola 68030
SPEED 16 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR Socket for an optional 68882 math coprocessor
RAM 4 MB up to 10 MB (although 12 MB could sit in the slots)
VRAM 256 KB up to 512 KB (specific SIMM secket)
ROM 1 MB
TEXT MODES No text mode. Bit mapped characters
GRAPHIC MODES 512 x 384 dots. Could be expanded to 640 x 480 with significant hardware modifications.
COLORS 256
SOUND Mono 16-bit - Built-in speaker - sound output jack
SIZE / WEIGHT 25.15 (W) x 36.8 (H) x 32 (D) / 11 kg
I/O PORTS 2 x ADB, 2 x serial, SCSI, sound In/Out
BUILT IN MEDIA 3.5
OS MAC OS 7.1
POWER SUPPLY Built in switching power supply unit
PERIPHERALS PDS expansion slot
PRICE $1,390
1994 год
Разработка браузера Netscape.
NAME Object.Station
MANUFACTURER Canon
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN Japan
YEAR 1994
END OF PRODUCTION 1995
BUILT IN LANGUAGE None
KEYBOARD Canon keyboard with NeXT-specific keycaps
CPU Intel 486DX4/100
SPEED 100MHz
RAM 16 MB (up to 96 MB)
VRAM 2MB
TEXT MODES Bit-mapped characters
GRAPHIC MODES Max 1280x1024
COLORS 16bit
SOUND Soundblaster compatible
I/O PORTS Fast-SCSI-2, Ethernet, parallel, serial, keyboard mouse, video, microphone, headphone, stereo out
BUILT IN MEDIA 500 MB HDD, CD-ROM, 3,5
OS NEXSTEP, Openstep, Windows NT
POWER SUPPLY 95-130V or 180-270V, 180W
PRICE ~$4000
NAME PCW 16
MANUFACTURER Amstrad
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN United Kingdom
YEAR 1994
BUILT IN LANGUAGE None
KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard, PC-AT type
CPU Zilog Z80 A
SPEED 16 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR Winbond 83787 I/O chipset
RAM 1 MB DRAM + 1 MB Flash RAM (holds Operating System and built-in software)
ROM Unknown
TEXT MODES Bitmapped characters
GRAPHIC MODES 640 x 480 dots
COLORS Monochrome built-in display
SOUND 1 channel
SIZE / WEIGHT 35.5 (H) x 30 (D) x 31 (W) cm (main unit)
I/O PORTS Serial & Parallel Ports, Serial mouse, AT keyboard
BUILT IN MEDIA One 1.44 MB 3.5'' disk-drive
OS Roseanne + CP/M 2.2
POWER SUPPLY Power supply built-in
PRICE Ј299 when it came out
1995 год
Появление DVD
Основание компании Yahoo!.
Разработан язык программирования Java.
NAME Archimedes A7000
MANUFACTURER Acorn Computer
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN United Kingdom
YEAR 1995
BUILT IN LANGUAGE RISC OS
KEYBOARD Full-stroke 102 keys PC-style
CPU ARM 7500 32 bit RISC
SPEED 32 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR -
RAM 4 MB
ROM 1MB
TEXT MODES 80 columns x 25 rows up to 132 x 32
GRAPHIC MODES VGA video output. Numerous graphic modes. Up to 16M colours at 480x352, 32K colours at 800x600
COLORS 4 greys or 16 greys or 16 colours or 256 greys or 256 colours or 32K colours or 16M colours.
The cursor always retains the same blue colour no matter what mode is used.
SOUND 8 voices synthesizer
I/O PORTS Centronics, Serial, VGA, PS/2, 1 expansion slot
BUILT IN MEDIA 3.5'' floppy disc, 420 MB or more hard disk, CD-ROM option
OS RISC OS 3.6 or 3.7 (in ROM)
POWER SUPPLY Built-in 35W switching power supply unit
PRICE From Ј799
NAME BeBox
MANUFACTURER Be
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR October 1995
END OF PRODUCTION 1997
KEYBOARD Standard PC-AT
CPU Two RISC-based PowerPC 603 or 603e
SPEED 66 or 133 MHz
RAM Up to 256 MB (up to 8 72-pin SIMM modules)
ROM Unknown
TEXT MODES 80 columns x 25 lines
GRAPHIC MODES 640x480 to 1600x1200
COLORS 256 to 16.7 million
SOUND 16-bit stereo sound system - Dual MIDI channels
SIZE / WEIGHT 21 (W) x 39.8 (H) x 46.1 (D) cm
I/O PORTS 4xserial, Parallel, 3xInfrared, SCSI II, 2xjoystick, 2xMidi, GeekPort
BUILT IN MEDIA 3.5'' 1.44 MB FDD, SCSI & IDE HDD
OS BeOs
POWER SUPPLY Built-in 240W PSU
PERIPHERALS 3 x PCI and 5 x ISA card slots
PRICE Unknown
ХРОНОЛОГИЯ ОПЕРАЦИОННЫХ СИСТЕМ (1974-1995год)+СКРИНШОТЫ 
