CP-450

CP 450
ManufacturerPrológica
Typefloppy disk drive interface
Released1984 (1984)
Discontinued1986 (1986)
Operating systemDOS-400
Memory16 KB RAM

CP 450 was a large cabinet containing a floppy disk drive interface for the CP 400, manufactured by Prológica, a computer company located in Brazil.[1][2]

General information

The device was similar to those used by the TRS-80 Color Computer.

The standard operating system is DOS-400,[3] an adapted and renamed copy of disk Extended Color BASIC (DECB or RSDOS). It was also possible to run other operating systems, such as Microware OS-09 and TSC Flex9.[2] Using OS-9 allowed the user to access all 64 KB of RAM available on this particular version of the CP 400.[2]

It used 5¼-inch single sided floppy discs capable of storing around 218 KB.[3]

The CP 450 units stopped being manufactured at the end of 1986, along with other accessories suitable for the CP 400.

Bibliography

  • Micro Computador - Curso Básico. Rio de Janeiro: Rio Gráfica, 1984, v. 1, pp. 49–50.
  • ABREU, Carlos Alberto C. 77 programas para linha TRS-80. Rio de Janeiro: Microkit, 1985.

References

  1. ^ de Lourdes Cardi, Marilza (May 2002). EVOLUÇÃO DA COMPUTAÇÃO NO BRASIL E SUA RELAÇÃO COM FATOS INTERNACIONAIS (PDF). UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA, DEPARTAMENTO DE INFORMÁTICA E DE ESTATÍSTICA, CURSO DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM CIÊNCIA DA COMPUTAÇÃO. pp. 74–77.
  2. ^ a b c Santaliestra, Eduardo (February 1985). "CP 450 QUEM TEM UM, TEM DISCOS, MEMÓRIA, ARQUIVO..." Geração Prológica. No. 11. pp. 5, 6.
  3. ^ a b Sistema de Operação em Disco DOS 400. Editele. 1984. p. 101.