ABC 1600
The ABC 1600 was a personal computer from Luxor that was introduced in 1985. It was built around the Motorola 68008 processor, had 1 megabyte of memory and used the operating system ABCenix, a Unix-like system developed from DNIX.
 ABC 1600 in the collections of Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology | |
| Type | Personal computer |
|---|---|
| Release date | 1985 |
| Introductory price | 47,125 SEK + VAT (≈5,890 USD) |
| Operating system | ABCenix |
| CPU | Motorola 68008 8 MHz |
| Memory | 1 MByte (16 kB ROM)[1] |
| Graphics | Graphics 1024×768 1-bpp; Text (videotex) portrait – 73×80, character 7×9; Landscape – 25×80, character 9×13 |
| Sound | Beep |
| Connectivity | 2× RS 232C, keyboard, external hard drive (floppy drive), monitor, printer, 4 expansion slots, TV |
| Predecessor | ABC 800 |
The ABC 1600 used monochrome graphics with a display resolution of 1024 × 768 and the screen could be turned 90° while in use depending on whether the user desired to work in standing (portrait) or horizontal (landscape) format. The hard disk had a capacity of 13 MB and the 5.25-inch floppy disk drive stored 640 kB.[2]
The ABC 1656 was a 1600 model with a hard disc capacity of 40 MByte or 80 MByte instead.[2]
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