QDP-100

YEAR: 1980
ITEM: Digital Computer
COMPANY: Quasar Data Products
COUNTRY: USA
IN OUR COLLECTION: Yes

This rare computer offered two horizontally mounted 8" drives. There is not much information on this computer. It ran on a Z-80 CPU and was sold with a C/PM 2.2 disk operating system. It is heavy...over 50 pounds. The computer came with two floppy disks. The one in the A drive was marked Master Disk QDP and the one in the B drive was marked
          1024 kbytes/Sec CLA.cuu
          Back-up disc for form & CU's

According to a Quasar ad that appeared in the June 1980 issue of Byte magazine the machine had the following features:
4 Mhz CPU
64 K Memory
Two 8" Double Sided, Double Density Floppies
Smart CRT Terminal [There was no terminal with our machine.]
Two serial and Two Parallel ports
Monitor in Prom
Disk Controller - Double Sided Double Density - up to 4 MB
Basic Language Included
Real Time Clock
Upgradable to QDP-8100

The Old-computers.com site reports that this computer was unique in that it offered a startup menu. We will find out once we find a power cord (it got lost somewhere along the way before it came to us) and get this running.

Sometime between June and December of 1980 the company moved from Mitchell Drive in North Olmsted to Brecksville Rd in Brecksville, OH.

In June of 1980 the computer was advertised for $4995.00 and in December of the same year it was advertised at $4695.00. The specs were exactly the same in both ads.

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