Hardware

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MELCOM PSI

This was an AI workstation which came into being in 1986 when Mitsubishi Electric commercialized the personal sequential inference machine (PSI) developed under the leadership of the Institute for…

MELCOM-COSMO 900II

Announced in 1979, this was the high-end machine in Mitsubishi Electric's MELCOM-COSMO Series. It employed world class high-speed logic LSI and many kinds of hardware innovations to increase its…

MELCOM70

Announced in 1972, this was the first minicomputer made by Mitsubishi Electric. It achieved the highest performance among Japanese made machines, ultra-compactness and lightweight, and high-…

MELCOM70 MX/2600

The MX2600 was a super minicomputer which inherited the compact architecture of the MX2000, and had an enhanced built-in auxiliary memory unit.

MELCOM70 MX/3000

Announced in 1984, this was the first model in the MELCOM70 MX Series of minicomputers from Mitsubishi Electric. This model employed a 32-bit architecture and state-of-the-art speed enhancement…

MELCOM70 MX5800

The MX5600, MX5700 and MX5800 super minicomputers from Mitsubishi Electric were high-end models in the MELCOM70 MX Series. They achieved high-performance and low power consumption by packing…

MELCOM70 MX5800-SP

The MX/5000-SP Series, announced in 1989, was a series of super minicomputers which were the first Japanese-made machines equipped with automatic vectorizing FORTRAN and a built-in vector…

MELCOM70 Series Model 30

The Model 40 and Model 30 were mid-range minicomputers employing the technology of the Model 60.

MELCOM70 Series Model 60

This was a series of minicomputers from Mitsubishi Electric which ranged from the MELCOM70 Series Model 60 -- a super minicomputer with the highest performance among Japanese made machines,…

MELCOM70 Series Model L

This was a series of minicomputers from Mitsubishi Electric which ranged from the MELCOM70 Series Model 60 -- a super minicomputer with the highest performance among Japanese made machines,…

MELCOM80 GEOC 80GR

Announced in 1989, this series of office computers from Mitsubishi Electric was equipped with a "GREO" (pronounced "gray-oh") ultra high-speed relational database processor. The GREO processor was…

MELCOM80 GS700/10

Mitsubishi Electric announced the MELCOM80 GS700/10 office computer in November 1992. The model ran on a new 1.7 million transistor, fully-customized VLSI single-chip CPU developed by Mitsubishi…

MELCOM80 Model 31

This office computer from Mitsubishi Electric was announced in 1974. It used a packaging system based on LSI and MSI components -- employing, for example, a microprocessor (bit-slice TTL MSI) for…

MELCOM80 Model 8

This small-size office computer was announced by Mitsubishi Electric in 1975. It employed two "8080" 8-bit microprocessors from Intel as its central processing unit (CPU), and only required a…

MELCOM80 Model 8 Japanese Language

This office computer from Mitsubishi Electric was announced in 1980. It was equipped with full-scale 24-dot kanji (Chinese character) processing for input, display and printing, and was designed…

MELCOM80 OFFICELAND Series Model 500

Announced by Mitsubishi Electric in 1982, this was the first office computer using a 32-bit architecture. As basic software, this machine was equipped with the newly developed DPS10 which was…

MELCOM80 System 80G

This office computer from Mitsubishi Electric was announced in 1987. It achieved performance rivaling small general-purpose computers by using high-speed processing technology.

MELCOM81

The MELCOM81 office computer was first marketed in 1968. It was developed by Mitsubishi Electric in response to the rapid dissemination of clerical work automation and rationalization from large…

MELCOM83

This office computer was announced by Mitsubishi Electric in 1969. It was developed using monolithic ICs (Mitsubishi Molectron) throughout for a full range of tasks from billing to data processing…

MELCOM84

This was the first office computer equipped with a magnetic ledger in Japan. It was developed by Mitsubishi Electric based on the MELCOM83, and announced in 1970. Basic specifications were the…

MELCOM88

This office computer was announced by Mitsubishi Electric in 1972. It used ICs for main memory, and had performance 15-20 times better than the MELCOM83 in terms of arithmetic speed, and…

Merlin The Electronic Wizard

Merlin (also known as Merlin The Electronic Wizard, stylized as MERLIN) is a handheld electronic game first made by Parker Brothers in 1978.

The game was invented by former NASA employee…

MFC-7360

The Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) allows unattended scanning, copying and faxing of multi-page documents quickly and easily, complementing our MFC's stack and sort capabilities for added…

MFC-7860DW

The MFC-7860DW is a great addition to any small office or home office. Delivering fast print and copy speeds while producing professional-quality output, this compact, yet powerful, machine is…

MFC-8220

The MFC-8220 is a five-in-one laser multifunction machine that truly outperforms any other laser sheet-fed all-in-one product in its class. The MFC-8220 is not only a laser printer and a feature-…

MFC-8880DN

MFC-8880DN offers high performance print and copy speeds, colour scanning, a high-speed fax modem and built-in Ethernet network interface. It offers businesses to integrate their various office…

MFC-9120CN

The MFC-9120CN is a compact, yet powerful digital color all-in-one solution that delivers brilliant color printing, copying, scanning and faxing as well as excellent network connectivity with its…

MFC-J430W

The MFC-J430W offers print, scan, copy and fax capabilities in one stylish and compact machine. With its wireless networking feature and the automatic document feeder, it is the ideal solution for…

MFC-J5910DW

The MFC-J5910dw is a compact, feature-rich, professional inkjet All-in-One with built-in wireless (802.11b/g/n) and wired Ethernet networking. Up to 11" x 17" duplex (2-sided) printing and copying…

MFC-J625DW

Work efficiently with the easy-to-use and feature packed MFC-J625DW. Not only does it come with an automatic document feeder to increase your productivity, it is also able to reduce paper cost…

MFC-J6710DW

The MFC-J6710DW Color Inkjet Multi-Function Center features an all-in-one solution for your business. With two-sided printing up to 11" x 17" and super high-yield ink cartridges, the MFC-J6710DW…

MGA Game Wizard

Game Wizard is a handheld console released by MGA Entertainment in 1994. The most interesting fact about this console is that all of its cartridges bundled with the system and didn't sold…

Micro-Professor MPF-I

The Micro-Professor MPF-I, introduced in 1981 by Multitech (which, in 1987, changed its name to Acer), was the first branded computer product from Multitech and probably one of the world's longest…

Microdigital TK EXTended

This model marked the end of Microdigital, the same manufacuter of TK family, which included Sinclair ZX-81 (TK-85), Spectrum (TK-90 and 95) and also Apple licensed products adapted to meet…

Microdigital TK-2000

On top of Apple II features, the TK-2000 offered 64 KB of RAM, a sound generator, a PAL/M TV/RF modulator, a parallel printer connector and the ability to connect simulteneously two tape recorders…

Microdigital TK-3000

TK-3000 was the local version of Apple IIe manufactured in Brazil.

Microdigital TK85

After the TK80, TK82 and TK83 the TK85 was the last ZX-81 compatible machine Microdigital produced.

Microdigital TK90X

The TK90X was the first Sinclair Spectrum clone produced by Microdigital. At the time, a special Brazilian regulation allowed local industry to produce and sell copies of foreign computers only to…

Microdigital TK95

The goal with the TK95 was to offer a true Spectrum compatible system with a case and keyboard as strong and convenient as a Commodore 64.

Microline 321 Turbo

The ML320 Turbo series consisted of 9-pin and 24-pin printers that replaced the ML320 series. The ML320 series of serial printers offered the ruggedness that was in hot demand in overseas markets…

MicroNOVA MP/100

Data General's MicroNOVA MP/100 is an example of their second- generation microprocessor NOVA implementations. The CPU is implemented on a single VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) IC capable of…

Micropolis 1033

he Micropolis 1033 was a dual single-sided drive unit that attached to a special controller card. The Micropolis system used 16 hard-sector diskettes. These drives were popular with IMSAI 8080…

MicroPRISM

Semiconductor Advanced Development team worked on MicroPRISM, a CMOS version. MicroPRISM was finished first and was sent for test fabrication in April 1988. Additionally, Cutler led development on…

MicroVAX 78032

The MicroVAX 78032 (otherwise known as the DC333) is a microprocessor developed and fabricated by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) that implemented a subset of the VAX instruction set…

MII-800XL

Introduced by Microtek, the professional digitizing system of MII-800XL is specially designed for NDT/RT films. MII-800XL can easily transfer NDT/RT films into digital format. Simply using…

MII-800XL Plus

Microtek hi-speed NDT/RT Digitizing System, the MII-800XL Plus, provides a fast and reliable RT film image digitizing in just seconds. With the advanced technology of the warm up free LED light…

MII-900 Plus

The MII-900 Plus lets you easily scan various sizes of industry X-Ray film up to 14” x 52”, which offers more flexibility in physical records digitizing. Simply using exclusive film holders, the…

MII-900 Plus

The MII-900 Plus lets you easily scan various sizes of industry X-Ray film up to 14” x 52”, which offers more flexibility in physical records digitizing. Simply using exclusive film holders, the…

Milton Bradley Microvision

The Microvision (aka Milton Bradley Microvision or MB Microvision) is the first handheld game console that used interchangeable cartridges and in that sense therefore is reprogrammable. It was…

Miragame GM-402

Miragame GM-402 is a dedicated console playing four Pong variants. The console uses the AY-3-8500 dedicated pong chip but implements only the paddle and ball games: Hockey, Tennis, Squash and Hand…

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