Commodore Colt

By admin , 15 December 2015
Colt
Description

The COMMODORE Colt is a 1988 machine, so its a post-Tramiel machine. It is based upon the INTEL 8088 at 4.77 Mhz.( or 7.16 Mhz. turbo). It has 640 kB. of RAM and has a PC-XT compatible BIOS with Autoconfig, which was quite an improvement. Monochrome screen, compatible with MDA, CGA, Hercules and Plantronics. Originally it had two 5.25 " floppy drives, but one has been exchanged for an 3.5 " 360 kB. disk drive that could be reconfigured to a 720 kB. one. Hard disk interface on the motherboard. Commodore 1352 mouse. Centronics parallel, RS 232 serial. Three expansion slots. OS: MS DOS 3.2

Year First Manufactured
1988

Contact Us

  • Contact: Aaron C. Sylvan,
    Board Chair
  • Address: IT History Society
    534 Third Avenue
    Suite 1248
    Brooklyn, NY 11215
  • Email:      info@ithistory.org