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hardware
A computer (or a calculator), its components and
peripherals (displays, printers, pointing devices, modems, external storage devices, etc).
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Title
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Pied Piper computer
Subject
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hardware: home computer
Description
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The Pied Piper was designed in the early 1980s by Semi-Tech Microelectronics Corp. (STM) and advertised as a portable, low-cost, versatile business computer. It was sold with the <em>Perfect Software</em> package. The Pied Piper consisted of a CPU unit in plastic enclosure with a built-in keyboard and a single diskette drive. The computer had a keyboard cover which enhanced the computer's portability. It could use any standard TV set or a monitor as a display terminal. In 1983, the Pied Piper was shown at the NCC show in Anaheim, California and at the Fall Comdex show in Las Vegas.<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica; font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666;"></span><br />The computer operated under the CP/M 2.2 OS and was<br />sold with software package from Perfect Software Inc. Optional software included MBASIC (Microsoft), dBase II (Ashton-Tate), WordStar (MicroPro International), and Multiplan (Microsoft).<br /><br /><strong>Hardware:</strong><br />
<ul>
<li>CPU: Z80A CPU</li>
<li>RAM: 64 Kbytes</li>
<li>VRAM: 2 Kbytes</li>
<li>ROM: 8 Kbytes</li>
<li>display: text mode only (24 lines x 40 or 80 characters), 16 colors</li>
<li>keyboard: QWERTY, 62 keys</li>
<li>ports: serial RS232C port, parallel printer port, RF Modulator port, external diskette drive port</li>
<li>diskette drive: 5.25 inch (164 Kbytes, formatted)</li>
<li>expandability: expansion for two boards, optional external diskette drive, interface for hard drive </li>
</ul>
The museum has a Pied Piper, model PPC 001, serial number 100983189 and the following software and documentation:<br /><br /><strong>Software and Documentation:</strong><br />
<ul>
<li><em>PerfectWriter</em> (with manual), Perfect Software (1983)</li>
<li><em>PerfectSpeller</em> (with manual), Perfect Software (1983)</li>
<li><em>PerfectCalc</em> (with manual), Perfect Software (1983)</li>
<li><em>PerfectFiler</em> (with manual), Perfect Software (1983)</li>
<li><em>Modem Master (</em>with<em> Modem Communications Manual)</em>, Semi-Tech Microelectronics (1983)</li>
</ul>
The computer was purchased on December 17th, 1983 at Gladstone Electronics -- one of the most popular computer stores in Toronto in the early 1980s.
Creator
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Semi-Tech Microelectronics Corp
Format
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Hardware
Type
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Hardware
Identifier
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H.18
Contribution Form
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Online Submission
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No
Canadian
personal computer
Pied Piper
Toronto Business Machines Ltd.