PCC [1978] PCC 2000

 

 

PCC 2000 is a professional computer released in 1978. It was designed in 1978 by Pertec, the company which merged with MITS by the end of 1976. 

The PCC is conceived as a monobloc machine, where the display and two 8" floppy disk drives are built-in the main case. The mechanical keyboard offers separated numeric and editing keypads. 

The system is powered by an Intel 8085 microprocessor and offers 64 KB RAM. The whole thing was apparently delivered with an extended Basic language, which has DOS commands built-in to control the disk drives. 

Options advertised were: 
- CP/M, Cobol, Fortran, Basic compiler languages
- 10 MB hard disk
- wordprocessor software
- multi-terminals
- multi-tasking


The PCC 2000 was originaly called the MITS 300/15 and renamed to reflect the Pertec brand. This machine replaced the MITS Altair S-100 computers. 

The PCC 2000 was also marketed by Ordisor in France, as the Ordisor PCC 2000. 

 

 

NAME	PCC 2000
MANUFACTURER	Pertec
TYPE	Professional Computer
ORIGIN	U.S.A.
YEAR	1978
END OF PRODUCTION	Unknown
BUILT IN LANGUAGE	Unknown
KEYBOARD	Full-stroke QWERTY keyboard with editing and numeric keypads. 12 function keys
CPU	Intel 8085
SPEED	3 Mhz
CO-PROCESSOR	Unknown
RAM	64 KB (up to 1MB)
ROM	Unknown
TEXT MODES	Unknown
GRAPHIC MODES	Unknown
COLORS	No
SOUND	Unknown
SIZE / WEIGHT	Unknown
I/O PORTS	Unknown
BUILT IN MEDIA	2 x 8'' floppy disk-drives (500 KB/axis)
OS	MTX (multi-user operating system), CP/M optional
POWER SUPPLY	Built-in power supply
PERIPHERALS	10 MB hard disks, floppy disk drives, dumb terminals, printers
PRICE	Unknown