Olivetti P800
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| Machine type | XP1078 |
| Serial | 0005635 |
| Manufacturer | Olivetti (made in Italy) |
| Date | June 1990 |
Physical description
| Type | Floor standing (rev. of front panel and top cover [month] 6/90) |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 570 x 215 (275 incl. feet) x 700 mm |
| Drive bays | 3 x 5.25" half-height, 2 x 5.25" full-height (all accessible) |
| Power supply | 200-220VAC, 1A |
Main board
| Manufacturer | Olivetti (planar ID F8FF) UPGRADE (*) |
| BIOS | Olivetti v. 1.06, 4/10/92 (125 Kb, chips 9412) UPGRADE |
| Chipset | Chips & Technologies |
| Processor | Intel 80486DX2-50 MHz (32-bit) PGA (family 4, model 3, step 5) UPGRADE (*) |
| Coprocessor | Integrated on 486DX, socket for optional Weitek coprocessor |
| External cache | N/a |
| Memory | 8 sockets for 80ns 30-pin SIMMs (to be installed in groups of four) |
| Max memory | 64 Mb (16 x 4 Mb incl. memory card) |
| Bus | Micro Channel (MCA) 32-bit |
| Expansion slots | 3 x 16-bit MCA (1 w. video ext., 2 available), 3 x 32-bit MCA (all available), slot for additional memory card (proprietary) |
| Interface | FDD (2 units) |
| Video | Integrated super-VGA adapter (Chips & Technologies) |
| Ports | PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, serial (UART 16550A), parallel, VGA |
Cards
| Installed RAM | 8 x 1 Mb 80ns on planar, see below for additional memory (some SIMMs und., four have 9030) |
| Memory | Memory riser card (9022), w. 8 x 30-pin SIMMs |
| Controller | 32-bit ESDI adapter WD1007V (9046) REPLACEMENT |
| Video | Matrox MGA graphic adapter w. 4 Mb (id: 80EC, 4/6/94) ADDITION |
Storage
| Diskette drive | 1.44 Mb, 3.5" slim (Sony MFD-17W, 89-02) |
| 2nd Diskette drive | 1.2 Mb, 5.25" half-height (Panasonic JU-475) |
| Hard disk | NEC D5655 (148 Mb) ESDI, 5.25" half-height (1989-07) |
| 2nd Hard disk | Seagate ST4383E (320 Mb) ESDI, 5.25" full-height (9151) ADDITION |
Trivia
| Acquisition | Mid-98, collected in a dump together w. other appliances incl. a second incomplete P800 which had been demolished to get spare parts |
| Condition | Good, setup needed because of failing battery |
| Installed O.S. | Olivetti MS-DOS 5.00, MS Windows 3.1 (Italian) |
| Failures/repairs | Battery had to be replaced |
| Current status | All hw working, case is somewhat rusty |
| Spare parts | Almost everything, incl. drives, planar, etc. |
Notes
(*) This motherboard is an "official" Olivetti upgrade for the original 386DX-25 based board. Original CPU was a 486DX-25, which was furtherly upgraded.
Peripherals: KEYBOARDS, MONITORS, MICES
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