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Rumour
says that Texas-Instrument approached Data Applications
International (DAI), a belgium company, to design a personal
computer with sound, graphics and colors for the European
market, using Texas-Instruments components. But later
Texas-Instruments decided to market their own personal
computer, the TI-99/4, in Europe, so the "DAI"
project was canceled.
Then,
the belgium company decided to market the project under their
own brand. The DAI computer was born. At that time, 1980, the
DAI specifications were impressive ! The main competitors were
the Apple II, the Tandy TRS-80 and the Commodore PETs and CBM
series, not computers known for their fantastic sound, colors
and graphics...
Sometimes
in 1982, the DAI wasn't produced by Data Applications
International anymore, but INDATA, another belgium company,
succeeded to them, and sold the DAI under their own brand. The
keyboard was then changed, it got colored, and one year later
the DAI was equiped with a new enhanced graphic resolution
(512x244) !
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| NAME |
DAI |
| MANUFACTURER |
INDATA |
| TYPE |
Home
Computer |
| ORIGIN |
Belgium |
| YEAR |
1979 |
| BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
Basic |
| KEYBOARD |
QWERTY
full-stroke keyboard with arrow keys (57 keys) |
| CPU |
Intel
8080A |
| SPEED |
2
mhz |
| CO-PROCESSOR |
AMD
9511 (optional numeric processor) |
| RAM |
48
kb |
| ROM |
24
kb |
| TEXT MODES |
60
x 24 |
| GRAPHIC MODES |
72
x 65 / 160 x 130 / 336 x 256 / 512 x 244 with 4 or 16
colors |
| COLORS |
16 |
| SOUND |
3
stereo voices + 1 noise generator |
| SIZE / WEIGHT |
45
x 38 x 12 |
| I/O PORTS |
Parallel
port, RGB, RS232c, Bus DCE, Stereo, 6 analogic inputs,
Tape (600 bauds), Audio Stereo output |
| OS |
CP/M
with disk-drive extension |
| POWER SUPPLY |
Built-in
PSU |
| PERIPHERALS |
5''1/4
disk-drives, Memocom (digital tapes), joysticks,
printers, robot arm, arithmetic coprocessor, plotter |
| PRICE |
1300
(France, november 1981)
1365
(France, november 1982)
1021
(France, september 1983) |
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