thumb | right | ComPan 8 computer at the Museum of Computer History and Computer Science in Katowice'''ComPAN 8''' is an 8-bit Polish microcomputer produced in the 1980s at the MERA-ELZAB factory in Zabrze, Poland. ComPAN 8 was designed at the Institute of Industry Automation Systems PAN in Gliwice.<ref>[http://www.e-service.net.pl/nfsk/komputery/komputery.html Komputery - www.nfsk.prv.pl - Notatnik Fana Starych Komputerów<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302110425/http://www.e-service.net.pl/nfsk/komputery/komputery.html |date=2008-03-02 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.elwro.zafriko.pl/kat/mikrokomputery/mera_elzab_compan_8 Polish Computers Fan Site]</ref>
==Technical description==
*Processor: 8080A or 8085 2 MHz *Interrupt controller: 8 levels *Address bus: extended by 5 additional lines (A16..AA20), max. 2 MB of memory *RAM: 64 kB *ROM: 8 kB *Keyboard: 83 keys MERA 7926M with numerical part *Floppy disk controller: 8” or 5,25” *Interfaces: 2 x RS-232C, parallel port, printer interface circuit *Monochromatic display, divided into 2 (or 3) windows: **system window: 4 lines, 80 characters on the bottom of the screen **workspace window: ***24x80 characters – text mode ***30x80 Characters – graphical-text mode ***288x240 pixels – graphical mode **additional system window (optional): 8 lines with 30 characters on the top of screen <ref>"KOMPUTER" Magazine NR 7/1987</ref>
==Software==
*Operation system: **CP/M ''(more popular)'' **ISIS-II *programming languages ** macroassembler ** Pascal ** Fortran ** PL/M (ISIS-II)
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080118013124/http://www.e-service.net.pl/nfsk/default.asp Old computers magazine (polish)]
Category:Microcomputers Category:Science and technology in Poland Category:Computer-related introductions in 1980