SAPI-1
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The SAPI-1 was a computer produced in the former Czechoslovakia
by Tesla since 1980.
It was designed by Eduard Smutný (hardware) and his brother Tomáš Smutný (software), and based on the Intel 8080/2 MHz clone (and later Z80). The SAPI-86 was also developed as a 8086 clone of the PC.
The SAPI-1 had a modular construction with modules:
3 versions of SAPI-1 were produced:
integer Micro-Basic was stored in ROM, as well as simple machine code monitor, tape was used as main storage device, using single block recording.
MIKOS (mikro kazetový operační systém - micro cassette operating system) with better machine code monitor was stored in ROM, any other programming language was loaded from tape, using blocks of 255 data bytes.
ROM contains CP/M booting sequence, CP/M is booting from 8" Shugart
floppy disk
drives. Position of VideoRAM was moved from 3800 to E800 to allow CP/M running.
The "Z" version of SAPI-1 ZPS 3 used Z80 processor clone instead of 8080 clone, video with 64 characters per line instead of 40.
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
by Tesla since 1980.
It was designed by Eduard Smutný (hardware) and his brother Tomáš Smutný (software), and based on the Intel 8080/2 MHz clone (and later Z80). The SAPI-86 was also developed as a 8086 clone of the PC.
The SAPI-1 had a modular construction with modules:
- JPR-1 - processor board based on MHB 8080 processor, 1 KB SRAM, 4 KB ROM modules and 6 IO ports
- JPR-1Z - processor board based on Z80 processor
- ARB-1 - bus unit
- JZS-1 - power supply with rack
- ANK-1 - non smart, no ergonomic membrane keyboard (compatible with Sinclair ZX-80 and ZX-81)
- REM-1 - extension board with EPROM and SRAM modules
- AND-1 - alfanumeric video adapter, 40 columns x 24 rows, black and white with 2 KBytes of video buffer at 3800
- AND-1A - alfanumeric video adapter, 40 columns x 24 rows, black and white with 2 KBytes of video buffer at E800
- RAM-1 - board of 32 KB of dynamic RAM
- DSM-1 - modem and serial interface (based on MHB 1012 UART) used to communication with tape recorder
- BDK-1 - universal developer board
- DPP-1 - parallel port board (based on two MHB 8255 chips)
- DGD-1 - B/W graphic video adapter - requires second monitor, cannot output to monitor connected to AND-1
- RPD-1 - floppy disk controller, due to its complexity (discrete glue logic) was built on two boards connected by cable. This came very late.
3 versions of SAPI-1 were produced:
- SAPI-1 ZPS 1 (základní průmyslová sestava - basic industrial set):
integer Micro-Basic was stored in ROM, as well as simple machine code monitor, tape was used as main storage device, using single block recording.
- SAPI-1 ZPS 2:
MIKOS (mikro kazetový operační systém - micro cassette operating system) with better machine code monitor was stored in ROM, any other programming language was loaded from tape, using blocks of 255 data bytes.
- SAPI-1 ZPS 3:
ROM contains CP/M booting sequence, CP/M is booting from 8" Shugart
Shugart
Shugart is the de facto standard for floppy disk drive interfaces created by Shugart Associates.* 50 pin: 8"* 34 pin: 5¼", 3½", 3""Shugart" may also refer to the company Shugart Associates, the founder of Shugart Associates, Alan Shugart, or political scientist Matthew Søberg Shugart....
floppy disk
Floppy disk
A floppy disk is a disk storage medium composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium, sealed in a rectangular plastic carrier lined with fabric that removes dust particles...
drives. Position of VideoRAM was moved from 3800 to E800 to allow CP/M running.
The "Z" version of SAPI-1 ZPS 3 used Z80 processor clone instead of 8080 clone, video with 64 characters per line instead of 40.