The Olympia People microcomputer system was released in the late eighties by Olympia International and was intended to be used as a general-purpose office microcomputer.

The computer did fair business in the German market.

Specifications:

• 8086 16-bit processor.
• 128KB DRAM as standard; upgradable to 512KB.
• Dual double-sided, double-density 5.25" disk drives. Total disc capacity 655KB (80 tracks, 16 sectors/track, 256 bytes/sector).
• Monochrome green-screen monitor with four intensity levels. Text and graphics mode supported.
• Detachable keyboard with programmable function keys and ASCII/national character support.
• RS-232 serial port
• Parallel printer port
• ROM diagnostics and monitor program

The People is designed to run both CP/M-86 and MS-DOS 2.00.

Aftermarket options available included a 20MB Winchester hard disc; a high-resolution colour monitor; and a GPIB interface board.

Our Olympia People has been upgraded to the maximum 512KB memory.

Manufacturer: Olympia International
Date: 1983

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH35673. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.