ABC 800
Luxor ABC 802 was a model with a small monochrome screen in yellow phosphor, intended for offices. Here with two 5.25 inch disk drives along the side of the display. The grey-brown color was common for all ABC 800 (and ABC 1600) products and was different from the beige ABC 80. The picture taken at the exhibition at IT-centrum in Linköping, Sweden.
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| Manufacturer | Luxor in Motala, Sweden |
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| Type | Personal computer |
| Release date | 1981 |
| Introductory price | 9,800 SEK (1982) (ex.VAT) |
| Operating system | 24 KB ROM for BASIC II |
| CPU | 8-bit Zilog Z80A @ 3.58 MHz |
| Memory | 32 KB ROM + 32 KB RAM |
| Graphics | Text mode 80×24 colour Teletext, 78×75 block graphics or 240×240 at 2 bpp, 512×240 at 4 bpp, 256×240 at 4 bpp with red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, magenta, white and black |
| Sound | Beep, within the keyboard |
| Connectivity | 2x serial (75 - 19,200 bit/s) DE-9, 2x32-pin eurocard 4680 bus connector, video DA-15, keyboard DIN-7 |
The Luxor ABC 800 series are office-versions of the ABC 80 home computer. They featured an enhanced BASIC interpreter, a slightly faster clocked CPU and more memory: 32 kilobytes RAM and 32 KB ROM was now standard, the Z80 is clocked at 3.58 MHz (using an NTSC color subcarrier crystal). It featured 40×24 text mode with eight colors (ABC 800 C) or 80×24 text mode monochrome (ABC 800 M). They could also be extended with "high" resolution graphics (240×240 pixels at 2 bpp) using 16 KB RAM as video memory.
The ABC 800 came in a monochrome version with amber text on brown background with an 80 character wide screen, and a color version with 40 characters. The main board is integrated with the keyboard much like the Amiga 500. However the ABC computer has a very sturdy metal chassis.
Storage is usually two 5.25" floppy disk units in 160, 320 or 640 KB capacity. External hard disk systems became available later (primarily the ABC 850 with 10 MB). Model numbers 'ABC 800 M' for monochrome and 'ABC 800 C' for color.
"Who needs IBM-compatibility?", asked Luxor's adverts. However, most computer buyers eventually considered it a requirement. A certain compatibility could be achieved between the ABC-world and the IBM PC-world with the help of a program called 'W ABC'.
The ABC 800 computer was also sold by Facit by the name Facit DTC.
The ABC 802 is a compact version with 64 KB RAM where 32 KB is used as a RAM disc. The main board is integrated with a 9" CRT screen and has improved graphics, though no high-resolution graphics.
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