Apricot PC
| Also known as | ACT Apricot |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Apricot Computers |
| Type | personal computer |
| Release date | Late 1983 |
| Operating system | came with standard MS-DOS 2.11 and CP/M-86. |
| CPU |
4,77 MHz @ Intel 8086 CPU Socket for optional Intel 8087 co-processor. |
| Memory | RAM 256 kB(Max 768 kB) |
| Storage | 2 × 3.5" floppy drives with 315 kB or 720 kB capacity |
| Display | CRT green-screen 9" |
| Graphics | text mode 80 × 25 or graphics 800 × 400 pixels |
| Input | keyboard with an integrated LCD display |
The Apricot PC was a personal computer produced by Apricot Computers. Released in late 1983, it was Apricot's first computer made for business use.
The press received it well, especially for the high resolution 800 × 400 of its time and its trackball cable (future models used IR).
It used an Intel 8086 processor running at 4,77 MHz. A 087 math co-processor was optional. The amount of memory was 256 kB, expandable to 768 kB. CRT green-screen 9" with text mode 80 × 25 or graphics 800 × 400 pixels. Equipped with two floppy discs and a keyboard with an integrated LCD display. Released in 1983, it achieved success in the United Kingdom.
The Apricot Xi was a similar computer released in 1984, with a hard drive instead of a second floppy-drive.
Due to an IBM PC incompatible BIOS, trying to run a software package like dBase III would result in a system crash.
The system was delivered with SuperCalc, and several system utilities, asynchronous communication, an emulator for IBM PC, Microsoft Basic-86, Basic Personal and ACT Manager (a GUI for MS-DOS). Optionally available were Microsoft Word, Multiplan, WordStar, dBase II, C-Pascal, UCSD Pascal, C, Fortran, COBOL and Basic Compiler 5.35.
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