Jump to content

Data Recall Diamond

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 86.133.139.253 (talk) at 19:49, 14 August 2005. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

The Diamond Five was a dedicated word processor developed by a subsidiary of The Marconi Company in the late seventies. It cost ~£4500 and was intended for technical authoring and secretarial use.

Capabilities

The screen was large enough to display an A3-size document. An included daisy-wheel printer was attached by a non-user removable cable. Two 8-inch floppy disk drives were used for the storage of programs and files. The displayed font was not user-customisable. A RS232 interface allowed communcation with other contemporary computers (e.g. a Lucas Nascom 2) using homebrew software . It used a Z80 processor.

It was replaced by the Diamond Seven

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Data_Recall_Diamond&oldid=21013434"