ComPAN 8

ComPAN 8 is an 8-bit Polish microcomputer produced in the 1980s at the MERA-ELZAB factory in Zabrze, Poland. ComPAN 8 was designed at the Institute of Industry Automation Systems PAN in Gliwice.

Technical description

 * Processor: 8080A or 8085 2 MHz
 * Interrupt controller: 8 levels
 * Address bus: extended by 5 additional lines (A16..AA20), max. 2 MB of memory
 * RAM: 64 kB
 * ROM: 8 kB
 * Keyboard: 83 keys MERA 7926M with numerical part
 * Floppy disk controller: 8” or 5,25”
 * Interfaces: 2 x RS-232C, parallel port, printer interface circuit
 * Monochromatic display, divided into 2 (or 3) windows:
 * system window: 4 lines, 80 characters on the bottom of the screen
 * workspace window:
 * 24x80 characters – text mode
 * 30x80 Characters – graphical-text mode
 * 288x240 pixels – graphical mode
 * additional system window (optional): 8 lines with 30 characters on the top of screen

Software

 * Operation system:
 * CP/M (more popular)
 * ISIS-II
 * programming languages
 * macroassembler
 * Pascal
 * Fortran
 * PL/M (ISIS-II)