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| Manufacturer | Durango Systems Corporation |
|---|---|
| Type | Personal business computer |
| Release date | September 1978[1][2] |
| Lifespan | 1978-1984 |
| Media | two 100 tpi high-capacity 5.25-inch diskette drives storing 480 KB on each single-sided or 960 KB on double-sided diskettes usinggroup-coded recording (GCR) |
| Operating system | DX-85M (multi-user/multitasking) |
| CPU | 5 MHzIntel 8085A |
| Memory | 65 KB (up to 196 KB) |
| Storage | 40 MBShugart SA-4006 14-inch winchester, later 5.25" integrated ST506-interface MFM drive |
| Display | 9-inch CRT with 64 characters per row by 16 rows or 80 characters per row by 24, based on theIntel 8275Video display controller |
| Input | keyboard, full stroke, 84 key |
| Successor | Durango "Poppy" |
TheDurango F-85 was an earlypersonal computer introduced in September 1978 byDurango Systems Corporation, a company started in 1977 by George E. Comstock, John M. Scandalios and Charles L. Waggoner, all formerly ofDiablo Systems.[1][2][3] The F-85 could run its own multitasking operating system called DX-85M, which included an integral Indexed Sequential (ISAM) file system and per-task file locking, or alternativelyCP/M-80.[1][4][5] DX-85M used a text configuration file namedCONFIG.SYS[5] five years before this filename was used for a similar purpose underMS-DOS/PC DOS 2.0 in 1983.
The F-85 used single-sided 5¼-inch100 tpi diskette drives providing 480 KB using a high-density4/5 group coded encoding. The machine was using aWestern DigitalFD1781floppy-disk controller with 77-trackMicropolis drives.[6] In later models this was expanded to a double-sided option for 960 KB (946/947 KB formatted[2][4][nb 1]) per diskette.[2][5][6][7]
Durango later dropped the "F-85" model name and adopted a user model system, with 700 being the entry model and 950 being the full-featured model.
Still later, they designed a80186-/80286-based 16-bit system, the Durango "Poppy";MS-DOS was selected as the entry operating system.
[…] that's how we got Durango Systems started in 1977. And we opened the doors for business I think it was July or August of '77 and began designing a product, one of which is sitting right there. That's the Durango F85 computer […] We were on the startup of Durango, we raised our money and got going and in that case it took us another 15 months to start shipping product […]
[…]Micropolis has extended the capacity of 5.25-in. floppy disk subsystems via double-sided models with formatted file storage of up to nearly 2 million bytes […] TheMegafloppy series also features an intelligent controller that facilitates interconnection of four subsystems to a common host interface for a totalon-line storage capacity of more than 15M bytes […] Double-sided versions of the product line will be implemented first in twoOEM series - Model 1015 and Model 1055 […] The Model 1015 is an unpackaged drive designed for the manufacturer who integrates floppy disk storage into his own system enclosure. A range of storage capacities from 143,000 to 630,000 bytes per drive is available […] Model 1015 customers have the option of using the Micropolis intelligent controller andGroup Code Recording (GCR) method to further expand file space up to 946,000 bytes […] Offering GCR and a microprocessor-based controller as standard features, the Model 1055 5.25-in. floppy has foursoft-sectored formats for each of its 77 tracks, yielding a maximum capacity of 1,892,000 bytes of file space on its double-sided version […] An add-on module available for the 1055 is comprised of two read/write heads and two drives, sharing a common controller. The subsystem capacity (formatted) with the module is 3,784,000 bytes […] Up to four 1055s, each with an add-on module, can bedaisy-chained to a common host for a maximum on-line storage capacity of more than 15M bytes […]
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