The BASF 7000 systems are professional computers from Germany.
There were several models in the 7000 serie. The model shown is a BASF 7120.
The computer was based on a DigiLog (USA) Personal Computer (Microterm II Intelligent Terminal), which had an additional printer built in (the paper came out on the top), but was to faulty to be sold (power supply, monitor control, mechanical construction and more.).
The operating system was an "Enhanced commercial BASIC" interpreter and/or an Assembler. .Later on, a CP/M version was released.
The CPU frequency was 4.000 MHz and the memory was 64 kByte + FDC.
The production ended 1987, after a press release of the "SPIEGEL" magazine and legal trials claimed that due to the lack of a Parity Bit in the Memory, the computer was too unsafe for serious applications.
It had 2 CPUs (Z80A) which were able to operate independently and some programs used it for parallel processing(!).
One of them was part of the FDC (Floppy Disk Control), the upper of the three PCBs which were found inside.
It had a Centronics parallel port and a V.24 / RS232 port at the back.
The rocker switches on the right side of the keyboard were used to preset programs (rarely used), as well as the switch banks (DIL-Switches) on the rear side of the computer.
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Tuesday 18th August 2020
Günther (Austria)
Hi Norbert,
could you please contact me? i am restoring a BASF 7130 at the moment and I have some questions along the way.
Thanks,
my email : wimmatthijs@gmail.com
Sunday 22nd March 2020
Willem Matthijs (België)
The model shown is a BASF7120$ my father was chief developer on this system at BASF in Ludwigshafen$ we had one of these computers at home.
The computer was based on a DigiLog (USA) Personal Computer, which had an additional printer built in (the paper came out on the top), but was to faulty to be sold (power supply, monitor control, mechanical construction and more.).
The operating system was an "Enhanced commercial BASIC" interpreter and/or an Assembler Later on, a CP/M version was released The official price was 16.000 DM The CPU frequency was 4.000 MHz The memory was 64 kByte + FDC (don''t know how much RAM was impemented there) The production ended 1987, after a press release of the "SPIEGEL" magazine and legal trials claimed that due to the lack of a Parity Bit in the Memory, the computer was too unsafe for serious applications. (However, in almost 10 years of use and programming of that computer I personally never experienced any(!) accidental data alteration).
It had 2 CPUs (Z80A) which were able to operate independently$ some programs used it for parallel processing(!). One of them was part of the FDC (Floppy Disk Control), the upper of the three PCBs which were found inside.
Ports: It had a Centronics parallel port and a V.24 / RS232 port at the back.
The rocker switches on the right side of the keyboard were used to preset programs (rarely used), as well as the switch banks (DIL-Switches) on the rear side of the computer.
If you are interested in more information, please feel free to contact me.
Monday 25th November 2019
Norbert (Germany)
NAME
7100
MANUFACTURER
BASF
TYPE
Professional Computer
ORIGIN
Germany
YEAR
1982
END OF PRODUCTION
unknown
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
unknown
KEYBOARD
mechanical keyboard
CPU
Z80A
SPEED
4 MHz
RAM
64 KB
ROM
16 KB
TEXT MODES
24 rows of 80 characters with 4 types of highlighting in any combination
COLORS
No (monochrome built-in display)
SOUND
unknown
SIZE / WEIGHT
unknown
I/O PORTS
unknown
BUILT IN MEDIA
three 5 1/4 inch floppy disk drives, single sided, double density (162 KB)
OS
BASF Operating System (including BASIC) and CP/M 2.2
