Also very little information about the Hektor III. The case and keyboard were the same as the Hektor II but the electronic board was completely redrawn to support up to 64 KB of RAM and ROM.
Several I/O connectors allowed to connect an extension card, a light pen, a 1200/75 baud modem, a parallel printer and even a mouse.
The Hektor III was also loaned to the students for the duration of the Open University course, hence its rarity.
Thanks to Ian Hall for all the pictures.
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please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.
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Have a Hector III in its box with manuals and cables etc. Based in the UK Any offers?
Saturday 23rd May 2020
Ed (UK )
I have just obtained an old Hektor III open university computer from 1983. Does anyone have a manual for this. Also it did not come with a power supply, so if you have the schematic then this would be usefull
Thanks
Wednesday 10th October 2012
Colin (UK)
Here is one with some pictures on Ebay: http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Vintage-Hektor-III-Micro-Home-Computer-single-board-with-8085-CPU-1983-/220884935792?pt$LH_DefaultDomain_146$hash$item336dc4a470
Regards,
Monday 31st October 2011
schaap (The Netherlands)
NAME
Hektor 3
MANUFACTURER
Open University, UK
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
United Kingdom
YEAR
1983
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
8K ROM Monitor
KEYBOARD
Full-stroke 60 keys
CPU
8085A
SPEED
3.024 MHz
RAM
64 KB
ROM
8 KB up to 64 KB
TEXT MODES
80x24, 40x24 and 73x35.
GRAPHIC MODES
640 x 240 dots
COLORS
Monochrome
SOUND
Built-in speaker
SIZE / WEIGHT
27,5 (W) x31 (D) x5 (H) cm / 1.5 kg
I/O PORTS
TV/RF output, composite video, cassette port, 40-pin interface for an external peripheral board, 24-pin I/O controller, configurable for use as a parallel printer port. light pen connector
BUILT IN MEDIA
None
OS
Unknown
POWER SUPPLY
External PSU. Could be powered from a 12V car battery.
PERIPHERALS
Expansion board, 1200/75-baud modem, Mouse
PRICE
Unknown, available only on loan to Open University students
