This mini forum is intended to provide a simple means of discussion about the Olivetti  PC 1 computer. If you want to share your own experience or memories, or add relevant information about this system: post a message!

I still have one of these, it has not the DD floppy drives$ it has two 1.44MB DSHD drives. Oh, and just giving it a power on test before deciding what to do with it, you have the option on boot, during POST, as to whether or not to use Turbo Mode.

Now I know it works, I think I''ll blow the dust off a couple shrinkwrapped disks and load the thing up with DOS EDIT. After all, you don''t need four cores and 8GB of RAM just to type a document, right? For that matter I could go completely retro and do my HTML coding on the thing as well!

I did not know that this did Olivetti computer to compete with the Amstrad PC 1512, not least because I got to use both computers at the same time!

I did not know that this did Olivetti computer to compete with the Amstrad PC 1512, not least because I got to use both computers at the same time!

There are some ERRORS/OMISSIONS in this page.

The full name of this computer is OLIVETTI PRODEST PC1.
Colors: 4 in graphic mode (320x200) with 2 palettes, 2 colors in 640x200 mode, 16 colors in text mode
Number of keys: 83 (not 82)
Sound: Tone generator with volume control under the keyboard

Ya no tengo acceso a la página de Ciberia y parece ser que los ficheros para descargar están corruptos, así que los he vuelto a poner en este otro sitio.

I think this model was later equipped with a 20 MB HDD, taking over one of the FDD bays. I bought the double FDD version and was annoyed to find the HDD variant in store at a similar price a few weeks later! Although there was a wedge-shaped proprietary mouse, it was not supplied as standard in the UK, but cost about £30 extra. (Of course, you could use a serial mouse so long as you put the driver on your boot diskettes and amended autoexec.bat.) When I bought one in late 1988, it was bundled with the First Choice integrated software suite, which was excellent in its day, turning the machine into a versatile home office system.

qualcuno ha trovato i driver del mouse ????

Qualcuno possiede i driver del mouse del PC1 ?
Io l'ho perso il disco se qualcuno c'è l'ha me lo può zippare e mandarmelo ?
Grazie.

Sto cercando di costruire il cavo da 8 pin a Scart seguendo la pedinatura su questo sito. Non riesco a drovare lo spinotto 8 din in commercio, ma questa sera forse è quella buona. Qualcuno l'ha realizzato gli ha funzionato il tutto ?

poco... a me me l'hanno tirato dietro gratis, con HD da
20 Mb, floppy, monitor originale CGA e stampante Olivetti Prodest DM91. Installato windows 2.0. e il DOS. No, niente mouse. Qualcuno ne ha uno orig? a proposito, i driver per questa stampante non si trovano. Ma vanno bene anche quelli della IBM ProPrinter II. Provati con CUPS sotto Linux.

sarei grato se qualcuno saprebbe dirmi dove poter trovare il sistema operativo e se possibile quel giochino che all'epoca davano compreso nel sistema operativo che si chiamava load runner. grazie

Por si a alguno le interesa, he colocado en la dirección "http://ciberia.ya.com/olivetti_pc1" el software que traía el ordenador.

I want buy a PC1.
Qualcuno lo vende ?

Can I connect an actual computer monitor to DB9 comector in PC-1 by olivetty?. Please help me, if you know this information.

Actual Price in Italy: 15/20 €

When i switch on my PC1, it doesn't recognize the mouse...
I start this computer with an old "Zenith" ms-dos disk...
Where can i find the original content of the MS-DOS disk witch was sold with this machine ?

Qualcuno sa indicarmi dove trovare istruzioni o software per il download?
Does someone can tell me where I can find instructions or software to download?

quanto puo costare adesso per u collezionista?