CP-450
{{Short description|Floppy disk drive interface manufactured by Prológica,}}
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| manufacturer = Prológica
| Type = floppy disk drive interface
| Released = {{Start date and age|1984}}
| Discontinued = {{Start date and age|1986}}
| OS = DOS-400
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| name = CP 450
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CP 450 was a large cabinet containing a floppy disk drive interface, exactly like the TRS-80 Color Computer, manufactured by Prológica, a computer company located in Brazil.{{cite web|url= https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/30365442.pdf|title=Evolução da Computação no Brasil e sua Relação Com Fatos Internacionais|author= Marilza de Lourdes Cardi|language=Portuguese|date=2002-01-01|accessdate=2021-09-23}}{{cite web|url= https://datassette.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/revistas/geracao_prologica_11.pdf|title=Mais Uma Alternativa Para o CP-400 Color|author= Geração Prológica|language=Portuguese|date=|accessdate=2021-09-26}}
General information
The standard operating system is DOS-400, an adapted and renamed copy of disk Extended Color BASIC (DECB or RSDOS).{{cite web|url=https://datassette.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/manuais/dos400_sistema_de_operacao_em_disco.pdf|title=DOS 400 Sistema de Operação de Disco|author= Editele|language=Portuguese|date=|accessdate=2021-09-25}} It was also possible to run other operating systems, such as Microware OS-09 and TSC Flex9. Using OS-9 allowed the user to access all 64 KB of RAM available on this particular version of the CP 400.
The CP 450 units stopped being manufactured at the end of 1986, along with other accessories suitable for the CP 400.
Bibliography
- Micro Computador - Curso Básico. Rio de Janeiro: Rio Gráfica, 1984, v. 1, pp. 49–50.
- ABREU, Carlos Alberto C. 77 programas para linha TRS-80. Rio de Janeiro: Microkit, 1985.