Olivetti

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Olivetti S.p.A. is a manufacturer of various office products, e.g. typerwriters, established in 1908. It lives on today as a subsidiary of Telecom Italia (since 2003). This article only focuses on the vintage computer aspect of the company's production.

Olivetti computers

  • Macchina Zero/Elea 9001V - 1958
  • Elea 9002 - 1959
  • Elea 9003 - 1959
  • Elea 6001 - 1961
  • Elea 9004 - 1961
  • Elea 4001 - 1963
  • Elea 4-115 - 1965?
  • Programma 101 - 1965
  • P602 - 1971
  • P6040 - 1975
  • P6060 - 1975
  • P6066 - 1978
  • L1 - 1978
  • M20 - 1982
  • M10 - 1983
  • M24 - 1983
  • M21 - 1984
  • M290S - 1984
  • M19 - 1986
  • M28 - 1986
  • Prodest PC128 - 1986
  • Prodest PC128S - 1987
  • Prodest PC1 - 1987
  • M15 - 1987
  • M240 - 1987
  • M280 - 1987
  • M380/C - 1988
  • M290 - 1988
  • M380 XP1 - 1988
  • M250 - 1989
  • M300 - 1989 - various models (M300-02, -05, -10, -30/P, -100..)
  • PCS 86 - 1991
  • M700-10 - 1992[1]
  • M4 - 1996 (Various models)

Olivetti wordprocessors

Olivetti also produced a range of integrated typewriters, these were CP/M or MS-DOS computers with built-in daisy-wheel printers and CRT or other display. All of the models listed below have an integrated or connected printer.

  • ETV 240 CP/M, Z80, one 3.5" floppy drive
  • ETV 250 Same as ETV 240, but with two floppy drives
  • ETV 300 CP/M, Z80, one or two 5 1/4" floppy drives, keyboard/printer a separate unit from the computer itself which is in the M24 form factor
  • ETV 350 Smaller version of ETV 300, and with 3.5" floppy drives
  • ETV 260 MS-DOS, 8088, fully integrated with printer, internally the computer was an M19. Two 3.5" floppy drives, 20MB harddisk. 1986/1987
  • ETV 2700 MS-DOS, NEC V240, modern version of ETV 260 1989
  • ETV 2900 MS-DOS, compatible with ETV 2700
  • ETV 4000S Looks much as ETV 2700 but with mouse, handscanner, colour monitor and GUI. 1991

The ETV 240/250/260/2700/2900 and 4000S models kept the monitor on an arm mounted to the desktop.

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