Olivetti

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). In the context of the Computer History Wiki 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.

References

[Vintage Computer Forum post] by member 1ST1, former Olivetti tech [www.provincia.bz.it] Picture of ETV 4000S