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.
