Comments on: Luxor ABC 80 (Boxed)

By: BuCkBoy

BuCkBoy — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:20:53 +0000

This was the first computer on which I wrote my first (basic) program. I was 12 or 13 years old.
It was a Swedish licence Hungarian made computer.
My best remember there was a Hungarian languaged horse racing game and We enjoyed it at the christmas in the middle of 80s.
This is the Hungarian chassis of ABC 80:
https://www.retropages.hu/Gepek/ABC80/ABC-80.JPG

By: Thomas Michanek

Thomas Michanek — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:40:19 +0000

@Niko Wessman
Send an email to Anders Jansson , one of the developers. I’m not sure if he has any more cards left, or if he’s willing to ship outside Sweden.
You can also check out the manual at:
https://www.abc.se/home/m8894/ABCbus/ABCbus_06/ABCbus_06_manual.pdf

By: xAD / nIGHTFALL

xAD / nIGHTFALL — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 21:31:18 +0000

@Niko Wessman Hi Niko, I don't know, really exist for the ABC?

By: Niko Wessman

Niko Wessman — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 21:24:32 +0000

Hi. I have an ABC80 for which I would be very interested to acquire a microSD card reader. Can you help, where to get one?

Regards, Niko

By: Thomas Michanek

Thomas Michanek — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:53:39 +0000

I want to point out that, despite its less than fancy looks, the ABC80 was a high quality home computer. The internal design and electronics were very well made, with lots of expansion capabilities. The BASIC interpreter is probably one of the best and fastest in the world at the time – it was 5-10 times faster than Apple ][, TRS-80 and all its competitors, including Microsoft BASIC on an IBM PC. The challenge was to make graphic games with the limited resolution of 80×72!
The ABC computers are still alive today (2018), for instance there’s a small expansion card that allows you to read and write files to a microSD card instead of using cassettes or floppy disks.
/Thomas Michanek, Swedish ABC80 hacker :-)