Consul 2715

It was manufactured from 1987 by Zbrojovka Brno. The computer was inspired by or was successor to IBM 5280. Hardware is based on MH3000.

Parts of this topic may be machine translated.

IBM5280 clone.

Circuit boards

There is a Mole symbol on the printed circuit boards and at start-up.

• processor (601.153)
• universal memory (601.187)
• FD (601.168)
• Display-keyboard (601.167)

Software

Extant floppy disks:

• SYSTEM.IMD - CONSUL 2715 DS/DD System Diskette (Format 9)
• UTIL.IMD - System + utilities (SYSINIT, SYSLIST, SYSCOPY, SYSCLEAR) and HAD SS/SD game (Format 3)
• BASIC.IMD - System + Basic SS/SD Interpreter (Format 3)
• SACHY.IMD - SS/SD chess game (Format 1), developed by the production team KRET Olomouc

Consul 2715 can run the original SYSCOPY and RPG compiler "as is", ie. binary compatibility with the IBM5280 is maintained to a certain level.

References

• http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/zbrojovka_brno/consul/consul_2715/ (WebArchive)
• https://consul.odkaznik.cz/consul_2715 (WebArchive)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kclOG9aE7i0 (WebArchive)
• SLÁMA, Karel. Komplexní informace: Systémy CONSUL 2715, 16, 17: 8. seminární školení k využití výpočetní techniky Olomouc říjen 1988 - sekce G. Olomouc: Krajský výbor komitétu pro věd. řízení ČSVTS v Severomor. kraji, 1988
• ELEKTRONIKA 2/90
• ELEKTRONIKA 10/89