POTAS

Also called Počítač Operačně TAktického Stupně,PTAS.Designed by Vojenska Akademie Antonina Zapotockeho v Brne.It was manufactured (introduction in the 1980s). Hardware is based on U880D.

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The responsible computer of the Czechoslovak People's Army. He met the requirements for climatic and mechanical resistance and, according to Milos Sedlář from VÚMS, the leader of field automation technologies within the Warsaw Pact armies conceived as a PC, but was built on Z80A.

Contained:

Motherboard with a processor that was without the possibility of processor change,
Plate with memory, basic version 64 kb,
Graphics album - it was amazing, the picture was a white font on a black background.
a black and white portable screen,
The keyboard was designed to operate in winter gloves so it had to squeeze by force,
Cartridge mechanics from SM621.

These parts were connected together so that in a large wooden box they were attached to the rails of the connectors, something like PCI, and the blocks were inserted into these connectors. Each connector had its purpose, the connectors were connected by soldered wires, not settled on the board.

The computer was developed to use in the field, was intended for planning. He was in two large wooden boxes. Inside there was a tin bath and in that parts. In one box there was a computer with a screen and in the other was a needle printer and cables.

In the discussion on zive.cz, the user remembered Petr in 2003:

"I was supposed to carry the map to the 64 KB! He also had a warehouse of several thousand items and Týlar wanted me to record the warehouse for this machine for CZK 100,000.

When I had a screen in Basic, there was a point to the point, the action lasted about 1-2 minutes. "

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