Toshiba Pasopia 16

Toshiba Pasopia 16
Type	IBM PC compatible
Release date	1982
Operating system	MS-DOS 2.3, CP/M-86
CPU	Intel 8088-2 @ 6Mhz
Memory	192 KB (expandable to 256 KB)
Graphics	320x200, 640x200, 640x400, 640x500
Successor	Toshiba Pasopia 1600

Toshiba Pasopia 16 or PA7020^[1] is a IBM PC compatible computer from manufacturer Toshiba, released in 1982 and based around a Intel 8088-2 microprocessor running at 6 MHz.^[1] It's also known as T300 on the US and PAP in Europe.

The operating system was MS-DOS 2.3 with CP/M-86 as an option.^[2] The machine included GW-BASIC, communication (Pap.Com) and graphics (Pap.Graph) software.^[2] The computer came with two 5.25" disk drives and supported an option 8087 co-processor.^[1]

Two graphic cards were available: a Color Graphic Card with 128K and 8 colors; an Extended Graphic Card with 256Kb of memory and 16 colors out of 256.^[3] Several graphics modes are possible: 640x500, 640x400, 640x200 and 320x200.

The European PAP model had a SCART connector with RGB output. A green monochrome monitor was also available. Possible peripherals for this model are extra 5.25" disk drives, a hard disk, a RS-232 interface and a printer. The keyboard has 103 keys.

An expanded model, the Toshiba Pasopia 1600 (PA7030) was released in 1984.^[4] The basic specifications are the same as the base model, but CPU is now an Intel 8086-2 running at 8Mhz, and graphic memory was expanded to 384K. The machine is smaller and the number of expansion slots was reduced to two. A mouse and came as standard equipment, along with a screen editor software. Several types of floppy and hard drives were available.

Another variation was the Pasopia 1600 TS100 / 300 with a 80286 CPU running at 8MHz and 704KB or RAM. It came with MS-DOS 2.11, two 5" floppy disk drives (TS100 version) or a single 5" floppy disk drive and a 20 MB hard drive (TS300 version). After this, Toshiba starts the J-3100 series of personal computers.