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Compis




The computer was based on the Intel 80186 CPU and with CP/M-86 as the operating system in ROM (although it could also run MS-DOS from disk). The computer had a wide selection of ports, including one for a Light Pen . The Compis project was criticized from the start, and as the move to IBM PC compatibility came it was left behind and finally cancelled in 1988 although it was in use well into the 1990s.

Notable applications being run on the Compis in an educational environment was:
  • COMAL interpreter

  • Turbo Pascal 3.0 compiler, under the name Scandis-Pascal

  • WordStar word processor

  • Harmony software: word processing, spreadsheet and database. The name was a pun on Lotus Symphony , the dominant productivity software at the time.


Some schools had simple Local Area Network s of Scandis computers, where 10-20 machines shared one Hard Disk of typically 10 MB capacity.

Skoda Compis was also a special edition of the car Skoda Fabia for Sweden only.
Škoda Auto presented Compis in 2001, to celebrate 5 years of presence on the Swedish market.


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