Pearcom Pear II
The Pearcom Pear II is an (illegal) Apple II clone, designed in Belgium and made in both the Netherlands and England. The II is a direct reference to the Apple II and of course the logo of a pear instead of an apple makes it even more clear.
Pearcom Pear II
The Pearcom Pear II is an (illegal) Apple II clone, designed in Belgium and made in both the Netherlands and England. The II is a direct reference to the Apple II and of course the logo of a pear instead of an apple makes it even more clear.
The system offers 14 I/O slots, where an Apple has only 8 slots. The processor is the same as an Apple 2, the MOS 6502, making the Pearcom Pear II compatible with all Apple software. A Z80 or an 8080 processor card can also be placed in the system, which makes it possible to use CP/M.
The keyboard can be converted to an AZERTY layout by means of a jumper, and the user only needs to swap the keys.
The display part supports 960 characters, 24 lines with 40 columns. Graphically, the system supports a resolution of 46x40 or 192x280.
Pearcom is a trade name of Rotor Electronics BV from Den Dolder. Pearcom itself was located in Bilthoven at the time.
