Olivetti P6040

The Olivetti P6040 was a personal computer, described by its maker as a personal minicomputer. The P6040 was programmable in Mini BASIC and featured a floppy disk drive that used proprietary 2.5-inch sleeveless disks called "Minidisk". It was produced starting from 1977 and was the first microprocessor-based Olivetti computer, the Intel 8080, instead of on TTL logic CPU.^[1]

Olivetti P6040

The Olivetti P6040 Portable Computer
Manufacturer	Olivetti
Type	Personal Computer
Release date	April 1975; 50 years ago (1975-04)
Operating system	Mini BASIC
CPU	Intel 8080
Input	Keyboard
Successor	Olivetti P6060

Olivetti P6040 based on an Intel 8080 CPU (1977)

Designed by Pier Giorgio Perotto, it was presented at Hannover Messe in April 1975 together with the P6060, its hardware used TTL technology. Both had a brown-colored case.

The P6040 was little in dimensions and weight, thanks to the introduction of microprocessor (for the first time at Olivetti).^{[citation needed]}

Olivetti Minidisk used for P6040 systems

Another innovation in the model was the introduction of the light-emitting diode display. The design was by Mario Bellini.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Olivetti

Bibliography

• (it) La minimizzazione delle grammatiche libere da contesto, Angelo Monfroglio – Politecnico di Milano, 20 dicembre 1974