<s>
The	O
Luxor	O
ABC	B-Device
800	I-Device
series	O
are	O
office-versions	O
of	O
the	O
ABC	B-Device
80	I-Device
home	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
featured	O
an	O
enhanced	O
BASIC	O
interpreter	B-Application
,	O
a	O
slightly	O
faster	O
clocked	O
CPU	O
and	O
more	O
memory	O
:	O
32kilobytes	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
32KB	O
ROM	B-Device
was	O
now	O
standard	O
,	O
the	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
is	O
clocked	O
at	O
(	O
quarter	O
the	O
12MHz	O
crystal	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
featured	O
40×24	O
text	O
mode	O
with	O
eight	O
colors	O
(	O
ABC	B-Device
800	I-Device
C	O
)	O
or	O
80×24	O
text	O
mode	O
monochrome	O
(	O
ABC	B-Device
800	I-Device
M	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
could	O
also	O
be	O
extended	O
with	O
"	O
high	O
"	O
resolution	O
graphics	O
(	O
240×240pixels	O
at	O
2	O
bpp	O
)	O
using	O
RAM	B-Architecture
as	O
video	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ABC	B-Device
800	I-Device
came	O
in	O
a	O
monochrome	O
version	O
with	O
amber	O
text	O
on	O
a	O
brown	O
background	O
with	O
an	O
80	O
character	O
wide	O
screen	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
color	O
version	O
with	O
40	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
board	O
is	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
much	O
like	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
500	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Storage	O
is	O
usually	O
two	O
5.25	B-Device
"	I-Device
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
units	O
in	O
160	O
,	O
320	O
or	O
640KB	O
capacity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Model	O
numbers	O
'	O
ABC	B-Device
800	I-Device
M	O
 '	O
for	O
monochrome	O
and	O
'	O
ABC	B-Device
800	I-Device
C	O
 '	O
for	O
color	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
certain	O
compatibility	O
could	O
be	O
achieved	O
between	O
the	O
ABC-world	O
and	O
the	O
IBM	O
PC-world	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
a	O
program	O
called	O
'	O
W	B-Language
ABC	I-Language
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ABC	B-Device
800	I-Device
computer	O
was	O
also	O
sold	O
by	O
Facit	O
by	O
the	O
name	O
Facit	O
DTC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ABC	O
802	O
is	O
a	O
compact	O
version	O
with	O
64KB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
where	O
32KB	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
RAM	B-Architecture
disc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
board	O
is	O
integrated	O
with	O
a	O
9	O
"	O
CRT	B-Device
screen	I-Device
and	O
has	O
improved	O
graphics	O
,	O
though	O
no	O
high-resolution	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
grey-brown	O
color	O
was	O
common	O
for	O
all	O
ABC	B-Device
800	I-Device
(	O
and	O
ABC	B-Operating_System
1600	I-Operating_System
)	O
products	O
and	O
was	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
beige	O
ABC	B-Device
80	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ABC	O
806	O
is	O
a	O
version	O
with	O
main	O
board	O
,	O
screen	O
(	O
DA-15	B-Protocol
)	O
and	O
keyboard	B-Device
(	O
DIN-7	B-Architecture
)	O
as	O
separate	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
RAM	B-Architecture
where	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
RAM	B-Architecture
disk	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
more	O
advanced	O
512x240x16	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
see	O
how	O
the	O
ABC	B-Device
800	I-Device
would	O
compare	O
to	O
other	O
contemporary	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
in	O
1982	O
,	O
the	O
Swedish	O
magazine	O
MikroDatorn	O
performed	O
a	O
"	O
benchmark	O
"	O
test	O
using	O
eight	O
short	O
BASIC	O
programs	O
(	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
BM1	O
~	O
BM8	O
)	O
defined	O
by	O
the	O
American	O
Kilobaud	O
Magazine	O
and	O
routinely	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
British	O
magazine	O
Personal	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
World	O
for	O
testing	O
new	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
result	O
was	O
that	O
ABC	B-Device
800	I-Device
's	O
semi-compiling	O
BASIC	O
interpreter	B-Application
turned	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
faster	O
than	O
most	O
other	O
BASICs	O
used	O
in	O
popular	O
machines	O
,	O
especially	O
when	O
integer	O
variables	O
are	O
used	O
,	O
the	O
results	O
for	O
some	O
well	O
known	O
computers	O
were	O
as	O
follows	O
(	O
times	O
in	O
seconds	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
seen	O
from	O
the	O
table	O
,	O
the	O
ABC	B-Device
800	I-Device
was	O
approximately	O
twice	O
as	O
fast	O
as	O
the	O
IBM	O
PC	O
on	O
floating	B-Algorithm
point	I-Algorithm
calculations	O
,	O
except	O
for	O
BM8	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
only	O
20%	O
faster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
integer	O
variables	O
(	O
only	O
measured	O
for	O
the	O
older	O
ABC	B-Device
80	I-Device
in	O
this	O
test	O
)	O
the	O
numbers	O
would	O
be	O
approximately	O
2-3	O
times	O
as	O
low	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
