<s>
The	O
Olivetti	O
M19	O
was	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
made	O
in	O
1986	O
by	O
the	O
Italian	O
company	O
Olivetti	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
an	O
8088	B-Device
at	O
4.77	O
or	O
8MHz	O
and	O
256640KB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
sold	O
by	O
Acorn	O
Computers	O
as	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
M19	I-Device
,	O
with	O
additional	O
software	O
also	O
available	O
via	O
Acorn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
machine	O
came	O
with	O
three	O
operating	O
systems	O
:	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
2.11	O
/	O
3.1	O
,	O
Concurrent	B-Operating_System
DOS	I-Operating_System
and	O
UCSD	B-Language
p-System	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
capable	O
of	O
displaying	O
graphics	O
in	O
standard	O
CGA	B-Device
or	O
Plantronics	O
Colorplus	O
mode	O
(	O
320x200	O
pixel	O
with	O
16	O
colors	O
and	O
640x200	O
with	O
4	O
colors	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
M19	O
was	O
sold	O
with	O
two	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drives	I-Device
(	O
360KB	O
format	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
option	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
5MB	O
(	O
later	O
10MB	O
)	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
in	O
an	O
add-on	O
case	O
(	O
aka	O
"	O
sidecar	O
"	O
)	O
attached	O
to	O
the	O
left	O
hand	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
by	O
four	O
machine	O
screws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paul	O
Maynes	O
,	O
a	O
technician	O
at	O
HBH	O
Computers	O
(	O
one	O
of	O
Olivetti	O
's	O
dealerships	O
in	O
Durban	O
)	O
designed	O
,	O
and	O
SA	O
Signals	O
Manufacturing	O
(	O
also	O
of	O
Durban	O
)	O
produced	O
a	O
bus	B-General_Concept
extension	O
card	O
with	O
a	O
90-degree	O
bend	O
(	O
purportedly	O
a	O
world-first	O
)	O
that	O
could	O
accommodate	O
a	O
Seagate	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
controller	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
the	O
second	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
to	O
be	O
removed	O
and	O
a	O
20MB	O
(	O
later	O
40MB	O
)	O
full-height	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
installed	O
in	O
its	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
Olivetti	O
introduced	O
the	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
systems	O
ETV	O
260	O
and	O
ETV	O
500	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
M19	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
ETV	O
500	O
was	O
just	O
a	O
M19	O
accelerated	O
to	O
8	O
MHz	O
and	O
equipped	O
with	O
two	O
3.5	O
inch	O
720	O
kB	O
floppy	B-Device
drives	I-Device
,	O
which	O
used	O
optionally	O
an	O
Olivetti	O
ET	O
series	O
typewriter	O
(	O
usually	O
a	O
ET	O
112	O
or	O
ET	O
116	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
serial	O
attached	O
keyboard	O
and	O
daisy	O
wheel	O
printer	O
,	O
the	O
ETV	O
260	O
was	O
a	O
fully	O
integrated	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
system	O
with	O
the	O
M19	O
/	O
ETV	O
500	O
accelerated	O
mainboard	O
mounted	O
into	O
a	O
high	O
speed	O
35	O
cps	O
daisy	O
wheel	O
typewriter	O
chassis	O
,	O
equipped	O
with	O
two	O
720	O
kB	O
floppy	B-Device
drives	I-Device
or	O
a	O
single	O
floppy	B-Device
drives	I-Device
plus	O
an	O
integrated	O
20	O
MB	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
or	O
MFM	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
systems	O
,	O
ETV	O
260	O
and	O
ETV	O
,	O
500	O
ran	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
3	O
and	O
booted	O
directly	O
into	O
Olivetti	O
's	O
own	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
software	O
SWS	O
-	O
Secretary	O
's	O
Work	O
Station	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
easy	O
used	O
by	O
people	O
already	O
familiar	O
with	O
Olivetti	O
's	O
ET	O
series	O
typewriters	O
and	O
older	O
CP/M	B-Application
based	O
ETV	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
systems	O
(	O
like	O
the	O
ETV	O
240	O
,	O
250	O
or	O
350	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
