<s>
Compis	B-Device
(	O
COMPuter	O
I	O
Skolan	O
,	O
also	O
a	O
pun	O
on	O
the	O
colloquial	O
Swedish	O
word	O
kompis	O
meaning	O
comrade	O
or	O
buddy	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
computer	O
system	O
intended	O
for	O
the	O
general	O
educational	O
system	O
in	O
Sweden	O
and	O
sold	O
to	O
Swedish	O
schools	O
beginning	O
in	O
1984	O
through	O
the	O
distributor	O
Esselte	O
Studium	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
software	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computers	O
were	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
Danish	O
,	O
Finnish	O
and	O
Norwegian	O
schools	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Scandis	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1980	O
,	O
the	O
ABC	B-Device
80	I-Device
used	O
in	O
the	O
schools	O
was	O
regarded	O
as	O
becoming	O
obsolete	O
,	O
and	O
Styrelsen	O
för	O
teknisk	O
utveckling	O
(	O
board	O
for	O
technical	O
development	O
)	O
was	O
tasked	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
replacement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
80186	I-Device
CPU	B-General_Concept
and	O
with	O
CP/M	B-Operating_System
-86	I-Operating_System
as	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
in	O
ROM	B-Device
(	O
although	O
it	O
could	O
also	O
run	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
from	O
disk	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
had	O
a	O
wide	O
selection	O
of	O
ports	O
,	O
including	O
one	O
for	O
a	O
light	B-Device
pen	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Compis	B-Device
project	O
was	O
criticized	O
from	O
the	O
start	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
the	O
move	O
to	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
compatibility	O
came	O
it	O
was	O
left	O
behind	O
and	O
finally	O
cancelled	O
in	O
1988	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
in	O
use	O
well	O
into	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
applications	O
being	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
Compis	B-Device
in	O
an	O
educational	O
environment	O
was	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
was	O
a	O
pun	O
on	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
,	O
the	O
dominant	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
schools	O
had	O
simple	O
local	B-General_Concept
area	I-General_Concept
networks	I-General_Concept
of	O
Compis/Scandis	O
computers	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
10	O
–	O
20	O
machines	O
shared	O
one	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
with	O
a	O
typical	O
capacity	O
of	O
10MB	O
.	O
</s>
