<s>
The	O
MAX-80	B-Device
is	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
released	O
in	O
1982	O
by	O
Lobo	O
Systems	O
(	O
formerly	O
Lobo	O
Drives	O
International	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
from	O
California	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
differed	O
from	O
other	O
TRS-80	B-Device
compatible	O
computers	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
hardware	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MAX-80	B-Device
featured	O
a	O
Zilog	O
Z80-B	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
which	O
ran	O
at	O
5.07MHz	O
,	O
a	O
very	O
fast	O
speed	O
for	O
its	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
came	O
standard	O
with	O
64KB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
was	O
expandable	O
via	O
sockets	O
for	O
a	O
further	O
64KB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
configuration	O
originally	O
consisted	O
of	O
a	O
64KB	O
unit	O
(	O
later	O
128KB	O
)	O
and	O
CP/M	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
could	O
buy	O
a	O
complete	O
system	O
,	O
or	O
provide	O
their	O
own	O
monitor	O
and	O
disk	B-Device
drives	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
controller	I-Device
could	O
handle	O
8-inch	O
drives	O
using	O
the	O
standard	O
IBM	O
3740	O
format	O
in	O
single-sided	O
or	O
double-sided	O
modes	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
5.25-inch	O
floppy	O
drives	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
80	O
cylinders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Max-80	B-Device
included	O
a	O
hard	O
disk	B-Device
interface	O
and	O
two	O
RS-232	O
serial	O
ports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MAX-80	B-Device
'	O
s	O
character	O
generator	O
was	O
user	O
programmable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
95%	O
of	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Model	O
III	O
software	O
would	O
function	O
without	O
modification	O
on	O
the	O
MAX-80	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
special	O
version	O
of	O
LDOS	B-Operating_System
used	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
most	O
Model	O
III	O
programs	O
with	O
a	O
patch	O
disk	B-Device
available	O
for	O
those	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
VisiCalc	B-Application
,	O
which	O
it	O
could	O
n't	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CP/M	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
was	O
offered	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
patched	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Model	I-Device
4	I-Device
's	O
LS-DOS	O
6.x	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
was	O
later	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
MAX-80	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
users	O
 '	O
group	O
called	O
MAXIMUL	O
published	O
a	O
MAX-80	B-Device
newsletter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jerry	O
Pournelle	O
wrote	O
in	O
September	O
1983	O
that	O
if	O
the	O
Max-80	B-Device
came	O
with	O
more	O
bundled	O
software	O
"	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
strong	O
contender	O
for	O
the	O
best	O
deal	O
in	O
microcomputerland	O
.	O
</s>
